MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced the signing of Animation Collective (www.animationcollective.com), an innovative creator of children`s programming for a variety of mediums, to an exclusive world-wide publishing administration agreement. Through the agreement, UMPG will administer Animation Collective`s entire catalogue of original music created for its popular animated and live-action children`s programming.

The deal encompasses worldwide administration rights as well as synchronization rights worldwide says a report. All of Animation Collective`s series on-air, in development, or in production feature original pop and rock songs. Certain series episodes have also been produced as musicals. In February 2008, "Kappa Mikey" will premiere its much anticipated two-part "Karaoke" episode that features 10 original songs.