Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products appoints Dream Theatre as new licensing agent in India
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announces today the
appointment of Dream Theatre as its new licensing agent in India effective
immediately. Dream Theatre will establish and grow the licensing business for
Fox Consumer Products’ portfolio of TV and film brands including The Simpsons,
Family Guy, Sons of Anarchy, Ice Age, Rio, and Avatar, among others in the
market.
The Fox portfolio has the distinction of not just having
properties across movies and television, its legions of fans cut across age
groups of kids, teens, youth and adults
making it one of the most sought after propositions in India and across the
world. The addition of Fox properties to its portfolio reinforces Dream
Theatre’s leading position in India with its three verticals of Entertainment,
Sports and Lifestyle.
“We are delighted to have Dream Theatre as our new licensing
agency in India," said Pinky David, Vice President Asia Pacific, Twentieth
Century Fox Consumer Products. "Their leadership and brand-driven creative
approach makes them the perfect partner to continue exploring new consumer
targets and expanding our retail reach in this very important territory.”
Dream Theatre will further establish all Fox Consumer
Products brands in the Indian market with a focus on franchise building and
retail expansion. Dream Theatre’s great reputation and truly unique approach to
building brands and keeping them relevant locally allows Twentieth Century Fox
Consumer Products to continue to expand the business in a country that is now
the world’s third largest economy.
Twentieth Century Fox theatrical film releases have
performed superlatively with Ice Age and Rio featuring in the top 5 animated
films in India. On the television series
front, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Modern Family and 24 air on India’s leading
English Entertainment channels like Star World, Comedy Central, Zee Café and
others making the brands household names. The avid fan following makes India a
leading potential market for Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products.
“We are thrilled and
are extremely proud to have been chosen as Fox’s partner of choice in India. We
aim to make Fox one of the largest licensing propositions in India with its
sheer diversity of appeal and its legendary popularity,” said Jiggy George,
Founder and CEO of Dream Theatre.
The Fox partnership will allow Dream Theatre to unleash the
power of Fox in India in the form of apparel, toys, stationery, home
furnishings, gifts and novelties and more through licensees. Fans in India will
now be able to buy authentic licensed merchandise which will be available at
retail and online portals at price points ranging from INR 99 to INR 3000,
making it possible for every fan to own their favourite Twentieth Century Fox
movie or TV series merchandise.
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