ITV

Category: News Broadcasting

  • CNN-IBN to air ‘All About Money’ from Dalal Street

    MUMBAI: On the occasion of Diwali, CNN-IBN will air a one-hour, special episode of All About The Money from Dalal Street Mumbai on 10 November at 6:30 pm.

    The show will have market players – Ramesh Damani and Abhay Aima and financial advisor Sandeep Shanbagh – speak to the audience on the Sensex’s year so far and the subsequent money that has been made because of it. In addition, astrologer Bejan Daruwalla will reveal what the upcoming financial year has in store for everyone!

    “On the occasion of Diwali the topic of one’s finances invariably arises. This special episode of All About the Money brings together experts – both financial and astrological – to help our viewers understand and make sense of the developments in the Sensex thus far and what lies ahead,” said CNN-IBN and IBN 7 editor in chief Rajdeep Sardesai.

    The past few months have seen the Sensex touch new heights, with the most recent being the 20,000-point mark for the first time ever. However, concurrently this period has also been one of the most volatile in the history of India’s stock markets. With these drastic ups and downs come concerns from investors and the common man, who directly or indirectly are affected by these changes. All About the Money’s Diwali special will have Damani, Aima and Shanbagh shed a light on these apprehensions and provide their expert advice on how best to play the markets.

    The audience, comprising of housewives, retirees, investors and others will also be provided the opportunity to have their questions addressed by the panel.

    For those who believe in what the stars have to say, the show will also provide predictions for the financial year ahead by none other than Bejan Daruwalla. It was Daruwalla, in fact, who had accurately forecast the current rally last year.

  • BBC to look at life of The Royal Family

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its channel BBC One will go ahead with the planned series about the working lives of The Queen and other members of The Royal Family.

    The five- part series, Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work, gives a unique insight into the work of The Queen and other members of The Royal Family as they go about their duties at home and abroad.

    BBC Vision director Jana Bennett said, “I am delighted that we are going ahead with this series and bringing it to BBC One this year. There has never been any doubt about the integrity of the films themselves: they are a serious and important look at the way the monarchy works. With exceptional access, viewers will get a remarkable picture of the work of The Royal Family over the course of a year.”

    The series will be completed by a new project team, set up and supervised by the BBC and consisting of staff from the BBC, from RDF Television and from the television production freelance community and will transmit before Christmas.

    Denys Blakeway will head up the production team as an independent executive producer reporting to BBC commissioning executive Martin Davidson.

    All profits from the series will be given to charities nominated by The Royal Household and agreed by all parties.

  • Justin Webb is BBC News US editor

    MUMBAI: Justin Webb has been appointed to the new post of BBC News US editor. Webb has been the North America correspondent since 2001 and takes up his new role in December 2007.

    He said, “The 2008 presidential election is a key moment in the history of the United States, a moment of potentially huge change, and I am delighted to have the chance to lead the BBC’s coverage. We all know that what happens in Washington really does matter, it can change lives for better or for worse right across the globe. For a reporter there is no better posting, and on the eve of the 2008 election, no better time to be here.”

    Webb was appointed as the BBC’s chief radio and Washington correspondent in 2001. Prior to this, he spent three years working as the BBC’s Europe correspondent based in Brussels.

    He joined the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1984 working in Northern Ireland for BBC Radio Ulster, based in Belfast.

  • NDTV 24×7 to telecast Durand Cup semi-finals, final live

    MUMBAI: NDTV 24X7 is telecasting the semi-finals and finals of the 120 Durand Cup 2007. This is for the first time a non-sports channel will broadcast the tournament live.

    This is also the first time that floodlights will be used for the main draw matches at the Ambedkar Stadium. This year’s edition also has a new format with reduced length of the tournament and follows the format of a knockout tournament.

    The Durand Cup is the oldest football tournament in India and the third oldest football tournament in the world, after the English FA-Cup and the Scottish FA-Cup.

  • NDTV 24×7 to telecast Durand Cup semi-finals, final live

    MUMBAI: NDTV 24X7 is telecasting the semi-finals and finals of the 120 Durand Cup 2007. This is for the first time a non-sports channel will broadcast the tournament live.


    This is also the first time that floodlights will be used for the main draw matches at the Ambedkar Stadium. This year‘s edition also has a new format with reduced length of the tournament and follows the format of a knockout tournament.


    The Durand Cup is the oldest football tournament in India and the third oldest football tournament in the world, after the English FA-Cup and the Scottish FA-Cup.





















    Match
    		 Date Timing
    Semi Final 1
    		 Monday, 5 November, 2007
    		 2:00 PM
    Semi Final 2
    		 Monday, 5 November, 2007
    		 4:45 PM
    Final Wednesday, 7 November, 2007
    		 4:30 PM

  • Teacher files defamation against channel for fake sting

    NEW DELHI: Even as a Delhi Metropolitan Court granted bail to Live India reporter Prakash Singh and co-accused Virender Arora, Delhi school teacher Uma Khurana who was made the victim of a fake sting two months earlier filed a criminal defamation case against the television channel.

    The sting operation aired on 30 August showed the teacher running an alleged prostitution and resulted in widespread violence in the Darya Ganj in central Delhi where the school where she was teaching is located.

    In her criminal defamation case before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Jindal against the channel, its CEO Sudhir Chaudhary and accused reporter Prakash Singh, the teacher has said she had been removed from service and subjected to different kinds of mental agony, strain, harassment, humiliation and earned a bad name in the eyes of the public and society.

    Earlier, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alok Agarwal granted bail to the reporter and businessman Arora.

    Forty-one year old Khurana had been discharged by Aggarwal earlier this week and fixed 15 November for argument on charges against the other three accused — TV reporters Prakash Singh and Rashmi Singh, and Arora. The police have charged the trio for criminal conspiracy for using forged electronic record.

    A week after the telecast, it was discovered that the operation was a hoax and the girl ‘victim’ shown in the TV sting was, in fact, TV journalist Rashmi Singh. Khurana was granted bail on 11 September.

  • Inzamam Ul-Haq to host cricket show on Zee News

    NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-Ul-Haq is hosting the special series planned to cover the current India-Pakistan cricket series on Zee News.

    The cricket icon will host Junoon 2007 for Zee News in his very first appearance as a TV host. The deal with Zee News covers the entire series between India and Pakistan. Inzamam goes on air on Zee News at 6 pm.

    Commenting on this exclusive association, Zee News editor Satish K Singh said, “It is a matter of great honour to have a cricketing icon like Inzamam on board. We look forward to seeing him in action behind the camera for the first time ever, having grown up with him in awe of his batting and leadership prowess. We are confident that through his expertise, he is going to make the daily coverage of the cricket series on the channel interesting and interactive.”

    Inzamam will also be participating in live phone-ins prior to and after the day’s match. Viewers will get to speak to him directly through this level of interactivity.

    Junoon 2007 will give some in-depth coverage through various segments across its programming genre. Haq Se Poocho allows viewers to put their questions across directly to Inzamam-ul-Haq through e-mail, sms or by calling. Mohalla Cricket Wala will have a reporter going to a cricketer’s mohalla and will show a snippet of his performance in the past along with his personal background.

    A special show Turning Point With Inzamam-Ul-Haq is a daily 2 minute capsule, where Inzamam will explain the turning points of the match. A Day With Inzamam will show Inzamam going to various tourist places in India and share his emotions with the viewers.

    Apart from these, regular bulletins will keep the viewers updated on the happenings of the match.

  • Neil Chugani is BBC Worldwide CFO

    MUMBAI: Former BSkyB director of corporate finance and Goldman Sachs banker Neil Chugani joins BBC Worldwide as its chief financial officer, succeeding David King who has been appointed MD, Acquisitions. Neil will join BBC Worldwide in December 2007.

    He will lead the financial team at BBC Worldwide, which in 2006/07 posted profits of £111.1 million from revenues of £810.4m – a three-fold increase in profits in just three years. He will be responsible for leading and developing all aspects of BBC Worldwide’s financial strategy, in particular the development of the five year growth plan.

    BBC Worldwide CEO John Smith says, “I am delighted that Neil is joining the Board at BBC Worldwide. He brings tremendous financial, strategic and negotiating expertise to our team and joins us at a really exciting time of our international development.”

    Chugani adds, “This is a fantastic opportunity. BBC Worldwide is a dynamic and fast growing business with operations and partnerships around the world. The recent acquisition of Lonely Planet demonstrates the ambitions of BBC Worldwide and I am looking forward to playing a major part in the business achieving its strategic and financial goals.”

  • Court to hear on false TV sting on 15 November

    NEW DELHI: Discharging school teacher Uma Khurana who had been accused in a fake sting operation on a prostitution racket, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alok Aggarwal today fixed 15 November for argument on charges against the other three accused — tv reporters Prakash Singh and Rashmi Singh, and Virender Arora.

    The police have charged the trio for criminal conspiracy for using forged electronic record. 

    The teacher has been discharged following a report by Delhi Police that it had no evidence against her. 

    Delhi Police had informed the court two days earlier that it had filed the first charge-sheet against the television channel reporters and Arora who also took part in the false sting. 

    In its final investigation report, the Delhi Police had told Aggarwal that no substantial evidence had been found against Khurana for her trial under the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act. 

    The sting two months ago purportedly showed the 41-year-old teacher forcing her girl students into prostitution and pornography. Following the telecast, an angry mob had attacked the school, torched several vehicles parked on the road, and manhandled the teacher. She was dismissed from service by the Delhi government on 1 September and arrested the next day.

    A week later, it was discovered that the operation was a hoax and the girl ‘victim’ shown in the TV sting was, in fact, TV journalist Rashmi Singh. Khurana was granted bail on 11 September.

    Prakash Singh was arrested and booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including those related to cheating and criminal conspiracy.

  • BBC extending the public’s right of appeal for license fee

    MUMBAI: Following a review of how UK pubcaster BBC handles complaints it receives, the BBC Trust is proposing new ways to strengthen and simplify systems and, for the first time, is extending the public’s right of appeal to the Trust in serious cases of complaint about how the licence fee is collected.

    BBC Trust vice-chairman Chitra Bharucha said, “The Trust represents the interests of all licence fee payers and this includes ensuring that the process for collecting licence fees is efficient and fair. The public – including the very small number who choose not to own a television set – needs a simple complaints’ system to handle concerns when things go wrong. For the first time, this complaints’ system will include a right of appeal to the Trust in the event that a serious matter cannot be resolved by BBC management.”

    The Trust will be publishing its proposals for how the BBC should handle all complaints including plans to speed up the process for editorial and fair trading complaints. The Trust is inviting licence fee payers, the rest of the broadcasting industry, and anyone who’d like to get involved, to offer their views during a three-month consultation period.

    Under the Trust’s plans, complaints against the BBC would still be addressed in the first instance by BBC management. Final appeals to the Trust would apply only once all other avenues had been exhausted.

    Bharucha adds, “The BBC is owned by the people who pay for it and the Trust wants to ensure that complaints are received via a system which is open to everyone, consistent in its fairness to all, and simple to follow. For any complaints’ system to be effective, it must have the confidence of those who might choose to use it, and the Trust wants to hear from the public and the rest of the industry about the changes we propose to speed up and simplify the BBC’s complaints’ systems.”

    The Trust is proposing a number of changes to how the BBC handles complaints about how the licence fee is collected. Since the Trust’s review started, systems have already been simplified by reducing the number of stages in the management complaints’ process.

    In future, BBC management must account to the Trust for its complaints’ system and, although the Trust still expects most complaints to be resolved by TV Licensing or BBC management, it now plans, for the first time, to hear appeals in serious cases.

    These could include appeals from people who feel they have repeatedly received an unsatisfactory response from the BBC or TV Licensing to their complaints about unfair treatment. For example, members of the public who have received a number of letters or house calls after they believe they have demonstrated they already possess a television licence or do not own a television set.

    The Trust believes that reducing the period of time in which complainants can request an appeal to the Trust after receiving a response from BBC management from two months to one month would lead to a more efficient system, enabling appeals to the Trust to be taken more quickly than at present.