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  • Disney Junior expands digital offerings in the US

    Disney Junior expands digital offerings in the US

    MUMBAI: Disney Junior is boosting its presence on the digital front in the US. The Disney Junior Appisodes app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch has been announced following the ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode‘.

    Now the broadcaster has said that the Disney Junior Appisodes app is the first TV appisode app for kids that combine viewing and interaction with the TV characters and stories they love. It can be found now in the App Store at: appstore.com/disneyjuniorappisodes.

    Developed by Disney/ABC Television Group‘s Digital Media team, the new app offers true interactive viewing, allowing fans 2-7 to touch, tap, swipe, tilt, shake and talk their way through various fun-filled activities embedded into episodes of some of their favorite Disney Junior shows.

    The all-new “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Mickey and Donald Have a Farm Appisode” and the “Jake and the Never Land Pirates Appisode,” which features “Hide the Hideout” and “Captain Hook‘s Hooks,” are available for $4.99. A free download of the original “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode” is included. In the coming months, episodes of shows ‘Doc Mc Stuffins,‘‘Sofia the First‘and more ‘Jake and the Never Land Pirates‘will also be available for download as appisodes.

    Disney Channels Worldwide VP digital media Lauren DeVillier said, “The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse appisode has been successful because it‘s a natural extension of what kids are already doing in their daily lives. Over 70 per cent of households with kids have app-enabled devices in their homes. Touching, tapping and swiping are second nature to them.

    “We are allowing kids to move the narrative of their favourite show forward by interacting with the characters, giving them the opportunity to take an active role in the story. Being able to do that with one of their favorite TV shows is really exciting for them. And from a content perspective, it gives our shows a whole new life on another platform.”

  • Kumar Sanu Junior makes to the semi finals of ‘Rin Mera Star Superstar’

    MUMBAI: Looks like there’s another Kumar Sanu in the making as Star Plus show “Rin Mera Star Superstar” gets Jaan Sanu (Kumar Sanu’s son) entering the semi-final rounds of the show on December 8, 2006 at 7:30 pm on Star Plus.

    On asking show jury- Sachin Pilgoankar what he has to say about this; he adds, “ Jaan has definitely got ‘sur’ and ‘taal’ as a genetic gift from his father but what I admire about him is that he is using this gift to the best of his advantage and trying to get ahead in life on his own effort.”

    But has he reached this far on own merit or are the judges partial to him because of his father’s celebrity status?? Judge Sachin comments “Both Farida Jalal and I are judges on this show and we are not here to create biases and favoritism among contestants.

    We have chosen those contestants who we felt have immense talent and Jaan is one amongst them. We have definitely not chosen Jaan in the semi-finals because of his father. On this show, contestants have to create and use their own identity to come ahead and not their parents”

    Jaan, whose magical performance moved the judges, feels it is unfair that people believe that he has got selected for the semi-finals because of his father. In his defense, he says, “I have worked hard to come so far in the show and I am struggling just like any other contestants to win this title.

    My name is attached with my father Kumar Sanu’s name but I don’t want to get ahead in life using his name, I am here to create an identity of my own and so no where in the show have I used my fathers name. I have given my best performance and that’s why I have got selected.”

    Jaan, whose last performance won him accolades from celebrity guest Pooja Bhatt will now be in the semi-finals competing with contestants- Santosh Kapdi (14) and Ashwini Shukla (11) from Mumbai, and 7 other contestants from Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur. ….

    Will Jaan manage to beat his competitors and woo the audience and the judges once again by recreating the same magic in the semi-finals? To know watch out for the semi-finals of ‘Rin Mera Star Superstar’ on Friday, December 8th 7.30 pm only on Star Plus!