Teshkeel Media Group Announces Partnership With TimeWarner's Cartoon Network
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, Dec. 13, 2007 — Teshkeel Media Group, KSC, today announced a partnership with Cartoon Network – the leading animation channel for kids – to publish Arabic and English versions of Cartoon Network Magazine in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The agreement was announced by Naif Al-Mutawa, CEO of Teshkeel, and Jason Rice, Northern European Territory Manager for Cartoon Network.
Under the terms of the agreement, Teshkeel will publish 9 issues of Cartoon Network Magazine a year, bringing popular characters such as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dexter's Laboratory, and Codename: Kids Next Door to newsstands in the MENA region. Each 32-page issue will include comics, puzzles, games, and give-aways targeted at boys and girls ages 6-12.
"Working with Cartoon Network will allow us to expose young readers in the Middle East and North Africa to a world of characters that are both fun and entertaining," said Al-Mutawa. "Cartoon Network has a long history of entertaining children with its unique programming, and we're proud to be working with them to pass that same sense of excitement on to children in our region."
Rice added, "We are thrilled to be partnering with Teshkeel to distribute Cartoon Network Magazine in the MENA region. Teshkeel has a proven record of success bringing brands like ours to young readers across MENA, and I'm confident that the Cartoon Network family of characters will continue to entertain young people in the region for years to come."
Headquartered in Kuwait, Teshkeel is a publisher of comics and other children's entertainment in the Arab world. The partnership will kick off with the publication of the first issue of Cartoon Network Magazine in November 2007. "We're looking forward to helping Cartoon Network bring their entertaining, engaging characters to the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond," concluded Al-Mutawa.
About Teshkeel Media Group
Teshkeel Media Group, KSC (http://www.teshkeel.com) is one of the Middle East's leading developers of comic books, magazines, and other forms of children's entertainment. Based in Kuwait, and with offices in New York and Cairo, the company's mission is to fill a significant void in positive, high-quality children's content in the region, including in print and electronic media, film, and television. In addition to working with global publishers like DC, Marvel, and Archie Comics, Teshkeel also develops its own original character properties, including THE 99 (http://www.the99.org), an award-winning original superhero property based on Islamic culture and history, which debuted in June 2006.
About Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network, the all-animation channel is available in 21 languages across 25 separate feeds in 160 countries in 200 million homes worldwide. Cartoon Network is operated by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company.
Cartoon Network is the world famous animation channel that is home to contemporary, cutting-edge, fast-paced, dynamic shows filled with crazy characters. From The Powerpuff Girls and Johnny Bravo to The Cramp Twins and Dexter's Laboratory there's an endless supply of funny story lines and witty jokes that will make you laugh until you cry.
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe delivers some of the world's most successful and well-known news and entertainment brands – CNN, Cartoon Network, TCM (Turner Classic Movies), Toonami and Boomerang – across approximately 100 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Alongside its TV channels TBS is at the forefront of developing its brands through the internet, broadband, wireless, DVD, e-commerce, merchandising, cinema, publishing and every other available platform. Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited is a Time Warner Company.
CONTACTS:
Teshkeel Media Group, KSC
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa
Founder and CEO
Tel: +965 961 8666 (Kuwait)
Tel: +1 917 689 8880 (New York)
E-mail: Email
Cartoon Network
Danielle Woods
PR Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7693 0787 (London) Email: Email