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ACK Media is an entertainment and education company for young audiences. Some of India's most-loved brands including Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle, Karadi Tales and well-known proprietary characters like Suppandi are part of ACK Media. We develop products for multiple platforms including print, online services, games, Television and Film. ACK Media is head quartered in Mumbai, has a design studio in Bangalore and a subsidiary in Chennai. |
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Amar Chitra Katha
Amar Chitra Katha, our flagship brand, was founded in 1967 and is a household name in India. It is synonymous with the visual reinvention of the quintessentially Indian stories from the great epics, mythology, history, literature, oral folktales and many other sources. With more than 400 comics in 20+ languages that have sold 90+ million copies to-date, Amar Chitra Katha is a cultural phenomenon In the illustrated classic format the titles remain immensely popular with a strong national footprint across all major book retailers, hundreds of small bookstores, and thousands of vendors. It is the best-selling children's publication in most large format stores.
The brand is expanding beyond its print roots to present these compelling stories in the form of games, live-action video, and animation for delivery on the net, broadcast, direct-to-home television and film.
All our products - across brands - are available from the www.theackshop.com - a one-stop-shop for the best Indian edutainment products for children. The store provides an ideal shopping experience for the 20 million strong Indian diaspora and others who may not have easy access to these products. We offer products for all age groups in multiple formats including books, comics, DVDs, VCDs, CDs, digital downloads, toys and other merchandize.
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Tinkle
Tinkle is 'where learning meets fun'. It is a unique brand with over 25 years of successful track record in creating enduring proprietary characters and stories. Today Tinkle characters, stories, and games are available in print, online, and animation.
The Tinkle print properties - magazine, digest and double digest are India's largest selling children's English language magazines. The current monthly circulation of 225,000+(and growing) and a nationwide readership makes Tinkle a one-of-a-kind success in Indian publishing. With its unique mix of comics and articles on science, folktales, quizzes and contests Tinkle has a large fan base and receives more than 200 letters a week from children across India.
TinkleOnline is India's first destination site for pre-teens and tweens. It is a unique site for engaging activities and social networking. The service is designed to be a safe introduction to the online world where Tinkle staff moderates all activities. Users can play games, engage in safe chat, create trading cards, stories, play games and form clubs to participate in contests. Every activity earns them Tinkle Gold, which can be exchanged for virtual gifts or real comics, books, toys and other goodies.
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Karadi Tales
Karadi Tales is an independent subsidiary of ACK Media. It is a pioneer in the market for multi media Indian content. Karadi Tales has over 45 titles for you to select from in its child audiobook catalogue. From Karadi Rhymes, the first original Indian Rhymes for tiny tots to Karadi Tales Heritage, Karadi Tales Junior, Karadi Tales Mythology and Under the Banyan, these child audiobooks bring alive the world of Panchatantra, Jataka Tales and other Indian classic fables and folklore.
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Charkha Audio Books
The most common definition of an Audiobook is a straight reading of a book recorded on a CD. Charkha Audiobooks seeks to redefine the genre of audiobooks by adding the element of sound and music to enhance the experience of the book. Every story has characters, settings and contexts. An original soundtrack and sometimes musical pieces lend sound to these characters, settings and contexts.
The story is the same but the experience is different.
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Dreaming Fingers
Dreaming Fingers is an initiative of The Karadi Tales Company, Chennai (a subsidiary of ACK Media) and Lemniscaat, Rotterdam Netherlands to fill the enormous void in the area of tactile picture books for the blind and visually impaired. The vision at Dreaming Fingers is to create beautiful picture books that can be seen, read, and touched by all children.
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Karadi Path
Karadi Path is a unique, creative pedagogy for language learning in the classroom. In various forms, Karadi Path program or English is being used across hundreds of schools in India, USA, Canada and UAE. The Karadi Path content has received widespread acclaim and international recognition. Most recently, it won the White Ravens Selection with Special Mention (2006) awarded by the Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Munich, Germany. Its key features are-
- zero resistance learning through entertaining and culturally relevant content
- mother tongue approach to second language learning
- story >> page >> paragraph >> sentence >> word progression in learning (the opposite of conventional language teaching methodologies)
- language listening, music and kinesthetic language as key learning strategies
- effectiveness independent on teacher proficiency
- effectively renders functional language skills in terms of understanding, speaking and reading within a short time-frame at a very low cost per child.
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Characters
We own some of India's most famous homegrown comic characters. These include Shikari Shambhu the bumbling jungle explorer, Suppandi the lovable goof who is always in trouble, the arch schemer Tantri the Mantri, Kalia the clever crow, and many others.
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