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ET Now ready to unmute business news

MUMBAI: English business news channel ET Now was launched today with the promotional tagline “unmute business news.”

Indiantelevision.com had earlier reported that the channel from the Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd (TGBCL) stable would launch on 22 June.

Says TGBCL CEO Chintamani Rao, “The Economic Times is India’s premier source of news for and about business and now it’s on television. Together The Economic Times and ET Now have unmatched news gathering prowess and unparalleled access to people who matter in and to business. All day ET Now will bring viewers not just market data but a 360-degree understanding of the markets, with news, analysis and commentary for investors and market professionals. And, of course, with the credibility of The Economic Times.”

On the programming front, ET Now will focus on the markets during morning hours, interspersed with regular business updates and bulletins on leading business and corporate developments of the day.

The channel will commence the day with Morning Mantra at 7 am to air exclusive ET stories. At 9 am there will be Pitch Report, to be followed by Opening Shots at 9.30 am hinting at the market moves.

At 12.30 pm a show on personal portfolio will come in From The Stands to be followed by Closing Shots at 2 pm. Garam Masala, a show on commodities, will follow next at 4 pm.

Markets Tomorrow at 5.30 pm will review the day’s activity to crack the maket code for ‘tomorrow’. At 8 pm, ET Now will recap the day’s biggest corporate stories with Business First while ET Inc at 9 pm will get an in-depth analysis of the biggest and most important stories of the day. 10 pm, meanwhile, will be the time to look at the 10 biggest stories of the day across Indian and global business, politics, entertainment and sports with Top 10 @ 10.

On weekends, the channel programming will offer a blend of features, special reports and reviews covering diverse subjects ranging from technology and automobiles to marketing and advertising.

June 22, 2009
Zee Cinema presents ‘Mazedar November’

MUMBAI: Zee Cinema is all set to launch Mazedar November. It will present viewers with a host of movie titles like Pyaare Mohan, Garam Masala, Fight Club and Sholay.

Mazedar November will premiere with Pyare Mohan on Saturday 26 November at 12:30 pm.

Announcing the launch of Mazedar November business head Zee Cinema Bharat Ranga said, “Zee Cinema consistently showcases something new every month for our viewers.The Mazedar November concept has been planned with the thought of reaching out to our viewers in an unconventional way, essentially to confer value to the viewers through airing premium movies, fun and prizes from the interactive contests.”

Along with airing the movie titles, Zee Cinema is also running a contest, “Khelo Cinema”, where viewers will get a chance to win prizes like Akai Surround Systems, Videocon Microwaves and Orson VCD players, asserts an official release.

The format of the contest will include a set of questions to be answered through SMS and one winner will be announced everyday. At the end of the contest one of the viewers stands to win a Grand Prize, adds the release.

The contest questions will be shown on the television screen during the following movies:

– Pyare Mohan – 26 Sunday 12:00 pm

– Garam Masala – 12 Sunday 4:30 pm

– Fight Club – 12 Sunday 8:30 pm

– Sholay – 11 Saturday 8:00 pm

– Adalat – 18 Saturday 8:00 pm

– Hatya – 24 Friday 8:30 pm

November 13, 2006
Zee Telefilms likely to call off deal to buy Venus

MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL) is likely to call off its deal to acquire 60 per cent stake in Venus Films Pvt Ltd and Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd.

“Zee won’t go ahead with the acquisition of Venus,” an industry source tells Indiantelevision.com. ZTL had announced in March that it would buy controlling stake in Venus, subject to due diligence and final approval from the board.

Zee Network senior vice president Ashish Kaul, however, did not confirm that the deal had fallen through. “A due diligence has been conducted and it will be presented at the ZTL board meeting. A decision will be taken after that,” he says.

When contacted, Venus promoter Ganesh Jain refused to comment on the issue. The Zee board is meeting on 24 July to consider and approve, among other things, the financial results of the company for the first quarter.

Zee already has secured telecast rights to most of the Hindi movies produced by Venus including Garam Masala, Akele Hum Akele Tum, Josh, Kyunki and Baazigar. “The failure of the deal won’t have much impact on Zee as the company has the rights to most of the successful movies of Venus. Some rights to movies like Hulchul are, though, with Star India. What would have been of interest is the joint film production activities,” the source adds.

The deal would also have given Zee access to Venus’ music titles. While Venus Films has negative rights of 30 blockbuster films, Venus Records & Tapes has a repertoire of 2500 titles. Venus also has post-production facilities.

July 18, 2006
Inox acquires six new films for distribution

MUMBAI: The multiplex player Inox Leisure Ltd., has acquired six new films for distribution in the Bengal, Mysore, Rajasthan and Mumbai territories for the next one month.

The films – Gangster, 36 Chinatown, Ankahee, Tom, Dick & Harry, Killer and Jaaneman will be released in the above territories.

Inox Leisure Ltd head distribution Aroon Sharma says, “Inox entered the distribution business in September 2005 and since then we have steadily associated ourselves with quality banners in bringing popular content to the theatres. Thanks to our professional approach most film makers prefer to deal with Inox for their distribution requirements. We hope to strengthen our distribution foray in the coming months.”

The company had earlier acquired exclusive distribution rights to heavyweight titles such as Garam Masala, Rang De Basanti, Apharan, Ek Khiladi, Ek Hasina, Hamko Deewana Kar Gaye, informs an official statement.

April 24, 2006