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  • INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    Unlike last two years where the league had two tiers with five teams each, the third edition of the PHL will have the top seven teams from the last years’s edition battiling for the country’s top Hockey team.The team have been chosen on the basis of their perfomance in last years PHL – namely, Sher-e-Jalandhar, Chandigarh Dynamos,Maratha Warriors, Banglore Lions and Hyderabad Sultans,the top two teams from Tier ||,that is,Orissa Steelers and Chennai Veerans will be playing in the Preimier division.


    The Premier division will have the seven teams play each other twice, in 42 matches, followed by a best of 3 play-off final between the top two teams in the league like last year. The total number of matches in all will be 45 and will span a period of two months.
    This edition of PHL will also see it move to a multi venue format with Chennai toplay host for the PHL for the first month, followed by Chandigarh in the second. All matches will under lights as before and be covered LIVE and and exclusive by ESPN STAR Sports.

  • INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    Unlike last two years where the league had two tiers with five teams each, the third edition of the PHL will have the top seven teams from the last years’s edition battiling for the country’s top Hockey team.The team have been chosen on the basis of their perfomance in last years PHL – namely, Sher-e-Jalandhar, Chandigarh Dynamos,Maratha Warriors, Banglore Lions and Hyderabad Sultans,the top two teams from Tier ||,that is,Orissa Steelers and Chennai Veerans will be playing in the Preimier division.

    The Premier division will have the seven teams play each other twice, in 42 matches, followed by a best of 3 play-off final between the top two teams in the league like last year. The total number of matches in all will be 45 and will span a period of two months.

    This edition of PHL will also see it move to a multi venue format with Chennai to play host for the PHL for the first month, followed by Chandigarh in the second. All matches will under lights as before and be covered LIVE and and exclusive by ESPN STAR Sports.

  • INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    Unlike last two years where the league had two tiers with five teams each, the third edition of the PHL will have the top seven teams from the last years’s edition battiling for the country’s top Hockey team.The team have been chosen on the basis of their perfomance in last years PHL – namely, Sher-e-Jalandhar, Chandigarh Dynamos,Maratha Warriors, Banglore Lions and Hyderabad Sultans,the top two teams from Tier ||,that is,Orissa Steelers and Chennai Veerans will be playing in the Preimier division.

    The Premier division will have the seven teams play each other twice, in 42 matches, followed by a best of 3 play-off final between the top two teams in the league like last year. The total number of matches in all will be 45 and will span a period of two months.

    This edition of PHL will also see it move to a multi venue format with Chennai to play host for the PHL for the first month, followed by Chandigarh in the second. All matches will under lights as before and be covered LIVE and and exclusive by ESPN STAR Sports.

  • Cartoon Network to unveil first original movie ‘Re-Animated’ in December

    MUMBAI: Cartoon Network‘s first original movie Re-Animated, which is a two hour mix of animation and live-action, is set to premiere on 8 December at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).


    The movie tells the story of a 12-year-old boy whose life is turned upside-down after an accident at an amusement park. When seventh-grader Jimmy Roberts requires an emergency brain transplant after a collision with a park trolley while visiting the famous Gollyworld theme park, his world is changed forever. Gollyworld doctors give him the frozen brain of the famous cartoonist Milt Appleday (comedy veteran Fred Willard).


    Now, wherever Jimmy goes he sees all of Milt Appleday‘s cartoon characters in the real world. Golly Gopher, Dolly Gopher, Crocco the Alligator and the rest of the Appleday cartoon gang come to life, but only in Jimmy‘s (or Milt‘s) brain. While they can‘t change anything in the real world, they certainly make life crazy for Jimmy.



    Jimmy has a sister who‘s an alien with green skin, a dad who acts like a toddler, a mom who is an astronaut, and a villain whose best friend is a bag of cash. It‘s a world that sometimes feels so cartoony that the cartoons in Jimmy‘s head are the only part that feel sane, states an official release.


    Re-Animated is created and written by Adam Pava and Tim McKeon, who were writers on Cartoon Network‘s hit series Foster‘s Home for Imaginary Friends and The Life & Times of Juniper Lee. The film is directed by New York-based filmmaker Bruce Hurwit and produced by Renegade Animation, Appleday Pictures and Cartoon Network.


    A three-minute special preview trailer of Re-animated can be viewed at www.cartoonnetwork.com/reanimated_preview.

  • Disney’s ‘Cars’ & ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ available on iTunes

    MUMBAI: Two of Disney‘s big releases, the animated Disney/Pixar film Cars and Walt Disney Pictures‘ motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest will now be available for download at the Apple‘s iTunes store from Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment.



    Cars, the comedy-adventure about a hotshot rookie race car who along with a cast of car-acters goes on the ride of his life. Starring Owen Wilson (‘Wedding Crashers‘) and Paul Newman, the movie takes audiences of all ages on an adventure. The film will be available for download at the iTunes store beginning 7 November, states an official release.


    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest, starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow is an epic adventure that has become Disney‘s most successful movie of all time, adds the release. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest will be available for download at the iTunes store beginning 5 December.

  • Zee intensifies focus in south, redesignates Ajay Kumar as head of south initiatives

    Zee intensifies focus in south, redesignates Ajay Kumar as head of south initiatives

    MUMBAI: As part of intensifying its focus on the Southern states, Zee Network has redesignated R Ajay Kumar as head of the south initiatives.

    Kumar now has an additional charge and independently heads the distribution business of all the 32 Zee and Turner Channels in all the four southern states, says an official release.

    Earlier, he was the business head of Zee’s south-language channels.

    Kumar has been associated with Zee Telefilms in last one and half years, spearheading Zee’s South foray by launching two of it’s South-focused TV channels – Zee Telugu and Zee Kannada.

    Zee made its first move by launching regional channels in Bangla, Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi, and then came Zee Telugu in 2004.

    Also in the pipeline is the launch of Tamil and Malayalam language channels, the two lucrative and difficult markets to penetrate.

  • Zee Sports to telecast Sony Ericsson world tennis championship

    Zee Sports to telecast Sony Ericsson world tennis championship

    MUMBAI: Zee Sports will telecast the season ending Sony Ericsson Championship from Madrid Arena, Madrid from 8 November to 12 November, 2006. The Sony Ericsson Championship gather the Top eight singles players and top four doubles teams from the regular 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season as they battle it out for the season ending titles and a share of the $ 3 million prize money.

    The top eight women players who have qualified for this edition of Sony Ericsson World Championship are Justine Henin Hardenne, Amelia Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznestsova, Nadia Petrova, Elena Dementieva, Martina Hingis and Kim Clisters. The defending champions are Amelie Mauresmo (singles) and Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur (doubles), the release adds.

    Four former champions and five number ones are in Madrid this week for arguably the most competitive season-ending Championships in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour history, which also features the first-ever three-way battle for the year-end number one ranking. Honoring the host nation, the two Groups have been named Yellow and Red, with four players from the elite eight – who qualified based on their results during the regular 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season – randomly placed in each group.
    The world’s top two players –number one Amélie Mauresmo and number two Maria Sharapova – head the Yellow and Red Groups respectively. Completing the Yellow Group is world number three Justine Henin-Hardenne, number five Nadia Petrova and number eight Martina Hingis. The remainder of an almost all-Russian Red Group consists of number four Svetlana Kuznetsova, number six Kim Clijsters and number seven Elena Dementieva. For the first time in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour history, there is a three-way battle for the year-end number one ranking, with incumbent Mauresmo up against Sharapova and Henin-Hardenne for the coveted achievement, the release states.

    The round robin stage of the Sony Ericsson Championships will be conducted over four days between Wednesday and Friday, with each player meeting the other three women in their Group. The top two performers in each Group advance to semifinals, with the final scheduled for Sunday.

    Catch the action LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Zee Sports

    Sony Ericsson World Championship
    Nov 8, 2006
    10:30 pm onwards

    Sony Ericsson World Championship
    Nov 9, 2006
    10:30 pm onwards

    Sony Ericsson World Championship
    Nov 10, 2006
    10:30 pm onwards

    Sony Ericsson World Championship
    Nov 11, 2006
    6:00 pm onwards

    Sony Ericsson World Championship
    Nov 12, 2006
    9:00 pm onwards

  • INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION

    Unlike last two years where the league had two tiers with five teams each, the third edition of the PHL will have the top seven teams from the last years’s edition battiling for the country’s top Hockey team.The team have been chosen on the basis of their perfomance in last years PHL – namely, Sher-e-Jalandhar, Chandigarh Dynamos,Maratha Warriors, Banglore Lions and Hyderabad Sultans,the top two teams from Tier ||,that is,Orissa Steelers and Chennai Veerans will be playing in the Preimier division.

    The Premier division will have the seven teams play each other twice, in 42 matches, followed by a best of 3 play-off final between the top two teams in the league like last year. The total number of matches in all will be 45 and will span a period of two months.

    This edition of PHL will also see it move to a multi venue format with Chennai to play host for the PHL for the first month, followed by Chandigarh in the second. All matches will under lights as before and be covered LIVE and and exclusive by ESPN STAR Sports.

  • HT Media officially launches Fever 104 FM

    HT Media officially launches Fever 104 FM

    MUMBAI: Further strengthening its position as a leading media company, HT Media Ltd today announced the official launch of a FM radio station in Delhi under the brand name Fever 104 FM in collaboration with Virgin Radio.

    The Delhi station would be followed by launch in Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata (need not necessarily in that order).

    Commenting on the launch, business head S. Keerthivasan said in a statement, “Our brand, our focus on quality, and our people will be our key competitive advantages in an increasingly cluttered and undifferentiated radio market place.”

    He added that the station reflects the “evolving tastes of discerning, urban Indians” who are comfortable with both Hindi and English and seek a good music experience more than anything else from their radio.

    “To give the consumer a radio experience comparable with anywhere in the world, Fever 104 has invested in, and ensured through our tie-up with Virgin, the best quality infrastructure and a highly competent and experienced talent pool,” Keerthivasan said.

    According to an official release, Fever 104 FM is an adult contemporary music station that targets consumers in the age group of 15-39 years and offers them a format radio experience.

    The tag line for Fever 104 FM highlights the philosophy of the radio station: more music, less talk.

    The four-ad launch campaign, developed by Lowe Lintas, projects the brand imagery for Fever 104 FM as one that is contemporary, youthful and innovative.

    Virgin Radio, the programming partner for Fever, has its presence in variious markets, including Bangkok, South Africa, London, Paris and Malaysia.

    Fever’s parent HT Media’s flagship brand is the English daily Hindustan Times. The company also owns Hindi daily Hindustan.

    Apart from the newspapers, the media house owns Hindi magazines Nandan and Kadambini and the company is now looking at launching a business paper.

  • Disney’s ‘Cars’ & ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ available on iTunes

    Disney’s ‘Cars’ & ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ available on iTunes

    MUMBAI: Two of Disney’s big releases, the animated Disney/Pixar film Cars and Walt Disney Pictures’ motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will now be available for download at the Apple’s iTunes store from Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment.

    Cars, the comedy-adventure about a hotshot rookie race car who along with a cast of car-acters goes on the ride of his life. Starring Owen Wilson (‘Wedding Crashers’) and Paul Newman, the movie takes audiences of all ages on an adventure. The film will be available for download at the iTunes store beginning 7 November, states an official release.

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow is an epic adventure that has become Disney’s most successful movie of all time, adds the release. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be available for download at the iTunes store beginning 5 December.