MUMBAI: Nick has acquired the TV rights of Little Krishna for two years for the South Asian territory. This is the first time the kids channel has acquired local content for the Indian market.

Created by Big Animation, a part of Reliance Big Entertainment, and Iskon‘s India Heritage Foundation with an investment of around Rs 500 million, the 13- episode TV series will debut on 11 May on the

Nick channel at 12.30 pm and 6.30 pm.

Nick, which telecasts in Hindi and English languages, has also acquired the rights of the TV series in Tamil and Telugu. It plans to launch Tamil and Telugu feeds later in the year.

Each episode of Little Krishna is a standalone story and the series has around 300 characters.

Big Animation is also scouting for distributors for the series in the US, Singapore, Europe and Japan. It is also working on a feature film on Krishna, ready to be released in 2009.