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  • HISTORY TV18 presents ‘Grand Central Stations’ premiering this Diwali at 8PM

    HISTORY TV18 presents ‘Grand Central Stations’ premiering this Diwali at 8PM

    MUMBAI: Grand Central Stations premiering on November 7th at 8:00 PM on HISTORY TV18invites viewers to discover a symbolic stationthrough the eyes of an outsider who wants to understand the nation’s history.

    The Central Station is a gateway to the city. Located in its center, it links a capital to its region, to its country. Whether it's a terminus or just a stop for many railway lines, it represents a crossroad for the many lives that transit through it.Often regarded as a political symbol, built at a turning point in the country's history, they are like a stone-made open book that tells a lot about a city, its history and its people.But moreover, what makes a train station a living place, are the men and women who travel through it, work in it or even live in it.A timeless monument, the station is a place where the past meets the present, where present time, displayed on its numerous clocks, meets a glorious past engraved in the stone of its facade.

    The four part series takes you through a fascinating journey inside the heart of prestigious cities, such as New York, Cairo or Vladivostok. The inaugural show of the series centres around the erstwhile Victoria Terminus and delves into its rich history & traditions.

    Ride along on a fascinating journey to discover impressive stations of iconic cities with ‘Grand Central Stations’, premieres tomorrow at 8 PM only on HISTORY TV18

  • BBC World News to air second season of The Real Cities from 30 August

    BBC World News to air second season of The Real Cities from 30 August

    MUMBAI:BBC World News will air the second season of the travel programme The Real Cities from 30 August, every Saturday at 8 pm. The channel has renewed its advertising partnership with InterContinental Hotels and Resorts for the same.

    The ad-funded, weekly five-part series will let viewers watch the programme at primetime slots in each overseas market.

    BBC Worldwide EMEA VP –ad sales Carolyn Gibson said, “Ad funded programming offers our clients a customised 360 degree brand solution across TV, online and off-air, which is fully supported by our BBC World News in-house sales team, spanning ad productions through to marketing and PR”.

    InterContinental Hotels and Resorts global brand management SVP Jenifer Zeigler added, “The partnership raises awareness and consideration for our brand as we continue to grow our portfolio of hotels and resorts around the world. The Real Cities appeals to our guests and the programme’s authentic and enriching perspectives bring to life InterContinental’s ‘in the know’ positioning.”

    The new episodes of The Real Cities will showcase Cairo, Milan, Stockholm, Hanoi and San Francisco. With the help of knowledgeable, well known local personalities, the series will reveal to viewers the key spots to visit, often missed in guidebooks.

  • AFP to launch international news service

    AFP to launch international news service

    MUMBAI: French news wire Agence France-Presse (AFP) is broadening its focus with the launch of AFPTV International.

    AFPTV will offer video reports every day and plans to produce 150 reports a month. Initially these reports will be in English and French. Reports in Arabic, Spanish and other languages will follow.

    AFP company chairman Pierre Louette said, “On the basis of a service set up in 2001 called AFP Video, we are moving on to AFPTV, a new international service made up of around 40 video journalists and several production units worldwide.”

    “We need to develop video production to enable the growth of our multimedia products. While video is at the heart of the agency’s multimedia plans, multimedia development is central to the agency’s development prospects,” he added.

    AFP’s television production was started in 1996 under a partnership accord with US financial news agency Bloomberg. AFP global news director Denis Hiault said, “We opted for a novel approach unlike that practised by the competition a decade ago.

    “We process news with our own specific vision, our multicultural approach, in order to best analyze it. Rather than offering just the umpteenth version of a Baghdad booby-trapped car attack or the latest riot, our film comes with keys to understanding the news, with analysis that gives meaning to the information,” he said.

    AFPTV service grew after the setup in 2005 of two test production centres, one in Baghdad, the other in Warsaw covering Eastern Europe.

    “The choice of the location of our production units was based on our decision to provide something extra in comparison with the competition, as well as offering coverage of geographical areas they had shunned,” Hiault said.

    AFP has set up permanent video positions in New Delhi, Istanbul, Bangkok, Cairo, Nairobi and Rio de Janeiro.

    “This is AFP’s most ambitious project since the launch of our international photo service two decades ago. It’s a new opportunity to demonstrate our editorial know-how and bolster our place in the field as a primary source of information. Our video footage is based on the same criteria of excellence as our text dispatches,” said Hiault.

    AFP this year plans to further increase its capacity to collect images. “By the summer of 2007 the agency will have internet-quality images thanks to telephone-camera equipment being distributed to journalists on a voluntary basis,” said Louette.