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MUMBAI:
DQ Entertainment has been awarded the Deloitte Technology Fast 500
Asia Pacific 2007 for the second consecutive year. The companies
were ranked based on their steady growth rate, skilled manpower
and expansion initiatives.
DQE
was also ranked last year among the top 50 Technology fast companies
in the Indian sector of the Deloitte rankings. The companies are
ranked on different areas like software, communication & networking,
computers & peripherals, instrumentation and many more with
business locations in Taiwan, India, South Korea, Japan, Australia,
Malaysia, Singapore, China, New Zealand and Thailand.
Deloitte
Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific awards, now in its sixth year is
an initiative by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, an organization of member
firms including more than 80 per cent of the world's largest companies
from around the world, devoted to client service excellence.
On
receiving the award, Mr.Tapaas Chakravarti commented, "The
Deloitte awards ranking is a great honour to add to DQE's hall of
fame, recognizing us as a company of technological innovation in
the creative sector."
DQ
Entertainment has been listed in the Alternative Investment Market
(AIM) in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) raising $54 million approximately
for its expansion plans and joint ventures. DQE has recently entered
the home video market in strategic association with Moser Baer for
the distribution of their animation series 'Pet Pals' and 'Ratman'
in collaboration with Gruppo Alcuni, and Stranemani of Italy.
DQ
Entertainment operates seven technologically advanced production
facilities in Hyderabad, India, and currently employs over 2200
full time employees. DQE plans to consolidate its high-end game
development with a newly launched Technology Centre III, a state
of the art facility for in-game animation content development for
next generation consoles like XBox 360, PSIII, Nintendo, hand held,
online and mobile games. The company is also foraying into publishing
of comics, merchandising of international ownership of IP's and
is well on the way to develop Indian IPs with global appeal for
TV, DTH videos as well as foray into Hindi feature films in quality
co-productions.
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