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Wednesday, Jan 11, 2006
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Outsourcing Nipuna bags $8-m animation deal Our Bureau
Hyderabad , Jan. 10 NIPUNA Services Ltd, the business process outsourcing arm of Satyam Computer Services Ltd, has signed an estimated $8-million animation deal with 4K Animation GmbH, a German animation company. This covers development and production of digital special effects and 3D character animation, computer generated images for film and TV production. Nipuna and 4K Animation will work for a Hollywood film directed by Paul Nicholas. The Chief Executive Officer of Nipuna, Mr Venkatesh Roddam said the company would pool resources from its centres based in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore, and engage about 80 experts for the projects. The Managing Director of 4K Animation, Mr Jan Schmidtgen said, "Nipuna has the potential and skilled resources to grow in the animation industry and together we will develop content for the film. This is part of the $ 25-million film project." The project is to be executed in 10-12 months and is the first major international animation project for Nipuna. The movie would be partly shot in India, Mr Roddam said.
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