TOKYO, July 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) --
We, Wedge Holdings co.,ltd. (JASDAQ: 2388) (Tokyo, JAPAN,/ Mr.Tatsuya
Konoshita, Representative managing director and CEO), are pleased to
announce that we signed a sales license agreement with Tezuka
Productions co.,ltd., a company who manages a copyright of TEZUKA OSAMU
who is one of most famous Japanese cartoonists. This agreement allows us
to acquire the right to publish his work as E-books in Burmese.
We
will proceed publishing of the work of TEZUKA OSAMU with a cooperation
of Bagan Innovation Technology co.,ltd (BIT) in Myanmar which is owned
by Group Lease PCL, our subsidiary in Thailand and its group.
As
the first step, we will publish the first edition of “TEZUKA OSAMU
Magazine weekly” around October 2017, after translation into Burmese and
editing with BIT.
BIT currently has over 5.5 million of their IT
Platform users in Myanmar, including over 0.7 million of their E-book
users. Besides, they aim to expand throughout Asia together with us and
its subsidiaries.
We really feel privileged to engage in the
great work of TEZUKA OSAMU, who is a Japanese cartoon legend, and it is
good luck for us to publish the translated version in Southeast Asia.
We
have continuously expanded our contents business by holding an event
such as trial session of trading card game, signing of exclusive
promotion agreement with Mr. Erdenebayar who is a Mongolian cartoonist,
or organizing “Illustrator Contest Asia”.
In addition, our good
experience since established in editing of comic or game, and planning
and organizing of product event, becomes our core competence. With this
signing agreement with Tezuka production as one step, we aim to boost an
entertainment field by making Asian users feel thrills and spills with
digital, and become a bridge between contents holders and users.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=51588369&lang=en
We, Wedge Holdings co.,ltd. (JASDAQ: 2388) (Tokyo, JAPAN,/ Mr.Tatsuya
Konoshita, Representative managing director and CEO), are pleased to
announce that we signed a sales license agreement with Tezuka
Productions co.,ltd., a company who manages a copyright of TEZUKA OSAMU
who is one of most famous Japanese cartoonists. This agreement allows us
to acquire the right to publish his work as E-books in Burmese.
We
will proceed publishing of the work of TEZUKA OSAMU with a cooperation
of Bagan Innovation Technology co.,ltd (BIT) in Myanmar which is owned
by Group Lease PCL, our subsidiary in Thailand and its group.
As
the first step, we will publish the first edition of “TEZUKA OSAMU
Magazine weekly” around October 2017, after translation into Burmese and
editing with BIT.
BIT currently has over 5.5 million of their IT
Platform users in Myanmar, including over 0.7 million of their E-book
users. Besides, they aim to expand throughout Asia together with us and
its subsidiaries.
We really feel privileged to engage in the
great work of TEZUKA OSAMU, who is a Japanese cartoon legend, and it is
good luck for us to publish the translated version in Southeast Asia.
We
have continuously expanded our contents business by holding an event
such as trial session of trading card game, signing of exclusive
promotion agreement with Mr. Erdenebayar who is a Mongolian cartoonist,
or organizing “Illustrator Contest Asia”.
In addition, our good
experience since established in editing of comic or game, and planning
and organizing of product event, becomes our core competence. With this
signing agreement with Tezuka production as one step, we aim to boost an
entertainment field by making Asian users feel thrills and spills with
digital, and become a bridge between contents holders and users.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=51588369&lang=en
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Source: Wedge Holdings CO., LTD.
WEDGE HOLDINGS: REGARDING THE SIGNING OF SALES LICENSEE AGREEMENT WITH TEZUKA PRODUCTIONS CO., LTD.
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