[icernet] Animation to spice up India's outsourcing prospects

[Arul Selvan]

After carving out a niche for itself in the global technology 
outsourcing market, India is fast going up the animation-outsourcing 
ladder by capitalising on its vast pool of low-cost skilled 
professionals. India is a recent entrant in the global animation scene 
but demand for its production services is growing at a fast pace. And 
with local animation design studios gradually establishing their 
credentials overseas and building their skill sets in this high 
potential global market, animation production outsourcing to India in 
poised to boom, believe experts.

While the rates for production of a half-hour television animation 
programme would be around $250,000-400,000 in the US and Canada, it is 
in the region of $60,000 in India, the report says. The total animation 
production by Indian companies is expected to rise from $600 million in 
2001 to $1.5 billion by 2005, while the total global animation 
production would touch $51.7 billion.

Source:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_251090,0002.htm