• UEFA Champions League Play-offs Live on Ten Sports

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 18, 2009

    MUMBAI: Action resumes in the world?s most exciting club competition in football on August 19 with the beginning of the playoff stage. In what is being billed as the ?Battle of Britain? Arsenal take on Celtic. The Gunners, who reached the semi-final last year, will be the favourites to go through. They will be banking on Andrei Arshavin whose 6 goals in 12 starts, plus five assists helped his team finish fourth in the Premiership and helped qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

    The Scots have the home advantage in the first leg. Despite being the underdogs they?ll hope for another inspired show. Celtic showed their never-say-die attitude in reaching the playoff round with an upset 2-0 win over Dynamo Moscow in Russia after losing the home leg 1-0.

    The packed Spyro Louis Stadium in Athens will be the venue of another eagerly awaited clash as Greek club Panathinaikos hope to make use of the home advantage against Atletico Madrid. The Spanish club have received a major boost for the match with the return of their striker Diego Forlan. The Uruguayan secured the Golden Boot for the second time in his career last season, scoring an incredible 32 goals in 33 La Liga appearances.

    Both these matches will be Live and exclusive on Ten Sports, the most widely-watched channel in the subcontinent, with coverage beginning at 00:10 IST

    In other matches, Lyon, who over the years have consistently made the quarter-finals of the competition play Belgian league runners-up club Anderlecht. Lyon, who finished third in Ligue 1 last season, will play at home in the first leg. The French club had won the league 7 times in a row and the last season was a disppointing one. Lyon have begun the season with a 2-2 draw against Le Mans with a last minute free kick from Lisandro saving the day for them. Claude Puel‘s will be under pressure to prove his transfer spending worth around 70 million euros was worthwhile, and the decision to sell Karim Benzema was a wise move.

    In another tie, Sporting Lisbon, who finished runners-up to Porto in the Portuguese league last season, will face Serie A side Fiorentina. Fiorentina had finished 4th in Serie A last season. All eyes will be on the Italian Club?s new signings Cristiano Zanetti and Marco Marchionni who have both been included in the squad.

    The first legs of the play-off will be held on August 19 and 20, with the second leg to be played on August 26 and 27.

  • Radio Misty to air special show on Darjeeling Toy Train

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 18, 2009

    MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first and Number One fm station of North Bengal and Sikkim will air special show on Darjeeling Toy Train on 23rd August. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway which is lovingly called the toy train was opened on this day in 1880.The journey to Darjeeling is regarded as the Most Spectacular in the world. Travellers are awed by both the scenery as well as the railway line which is truly an engineering masterpiece and without doubt one of the wonders of the world. The history of toy rain is equally fascinating. Many Bollywood movies are been shot on this toy train.

    Senior Railway official and Renowned singer Tarak Nath Bhattacharya, who has a great admirer of this toy train, will narrate the history of this train with songs .The voice for these songs are given by local singers. The unique show on Radio Misty will bring the journey of toy train in different mood.

    Says Nishant Mittal, Chief Executive Officer, Radio Misty This way we will celebrate with toy train and its lovers on 23rd August. This day has a big history as this wonderful train was opened. We will also air songs that were shot on this toy train. Beside this we will talk to Toy Train lovers about their journey.

  • B4U network shines at Independence day parade in New York

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 18, 2009

    MUMBAI: B4U Television Network took part in the annual India Independence Day Parade at Madison Avenue, New York on Sunday 16th August 2009.

    The India Day Parade which was the 29th of its kind attracted a diverse audience from all around America and was considered the largest Independence Day parade in the world outside India. The entire Madison Avenue was closed for the day as festivities took place.

    The parade which was attended by 80,000 people was a day of non-stop entertainment organised by the Federation Of India Association. With special guests including Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and UK Asian sensation Jay Sean, who has notably become an instantaneous hit in the USA, the event celebrated the India‘s Independence with exclusive performances and mouth-watering food.

    B4U Network kept the crowds entertained with a large B4U Float that was seen as the most colourful attraction of the event. DJ‘s on the B4U float spread Bollywood music and patriotic songs to the streets as it passed through Madison Avenue. The colours of the B4U logo red, white and black adorned the float and were the cynosure of all eyes. B4U branded T-shirts and goodie bags were given away by staff to thousands who lined up through the parade.

    As the worldwide pioneer of Bollywood entertainment, B4U certainly lived up to its reputable title as it represented and celebrated the Indian culture and progress throughout the event.

  • Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand - Live on Ten Sports

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 17, 2009

    MUMBAI: Sri Lanka will look to maintain their impressive record under new captain Kumar Sangakkara when they take on New Zealand in a 2 match Test series beginning on August 18. And all the action will be Live on Ten Sports (see schedule below).

    Sangakkara took over from Mahela Jayawardene for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament where his team reached the final. He followed this up with victories over Pakistan in the Test and the one-day series.

    His counterpart, New Zealand?s Daniel Vettori admitted his team has not played a lot of Test cricket which makes them the underdogs. Kiwis are a young side with their 30-year-old captain being the most experienced player in the side with 92 Test matches. ?This team has the talent to succeed. We have to just get some performances under our belt," said the New Zealand captain.

    The visitors, who last played Test cricket in April, when they hosted India, practiced indoors before their arrival due to the New Zealand winter. They have played 2 warm-up games in Sri Lanka in a bid to get familiar with the conditions.

    Vettori has set rather modest targets for his team. The last time New Zealand toured Sri Lanka in 2003 the series was drawn 0-0. ?I think last time there were some outstanding batting performances and we hope to match those this time as well. To start with a drawn Test series will be a positive result, and anything above that will be a bonus," he said.

    The return of off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will give Sri Lanka even more confidence. The world?s most successful Test bowler will be back after missing the 3 Test series against Pakistan due to injury. The 37-year-old wants to retire after the November 2010 series against West Indies. The decision has the skipper?s support. "As a captain I want him to continue for the next 10 years but I feel it is a very sensible call on his part. He has 7 more games to go before he retires from Tests and I expect him to be our trump player for the Test series against New Zealand."

    New Zealand have recruited former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq as a consultant and hope his advice will help them tackle their problems with spin bowling. However, Vettori feels it will be a mistake to focus only on Murali, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath. "Spin will obviously play an important part but from what I saw during the Pakistan series seamers also played an important part. So our ability to counter the Sri Lankan new ball bowlers is going to play a crucial role in the outcome of this series," he says.

    The first Test will be played at Galle from August 18th to 22nd. This will be followed by a Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo from August 26 to 30.

  • Spelling Champs Grand Finale on 19th August only on ESPN

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 17, 2009

    New Delhi, August 17, 2009: Asia?s leading Sports Broadcaster, ESPN STAR Sports, will telecast the Grand Finale of the popular spelling show ? Spelling Champs 2009 on 19th August at 7:00pm IST. An adaptation of the Spelling Bee competition in the USA, the show has received a phenomenal response in India. The format of the show entails 8 gruelling challenges in a countdown where only one will survive to be crowned the Spelling Champ 2009.

    The final episode will witness the top 4 contestants battle it out to win the coveted title. The four young wizards who have made it to the finals include Rohan Bhatia from The Mother?s International School, Delhi , Piroune Balachandran from The Doon School, Dehradun, Ananya Das from the Springdales School, Delhi and Shubhangi Sinha from Wellham Girl?s School, Dehradun.

    The winner of the ESPN Spelling Champs 2009 walks away with the coveted Trophy along with a grand prize of a dream trip to South Africa for the ICC Champions Trophy in October. Runners-up will receive a Wii Sports. The final 4 contestants get a series of books from publisher Harper Collins.

    Rajat Kapoor, the famous television personality, is the host pronouncer of the show. The show has a panel of Word Commissioners, noted novelist Rana Dasgupta and English Language Experts from British Council who gave invaluable inputs to the young contestants.

    Catch these bright young kids as they engage in a clash of words to win the Spelling Champs 2009 only on ESPN.

  • Radio Misty celebrates Independence Day

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 17, 2009

    MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first and Number one fm station of North Bengal celebrated Independence Day with series of programmes on air and on ground in Siliguri.

    Radio Misty aired a special series Salam India, where wonderful work done by unknown heroes was taken on air. Apart from this BBC Tailor made shows was taken on air. In Morning show Misty subah was on theme freedom from cancer. Director of North Bengal Oncology centre Dr Pankaj choudhari was live on air talking about care and cure of cancer.

    Radio Misty in association with Aircell celebrated the day with listeners at air cell store. There were host of game shows and people danced on tunes of popular numbers. Celebrity Radio jocks spoke about the importance of day.

    To relive the ecstatic moments of the historic night when India made her "Tryst with Destiny," Mahindra Scorpio, in collaboration with Radio Misty, organized the first of its kind midnight celebration of freedom in the region at a private resort in the rural fringes of Siliguri.

    On the cards was a potpourri of rain dance, dance recitals and fashion shows by dancers and models from Kolkata. The items presented by the performers during the three-hour-long programme ranged from folk and rock as well as modern song and dance recitals to catwalks featuring ethnic and traditional wear as well as modern trendy dresses. The host, Priyanka did a decent job to top the evening‘s cake with a delicious icing.

    Says Nishant Mittal, Chief executive officer, Radio Misty we had series of events on Independence Day. We connected listeners‘ with on air and ground activities. Salam India the story of unknown heroes was great way to pay tribute to them.

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