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  • RED FM’s Festive Bonanza for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata

    MUMBAI: Red FM, brought alive Navratri festivities on radio for their listeners in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. The station with a ‘Bajaate Raho’ attitude, in an endeavour to build greater connect with listeners, covered the celebrations extensively in each city.

    From reporting live from the biggest dandiya events in Mumbai to covering the major Puja pandals across Kolkata, RED FM captured it all for its listeners.

    Speaking on the marketing activities around the festival, RED FM COO Abraham Thomas, said, “RED FM aims at providing its listeners a complete feel of the festive season. Various innovative on-air programming initiatives and marketing tie-ups were undertaken to reach masses and build greater listener engagement with the radio station.”

    In Mumbai, RED FM’s on ground activities included an exclusive tie-up with Sankalp ’06, Mumbai’s most rocking Dandiya Raas presented by none other than the Dandiya Queen Falguni Pathak.

    RED FM listeners were given free passes for mega events like Sankalp ’06, Manthan Luster Dandiya, Growel’s 101 Navratri Event and Dandiya with ‘King the Beaters’ at Wadala as part of the on air and on spot contests. Designer Dandiyas, Celebration Hampers and opportunities to interact with the RED FM’s RJ’s were part of RED FM’s rocking Navratri celebrations in Mumbai.

    Along with on-ground activations and tie-ups, RED FM presented ‘Majaa Ma,’ a special on-air segment on Navratri. A complete Gujarati fare, the ‘Majaa Ma’ specials had segments like ‘Majaa Ma’ Jokes; ‘Majaa Ma’ interviews with eminent Gujarati theatre and television personalities and ‘Majaa Ma’ Movies-one minute hilarious and witty movie capsules.

    RED FM brought alive the Durga Puja on Kolkata’s Puja Dhamaka at city centre on the 23rd September with live Remix Show by Jimmy Tangree and the entire RED FM Kolkata Team. It associated with almost all major Durga Puja events in Kolkata that included over 748 puja pandals and 42 puja specific events.

    RED FM had a host of special, fun filled segments and contests all set to capture the mood of listeners. Celebrity chats, live Puja updates and news from the top Dandiya festivities in the city added more colour to the festive fervor and made Durga Puja memorable for RED FM listeners.

    In Delhi Red FM brightened the festivities by associating with Hindustan Times Dandiya Masti at the Garden of Five Senses with RJ Neeti of Mera Wala Gaana fame. Contests like “Mera wala dancing couple”, “Mera wala style award”, “Mera wala best choli award”, “Mera wala non-stop Dandiya award”, “Mera wala little champion” were devised to involve participants. Live polls were conducted for the best Dandiya song and celebrity guests were chosen to play that song for the winners. RED FM ‘Phal-Haar’ contest was conducted along with ‘Ravan Jalaao’ wherein listeners spoke about one evil thing like poverty, pollution, bad roads and eve teasing that they would like to burn.

  • D Shivanandan & Dr. Satyapal Singh on Sanskar TV

    D Shivanandan & Dr. Satyapal Singh Explain true application of spirituality on Sanskar TV Sunday September 10, 2006

     

    Mumbai September 6, 2006: ‘Spirituality And Management’, one of the most talked about property on Sanskar TV, deals with spiritualism in work place and its application in our day to day dealing. It offers an insight into the minds of top management heads and their approach towards life, its pitfalls and their own struggle to achieve the heights in life.

    This weekend ‘Spirituality And Management’ on Sanskar TV is bringing two personalities from police force to give their viewpoint on spirituality and its positive influence on management of policing.

     

    D. Shivanandan, Commissioner of Police, Thane gives a talk to the youth on spirituality on Sunday 10th September 2006 and talks about the purpose of life, the yardstick to measure success and failures. He also explores his fascination for the Tamil saint Thiruvalluvar, whose teachings are more than a thousand years old, yet stand valid for the youth even today.

    Seven Minute long capsule of D. Shivanandan’s talk will air on Sanskar TV five times starting with 7.25 AM , 1.25 PM , 2.50PM , 4.30 PM, 9.00 PM and last capsule will telecast at 12.00 in the night.

     

    Dr. Satyapal Singh, former Jt. Commissioner of Police (crime), now special I.G. Konkan Range, is the guest speaker on regular show ‘Spirituality And Management’ on Sunday September 10, at 01. 40 pm on Sanskar TV

    Dr. Satyapal Singh will talk about leadership, aspects of management, spiritual need of the organizations, the purpose of life and what should be the motivation for the youth- money, fame or mere service to the society.

    Through their fulfilling and accomplishing experience with life and police force, they reveal the value of positive thinking and gains through correct application of Karm Yog.

     

    So tune in to Sanskar TV on Sunday September 10, 2006 and embrace spirituality as religion.

     

    Some of the administrative heads to appear and educate the populace about the relationship and dependency between spiritualism and administration are Vithal Kamat – CMD The orchid and Deena Mehta, a Chartered Accountant and MBA, Ram Jethmalani, Smriti Irani, Niranjan Hiranandani, Narendra Modi, Suresh Kotak……..

     

    Sanskar TV is a spirituality channel that imparts insight into humanity and goodwill. It is a free to air channel on Thaicom – 3.

     

    Media Contact
    Neelam Gupta – 98200 70564
    Vedika Tripathi – 98703 32920
    nr2image@gmail.com

  • Zee Muzic – Meet Juhi Chawla in conversation with Komal Nahta on ‘Bollywood Tonight’ and ‘Bollywood This Week’

    Zee Muzic – Meet Juhi Chawla in conversation with Komal Nahta on ‘Bollywood Tonight’ and ‘Bollywood This Week’

    Mumbai: Meet Juhi Chawla, the former Miss India, actress, wife, mother chat with Komal Nahta on Bollywood Tonight at 8 pm on 29 September and Bollywood This week at 8 pm on 30 September only on Zee Muzic.

    Excerpts from interview:-

    Komal : About journey from Qayamat se Qayamat Tak till now?
    Juhi: Long journey…. mixed bag… lots of highs and lows.. everything…

    Komal: Wrongest decision career wise?
    Juhi: When I became a success… After Darr, Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar ke …started flying a little high… refused films like Raja Hindustani, Judaai, Dil to Paagal Hai .. etc…

    Komal: Best career move?
    Juhi: More like destiny… bhagwaan ki den… Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak … 3 films contract, i didn’t think about it

    Komal: How did you feel about refusing the role opposite Amithabh Bachchan in Baghban?

    Juhi: I had played his daughter earlier, and now playing his wife would have been a little awkward.

    Komal: How is life now School jaana, PTA, social engagements…

    Juhi: Its hectic, but I’m enjoying it.

    Komal: How it is for her kids being celebrity kids & about cooking for husband?
    Juhi: I don’t let them be treated any different. They are being brought up as normal children. Infact, I don’t let them watch movies yet, only cartoons for them.

    Komal: 10 years ahead…? Any plans for Direction , singing….

    Juhi: No plans for direction. Singing was just a hobby so far, but I plan to take it more seriously….

  • WWE ‘Unforgiven’ on Ten Sports

    MUMBAI:It’s no holds barred action this Sunday 1st October 2006 at 11.00 am with WWE Unforgiven on Ten Sports. The Month long rivalries on wrestling’s record-breaking weekly show Raw reach its climax this Sunday at the WWE-Special Unforgiven. The 3-hour special to be telecast exclusively on Ten Sports at 11.00 am, will see top superstars each battle against their respective nemesis as they look to settle long-standing grudges.

    People’s favourite John Cena will be looking to wrestle the World Championship away from The Edge in what is bound to be a pulsating match up.

     

    Cena will be competing in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the first time and will be a big underdog against Edge who is competing in his home town of Toronto and is a specialist at the TLC match.

     

    Also on the Toronto bill will be Trish Stratus taking on Lita for the Women’s Championship. Stratus, also from Toronto will be looking to end her career on a high note by winning the title for a seventh time and she is sure to have huge support from a partisan crowd.

     

    World Tag Team Champions Spirit Squad will be defending their title against the Highlanders in what is sure to be a brutal contest.

     

    Yet another title will be on the line in the first match of the evening when Johnny Nitro puts his crown on the line against Jeff Hardy.

     

    With Kane taking on Umaga, Randy Orton facing Carlito and D Generation going head to head with the McMahon’s and Big Show, Unforgiven is sure to be an explosive event.

    ABOUT TEN SPORTS: Only launched in April 2002, Taj TV’s Ten Sports is watched by more viewers than any other sports channel in the sub-continent and is available in more than 50 million cable/ satellite households worldwide. Ten Sports is the world’s biggest producers of cricket. The Channel broadcasts cricket from Sharjah, the West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Morocco throughout the Indian sub-continent and Asia, as well as in Europe and the Middle East. Other cricket properties broadcast by Ten Sports in certain territories include internationals from India, the World Cup 2003 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2004.

  • Animal Planet Intl to broadcast programming trubute to Steve Irwin

    New Delhi, September 09, 2006: As the world continues to mourn the loss of Steve Irwin, Animal Planet International will broadcast a special full day programming tribute beginning on Sunday, 10th September at midnight. The event will highlight Steve’s background and personal history, from his early days at Australia Zoo, to his worldwide fame as the Crocodile Hunter, as well as his boundless passion for wildlife and his family. This special programming marathon will feature some of the best episodes from the long-running Crocodile Hunter series, which showcase Steve’s dedication to conservation and his exuberant approach to educating viewers about the natural world.

    Discovery Communications is deeply saddened by the tragic and sudden loss of Steve Irwin, who was beloved by millions of fans and animal lovers around the world and was one of our planet’s most passionate conservationists. He has graced Animal Planet’s air since October 1996 and was essential in building Animal Planet into a global brand.

    Rebecca Batties, Executive Vice President of Creative Development for Discovery Networks International, overseeing Animal Planet International said, “Steve was a true pioneer and heralded a fresh and innovative approach to wildlife filmmaking. He invigorated the genre and introduced a new generation of viewers to the natural world with his joyful, enthusiastic style. We are celebrating his legacy by showcasing his unforgettable work on Animal Planet.”

    Animal Planet is proud to broadcast the following programs as part of Sunday’s special tribute:

     

    Start Time
    Programme Title

    00:00
    Operation: Bunya Rescue

    1:00
    Lights! Croc! Action!

    2:00
    Crocodile Hunter Wildest Home Videos

    3:00
    Captured On Camera

    4:00
    They Shoot Crocodiles, Don’t They?

    5:00
    Search For A Super Croc

    6:00
    Steve’s Singapore Safari

    7:00
    Final Entry

    8:00
    Confessions Of The Crocodile Hunter

    9:00
    Steve’s Story

    10:00
    Crocodile Hunter Up Over The Down Under

    11:00
    Outback To Hollywood

    12:00
    Operation: Bunya Rescue

    13:00
    Lights! Croc! Action!

    14:00
    Crocodile Hunter Wildest Home Videos

    15:00
    Captured On Camera

    16:00
    They Shoot Crocodiles, Don’t They?

    17:00
    Search For A Super Croc

    18:00
    Steve’s Singapore Safari

    19:00
    Final Entry

    20:00
    Confessions Of The Crocodile Hunter

    21:00
    Steve’s Story

    22:00
    Crocodile Hunter Up Over The Down Under

    23:00
    Outback To Hollywood

     

    To honour Steve and the enormous contribution he made to the world and to our company, DCI will rename the garden space in front of Discovery’s world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, the “Steve Irwin Memorial Garden .”

    In addition, DCI is planning to create the Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter Fund. The Fund will be established to honour Steve’s passion and exuberance for conservation and the animal kingdom and is expected to provide a way for people from across the globe to make contributions in Steve’s honor to support wildlife protection, education and conservation.

    Immediate contributions in the memory of Steve Irwin can be made to the Wildlife Warriors Fund at www.wildlifewarriors.org.au

    Animal Planet grabs you. The world’s leading animal entertainment brand, Animal Planet reaches 195 million subscribers in more than 160 countries outside of the United States with programming customized in 24 languages. Offering intrigue, adventure, humor, relationships, life and death, Animal Planet is the only television network on the planet dedicated to people’s fascination with animals. A joint venture between Discovery Communications and BBC Worldwide, Animal Planet launched in India in 1998 and is currently distributed to 24 million subscribers in the region.

  • Watch out for the 2006 Emmy Award winning drama series “24” & “The Amazing Race” only on AXN

    Mumbai, 29th August, 2006: The red carpet was rolled and television’s hottest stars strutted around and blew kisses to their fans, some with their better halves and some with the much desired “2006 Emmy Award”. AXN, the action and adventure channel as always showcases the best in entertainment as has on its prime time 2 of the award winning series “24” & “Amazing Race”.

    The action drama 24 won the Best Drama Series, Best lead Actor- Kiefer Sutherland & Best Director. Each one-hour episode covers an hour in a single day that unfolds over the course of a season. Kiefer Sutherland stars as über-hero Jack Bauer, a daring and seemingly indestructible agent for the fictitious U.S.-intelligence body the Counter Terrorist Unit. Come September and AXN will launch the 4th season of 24.

    Known for its reality programmes, “The Amazing Race” won the Best Reality Competition programme. The Amazing Race is the most popular reality television shows in which teams of two or four race around the world in competition with other teams. Being the fourth consecutive year, ever since 2003,The Amazing Race has been awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program.

    Gaining popularity from all over, The Amazing Race will soon be launching an Asia version, wherein participants from India too will be selected and featured on the show.

    So stay tuned to the best in award winning entertainment only on your favourite channel – AXN

    AXN India Backgrounder
    AXN is the first 24-hour cable and satellite TV channel in Asia exclusively dedicated to action and adventure programming. Launched on 21 September 1997, AXN now reaches over 77 million households across Asia. Featuring the best in action and adventure lifestyle programming, AXN is the exclusive home of fast-paced, dynamic entertainment from around the world. Backed by the powerhouse of Sony Pictures Entertainment, AXN delivers young adult viewers, Sec15-44 AB, a round-the-clock fix of blockbuster features, blue-chip action and reality series and specials, first-run alternative sporting events and the latest in cult CGI animation. AXN’s programming speaks the international language of action and adventure, delivering B! G Buzz, B! G Thrills, B!G Action and B!G Adventure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
    For further information please contact:
    Deepa Vaidyanathan/ Kehkashan Merchant
    LinOpinion
    9820453418/ 9821131138

  • TRAI issues an amendment to the Interconnection Regulation for Broadcasting & Cable Services

    The TRAI today issued a Regulation to amend the Interconnection Regulation dated 10.12.2004. The Interconnection Regulation covers arrangements among service providers for interconnection and revenue share, for all broadcasting and cable services in India. With the experience of more than one and a half years after issue of the Interconnection Regulation a need was felt to clarify as well as expand the scope of the same so as to minimize the doubts and disputes/ litigation.

    The Authority followed its consultative approach for amendment of the interconnection regulation by issuing a Consultation Note on March 21, 2006, a Consultation Paper on May 11, 2006 and holding Open House Discussions in Mumbai on June 16, 2006 and in Delhi on June 19, 2006. After taking into consideration the comments received on the consultation paper as well as the comments made during the course of the Open House Discussions, the Regulation has been amended by the TRAI.

    The main amendments made in the Interconnection Regulation dated 10.12.2004 are:

    1. A notice period of three weeks has been prescribed for disconnection of TV channel signals by a broadcaster to any distributor of TV channels. The requirement of issue of a three week notice has also been extended to the distributors of TV channels prior to disconnection of the re-transmission o fany TV channel.

    2. Issue of public notice through newspapers has been made compulsory prior to disconnection of TV channel signals. Broadcaster/multi system operator/ distributor of TV channels are required to inform the consumers through scrolls on the concerned channel(s), but issue of notice in newspapers shall be compulsory.

    3. It has been mandated that the broadcaster/multi system operator or their agents/ intermediaries to whom a request for providing TV channel signals is made, should either provide the signals on mutually agreed terms, or specify the terms and conditions on which they are willing to provide TV channel signals, within sixty days from the date of the request.

    4. Methodology to arrive at the subscriber base of each distributor of TV channels at the time of first agreement, during the validity of agreement and at the time of renewal of agreement has also been laid down for agreements between the broadcasters and multi system operators and between multi system operators and cable operators.

    5. The Authority has prescribed that all broadcasters shall publish their Reference Interconnect Offers (RIO) describing, inter-alia, the technical and commercial conditions for interconnection for non-addressable systems and submit copies of the same to the Authority. The reference interconnect offer so published by the broadcaster will form the basis for all interconnection agreements to be executed thereafter.

    6. Broadcasters will be required to give one months notice for conversion of Free To Air Channels to Pay channels and vice versa.

    7. Parties to an interconnection agreement for supply of TV channel signals
    will be required to renew their interconnection agreements within three months of the expiry of the original agreement.

    8. Issue of invoices by broadcasters /multi system operators or their agents/ intermediaries has been made compulsory for payment received from any distributor of TV channels for providing TV channel signals. The monthly invoice shall clearly specify the arrears and current dues along with the due date for payment of the same.

    For more details, please visit “www.trai.gov.in”.

  • CNN’s ‘Global Office’ investigates technology in Tinseltown

    Airtimes: Indian Standard Times

    Sat, September 16 @1300hrs and 1900hrs
    Sun, September 17 @ 1700hrs, 2300hrs
    Thurs, September 21 @1900hrs, 2300hrs

    Kristie Lu Stout and the GLOBAL OFFICE team visit Hollywood and Bollywood in September to investigate how the latest developments in media technology are transforming the way the film industry works.

    To gain a first hand view of these changes, Kristie heads to Hollywood to meet leading figures from the world of film. Independent producer Ted Hope (’21 Grams’, ‘The Ice Storm’), Mandalay Entertainment CEO Peter Guber, whose production credits include ‘Batman’ and ‘Rain Man’ and MGM CEO Harry Sloan all share their insights on the latest trends affecting the film industry.
    GLOBAL OFFICE’s regular tech segment GO:Tech looks at CinemaNow, the world’s number one legal movie download store and a company that is aiming to revolutionize the way movies are distributed. Are digital downloads the way of the future for movie watchers?
    New Line Cinema is one of the most progressive film companies, successfully employing novel marketing and distribution ideas with recent projects such as the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. The company has taken one further creative step with ‘Snakes on a Plane’ — asking online audiences to submit story lines. New Line’s CEOs join GLOBAL OFFICE to discuss the importance of innovation in staying ahead in the movie business.
    But nowhere else makes more films than Bollywood — a US$700 million business. Over the past two years the Hindi-language film industry has received growing international acclaim. To showcase the change from what was once a business financed in part by underworld figures, GLOBAL OFFICE profiles two students trying to reach for the stars at Bollywood’s brand new movie school, Whistling Woods International. Set in the sprawling grounds of Mumbai’s famous film city, the school teaches the latest Hollywood technology and techniques to its Indian students.
    For more CNN International programming information, please visit our website at www.cnnasiapacific.com

  • Salma Sizzles on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday only on PIX

    MUMBAI: Widely considered to be the first Mexican actress to become a Hollywood movie star since Dolores Del Rio, Salma Hayek is known for her striking and dark-eyed personality which brings a fiery presence and an unusual sort of beauty to the screen. So wait no more to experience Salma sizzle on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday only on PIX.

     

    A soap star in her native Mexico, Hayek risked her entire career to come to Los Angeles, where she struggled to be taken seriously. Her discovery by director Robert Rodriguez, who cast her in his 1995 film Desperado, gave Hayek her breakthrough, and she subsequently gained a reputation as one of Hollywood’s sexiest and busiest actresses.

     

    Read more and get a peak into Salma’s talk with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio this Sunday.

     

    Facts about Salma

    Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

     

    Salma is an Arabic name that means “peace” or “calm”.

     

    She was sent to a boarding school in Louisiana at age 12, but was soon sent back home after getting in trouble for frequently terrorizing the nuns.

     

    Salma loves dogs. She told Jay Leno that one of her dogs tries to dance with someone whenever it hears salsa music.

     

    Starting out in local theatre productions, she eventually moved to television and landed a starring role in the popular soap opera Teresa.

     

    Was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in FRIDA at the 75th Academy Awards.

     

    Get this and more of the “Bombshell” star on Inside the Actors Studio at 7:00 pm this Sunday on PIX!!!

  • Zee News exposé ‘Operation Mani’

    Zee News exposé ‘Operation Mani’

    Zee News exposé: Operation Money
    New Delhi, Feb 04: In an exclusive exposé, Zee News has unravelled the reality of prisons and prisoners in Uttar Pradesh. For the first time in the Indian television history, Zee News has successfully captured the unimaginable state of affairs of the U.P jails on the record.

    A prison, as per the dictionary meaning, is a place or condition of confinement or forceful restrains, but not in the Uttar Pradesh. Here, if you are a politician lodged in a jail, especially a close associate of the ruling party, you are not in a forceful imprisonment but in a fiefdom of your own.

    In what seems to be a scene from a Hindi film, U.P.MLA Amarmani Tripathi, officially lodged in the jail, is running his business and serving his constituency freely from it.

    When Zee News correspondent entered the jail premises, he was aghast to see the situation there. Amarmani was not confined to a prison cell along with other fellow prisoners. Instead, the entire barrack, officially designated to host 24 prisoners, was converted as his courtroom. In the barrack, Amarmani held his ‘darbar’ in which all his supporters came with their list of works and complaints.

    When our correspondent sought a favour from Amarmani, he took out his mobile from his pocket- the access of mobile phone to prisoners is officially prohibited- and dialled the concerned official immediately from there in. Not only Amarmani, but also his fellow accomplishes in ‘Madhumita’ murder case had access to everything: mobile sets, liquors and other drugs too. They were also carrying their business as usual
    from there. As a result of Zee News exposé, the Central government has sought explanation from the U.P government in the matter.