CNBC India is dealing with wheels now.
The business channel has organised Auto Evolution 2001, a high powered forum for the automobile industry that will bring together leading lights of the auto sector and allied businesses. The theme for the forum, held on 19, 21 and 23 November, is Roadmap to the Future. The meet is a panel discussion led forum and encourages interaction among participants.

It will seek answers to challenges facing the auto industry and attempt to outline its role in shaping the future of the Indian economy. The meet is being held in New Delhi, Pune and Chennai. Invitees include top brass from auto manufacturing companies, auto finance services, ancillary industries and large auto dealerships to share their perspectives on the auto industry at the Auto Evolution 2001.

CNBC India, has, in the past year, launched a series of on-ground events that focus on different sectors of the Indian economy, in addition to its wide range of programs on air that bring in-depth business information and analysis.

ESPN Star Sports recently signed its first-ever terrestrial carriage deals in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar with national broadcasters LNTV, TV5 and Mywaddy TV.
The deals will run for three years and include an agreement to air the English Premier League and other sports programmes. ESS has also concluded a carriage agreement with Vietnam‘s terrestrial national network, VTV3. Under this arrangement, VTV3 will broadcast, in addition to the English Premier League, exclusive ESS programs like the Asian X Games Qualifier in Malaysia in February 2002, the US X Games, the world‘s richest 5-a-side international football event Tiger 5s, and the CGU Asian Bowling Tour.

ESS programming was earlier available in the region through a combination of hotel and cable platforms, mainly to expatriates and tourists.

The EPL season began on August 18 2001, carried live on ESS‘ two channels, ESPN and Star Sports. This season, football fans across Asia will see 165 live games and over 1000 hours of EPL programming. In addition, there is a line-up of support news programming seven days a week, with a comprehensive menu of pre- and post-game analyses, predictions and information.

According to an official release, a potential 9.2 million viewers have been added to ESS‘s distribution figures, taking it up to a total of 79 million households on ESPN and 56 million households on Star Sports.