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Miditech’s ‘Wheels’ on BBC World

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21 years ago

October 7, 2004

MAMBA: From 2 October, Miditech-produced show Wheels will return on BBC World with a brand new look. Along with Miditech’s team of enthusiastic new presenters, the programme brings unbiased, direct and exclusive reviews of cars and bikes. The show will be aired on Saturdays at 10 pm and on Sundays at 12 pm.

The 13-part series introduces an energetic, fast-paced and interactive format. Each show opens with a new section – Grapevine features all the buzz from the world of cars and bikes. Followed by the car review section with presenters and car enthusiasts, Yudhishtir Urs and Sonam Kalra brings in-depth analysis of the latest cars that hit the Indian roads and face-offs between competing brands to reveal which one has the edge.

Bike lover Neeraj Chinappa and professional hill biker Sherry put to the test the newest two-wheelers in the Kick Start segment. The programme concludes with an all-new interactive segment, Forum, presented by Shabri Malik. Forum is an interactive segment,wherein viewers become part of the show and share their views, stories and passions on a variety of motoring issues.

“With its mix of reviews, scoops and test drives of the latest cars and smartest bikes, the new series will be more engaging and consumer-focused than ever before,” says Chandramouli Basu, series producer, Wheels.

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Best gold jewelry to carry for being the most elegant wedding guest

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6 years ago

December 30, 2019

indiantelevision.com Team

This is the season of the weddings. Everyone around us is getting married and here we are thinking about what to wear in the weddings. Seems shallow? But it isn’t. You can wear a lot of great jewelry at a wedding that will allow you to create a wonderful style statement.

We have created a list of tips for you that will come in handy if you are looking forward to becoming an elegant wedding guest.

So, read on . . .

A gold necklace:

This is what is the conventional method of going to a wedding, women just don a necklace and they are good to rock any party. You can find your ideal necklace and just wear it to rock a party. You can find necklaces in various designs and can actually don the one that you think reflects your style in the best manner. It can be a broad necklace with kundan, polkisetc or it can be a simpler one that is sleek and stylish.

A Gold chain:

If you are not a necklace person, we would suggest you to go for gold chains instead. You can glam up them as well, it is really all you need to do is to stack a few gold chains in your neck and you are glammed up. Can it get simpler than this? Your chains can have tiny pendants and charms in them that complement your outfit so that you can rock it without getting into the hassles of putting on a heavy necklace.

Maang tikka

Well, Maang tikka is back is vogue and how! You can dress up your wedding look by adding maang tikka, earrings and a gajra and going without the necklace. Trust us, this look is really elegant.

Rings:

You can never have enough rings in your closet. We will suggest you to wear a cocktail ring as it looks really fancy and goes with your wedding look.

Earrings:

Let your ears do all the talking at the wedding, it would be amazing to wear your heavy chandbalis or jhumkas that will let you create a wonderful style statement. You can ditch the gold for Rose gold earrings designs that you can find plenty all over the internet. All you need to do is to open your favouritejewlery shopping site and search for Latest gold drop earrings designs and you are good to go!

Watch:

An important element that will make you look elegant is a watch. You can wear gold watches in the wedding for a powerful statement.

A sleek bracelet/ bangle

You can wear your gold bracelet/ ring in the same hand as your watch as it gives away a very powerful style statement.

So, these are some of the tips in the jewelry section that you can incorporate to look really stylish and elegant as a wedding guest. We really had fun writing these tips for you. We hope you also have fun incorporating these style tips.

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Govt invites bids for second phase of FM radio

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20 years ago

September 26, 2005

indiantelevision.com Team

NEW DELHI: The second phase of FM radio is all set to roll in India with the government today issuing the tender notice on the website of the information and broadcasting ministry (www.mib.nic.in).

Bids are being invited for the second phase in 91 cities having a population of more than 300,000, information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy said here today.

Interacting with journalists here, Reddy said that the second phase of FM radio has the scope for approximately 338 stations to go on air as there are as many frequencies being put on offer.

The controversy-ridden first phase, which was flagged off in 2000, covered cities with population of 500,000 and more.

An I&B ministry official added, “We would have issued the tender document earlier, but some legal points, which needed to be properly phrased, took time to be cleared by the law ministry.”

With 20 per cent foreign investment allowed in FM radio ventures, the government expects more players would join the fray, while the existing ones would bid for additional stations.

The government had earned a sum of Rs 370 million by auctioning off FM frequencies to over 25 private companies during the first phase as advance fee.

Subsequently, quite a few of the companies dropped out even before the radio stations could go live, citing discrepancies in the tender document and final licence agreement.

“That’s why in the second phase, we have tried to plug loopholes and remove the drawbacks after getting extensive feedback from the industry,” the ministry official explained.

In the tender document, the government has stated applicant and its related entities “shall be allowed to bid for only one channel per city, provided that the total number of channels allocated to an applicant and its related entities not exceed the overall limit of 15 per cent of the total channels allocated in India.”

In respect to existing license holders, the license(s) held by them under Phase-I shall be taken into consideration for calculating the 15 per cent limit.

The second phase applicants will be eligible to participate in bidding in all the four regions after their financial eligibility has been assessed before the bids are finally opened.

Every applicant has to have a minimum net worth (calculated as sum of paid up equity and free reserves minus accumulated losses, if any) as per the classification of the city.

For `D’ category cities, bidders net worth will have to be Rs. 5 million, `C’ category Rs. 10 million, `B’ category, Rs. 20 million and for `A’ and `A+’ cities (the latter being the metros) Rs. 30 million. If a company is bidding for all the cities being put on offer, then the minimum net worth has to be Rs. 100 million.

The last date for submitting bids for the pre-qualifying round is 7 November 2005.

This time round some new entrants like Rajiv Chandrashekhar, former head of BPL Telecom and Hindustan Times-Virgin Radio (owned by flamboyant entrepreneur Richard Branson) combine are expected to enter the fray.

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AXN looking at an ‘India Challenge’ next year

Published

21 years ago

October 29, 2004

indiantelevision.com Team

MUMBAI: One of the brand building initiatives that AXN has done over the last couple of years in India is organise ground events. It started in 2002 with Who Dares Wins. Last year this concept was expanded upon withExtreme Dhamaka.

This year the channel is in the middle of the India Pakistan Challenge. The broadcaster is now looking at holding another ground event next year in March-April.

Speaking to Indiantelevision.com Sony assistant VP marketing Rohit Bhandari who looks after AXN in India said, “There are a couple of ideas in the pipeline. We may look at having an AXN Challenge in India. Having participants compete in different activities like swimming, rope climbing would make for an attractive ground activity.”

Basically an AXN Challenge sees participants doing a variety of activities like rope climbing, kayaking. There are also mental tests which tests how well the teams of three can think on their feet. All members of a team have to cross the finish line together. Otherwise they are disqualified. The next AXN Challenge takes place In Phillipines on 27 November.

A couple of years ago AXN had held a mini Challenge for India in conjunction with the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The winners were then sent to Hong Kong to participate in the AXN Challenge. The event next year will no doubt look at expanding on this.

Besides the logistical issues if there is a drawback in these proposed plans for India it is the fact that Indians are not adventurous and do not enjoy playing sports. In 2002 most of the participants came from the Indian Army and Navy. This is not the case in other Asian countries like Singapore and Malaysia where you have executives and business professionals participating along with professional racers.

As far as this year’s India Pakistan Challenge is concerned the preliminary rounds have been completed. The finale takes place in Taiwan in the middle of next month. Bhandari added that the delay was on account of storm warnings that had been issued in the country.

Meanwhile on the programming front AXN will do something quite rare for it. It will premiere a high profile movie that has not been seen on Indian television. This is Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling For Columbine and airs on 28 November at 8 pm.

It won an Oscar earlier this year and deals with America’s gun culture. What is interesting is that Moore’s film reveals that while Canada has the same number of guns as America Canadians do not shoot each other.

The guns are used for hunting purposes. Also the documentary pooh poohs the theory that violence in America is on account of its violent past. Germany had the holocaust in the second World War. However Germans today do not go around killing each other.

The channel will also kick off the sixth edition of the reality show The Amazing Race every Sunday at 5 pm from 21 November. This is just four days after CBS premieres the show in the US. As in the past participants run around the world in the hopes of winning a grand prize of $1 million

The previous edition of The Amazing Race saw California couple Chip and Kim McAllister a sporty duo from the Los Angeles suburbs pull out all the stops to cross the finish line first.

To net their million-dollar reward, Chip and Kim covered more than 72,000 miles of terrain across six continents and 11 countries. They ran, hiked and even made use of a luge to snag the first place slot.