Here's Why OTTv Kids & Animation 2018 Is Going To Be An Insightful Summit

OTTv Kids & Animation 2018 is scheduled for 22nd November 2018 at Taj Lands' End, Bandra, Mumbai. Organized by Dveo Media , this event will bring together the major players and leading executives of Kids & Animation business in India to share their views on the trends and new opportunities opening in kids entertainment. 

The keynote speech will be delivered by Anu Sikka, SVP, Content Head Kids Cluster, Viacom 18.

The speakers line up in the panels discussions is as follows:

The making of home grown characters: Srinivas Chilakalapudi , Chief Strategy Officer - Green Gold Animation; Kishor Srivastav, Head - Content Alliance & Partnerships SAARC - Toonz Media Group; Ashish Kulkarni, Founder - Punnaryug Artvision; Munjal Shroff, Director & COO - Graphiti Multimedia; Ronojoy Chakraborty, Head of Programming - Sony Yay. How Little Singham is making it Big: Uttam Pal Singh, Head of Content - Discovery Kids Network; Tejonidhi Bhandare, COO - Reliance Animation; Dr Kushal Sanghvi,
Vice Chairman India & South Asia – ICOM Global.

Home grown IPs pathway to international audiences: Tejonidhi Bhandare, COO - Reliance Animation; Srinivas Chilakalapudi, Chief Strategy Officer - Green Gold Animation; Soumini S Paul, VP Artist Aloud, Kids Original Content - Hungama; Devdatta D Potnis, VP Sales, Syndication & Marketing, Cosmos Maya.

Creating interactive and engaging experiences through gaming: Siddhartha Roy, CEO - Hungama Digital Media; Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli , CEO - Robosoft Technologies; Pranab Punj, Chief Marketing Officer – Kinsane Entertainment.

The challenge of crafting stories to groom, educate and entertain: Vivek Shukla, Animation Screenwriter/Founder - Ka Kha Gaa; Munjal Shroff, Director & COO - Graphiti Multimedia; Smita Maroo - Sr. VP – Animation, Kids Digital, Licensing & Merchandising – Shemaroo Entertainment; Mona Singh, Head – Business Development & Marketing, Sesame Workshop India; Saurabh Verma, Film maker / Chief Marketing Officer - INOX Leisure.

The growing prospect for kids content on digital video platforms: Kishor Srivastav, Head – Content Alliance & Partnerships SAARC – Toonz Media Group; Amit Agarwal, Founder India Goes Global – Ockypocky; Anish Patel, Founder & CEO – HopMotion Animation; Pinakin Thakkar, CEO – Nirvana Digital.

Also scheduled in the programme: A presentation by BARC India on “Understanding Kids and their TV Viewing Habits”, and other presentations by Centroid India, Limelight Networks and Cloudflare. Commenting on the event Deepak Ramsurrun, CEO and Director of Events of Dveo Media, said

“This second edition of OTTv Kids & Animation will be a good opportunity to leverage the potential for our local animation characters to succeed with global audiences. How do the local IPs position themselves in the global market? Can they reach international audiences on their own or do partnerships, co-productions and joint ventures provide better options? What are the licensing challenges? These are some of the key discussion points where the Executive Panelists will try to find answers.”

OTTv Kids & Animation is looking to welcome an executive audience of up to 150 executives from OTT TV operators, Publishers, Media & Entertainment Groups, Pay TV operators, Telco’s in TV Business and Animation Studios.

Limelight Networksis the Platinum Partner for the event, while Cloudflare is the Gold+ Partner. Piconets is the Technology Partner. AnimationXpress is the online media partner. Republic TV and IWMBuzz are the other media partners. Hungama Kids, Sesame Workshop India, INOX Leisure and The Media & Entertainment Association of India are the industry Partners.