Radio Mirchi to revamp with new signature tune

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Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM is all set to sport a contemporary new avatar, starting 26 November.

As part of the revamping exercise, the FM station will introduce a new signature jingle and will also increase the number of songs per hour.

The signature jingle will premiere in Mumbai station, which will be later carried forward to all the other Radio Mirchi stations across India.

The new jingle composed by music director duo Vishal- Shekhar is a combination of hip-hop and special sound effects including whistle.

With a target group of 15 to 25 years across SEC A and B, Radio Mirchi will increase the number of songs to 12 to 13 per hour. The FM station generally plays only 10 songs per hour.

Radio Mirchi chief programming officer Tapas Sen says, "Apart from changing the signature jingle and increasing the number of songs, we will be doing lot of other new things to repackage the station in the next 30 to 45 days. It is part of our activity to get a fresh feeling of the station."

Sen, however, refuses to give out any further details on the repackaging activity.

WWE to celebrate 15 years of 'Raw' next month

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US broadcaster USA Network and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will have a three-hour TV special on 10 December that will celebrate 15 years of the Monday night show Raw.


Raw has been a staple of cable television since its debut on USA Network in 1993. Raw also pushed talent like The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, John Cena, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, Trish Stratus and Stacy Keibler. In India WWE airs on Ten Sports.

USA Network and Sci Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer says, "It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since Raw redefined the television landscape. It's an incredible run for a one-of-a-kind entertainment franchise, and we're thrilled to celebrate with Vince, Linda and the entire WWE family."

WWE chairman Vince McMahon says, “Monday Night Raw started as, and continues to be, the most unique television show in history. With its ever changing blend of athleticism, humour, action, drama, soap opera and rock concert content, Monday Night Raw continues with a variety show concept that appeals to a variety of demographics generation after generation.”

Hollywood studios take $2bn hit on new movies in 2006

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London based media analyst firm Screen Digest has launched Global Media Intelligence (GMI), a new division dedicated to delivering high quality research and analysis to institutional investors in the US.

GMI's latest report - 'Do Movies Make Money' - published projects that after five years of exploitation across all global media, the 132 medium-to-big budget films released by the leading US studios in 2006 will produce a loss of $1.9 billion pre-tax. This compares to a profit of $2.2 billion for the new releases of 2004.

Despite a recent surge in box office returns, GMI believes that the movie business has seen costs rising faster than revenue for the past several years.

Revenues from DVD sales, which accounted for 75 per cent of growth and significant profits from 1999 to 2004, have experienced a worldwide decline over the past three years. A detailed title-by-title analysis was carried out for this report which shows the trend accelerating further in the first half of 2007 with US DVD sales down 12.5 per cent from 2006. International sales mirrored this decline.

Some executives in the Hollywood studios are looking to the new technologies of Video on Demand (VoD) and subscription based TV to fill the gap left by DVD. However, GMI estimates that while VoD will offer a superior share of the consumer dollar over traditional pay channels (60 per cent versus 40 per cent), it will not deliver at the lofty levels predicted in the early days of the industry and will not help the studios put 'old wine in new bottles.'

Financing films has also become a major concern. Until recently, the industry used to generate its own capital entirely from internal sources. However since 2004 when revenues started to decline, the industry has been forced to seek outside financing, mostly from hedge funds and private equity. GMI believes that this source of capital will not be available on the attractive terms that until recently prevailed. Sophisticated investors are becoming aware of just how thin, or even non-existent, movie profit margins can be.

One of the biggest sources of increasing costs is for the stars of the movies, particularly the 'gross participations' paid to top actors, directors and producers. These costs totalled $3 billion in 2006 - nearly double that of five years ago. While the studios are currently in negotiations with writers, actors and directors over fees, these salaries are not the main issue; the current cost of producing, casting and advertising movies in the present environment simply exceeds the likely returns.

Roger Smith, author of the report believes the outlook is bleak. "Our analysis of the business of the Hollywood studios may come as a surprise to investors and even some people within the industry. We believe there is little chance of the negative revenue trend reversing in the coming years.

"New technology will not deliver anything like the revenue initially predicted, and as DVD sales continue to decline and the cost if making movies increases, the message is simple: the Hollywood studio's must begin a serious attempt to reign in costs, like News Corporation's Fox have done, if they are to survive."

Shemaroo releases Dhamaal DVD

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Shemaroo Entertainment released the comedy hit Dhamaal in DVD format for Rs 199 and the VCD for Rs 49. This comedy has brought the hit 'jodi' of 'Munnabhai' fame - Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi - together once again.

The DVD has bonus features which includes - making of the film and cast and crew interviews. The story revolves around four friends who live and work together, where their idea of work is doing small time con jobs.

Considering that the film has mass appeal, the affordable pricing may be an attractive bargain for home viewers.

Nielsen to measure online TV viewing for Google

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Google and Nielsen have entered into a multi-year strategic relationship wherein Nielsen will measure online television viewing behaviour and bring demographic data to the Google TV Ads advertising platform.


The Nielsen data is intended to provide advertisers with better demographic data on viewer audiences. It will record the data Google collects through the set-top boxes from its cable and satellite partners.

Google TV Ads, which was launched on trial basis in April, offers a way to better target television commercials. The system offers an auction system to determine prices at certain time slots.

However, TV Ads may not be the only platform on which Google and Nielsen partner up. The two companies said that they would "explore a number of other opportunities " on which to collaborate.


Google has already been expanding its AdWords program, launching programs for radio and print media, along with the TV service.

Google TV Ads is similar to its AdSense program for online advertisements, which charges only for clickable ads.

Advertisers purchase time by bidding on specific time slots within programs. The charges are then determined by the number of television sets that actually display the advertisement.

Xbox Live, Percept tie up for 'Hanuman Returns'

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Call it sheer coincidence or the lure of Bollywood. Both gaming majors Microsoft Xbox Live and Sony Playstation are dangling the Bollywood carrot for their product launches in the competitive festive season ahead.

While Sony launched its game 'Singstar Bollywood' recently, now Microsoft Xbox Live has tied up with Percept Picture Company (PPC) for its upcoming animation film Hanuman Returns. The film is a sequel to the successful Hanuman which released in 2005.



Microsoft India chairman Ravi Venkatesan (left) and Percept Holdings joint MD Shailendra Singh.
Through this initiative, Percept will bring a whole new world of gaming and entertainment from Hanuman Returns content on the Xbox 360 Live. Moving forward Percept Picture Company will extend Hanuman through a series of animation films.

"We are excited to showcase the hugely anticipated Hanuman Returns on the Xbox Live service - a next generation platform for complete connected entertainment with an existing community of millions of users worldwide," said Percept Holdings Joint MD Percept Holdings Shailendra Singh.


Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division global president Robbie Bach said, "We have just celebrated the first anniversary of Xbox 360 in the country this year and it is with a celebratory spirit that we offer our Indian consumers even more entertainment options on Xbox 360. This is not only a firm reiteration of our commitment to the Indian market but also an exciting foray into connecting our Indian consumers to a world of 7 million Xbox Live members around the world."

Xbox Live is currently available in 25 countries across the globe. India will be the 26th market to launch Xbox Live.

India to have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011

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India will have one million IPTV subscribers by 2011 but for it to succeed companies need to get their act together in the areas of access, content and technology.


This was a point made at the IBE 2007 Conference in a session that examined IPTV's growth prospects in India. The speakers were IOL wholetime director AS Oberoi, Seachange India MD Vishwajeet Deshmukh and MTNL's Vandana Sethi.

Oberoi notes that IOL offers a content delivery network to MTNL and BSNL. IOL launched commercial operations in August in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore. It has also launched trial operations in other cities like Chennai.

In terms of access, companies need to have fibre optic infrastructure. A strong DRM system is also needed; otherwise, content owners will be wary pf parting with their offerings.

Oberoi says that IPTV offers the most robust DRM system which has made it easier for the company to deal with the Hollywood studios. Its VoD service offers thousands of English and Hindi movies. It has also tied up with companies like Satyam for e-learning. As time goes by, the company will also offer games on demand and music on demand.


He adds that IOL has deals with several firms. They include Seachange which offers servers, Amino for set top boxes and Cisco for routers. HP will help with IOL's Internet data Centre.

Sethi notes that IPTV allows for time shift viewing of television. HDTV can also be transmitted on the same network, provided it is modified accordingly. She notes that newer compression standards are available for more effective video delivery. The challenge is that customers are demanding and will not compromise on the quality of service.

Vh1 Digital announces 3 senior promotions

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Vh1 announced the promotion of Tina Imm as SVP and GM of the Vh1 digital division. The announcement was made by Vh1 GM and EVP Tom Calderone.

In her new role Imm will be responsible for overall strategy, creative direction, content development, and production for Vh1 Digital's platforms including: Vh1.com, Vh1Classic.com, Vh1 Mobile, Vh1 Games, and several of Vh1's existing and planned vertical sites.

In this position, she will also lead the content, promotional, and branding convergence between Vh1 and its digital properties.







Imm will also work under the oversight of Courtney William Holt, EVP of digital music and media for MTV Networks' Music Group, on digital strategy and initiatives, stated an official statement.

"Under Tina's leadership, Vh1 Digital has grown immensely. In addition to video streams on Vh1.com achieving triple-digital growth over the last two years, the last three months were our most streamed quarter ever," said Calderone.

"Tina's team has successfully grown our digital business by developing and launching made-for-mobile and broadband series, new sites like Vh1Classic.com and products like our Vh1.com syndicated video player."

Most recently, Imm was VP, Vh1 Digital a position she held since joining Vh1 in July 2004. Previously, Imm served as COO for Complex Media LLC, a media company that develops creative for youth culture through various media outlets.




Calderone also announced that Tony Carbone and Deb Kadetsky have been elevated to VP digital production and programming, and VP digital marketing respectively.

In his new role Carbone will manage and supervise all production and programming for Vh1 Digital. He will continue to oversee the digital and broadband production and programming departments.

Kadetsky will continue to lead the company's efforts to develop and implement strategic programming and promotional plans to support Vh1's digital initiatives across platforms - online, digital music, mobile and games.

Big FM hits air waves of Ranchi & Vizag

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Big FM has added two more stations to its kitty with the launch in Ranchi and Vizag. This takes its total number of stations across the country to 35.


Big 92.7 FM Ranchi has various programmes like Vandana followed by breakfast show Big Chai, Episode 927, Ye Meri Life Hai, Pyar Pange etc, Big Googly and Raater Chandni Main Aur Kaun.

In Vizag listeners will be exposed to a mixed content of Big Luck, Voice of Vizag, Andhra Soda buddi, Tollywood Tamasha, Style, Serial Killer, Lunchkosthava, Sye ante Sye and Sagar Kinare.

Commenting on its launches in Ranchi and Vizag, Big FM regional head east and south Soumen Ghosh Choudhury said, "We are completely geared and are eagerly looking forward to entertaining the cities of Ranchi and Vizag. It is our aim to create content that is relevant, credible and has an aspirational value for the listeners. We are sure the cities will welcome us with open arms and will enjoy the programmes on our station."

Lycra MTV crowns Shah Rukh Khan as Maha Style Icon

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Shah Rukh Khan has been voted 'Maha Style Icon of the Year', while Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai were voted the 'Most Stylish Actor' in the male and female category respectively at the Lycra MTV awards announced Thursday evening.

The awards held annually, honour the most stylish people in India across various categories. Hrithik and Aishwarya were also voted as the 'Most Stylish Couple of 2007' under a special poll for MTV viewers.

Meanwhile, Karan Johar was selected the Most Stylish Person in Television, while Atif Aslam was recognized for being the most Stylish Person in music.

Dhoom-2 was declared the Most Stylish Film.

Further, Ignatius Camello and Joey Matthew won the awards for the Most Stylish Person on ramp in the male and female category respectively. Abhishek and Nandita bagged the award for 'Lycra Breakthrough Designer of the Year.'




Amongst the lot that turned out to be a part of the awards were the star cast of Farah Khan directorial Om Shanti Om along with Dino Morea, Gul Panag, Gulshan Grover, Kim Sharma, Sanjay Gadhvi, Raghuvendra Rathod, Ashok Amritraj, Pooja Batra and Chak De gang-of-girls, amongst others.

The evening also saw special theme based acts from Atif Aslam with Vikram Phadnis ('My Tee' range), Shafqat Amanat Ali with Abhishek and Nandita ('Uniforms') and Hard Kaur with Vikram Phadnis ('Gangs' collection) and finally Raghu Dixit with Jatin Kocchar (Universe of the Young - Lycra brand line).

Meanwhile, Manish Malhotra displayed his collection based on the 'Retro' theme, with Arjun Rampal and Deepika Padukone walking the ramp.




The panel of judges for the awards comprised Atul Kasbekar, Farah Khan, Neha Dhupia, Anaita Adajania Shroff, Raghuvendra Rathore, Ramona Narang, Sheetal Malhar, Rohit Bal, Prahlad Kakkar, Manoviraj Khosla, Ambika Pillai, Narendra Kumar Ahmed and Mickey Contractor.

The Lycra MTV Style Awards will be telecast on MTV on 3 November at 1 pm.

Lip lock kiya jaye?

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My television screen nearly misted over this week. Conservative, staid television does take a stab or two at bold expressions once in a while. After a very long time, one actually got to witness a lip lock, although a very modest one, on Sab's Love Story this week.

Star Plus' Kasautii Zindagi Kay didn't go as far, but the serial that normally makes a living out of zooming in on Prerna and Bajaj's faces, actually had a pretty intimate scene between a young couple on air this week. Of course, the guy decently turned out the bedside lamp before the information and broadcasting ministry could point fingers at something objectionable.



The last time a Hindi soap bothered with a kiss was on Sony's Hubahu nearly four years ago, when Sandhya Mridul locked lips with Alyy Khan in a swimming pool. The incident created minor ripples (not in the swimming pool, duh!), but didn't jostle the TRPs much either.

Anurag Basu's Love Story shot its scene subtly and the kiss was portrayed as just an expression of young love. Most channels appear to have kept away from such scenes fearing backlash from conservative audiences and a Big Brother government. The result is assumed intimacy between romantic couples, while fights and squabbles are depicted in detail. So, while you may have witnessed a thousand showdowns between Tulsi and Mihir, or Saloni and Nahar, do you remember them getting intimate any time? I don't.



On the other hand, Star One's Chhoona Hai Aasman went a bit heavy on the gore this week. The lead pair who are a part of an air force division apparently ventured perilously close to enemy territory (although their cockpit windscreens stayed curiously stationary, with no shifting reflections) and were nearly shot at. Over in enemy land, there's conflict and some killing ensues. Knife at throat and gun at forehead, the killer prolongs torture for a while with the knife before finishing off his victime. A bit gruesome for prime time actually.

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The Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Sa Ga continues...

Once on to a good property, it must be tough to let go the temptation to keep milking it. Viewers barely breathed easy after the end of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007, before being hit by the Lil Champs. Zee has this time roped in a bespectacled Sonu Nigam (who returns as judge after being anchor once upon a time) and veteran singer Suresh Wadkar, who looked distinctly uncomfortable in his new role in the inaugural episodes. It isn't easy bonding with very young participants, who come in from all corners of the world with stars in their eyes. Hope Wadkar settles in his groove as soon as he can.



Another music channel, some more Krazy Kiya Re and Main Hoon Don...The music stays the same, but if the first look of 9XM (INX Media's music channel that's just had its soft launch) is anything to go by, there will be lots of animated characters jumping in and out of the frame to aid proceedings. Apparently, it's just what the doctor ordered for the teenager who needs that bit of extra in his regular dose of Bollywood music. Let's see how the Vs and MTVs react to this one.



Couch potato's pick of the week - The weekends are getting busier, with Jjhoom India too launching on Sahara One. If you haven't got your fill of TV celebs exhibiting their hidden talents, head for this one!

India can become largest pay TV market in the world: Chandra

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During his keynote at Mipcom today, Zee Group CMD Subhash Chandra asserted that India had the potential to become the largest pay television market in the world.


However, Chandra remained steadfast that while newer distribution avenues would eat into the dominant share that cable enjoyed in Indian television households, that was not to imply that platforms like direct-to-home (DTH) would take over.

Chandra made the point during his interaction with Chris Forrester, Rapid TV News Editorial Director, who asked: "Do you see this threat (to television viewing) that today's youngsters will remain on a gaming, animation, or maybe mobile path?"

Chandra dismissed the notion as being higher on hyperbole than fact. "I don't see that day. When we started television everybody in the film industry said this is going to kill the industry. It didn't. It actually enhanced the film experience.



"Today in India, more than 70 films are screened per day and available to 70 million homes but still people watch cinema. Similar things will happen. All these newer avenues (for content to flow) will consume more and more media as they are made avilable at cheaper prices. As the newer applications come, they will all complement each other. Today we are showing gaming on the DTH platform."

Queried over whether going forward, he saw DTH becoming the primary feed into TV homes, Chandra responded: "It will not become the primary feed because regulation will not allow it, which is a good thing. But I do agree that other delivery platforms will take 40-50 per cent of the distribution market over next five-seven years."

On the issue of there being only one dominant or at the most two competing DTH platforms in other television markets, Chandra said: "India is a country of surprises. We will still be able to see two or three DTH platforms operating. Not five or six as is the case now though. So in that sense we will see consolidation."

On regulation, Chandra was quite clear that India needed it if the industry was to be able to grow in an orderly fashion. Said Chandra, "There should be regulation. Actually there is no regulation in India today. Only some guidelines on FDI caps and this kind of thing, nothing else."

Moser Baer acquires 800 Hindi films from Ultra Video

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Moser Baer India's aggressive play in the home video market continues. In a bulk deal, the Mumbai-based company has acquired over 800 Hindi and 100 Gujarati titles from home video major Ultra Video.

Ultra Video currently has a library of over 2200 movies.

Some of the Hindi titles are Sholay, Koi Mil Gaya, Andaz Apna Apna, 36 China Town, Iqbal, Dillagi, Bombay to Goa, Hero No 1, Saagar, Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, Aradhana and Amar Prem.

The Gujarati movies include Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya, Gaam Ma Piyaryu Ne Gaam Ma Sasar, Unchi Medi Na Uncha Mol, Hiran Ne Kanthe, Jode Rahejo Raj and Moti Verana Chawk Ma.

Moser Baer will be releasing these titles in the home video market on DVD and VCD formats at attractive price points. It will use its proprietary and patented technology.

Says Moser Baer CEO Entertainment business Harish Dayani, "With this acquisition, we own or have license for over 2500 Hindi titles and for over 400 Gujarati titles. This acquisition enables us to offer some latest hit titles to consumers at affordable prices points between Rs 28 - Rs 39 for VCD / DVD, by leveraging upon our patented and proprietary technology."

The company will leverage its distribution reach to market these titles. Moser Baer has already lined up over 475 distributors across the country and stocks shall be soon available in around 100,000 outlets.

Moser Baer says its new division is close to acquiring copyrights / exclusive license for more than 9,000 titles in all major Indian languages, which comprises a third of all movies produced till date in India.

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Raj TV plans to launch Tamil news channel on 14 November

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Chennai-based Raj Television Network (RTN) has said that it plans to launch a Tamil news channel on 14 November.
The company has received approval from the information and broadcasting ministry for the news channel.

The proposed channel will have a mix of general and business news, the company said.
Raj Television is expanding its bouquet of channels as it strives to increase audience share in a Tamil market which is dominated by Sun TV Ltd.
Raj TV shares dropped 4.82 per cent on Monday to close at Rs 218.25 at the BSE.

DishTV targets 8 mn users; to invest Rs 1100 cr

Betting big on its new campaign with Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan along with its new offerings, Essel Group promoted DishTV is expecting over three-fold increase in its subscriber base to 8 million by 2011.

The DTH player has also earmarked Rs 1,100 crore in the next two years for expansion.

"We will invest Rs 1,100 crore in the next two years for expansion which includes introducing new services, advertising among other things," DishTV CEO Arun Kapoor told media.

The company, which currently has a subscriber base of 2.3 million, is targeting 8 million users by 2011, he said.

DishTV, which has roped in Shahrukh Khan as its brand ambassador, would seek to make people aware about the DTH technology and its benefits through the new advertising campaign.

It is aggressively targeting people all across the country through print, electronic media, outdoors and other media of advertising to strengthen the company's brand and maintain its dominant position in this industry.

Apart from DishTV, two other operational DTH players include Prasar Bharati owned DD Direct (2 million users) and private player Tata Sky (1 million users).

However, the DTH market is expected to witness a lot of competition in the near future with Bharti, Reliance, Sun TV and Videocon slated to enter the field.

Commenting on the upcoming competition in the DTH sector, Kapoor said, "we welcome competition as this will open up the DTH market".
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Enjoy first day, first show of latest movies at home

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Indian movie buffs may soon be able to watch the latest movie first day, first show in the comfort of their homes. US-based media solutions company, DG2L Technologies, plans to launch one of the first HD (hi-definition) interactive media services through an advanced set top box (STB). The company would launch its services under BOX Networks in the first quarter of 2008. The company would invest about Rs 300 crore to launch its hi-definition services in India.

DG2L Technologies chief executive officer Ankur Sheth said, “ In the first phase, our MPEG4 set top boxes would offer Bollywood content on demand. In the second phase, we would source live cricket content on hi-definition.” The company is initially looking at tapping about 1.8 million subscribers in metros.

“We are in talks with several top Bollywood content makers to be able to release their movies on our interactive hi-definition services. We are also looking at getting a strategic investor which would be a content maker in our company,” he said.

Besides launching its own hi-definition media services, DG2L Technologies is also looking at tying up with operators for live hi-definition content.” We are already providing our set-top boxes to WWIL and are in talks with several DTH operators,” he added.

The company is working on a subscription model. Besides selling individual STBs , the company has also tied up with Panasonic Plasma TV and will bundle its STBs. Currently, DTH and MSO operators offer pay per view services on digital cable.

Under this model, a consumer can watch a movie at a particular time and pay for the number of times he/she watches it. In video-on-demand , the consumer can pay for a movie and own that content for 24 hours and pause, forward and rewind the movie.

Last year, the digital media solution company had entered into a joint venture with UFO Moviez for end-to-end digital solution. The company has already digitised about 1,000 screens pan-India.

NDTV Good Times launches ACTVE Cooking on Tata Sky

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For viewers of NDTV Good Times on Tata Sky, the channel will showcase 'ACTVE Cooking' a feature service with round the clock cooking recipes and demonstrations along with tips and trivia.

All subscribers of Tata Sky across the country can access the ‘ACTVE Cooking’ service to plan their menu of the day and see dishes being prepared, at the click of a button.


Viewers will be able to access ‘ACTVE Cooking’ service from the ACTVE services bouquet menu on Tata Sky. The recipes and demonstrations can also be availed by clicking the red button icon that will appear on the channel every time the viewers tune into the channel.

The ‘ACTVE Cooking’ menu will have four window options with four recipes for that day - breakfast, lunch, dinner and an International recipe. Viewers can click on any of them, watch the recipes, and scroll the text on the side to note down their favourite recipes using the service. The recipes will change on a daily basis.


NDTV Lifestyle CEO Smeeta Chakrabarti said, "ACTVE Cooking is a novel concept and a unique interactive experience for our urban audiences comprising of working mothers and bachelors. The service will offer them easy access to cooking recipes and will allow them to cook, eat and relish some of the best dishes at the click of a button, wherever and whenever they want to, courtesy NDTV Good Times. It's like catching the cricket highlights of the day, whenever you can."

NDTV Good Times is a lifestyle channel targetted at a largely cosmopolitan, socially upbeat audience. NDTV has come together with the Kingfisher Brand in a first-of-its-kind media alliance for the promotion of the channel.


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Tata Teleservices launches Hindi infotainment zone on Indicom phones

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Tata Teleservices has unveiled 'Tata Zone' an infotainment space on Tata Indicom BREW-enabled mobile phones, in Hindi.


The company states that the rationale behind launching this is that about 66 per cent of all Indians speak Hindi, while less than 5 per cent understands English. Hence it is trying to increasingly embrace Hindi to drive adoption of data services among the non-English speaking population.


The Tata Zone - Hindi facility hosts a variety of applications like cricket, faith and prayers, Bollywood and Hollywood movies, news, astrology, funzone and games. The entertainment-packed zone also features an impressive and latest collection of ringtones and wallpapers.


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Google faces hacker threat

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You may need to be careful when you next log in to your Gmail account. Government has sounded an alert that the popular Google system, including its search engine, email and photo-sharing software, has reported "multiple vulnerabilities".

The prime official agency on computer security has issued an advisory that these Google products, and others like its Blogspot, have loose ends. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERTIN), working under the department of information technology (DIT), has also noted a "persistent email theft issue" affecting the popular Gmail service.

The advisory has been put on CERTIN's website — www.cert-in.org.in — amid reports that many government websites and emails of senior Union ministers and officials were being hacked.

CERTIN's director Gulshan Rai refused to specify factors that led to the advisory but said it was backed by valid reasons.

"We work on the principle of complete confidentiality. I cannot tell you any more than the advisory which is in the public domain," Rai said.

Google India's R&D head Prasad Ram recently announced that its vision for India was to empower users "by providing organised, easily accessible information and products which encourage the creation and consumption of locally relevant content".

The IT major's media managers said they were examining the advisory and would respond soon. An active Indian white hat — a hacker who operates in an "ethical or legal" domain on cyber security tasks — said while hacking was an ongoing activity, he was not aware of the Google system turning vulnerable.

As opposed to white hats, black hats indulge in activity that is criminal in nature while there is also a community of grey hats who, as might seem obvious, stride both fields.

CERTIN claimed that cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities — of "high" severity rating — have been reported in Google. XSS, it said, occurred when a web application gathered malicious data from a user. "The data is usually gathered in the form of a hyperlink which contains malicious content within it. The user will most likely click on this link from another website, instant message, or simply just reading a web board or email message," CERTIN explained.

CERTIN aims to become the "most trusted referral agency of the Indian community" for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur.

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Tata Indicom festive offers

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Tata Teleservices Ltd has announced exciting schemes for Tata Indicom customers that could potentially win a brand new Tata Indica (diesel) car, which is the bumper prize.

As a part of Pandaga Samabralu offer, this is applicable for purchase of Huawei C2285 phone and a Walky for Rs 1,199 plus EMI of Rs 99 for three months.

The scheme also has other offers that come with a Pantech Slider colour phone and a Walky for Rs 1,999 plus EMI of Rs 99 for ten months. The customer also gets other assured gifts.

Commenting on the scheme, Mr S. Ramakrishna, Chief Operating Officer, AP Circle, Tata Teleservices Ltd, said this is a follow up of similar schemes offered by the operator in the past and hope this would motivate more customers.

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In another statement, TTSL announced that it had crossed the 20-million subscriber mark, which has come through in four years, which is the shortest among operators.

Commenting on the achievement, Mr Ashok Sud, President, Corporate Affairs, TTSL, said, “We have achieved this in four years while it was about 10 years in the case of other operators.”

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Dish TV signs on Shah Rukh

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Direct-to-home service provider Dish TV has signed on actor Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador. The actor will feature in the new advertising campaign that the Essel Group company is launching shortly.
“Shah Rukh is a natural fit with the personality of the brand as we are harbingers of entertainment in this country and there is none better than him to symbolise the epitome of entertainment in India,” said Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, CEO, Dish TV, in a statement.
Designed by Mr R. Balakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, Lowe, the campaign would be launched “simultaneously through a multi media blitzkrieg across the country”.
“I like the futuristic product idea and a fabulous brand theme that is simple but very interesting and very me. I hope people will warm up to my new look with Dish TV,” Shah Rukh Khan is quoted as having said.

Zee Sports America launches on Dish Network

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Zee TV USA has launched its sports channel Zee Sports America on EchoStar's satellite service platform Dish Network.

The channel was launched on 26 September on the Dish Network on channel 576.


The channel will provide coverage of South Asian sports such as Indian football, cricket, golf, and motor sports including Zee's original productions such as the Daily Sports News, Sports Café, Football Café, Sports Sunday, World Motor Sports Magazine, Twenty Two Yards, Cricket Talk and Cricket First.

"Zee Sports is the first homegrown Indian sports channel and through its grassroots activities redefines the traditional role of a television channel. Launching in the US is the first step in its continued attempts to spread its wings," stated Zee Sports CEO Himanshu Mody.

Zee Network head of Americas S Venkatasubramanian said, "This is a very important channel to the south Asian community in the US and we are very pleased to expand on our long term relationship with Dish Network that dates back to 1998. Zee Sports programming is broadcast today throughout south Asia and with the launch of this channel much of that quality content will now be available to the South Asian community in the US."



Zee TV USA manages the America's business of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and it commenced operations in 1998. It operates four 24x7 South Asian television networks, Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Alpha etc Punjabi and Zee Gujarati. Zee Sports America is the fifth television channel from its stable.

Eros International acquires 100+ new Hollywood titles

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Eros International has announced plans to expand its library of Hollywood films by acquiring 146 English titles.

The new titles include Rambo 4, Rush Hour 3, Lonely Hearts, The Accidental Husband and Incubus.


Eros International director and president India Sunil Lulla says, "We are excited about adding to our existing range of home entertainment and as part of our consolidation strategy, tapping into new markets and reaching out to a wider spectrum of home viewing audiences”.

Eros senior VP – India operations Hanif Khatri says, “Eros plans to add a further 1000 titles to its international repertoire shortly and offer customers a wider range of premium Hollywood films”.


With this acquisition, Eros adds to its catalogue of Hollywood titles which include the Kill Bill series, the Oscar winning Aviator, Finding Neverland, Scary Movie III, My Boss’ Daughter.

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Airtel crosses 50 million customers in broadband & telephone

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Bharti Airtel has announced that it has crossed the 50 million customer mark.

The customer base covers mobile as well as broadband and telephone customers.

Commenting on this landmark, Bharti Airtel joint MD Akhil Gupta said, "We are delighted to have achieved this major landmark, which puts Bharti Airtel amongst the top telecom companies in the world. It underlines the strength of our unique business model and our vision to provide affordable services like lifetime prepaid to customers across the length and breadth of the country."




"This milestone highlights the emergence of India as one of the top telecom markets in the world and we are proud to have been at the forefront of this growth. Going forward, we believe this growth momentum will remain intact and we are gearing towards the 100 million customers mark," added Gupta.

To establish presence in all census towns and over 500,000 villages across India by 2010, the telecom major has plans to invest in network expansion. The company's focus will be on further strengthening the Airtel brand through better customer service, which is backed by wide national distribution.

In the Enterprise business, Bharti Airtel will invest substantially in the long distance business to achieve the scale of a global carrier within next 2-3 years.




In Broadband and Telephone SBU, Bharti Airtel will initiate large-scale deployments of broadband network infrastructure in 94 towns, with a focus on the home and SME segments. It is readying to offer triple play to its customers with the launch of its IPTV service. The company is also looking at commencing national DTH operations by the end of the current fiscal, stated an official release.

Bharti Airtel president and CEO Manoj Kohli added, "We are committed to create a world-class organization and benchmark it with the best in the world. As the market gets ready for the next wave of growth, we are committed to expanding our telecom networks wider and deeper across the country and partner India's growth story."

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Zee TV launching weekend prime time show 'Naaginn…'

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Zee TV will be launching a new weekend show Naaginn…waadon ki agniparikshaa on 5 October in the 8:30 pm slot.

The show, airing Friday to Sunday, is produced by AK Films.


Naaginn is a tale of an Ichadhari Naaginn who transforms herself to take revenge from the Rathod family that had killed her parents for attaining the invaluable Naagmani. She gets married in the same family but her duty as a wife and her love towards her husband comes in between her desire for revenge.


Zee TV business head Punit Goenka said, "The past one and a half years has seen Zee TV recover its sheen and glory through an excellent mix of programming and marketing. We have always believed in creating subjects in viewers' interest. The concept of Naaginn and it's unfamiliarity with the masses has always been of intrigue with the Indian audiences and I am confident that this show would largely appeal to them."

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'Boogie Woogie' goes international, to hold auditions in Dubai

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Sony Entertainment's long running dance show Boogie Woogie has gone International.

Auditions have now been extended outside India with participation invited from across the globe with the first destination being Dubai.

This first ever international audition for the show will be held in Dubai from 18 October to 20 October. Naved Jaffrey and Ravi Behl will be present on the grounds to hand pick contestants who they think can be the part of Boogie Woogie.


Speaking about the reasons for conducting auditions in Dubai, Sony Entertainment Television president Rohit Gupta says, "Dubai is a key market for Sony Entertainment Television and we always attempt to bring big entertainment opportunities for our viewers and advertisers here. After the huge success of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa event last year during Dubai Shopping Festival, followed by our first ever International auditions for Indian Idol 3 in Dubai, we now bring Sansui Boogie Woogie for the first time to Dubai."

For 11 years, Boogie Woogie has been running innumerable themes, special shows, championships that have given a platform to a cross-section of people from all ages, and cities to showcase their talent on the small screen.



"Opening the platform for participation to talented and aspiring dancers of all age-groups, we are sure that our Dubai viewers will welcome the show with a huge response as always. I would like to thank all our associates and partners in Dubai for their consistent support and commitment in making our every effort in Dubai a huge success and look forward to coming back with more such surprises to Dubai," Gupta added further.

To make participation and registration easy, Sony Entertainment Television has set up an exclusive SMS gateway. Aspirants of all age-groups can participate by sending and SMS DANCE to 3536.


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Big FM to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti in 'Gandhigiri' style

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Big FM Kolkata is celebrating Gandhi Jayanti by hosting a daylong activity to promote camaraderie between commuters and drivers of public vehicle.


As a part of the campaign the FM station is organising a meet and greet for drivers and commuters of Kolkata at three important bus stands. Eminent Kolkatans and RJs of Big FM will speak about the important issue in the meet.


Big FM Kolkata station director Bodhayan Roychaudhury said, "An eye for an eye will only lead to blindness, and what better way than through Gandhigiri to assuage the friction between drivers and commuters. We invite all Kolkatans to join hands in a Big way for this initiative. We are confident that our drive will unite the entire city on a common platform as they come together for this common cause."

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Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon gets positive response

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The Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon takes place next month.

Some big names in long distance running, led by the defending champions among men and women, Francis Kibiwott and Lineth Chepkirui, have confirmed their presence for the third edition of the event.


Promoters Procam International say that they have been swamped by a deluge of last minute entries. The firm claims that indications are strong that all the categories will be oversubscribed, with the event getting 30,000 participants.


The 2,500 running places in the Senior Citizens’ Run and the 200 in the Wheelchair Category have been filled up, with figures fast piling up for the Half Marathon and the Great Delhi Run. In view of this, and accounting for some amount of rejections, promoters Procam International are yet accepting entries because a window of opportunity still exists for runners desirous of enjoying the half marathon experience.
The response to the charity drive has also been encouraging, with personalities from all walks of life signing up for the Dream Team, while major corporate entities are lining up for the Corporate Challenge and the Corporate Sporting Challenge. In the past two editions the event has generated in excess of Rs 20 million towards charity and concerted efforts are on from GiveIndia, the Official Charity Partner, to ensure that the figure is eclipsed this time around.

Powerful Charity Drive: Film actresses Yana Gupta, Nafisa Ali, Ajay Bakaya of the Sarovar Group of Hotels and Ajay Bijli of the PVR Cinema Group are some of the prominent names already confirmed for the Dream Team, while some of the corporate majors who have signed up for the Corporate Challenge include HSBC, HDFC, Google, Apollo Tyres, Cannon, American Express Bank, Coca Cola, TV 18, NDTV, ABN Amro, ONGC, DELL, Ericsson, to name a few.

World Class Field: The best timing among men in the elite athlete field is credited to Kenya’s Patrick Makau, whose personal best is 58.56 minutes. The other names with sub-hour personal bests are Kenya’s Philip Rugut (59.45), the winner in 2005, Kenya’s Evans Cheruyiot (59.12), the winner at Rotterdam in 2007 and defending champion Francis Kibiwott of Kenya ( 59.26). Makau’s and Cheruyiot also have the distinction of recording the second and third fastest timings in the half marathon this year

Among the women, defending champion Lineth Chepkirui of Kenya will have to contend with the 2005 winner Irina Timpeyeva of Russia. The other big names in the field include Kenya’s Pamela Chepchumba, and Alice Timbilil, the winner and runner-up respectively at the Philadelphia half marathon 2007.

One of the new initiatives for the third edition of the Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon has been the Marathon Training Programs being conducted by Reebok, the Official Training and Sportswear Partner. The training programs have received an encouraging response from the people of Delhi and the corporates and will be one of the major vehicles towards improving and bettering the physical standards of running enthusiasts in the years to come.

Vodafone Initiatives: Vodafone has announced an invitation to the Residents Welfare Associations (RWA’s) of Delhi to be part of the Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon. It will provide an ideal platform to bring the welfare associations to centre stage by motivating the residents to participate in spirit and body. The best RWA will be judged by a noted celebrity on the race day basis certain predefined criteria.

The winning team will be given a cash prize of Rs. 100,000 which can be used effectively for the benefit of the RWA. In addition, the team members of the winning team will also get a cash prize of Rs. 5000 each. Besides, the three runners up teams will also get a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 each.

Hamster wheels have been put up in high congregation areas around the NCR region for people to get a feel of running the marathon. Young and energetic fitness enthusiasts are cheerleading those running on the Hamster wheel

Test your Stainless Will: An event like the half marathon throws up stories of the triumph of the human spirit and very few of these come to light during the event. The build-up till Race Day is as important as the actual run – the discipline, the practice, the teamwork, the motivation, the camaraderie and obviously the stainless will!

In another initiative, supported by Associate Sponsor Jindal Stainless, Procam International invites those who have experienced the magic of the half marathon to tell the world his or her story. The best stories will be put up on the official website and the top stories will be rewarded with Jindal Stainless art d’inox products.

Your Race Day Photos : Procam International has tied up with Marathon-Photos.com. For the first time in India, each runner will have an opportunity to own his/her momentous running highlights captured in photographs by Marathon-Photos.com, the official Photographer of the Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon.

Sahara One launches prime time daily 'Main Aisi Kyun Hoon'

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Sahara One Television launched its new serial Main Aisi Kyun Hoon which will start airing from 8 October.
Slotted for primetime at 8:30 pm, this is a daily serial that will air weekdays from Monday to Thursday.
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Sahara One Television programming head Kalyan Sundaram said, "This is our attempt to present our viewers with varied shades of entertaining storylines through our shows. With Biggest Loser doing so well for the channel, I am confident about this one as well."
Main Aisi Kyun Hoon is a story of a 26-year-old girl brought up in a conservative middle class Maharashtrian family. Sanjana is hyper imaginative girl with modern outlook towards life. Her family is pressurizing her to get married but Sanjana is against it. Her life takes an unexpected twist when her childhood love Siddharth returns from US married. Nearing her 30s Sanjana refuses to let go her past and move on in life.
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Sundaram further added, "Our programs are an outcome of researches done to find out what our audience wants. Latest research concluded that viewers want regressive storyline."
"This show tells us the story of today's changing times where Indian women are highly progressive yet practising and respecting their cultural values. Main Aisi Kyub Hoon will show Sanjana;s relationship with everyone around her," added Sundaram.
The show is produced by actor Paresh Rawal's Playtime Creations which has also produced Shubh Mangal Savadhan for the channel earlier.
The lead character of Sanjana is played by Nazneen Patel and Khalid Siddiqui will play Siddharth.

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Microsoft storms Google’s turf

Microsoft has used its might, clout and smarts to take on any number of products and services—the browser, the operating system, the portable music player, to name just three—with varying degrees of success. Now, it is taking solid aim at a business that is arguably outside its core competence: advertising. And it is deliberately facing off against a specialist, Google.

The general in charge of part of Microsoft’s assault, Brian McAndrews, joined the company just last month and is still learning its way of doing things. But he does know the Internet ad business, having run aQuantive, the advertising company that Microsoft acquired for $6 billion last month.

AQuantive’s main competitor in technology is DoubleClick, the ad company that Google announced it would buy for $3.1 billion in April, so the competition will be face to face. Google, the dominant force in Internet advertising, has a running start, but Microsoft has a leg up: Its deal for aQuantive is done, while Google’s bid for DoubleClick still faces scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission.

McAndrews has a long-term strategy that boils down to divorcing online advertising from Internet searches. The two have been viewed as a couple, because so many people use portals and search engines as their home base on the Web, but McAndrews says that model shortchanges advertisers and Web publishers.

McAndrews’ proposed system, called “conversion attribution”, would track all of the online places where consumers see ads and give advertisers a fuller picture of the various ways that consumers reach them. Tracking is important, because the site that gets credit for prompting a user’s visit is the one that gets paid for it.

McAndrews contends that search engines, which long have claimed credit for sending people to companies’ websites, do not deserve it all.

“Google gets all the credit, and in fact, you might have just gone to Google to type in the URL,” McAndrews said, pointing out that people often search for companies’ names after seeing their ads elsewhere.

Using technology from aQuantive’s Atlas division, Microsoft will be able to provide advertisers with a log of all the places on the Internet where people see ads before going to the advertisers’ websites. The data is based on individual computers’ electronic signatures, not individual people.

Atlas, which delivers online ads to websites, has been working on such a system for more than a year and is running pilot tests with it.
DoubleClick introduced a similar technology in July.

But Atlas contends that the system will be expensive to deploy without Microsoft, because it requires vast server capacity to analyse billions of ad impressions each day, said Young-Bean Song, a vice-president of Atlas. He said that Microsoft would be able to use the new tracking capability to prove the value of its ad space, much of which is unrelated to search.

“Microsoft recognises that in order to get TV dollars and traditional advertising dollars, you need this type of measurement to really show this value; otherwise the answer over and over again is: ‘buy more search’,” Song said. “All the portals, including MSN, have a lot to gain from this.”

While this system is still a work in progress, Microsoft will announce a more modest advance: changes to the MSN Video site that are supposed to make the ads there less intrusive and more ubiquitous. This development is a response to Google’s announcement in August that its YouTube site would overlay advertisements on the bottom of some online videos.

MSN Video will play fewer video ads in a session, but increase the reach of the ads by showing them once every three minutes. Until now, video ads have appeared at the start of every two clips, even if those clips were only 10 seconds long. The change is also meant to make sharing videos easier, which MSN hopes will encourage more online video watching.

Since announcing the deal to buy aQuantive, Microsoft has been expressing its online advertising ambitions more loudly. “We are hell-bent and determined to allocate the talent, the resources, the money, the innovation, to absolutely become a powerhouse in the ad business,” said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, at the company’s financial analyst meeting in July.

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Tata Sky expands offer to 140 channels

Tata Sky Ltd., the JV between the Tata Group and STAR, recently introduced 15 Sun channels, Kalaignar TV, NDTV Good Times, UTV Bindass, Neo Sports and Neo Sports Plus taking its product offering to 140 channels and interactive services. Tata Sky has also launched ActveTM Cooking, the first-of-its-kind interactive service that allows viewers to get recipes when they want, at the press of a button.

To cater to its rapidly expanding customer base in south India, the company has introduced new channel packages starting at Rs 200 per month, designed especially for customers in the region, said Vikram Kaushik, managing director and CEO, Tata Sky Ltd

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Indian Idol contest sparks violence, 30 injured

India's version of "American Idol" sparked violence on Friday when police clashed with supporters of the winner, leaving at least 30 people injured. Officials said the army had been called in to maintain calm.

Prashant Tamang, an ethnic Nepali youth from the eastern state of West Bengal, beat Amit Paul from Meghalaya state, inflaming regional rivalries after a closely contested final round on Sunday.

The animosities subsided after the two contestants appealed for peace, but a radio station stoked further trouble by making inflammatory remarks about Tamang this week, angering ethnic Nepalese.

On Friday, thousands marched in West Bengal's Siliguri town to protest the remarks. The procession later turned violent, forcing police to fire tear gas shells and use batons.

"The situation is tense. We have placed the entire region under heavy security cover," Ravinder Jit Singh Nalwa, a senior police officer, said.

"Indian Idol" is among a slew of singing contests on Indian television judged by audience vote. The voting is heavily parochial with contestants drawing maximum votes from their native state.
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Petition in HC against Eklavya's entry to Oscars

Eklavya — The Royal Guard, which was on its way as an official Indian entry to the Oscars is now courting trouble. Bhavna Talvar and WSG Films have filed a writ in the Bombay HC against the Film Federation of India and the selectors for choosing on September 24, the Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt starrer as India's official entry for the Academy Awards. The petition is expected to come up in court on Saturday.

Talvar on Thursday even shot off a legal notice to Supran Sen, secretary of the federation through her lawyers — Amit and Vineet Naik. The notice said that WSG Films are producers of the film Dharm, starring Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak and directed by Bhavna Talwar.

"The film is a story of a staunch Hindu pandit who lives in Benaras as per the scriptures of the Vedas. He adopts a little child and this child helps him get in touch with the reality of his way of life. The Film conveys that Dharm as a word does not actually mean 'religion' but the 10 fold paths that you take to salvation. The film preaches that Hinduism is not a religion; it is a way of life."

What the notice said essentially was that the film Dharm received critical acclaim and was selected as the closing film of the Tous les Cinemas Du Monde at the prestigious Cannes film festival, Cancun 2007, and Palm Springs 2008, among others and that Talvar is the "first Indian woman director to be officially selected at Cannes."
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Nickelodeon is No 3 among children’s channels

Television channel Nickelodeon reached the number three position amongst children’s channels last week with its television rating point (TRP) growing at 104 per cent during the year.

The channel, also known as Nick, is now planning to increase its reach through 360 degree marketing before the coming holiday season, said Ms Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Vice-President and General Manager Nickelodeon.

“We are also considering expanding our merchandise categories to include toys, activity books and stationary,” she added.

The channel share, according to Ms Jaipuria, has grown from 9 per cent of the segment in January to 18 per cent in August. Nick’s distribution reach has also gone up to 20 per cent. “Our loyal audience base was very small. The challenge was to get children to staple our channel,” said Ms Jaipuria.

Reaching out


The channel launched a 360 degree marketing strategy reaching out to children wherever they were—through school contact programmes, at cinema halls during launches of blockbusters such as Spiderman, at malls, in Diamond comics, radio and even on general entertainment channels.

It also advertises during popular shows such as Saregamapa on Zee, Boogie Woogie on Sony and during the television premier of the movie Krish.

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It plans to keep its direct contact with viewers active through contests and other ground events.

“We have also recently introduced Nick Home Cinemas, with movies both from our library and acquired titles from Sony and Ultra,” said Ms Jaipuria.

Distinguishing itself from other channels by keeping humour at the heart of things, Nick has also added on advertisers during the year, taking the number from 17 at the beginning of the year to 50 at present.

The channel is also targeting smaller towns.

In spite of its ‘dubbed’ content, Nick enjoys the highest (34 per cent) audience share in the children’s entertainment category in Uttar Pradesh.

“For kids content has universal appeal. Take our driver shows, SpongeBob is American, Ninja is Japanese,” said Ms Jaipuria.


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Sony Pictures to distribute Fifa supported 'More Than Just A Game'

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the international distribution rights to the feature length FIFA-supported docu-drama More Than Just A Game, from Distant Horizon.

The docu-drama stars Presley Chweneyagae (Tsotsi) and tells the dramatic and little-known story of organized football played among prisoners on Robben Island in South Africa where Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. The announcement was made today by SPTI president Michael Grindon, and Distant Horizon CEO Anant Singh.

Told through the stories of five former prisoners, More Than Just A Game follows the story of how political activists who were unjustly imprisoned on Robben Island in the 1960s rise above their incarceration by creating a football league, the Makana Football Association (Makana FA), and find an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through football.






This deal comes on the heels of Sony Corporation's global partnership deal with FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) that went into effect in January of this year.

As a FIFA Partner, the highest level of sponsorship status which is accorded to only six companies, Sony will be the official Digital Life sponsor of over 40 FIFA events, including the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010 and the FIFA World Cup in 2014 due to be held in South America.

Grindon stated, "This is truly an inspirational story and we are pleased to be working with Distant Horizon to bring this amazing tale of hope to audiences around the world. We are also pleased to continue our association with FIFA, as they recently announced their support for the film and it is a timely acquisition for SPTI in light of the fact that the next FIFA World Cup is being held in South Africa."

Producer Singh added, "We at Distant Horizon are thrilled to be working with Sony Pictures Television International on the international distribution of More Than Just A Game. The film has relevance not only to people in South Africa, but to people around the world. When considering this project, I felt that there was potential for this film because it is a story about human beings trying to succeed against all odds and to survive using football as their inspiration, which in everybody else's terms, was very simple. More Than Just A Game is a tribute to the people on Robben Island who fought for the privilege to play football."








"The Makana FA and Robben Island have great symbolic significance in FIFA's fight to eradicate racism and all forms of discrimination from football and society as a whole. We are very proud that, thanks to our Partner Sony, its subsidiary Sony Pictures Television International and producer Anant Singh have teamed up to distribute this unique docu-drama More than Just a Game around the world. The film shows just how football can help to build a better future," commented FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter.

The movie's worldwide premiere is scheduled around the Preliminary Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup taking place in Durban, South Africa on 24 November 2007. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be held in South Africa from 10 June through 11 July.

More Than Just A Game is a Distant Horizon production in association with Telkom Media and Distant Horizon, with script development supported by the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa (NFVF). It is executive produced by Sudhir Pragjee and Sanjeev Singh and produced by Anant Singh and Helena Spring with Chuck Korr, Lord Ted Rowlands, Dave Crowe and Hannelie Bekker co-producing. The screenplay is by Tom Eaton and it is directed by Junaid Ahmed.
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Zee Cafe launches 11 fresh shows currently on air in US

The Zee Group's English general entertainment channel Zee Cafe today claimed to have become the first channel in the country to run popular sitcoms simultaneously with their launch in the US.


The channel today announced the launch of 11 new programmes in different genres commencing between today and early next year, which are being launched around the same time as their showing in the US, where they have been or are being produced.

Zee Cafe business head Neil Chakravarti said that the new programmes had been decided after six months of intensive research among Indian viewers who said they learnt a lot about new shows from the internet or sites like YouTube, and could not wait to see them several months or years later.

Chakravarti told a press meet here that Zee had therefore worked out deals with its studio partners in the US to get these programmes for showing within days or hours of their first showing. He admitted that this meant paying 75 to 200 per cent more than the normal payment, but said it was worth the effort.

He said there were only two general entertainment English language channels in the country, the other being Star World, and claimed that Zee Cafe was different in that it only picked programmes that would appeal to Indians.

At least four of the shows on the channel - Aliens in America, The Big Bang Theory, Unhitched, and the on-going Notes from the Underbelly - star south Asians, Neil revealed.

He said the Survivor series was probably the world's first reality show on television when it first commenced in the last decade. The 15th season Survivor: China begins in Shanghai and is the story of castaways attending a Buddhist ceremony. Having commenced in the US on 20 September, it will come on Zee Cafe early next month.



The Big Bang Theory and Unhitched are comedies, Aliens in America is a drama-based sitcom, The Sarah Connor Chronicles beginning early next year is a re-invention of the Terminator series, while Pushing Daisies, Back to You and Journeyman are romantic dramas. The others are Gossip Girl, Army Wives and Travel Girls.

Chakravarti later told Indiantelevision.com that the channel had experimented with some English shows made in India, but felt that Indian audiences were not yet ready for English fiction.

Denying that the channel showed content meant only for adult audiences, he claimed that 60 per cent of the cable and satellite homes in the country were seeing Zee Cafe, and said there were attempts to give greater publicity to these progrrammes on all the 27 Zee channels. He said that the channel was interactive in that viewers could write back on the zeecafe.tv website.

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Star One to launch musical quiz show 'Bol Baby Bol'

It's the season of music based format shows on Hindi entertainment channels. Star One is set to launch a musical reality show titled Bol Baby Bol.

"Star One is launching a nonfiction musical quiz show Bol Baby Bol soon. The time slot is yet to be fixed. The auditions are starting from tomorrow in Mumbai," an industry source reveals.


"Bol Baby Bol will be very much like Kaun Banega Crorepati but here the person who sits on the hot seat will have to complete the missing lyrics of the given song. The show will be anchored by singer Adnan Sami," adds the source.

When contacted however, Star India VP marketing and communication Prem Kamath declined to comment.


The source explains that after choosing from a variety of genres, period, singer and music director the contestant of the nonfiction show will be asked to complete the lyrics of the song which will be played. As in KBC, the level of difficulty of the questions will be raised with each correct answer. A contestant can win prize money of up to Rs 250,000 every week.

As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Star One will soon unveil a host of new shows to its programming line up as part of a content refurbishing process. Star One will launch at least 12-14 new programmes within the next four months.

The bank of new properties will kickstart with a fiction programme that launches next week.




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Shemaroo releases 'Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi' on home video

Shemaroo Entertainment released the home video of Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi the popular TV show from 1980s.

Shemaroo has colour corrected the images, improved the picture quality and audio by restoring it for more clarity. The original master of Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, which was in 'Low Band U-Matic' format, is now digitally restored and upgraded which enhances the visual appeal of the serial for viewers.


Shemaroo Entertainment VP Hiren Gada shares his thoughts, "It is a great pleasure to have the Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi team with us for the launch of its home video. This reunion is certainly a triumph for all of us, where we are taken to a state of nostalgia. We are breathing life into something which is more than two decades old, yet which is the top most recall among audiences."


The VCDs and DVDs of this serial would be available at all the leading stores across the country. Season onewhich has episodes till 24 has been released in four separate volumes.

The DVDs are priced at Rs 149 and the VCDs are priced at Rs 99.



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Dishtv offers Sun channels to counter TataSky in southern language space

DTH player dishtv, which pioneered the platform in India, has made the entire Sun bouquet of 15 channels available to its subscribers, in the wake of TataSky doing the same two days ago.

Company officials had in August told indiantelevision.com that dishtv had already signed an agreement with Sun for carrying their channels, but would wait for the Sun DTH platform to start operation and go on air simultaneously, as that had been the tacit understanding between the two companies.


However, dishtv had also then said that if TataSky went ahead with their airing of Sun channels before Kalanithi Maran's Sun DTH operations start, they would break with that agreement and start carrying the Sun channels.

"This is precisely what has happened, as TataSky started carrying the Sun channels two days ago, so we informed Sun and with their consent, have started carrying the Sun bouquet from yesterday," a dishtv official said on condition of anonymity.

The addition of Sun channels takes up dishtv's offering to 180 channels in 12 languages across the country.

With the addition of Sun channels, the dishtv south Indian language line-up will now have 17 Tamil, 12 Telugu, 12 Malayalam and 10 Kannada channels, including channels from other southern broadcasters.

The new channels are an interesting mix of genres across general entrainment, news and music, movie and kids, in short, catering to the entertainment needs of the entire family.

In the present day scenario of emerging India, almost 10-20 per cent of the young population is dislocated from their home states for better opportunities, the company statement added.

The inclusion of new channels will also satisfy the needs of the southern language populace residing outside their home state, dishtv officials say.


Commenting on the occasion, Arun Kapoor, CEO, dishtv said, "Dishtv believes in offering variety to its subscribers. From the very beginning, we have aimed to cater to the language specific needs of the regional belt spread across the length and breadth of the country."
Kapoor adds that it has been dishtv's constant endeavour to incorporate tastes and preferences of our subscribers in the offerings.

"Dishtv enjoys strong support from Southern viewers and is completely in tune with their entertainment preference," he says.

By this move, dishtv now has the complete southern bouquet of channels which can cater to and will be of interest for all southern language speaking audiences.

The Sun channels will be available under four different packages, namely Dish Freedom- 100 channels @ Rs. 150, Dish Freedom plus-105 channels @ Rs. 200, Dish Welcome-130 channels @ Rs. 300 and Dish Maxi-159 channels @ 350.

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Eros International to release 'No Smoking' globally

Eros International will release the film No Smoking in cinemas worldwide on 26 October 2007.


No Smoking is directed by Anurag Kashyap and is produced by Eros International with Kumar Mangat and Vishal Bharadwaj.

Starring John Abraham in lead role with Ayesha Takia and Paresh Rawal, 'No Smoking' is the story of K (John Abraham) who is addicted to smoking and refuses to do anything about it. But when K's wife, Anjali (Ayesha Takia), walks out on him, he decides to go meet Baba Bengali, Sealdahwaale (Paresh Rawal), who runs 'Prayogshala', a centre for rehabilitation from all sorts of addictions and afflictions. And when K goes to meet Baba Bengali, Sealdahwaale; he walks into an agreement he can't walk out of.



Proud and desperate, K pushes the buttons, throws caution to the wind and challenges Baba's diktats. What follows is a breathless, smoky game of one-upmanship between the self-assumed all-knowing gatekeeper of the netherworld and a frantic, unsuspecting man. Finally, K realises that he can't escape Baba no matter what he tries. Until of course the contract is complete.

Eros will be releasing the music of No Smoking on Eros cassettes and CDs on 26 September 2007.

Buoyed by T-20 success, ADAG group to promote other sports

Buoyed by India's success in the ongoing Twenty20 cricket World Cup, the event's main sponsor Reliance Communication has decided to promote other sports apart from cricket.

"We are considering promotion and sponsorship of other sports which include beach-volleyball, hockey and some adventure sports," Reliance Communication president branding and marketing Sanjay Behl told PTI over phone.

The recent win of Indian Hockey team in the Asia Cup where they routed Korea 7-2 might have generated corporate world's interest in sponsoring hockey.

"Sports like beach-volleyball and adventure sports are something new to India and therefore need promotion to become popular here," company officials said.

"The success of the Indian cricket team, which have reached first ever Twenty20 final is a very good thing. The ADAG group is also thinking of sponsoring future cricket tournaments like one day series with Australia and is also looking forward to sponsor the 2011 World Cup to be played in the sub-continent," Behl added.

"Our association with the game goes a long way with Reliance World Cup in 1987 in which Indian team had reached semi-finals. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is our brand ambassador, who has now become captain of Indian one-day side also," he said.

"We are also sponsoring Saurashtra and Kutch cricket associations," he added.

Apart from Reliance Communication, other ADAG group companies like Reliance Capital will also sponsor and promote various sporting events, Behl added.



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Kolkata policeman Prashant Tamang is 'Indian Idol 3'

In a grand musical extravaganza, Prashant Tamang from Darjeeling was last night crowned Indian Idol 3 after a count of an estimated 70 million votes received through SMS or mobiles.

Tamang, who is of Nepali origin, is a constable with the Kolkata police.

The grand finale last night saw actor John Abraham name Prashant out of the two finalists, the other being Amit Paul of Shillong, a great favourite in Delhi and the metros.



In addition to a recording contract with Sony BMG, Prashant was awarded a contract worth Rs 10 million with Sony Entertainment Television. Both Prashant and Amit were also awarded one Maruti SX4 and one Sony Ericsson Mobile Phone.

Fireworks lit up the sky as the winner was named after the slip containing his name was taken out by Abraham. In a recent episode of Indian Idol, Abraham had announced his preference for Prashant.

After the announcement, Prashant took the blessings of the judges and then gallantly walked to the front of the stage with Amit, both holding the Sony Trophy presented to the winner. As in the two earlier segments, the finale of the Indian Idol was an all-male affair. Interestingly, Amit had been eliminated in the earlier rounds but was chosen by the judges to be brought back into the competition.

All the judges – lyricist Javed Akhtar, music director Anu Malik, and singers Udit Narayan and Alisha Chinai – were also present on the grand stage at the National Small Industries Corporation Exhibition Ground in Okhla in south Delhi. Others present were the parents of the two finalists, and the presenters Mini Mathur and Hussain.


Both the finalists, Prashant and Amit, also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandi during two days they were in the capital preparing for the finale. Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that she's proud of the youngsters and they are idols in their own way.



All those who had qualified as the thirteen shortlisted after the piano round presented musical items, including the title song which they have rendered for the John Abraham-Bipasha Basu starrer ‘Goal’.

Others who performed at the finale included Indipop singer Mika and playback singer Sukhwinder Singh, apart from Malik, Alisha, and Udit. Two former winners of Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant and Sandeep Acharya also performed. The huge audience was in raptures and stood in their seats as Sukhwinder sang Chak De India.

A special item was the presentation of some of Anu’s best songs by the two finalists, with Anu himself overseeing the music accompaniment. Anu was also a judge in the first two segments of Indian Idol.

Earlier, in interviews to indiantelevision.com, the judges had said the aim of Indian Idol 3 had been to find just one voice who would be ‘Bharat ki shaan’ (Pride of India) and would be proficient in modern, classical, semi-classical, pop and also in dancing. Indian Idol 3 was produced for Sony Entertainment TV by the Delhi-based Miditech headed by Niret and Nikhil J Alva.

The third series commenced as a Friday-Saturday show, starting with 24 contestants and gradually coming down to 13, and then two in the finals to select the lone winner. However, the channel attempted to capitalize on the popularity by extending it to other days of the week towards the beginning and then the end.



The preliminaries were held in 12 cities. The cities are Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Srinagar, Nagpur, Vadodra, Bhopal, Kampur, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

Meanwhile, in recent interviews, the finalists said they feel that a major benefit of the music competition, even if they are not selected, would be the new confidence they have gained to face the future.

Launched in Britain as Pop Idol, the Idol series had already traversed to 28 countries in 40 channels all over the world. Sony was bound by the rules set by Pop Idol, but made a change with the introduction of a fourth celebrity judge. However, Shola Rajachandran who heads Media Communications at Sony told indiantelevision.com that this had been done keeping in mind the theme of the week. For example, it was Ila Arun for the week when folk songs were sung, Anil Kapoor when patriotism was the theme, and Sonu Nigam when modern film songs were sung.

Though Prashant is the lone winner, some of the others have already been recorded songs for Bollywood, and Alisha Chinai is recording an album with Meiyang Chang from Dhanbad who is a dentist of Chinese origin and was eliminated towards the end. Alisha had protested and left the show, but had been convinced by Chang to return. (Chang brought a special painting as a gift for Alisha to the finale.)

Sony sources said the top eight or nine participants in each of the first two editions had already been either lapped up by the film industry or achieved success in stage performances in India and overseas. For example, she said Prajakta who had been a finalist in the last edition had already recorded in 17 languages.

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Sony Pictures, Eros enter film partnership

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Eros International will co-invest in a slate of Hindi films to be released in India and around the world.


Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Sony and Eros will jointly develop, produce and acquire multiple films for the new Hindi film slate. Sony Pictures is expected to distribute some of the titles in the US, and Eros will use its established infrastructure to distribute the films in other international territories. The two companies will work jointly in India.

Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton said, "This deal continues Sony Pictures dedication to the region as we embrace and support local talent and invest in films made specifically for audiences in India and the Indian diaspora.

"As a global company, we are committed to international cinema in India and around the world – we want to satisfy the demand in local markets for high quality original stories told in their original languages. We have a strong track record of film and television production and distribution in India and we're proud Eros International, the leading player within the Indian entertainment arena, will be working with us to find unique and inventive films for Indian audiences and fans of Indian cinema everywhere."


Lulla says, "I am delighted to establish this important relationship between Eros and Sony Pictures, a prominent Hollywood studio with a global brand and reputation of the highest quality. I am excited by the potential benefits to both parties from working together and pleased that Sony chose Eros as its Indian partner.

"Since our London listing last year, Eros has successfully carried out the first phase of consolidation of the fragmented Indian entertainment sector. We continue to strive to make a humble contribution in shaping the future of Indian entertainment in the years to come," he said.

The deal marks the latest step in Sony Pictures’ longstanding commitment to local language film production around the world. In April, Sony Pictures launched its International Motion Picture Production group, under the direction of Gareth Wigan and Deborah Schindler, in recognition of the evolution and significance of the world market for motion pictures.

The new co-financing arrangement also continues the longstanding collaboration between Eros and Sony Pictures. Sony Pictures owns a majority stake in Sony Entertainment Television channel (SET) in India and Eros has an option to own 24 per cent of the television channels B4U Network. The Set channel and B4U Network created a joint venture company in the UK, named BEN-Set Limited, in September 1999, through which SET and B4U jointly market and sell their television channels to DTH subscribers in the UK. Set also licenses films from Eros.

Over the past year Eros has secured more than 50 projects through a combination of content production, co-production, output deals and talent agreements.


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Sony Pictures, Eros enter film partnership

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Eros International will co-invest in a slate of Hindi films to be released in India and around the world.


Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Sony and Eros will jointly develop, produce and acquire multiple films for the new Hindi film slate. Sony Pictures is expected to distribute some of the titles in the US, and Eros will use its established infrastructure to distribute the films in other international territories. The two companies will work jointly in India.

Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton said, "This deal continues Sony Pictures dedication to the region as we embrace and support local talent and invest in films made specifically for audiences in India and the Indian diaspora.

"As a global company, we are committed to international cinema in India and around the world – we want to satisfy the demand in local markets for high quality original stories told in their original languages. We have a strong track record of film and television production and distribution in India and we're proud Eros International, the leading player within the Indian entertainment arena, will be working with us to find unique and inventive films for Indian audiences and fans of Indian cinema everywhere."


Lulla says, "I am delighted to establish this important relationship between Eros and Sony Pictures, a prominent Hollywood studio with a global brand and reputation of the highest quality. I am excited by the potential benefits to both parties from working together and pleased that Sony chose Eros as its Indian partner.

"Since our London listing last year, Eros has successfully carried out the first phase of consolidation of the fragmented Indian entertainment sector. We continue to strive to make a humble contribution in shaping the future of Indian entertainment in the years to come," he said.

The deal marks the latest step in Sony Pictures’ longstanding commitment to local language film production around the world. In April, Sony Pictures launched its International Motion Picture Production group, under the direction of Gareth Wigan and Deborah Schindler, in recognition of the evolution and significance of the world market for motion pictures.

The new co-financing arrangement also continues the longstanding collaboration between Eros and Sony Pictures. Sony Pictures owns a majority stake in Sony Entertainment Television channel (SET) in India and Eros has an option to own 24 per cent of the television channels B4U Network. The Set channel and B4U Network created a joint venture company in the UK, named BEN-Set Limited, in September 1999, through which SET and B4U jointly market and sell their television channels to DTH subscribers in the UK. Set also licenses films from Eros.

Over the past year Eros has secured more than 50 projects through a combination of content production, co-production, output deals and talent agreements.


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