Thomson’s Technicolor division has added a new DVD compression and authoring operation in Bangalore, India, inside its new animation and game design facility. Opening in May, the new compression and authoring facility will act as a central hub for Technicolor’s worldwide DVD operations.

Technicolor has hired Sumit Malik as general manager of the India facility. Before joining Technicolor, Malik was executive director of advanced technology for Sony Pictures.

“As part of our expanding role in the Indian market, we feel the time is opportune to grow our C&A offering in Bangalore, especially in light of the increased demand for Blu-ray authoring now that the market has settled on a single format,” said Ahmad Ouri, president of Technicolor Content Services.

Malik will report to Bob Michaels, VP of worldwide DVD for Technicolor Content Services. “Technicolor’s entry into the postproduction space in India is well timed with the introduction of new high-definition content production, delivery and display technologies,” Malik said.

Before the addition of the India facility, Technicolor’s current annual DVD manufacturing capacity is more than 1.8 billion DVDs.

Story filed 29.03.08