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  • Comcast to offer exclusive Bon Jovi tour experience

    Comcast to offer exclusive Bon Jovi tour experience

    MUMBAI: Building on its extensive music offerings and tradition of delivering content in new, integrated and unique ways, Comcast announced that it will offer customers a behind-the-scenes look at Bon Jovi on their North American Sprint Presents Have a Nice Day Tour.

    “Comcast is going on the road with Bon Jovi and delivering unique tour content to our customers’ homes when and how they want it. This is the first time we are partnering with an artist to offer integrated, exclusive content online and On Demand,” said Comcast senior vice president marketing Marvin Davis.

    “You’re in command, we’re On Demand. We are happy to join the Comcast family as the first band to take you behind-the-scenes on the road On Demand. I know the Comcast team is committed to delivering the absolute best to their viewers, and Bon Jovi is about two things: the music and our fans. By partnering with Comcast, we get to break new ground together and provide the ultimate on the road experience,” said Jon Bon Jovi.

    Together with Bon Jovi, Comcast will offer customers a truly integrated cross-channel music experience. Fans can access unique exclusive content online and On Demand, enabling them to keep up with the band and decide for themselves how they prefer to receive their music content. Comcast customers will be able to access content such as:

    •     Bon Jovi gearing up backstage for the first show in Des Moines, Iowa
    •     Footage of the stage crew as they prepare for the first show in Des Moines, offering an exciting glimpse of how a tour comes to life
    •     A private “stripped down” performance for military personnel at the Fort Monmouth army base right near Jon Bon Jovi’s hometown
    •     First-ever look at the band filming the video for Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again, the second single off their album
    •     Making of the video for Welcome to Wherever You Are
    •     And much more as the Sprint Presents Have a Nice Day Tour winds through North America

    Music On Demand, online and on your terms
    Through the partnership with Bon Jovi, Comcast builds on the already established unique and integrated music experience that it offers its customers On Demand with digital cable and online at http://www.comcast.net.

    Music is the fastest growing category for Comcast On Demand, with a 135 per cent increase in music video orders from 14 million in February 2005 to 33 million in November 2005. Users can view music videos, concert footage, take guitar and voice lessons, and now sing along with the recently launched Karaoke On Demand. In the first two weeks after launch, Karaoke On Demand received more than 1.1 million views.

    The Music Channel on Comcast.net is an engaging, involving, dynamic destination where Comcast customers can watch the latest hit videos in Comcast’s innovative broadband video player, the Music Fan; listen to music by tens of thousands of diverse artists through the award-winning Comcast Rhapsody “Unlimited” or “Radio PLUS;” read up-to-the-minute music news and even learn about the music industry, including digital distribution.

    Front Row Marketing Services, a subsidiary of Global Spectrum and one of the Comcast-Spectacor companies, was instrumental in bringing the partnership between Comcast and Bon Jovi together.

  • ‘Apprentice’ third season pits book smarts against street smarts

    ‘Apprentice’ third season pits book smarts against street smarts

    MUMBAI: In order to prevent the formula from getting stale US broadcaster NBC has announced that the third season of the reality show The Apprentice will not feature a battle of the sexes.

    Instead the show will witness a battle between book smarts and street smarts as well as theory against practicality. The third season kicks off on 20 January 2005. In India the show airs on Star World.

    For the uninitiated the show is hosted by corporate magnate Donald Trump who also serves as the show’s executive producer. The winner gets to be an employee of Trump and gets an annual salary of $250,000. He said, “For the third season of The Apprentice, Mark Burnett (creator and executive producer) and I have decided to take the series into a new realm. We wanted to see what would happen if we pitted college grads (book smarts) against high school grads (street smarts).

    “The result makes for fascinating television. Who will you root for? You’ll also discover that we chose candidates who are more relatable— along the lines of Sam, Troy and Amy.”

    One of the participants is 28 year old Tara. She is the senior manager of government and community relations for the Port Commerce Department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In this capacity she is responsible for managing the public relations for a multi-billion dollar port development project.

    Meanwhile 22 year old Audrey from Salt Lake City, Utah is a real estate agent She never had the chance to continue her education after high school but has succeeded in her profession. She is currently working on her broker’s license while launching a non-profit organisation for high school students to help them pursue their dream career.

    32 year old John currently owns two successful businesses in the Sunshine State Florida. One is an insurance agency while the other is an IT consulting firm. Before moving back to Florida, John owned and operated several restaurants across the US including a popular nightclub in Atlanta.

    Tana from Middle America Des Moines, Iowa is a wife, mother of two, and succesful entrepreneur. She owns several start-up companies including an internet commerce business. Her business savvy was first noted at the age of nine when she sold telephone accessories door-to-door and depleted her inventory in record time.

    Tana’s highly competitive spirit has led her to be one of the top sales women in the Mary Kay Organisation. Tana’s strong work ethic has served her well in all aspects of life and she is a firm believer that you create your own destiny.