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  • Bonanza for IPL lovers from PIX Premiere League

    MUMBAI: This cricket season, Sony PIX, one of India’s leading Hollywood movie channel showcasing premieres and blockbuster films, gives you the chance to watch the matches up, close and personal with PIX Premiere League!

    Cricket and Movies – the two most loved things in India – will be celebrated in a unique way by Sony PIX this season. Get ready for PIX Premiere League – the only place that you will win match tickets while watching blockbuster films! Curious?

    Starting 5 April, watch the biggest blockbusters on Sony PIX at 11 pm and win match tickets in your city, by answering questions.

    PIX Premiere League will heighten the cricket fever with a line-up of some of the most amazing blockbuster movies like Spider-Man, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid, Waterworld, The Mummy Returns, Jurassic Park 3, Slumdog Millionaire, and a lot more!

    Sony PIX, owned by Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited (SPN), has exclusive rights in India to premiere all Hollywood movies released worldwide by Sony Pictures and NBC Universal.

    With one blockbuster movie every day at 11pm, till May 21, you can win free match tickets every day (except Thursdays) by answering simple questions that appear during the telecast of the movie.

    So if Sachin’s cover drive gives you the same kick as Spiderman’s antics, Sony PIX is the channel you ought to be glued to this season – the only place you get the chance to watch the matches live.

  • TV4U.Com expands to 16 channels for free internet TV

    TV4U.Com expands to 16 channels for free internet TV

    MUMBAI: TV4U,Inc., one of the ad supported internet broadband networks, has expanded to 16 channels of special interest video programming for free internet TV.

    TV4U Western programming, which includes Bonanza, Wagon Train, and the Rifleman, can now be seen on www.westerntv4u.com. TV4U detective programming, which includes Dragnet, Dick Tracy and Sherlock Holmes can now be seen on www.detectivetv4u.com. TV4U Variety Programming, which includes Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Red Skelton, and Milton Berle shows, can now be seen on www.varietytv4u.com.

    TV4U Comedy programming, which includes Dick Van Dyke, Beverly Hillbillies, and Andy Griffith shows, can now be seen on www.comedytv4u.com. TV4U action shows, such as Combat, The Master, and Passport to Danger, can now be seen on www.actiontv4u.com. TV4U sports programming remains on www.sportstv4u.com.

    New channels include TV4U kids programming, to be seen on www.hitopstv4u.com, TV4U travel programming on www.traveltv4u.com, and TV4U tavern style sports programming, which can be seen on www.taverntv4u.com.

    Other new channels are TV4U game show programming on www.gameshowtv4u.com, E Commerce on www.shoptv4u.com, and TV4U feature films on www.tv4udriveinmovie.com.

    The www.primetimetv4u.com and www.vintagetv4u.com channels plus the home www.tv4u.com channel complete the 16 channel TV4U network.

    TV4U Inc. CEO Charry Kennedy said, “We are very excited to be expanding our programming selection. We have had a wonderful reaction to our classic and our current programming in our first six months of operation. Now, we’re expanding from 400 to 3,000 shows that will be available on the TV4U channels in 2007.”

  • Tanishq announces 10th Anniversary Bonanza- Series of offers to entice customers this season

    Tanishq, India’s innovative jewellery brand has announced exciting offers to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. The celebrations entitle Tanishq customers across the country to a 10-gram silver coin on purchase of 10-15 grams of 22k gold jewellery and a 0.5 gram gold coin on every purchase of 15-gram of 22k gold jewellery.

    The studded jewellery range also has a special offer of a 0.5 gram gold coin on every purchase of diamond jewellery worth Rs 10,000 or coloured stone jewellery worth Rs 15,000. Consumers can avail the Tanishq Anniversary offer from July 1 to 31, across all Tanishq showrooms in India. This offer is not valid on the purchase of gold coins and solitaires.

    This special offer is a celebration of the decade long success of Tanishq and its special bonding with the consumers. Tanishq has announced the special offer in a scenario where the price of gold is unstable and will make this offer irresistible to those consumers who are either postponing or staggering their gold purchases due to the rise in gold prices.

    Commenting on the offers that have been announced, Tanishq marketing and merchandising manager Aanchal Jain said, “Gold has become the most sought after commodity today, given the rise in gold prices customers are looking for more value whenever they buy gold jewellery. Our offers will appeal to customers who are looking for the best deals in quality, purity and value added offerings.”

    Tanishq, India’s only national jeweller offers gold and gem-set jewellery (in 22 and 18 carat gold) in over 6000 traditional, western and fusion looks. The Tanishq retail chain currently includes 81 exclusive boutiques in more than 62 cities, making it India’s first and largest jewellery retail store chain.

  • BSkyB to share EPL TV rights with Setanta; total bids hit £ 1.7 billion

    BSkyB to share EPL TV rights with Setanta; total bids hit £ 1.7 billion

    MUMBAI: A move that was forced by a tough European competition commissioner has ultimately yielded a veritable bonanza for Britain’s top soccer clubs. And broken the monopoly Rupert Murdock’s DTH operator BSkyB enjoyed over English Premier Leagus (EPL), home to such clubs as Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

    BSkyB has won the telecast rights to four of the six EPL packaged that were up for grabs for three years starting from 2007. But it has had to cough up a staggering £ 1.314 billion for the privelege. The six broadcast packages generated £ 1.706 billion ($3.16 billion) in total, with Irish pay-TV operator Setanta’s £ 392 million bid winning it the rights to the two remaining packages. The bidding was for 138 games in all.

    BSkyB will be paying nearly twice as much per game (£4.8 million as against £2.5 million) and losing the 14-year stranglehold it has had on top flight soccer in the UK in the bargain.

    The upside for Sky is that it has been able to cherry pick the best four of the six packages on offer. It has won the coveted “A” package of matches, which are played late on Sunday afternoons. It also has the rights for early afternoon Saturday and Sunday matches, as well as a group to be played midweek and on bank holidays. Additionally, with Setanta a broadcaster that is already available on its platform, it will still be able to offer its subscribers the “total football” promise that has been the underpinning of its success.

    As far as Britain’s soccer bosses are concerned, there is more to come from its EPL property since the rights it has auctioned were for just the UK territory. According to media reports, the sale of remaining rights – overseas, near-live, highlights, mobile – could swell the final figure to as high as £ 2.5 billion.

    The biggest loser from all this, however, could well be the viewer, which would negate the logic that was behind the European competition commissioner’s insistence that the Premier League end Sky’s monopoly on live television rights in the first place – introduce more choice for viewers. The £1.7 billion tab that Sky and Setanta have toted up between them will ultimately mean that fans will ultimately pay more to watch matches in the UK.