MUMBAI: This week on Countdown to Cat, meet a young doctor who now wants to operate successfully on the CAT. Our experts guide him through his CAT preparation and help him tackle problems with the Quantitative and Data Interpretation sections. The expense on an MBA begins even before you enroll for the CAT coaching classes as candidates prepare to take exams for different institutes. Therefore at Cracking Careers, we help you plan your finances even before you step into the MBA race.

In keeping with our endeavour to showcase lesser known professions, Cracking Career profiles an extremely interesting career option-that of an ACTUARY, a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. So if you aspire to be a financial astrologer, don‘t miss this week‘s episode!

Lastly, the show will focus on a young entrepreneur who has started a makeover design company. With this company, she aims to change lifestyles and for that you can even pay her in installments!

So tune in to an extremely interesting episode of Cracking Careers on Saturday September 6, 2008 at 3:30 pm only on UTVi.

MUMBAI: In the run up to the 2008 US presidential election the BBC will broadcast a wealth of election news and programming across its international TV, radio and online news services. At the centre of the election coverage will be the BBC US08 Election bus. On the bus will be a multimedia news team travelling across the US looking to find out what Americans want from their next president, and also what the rest of the world wants from America.

News

The BBC will offer news that will provide an international perspective, including live coverage of the US presidential debates and the election night results. The US08 Election bus tour will not only provide multimedia coverage across TV, radio and online, it will also be multilingual, with 12 separate BBC World Service language teams joining at different stages of the 38-day, 4,000-mile journey.

BBC.com, will be gearing up for the election by providing online audiences with compelling editorial coverage at bbc.com/uselection. Covering up-to-the-minute election news, the website will include on-site reporting and photos from the US08 Election bus plus an interactive and customisable widget, links to a BBC poll tracker, battleground map, Q&A Presidential Election and issues guide.

TV Programming - BBC World News
Full schedules are available on bbcworldnews.com/schedules

Question Time
In a special edition Question Time comes from Washington DC, with a diverse panel debating on the expected outcome of the forthcoming election.
Sunday 2 November at 0600 IST. Repeated at 1900 IST

HARDtalk presenter Stephen Sackur will be in the US hosting a week of programmes dedicated to the election.
Monday 27 October - Thursday 30 October daily at 0800 IST. Repeated at 0200 IST

BBC World News America
Presenter Matt Frei and Washington Correspondent Katty Kay will be reporting from the presidential debates, while veteran newsman Ted Koppel will provide an insight at key points in the race. In addition, Matt Frei will be visiting Culpepper, Virginia to take the political temperature of voters in a typical town in the battleground state. bbc.com/worldnewsamerica complements and adds value to the programme‘s coverage and includes the latest election news, with films and reports from the BBC‘s expert team of correspondents. Visitors can also find other distinctive BBC World News America content, including Matt Frei‘s Washington blog.
Monday - Friday at 0430 IST

Radio Programming - BBC World Service
Full schedules are available on bbcworldservice.com/schedules

BBC Debate: Talking America
As the US08 Election bus travels across the US, the BBC will join with partner radio stations, universities, community groups and individuals to co-host a series of exclusive, thought-provoking debates.
Los Angeles: broadcast on Wednesday 10 September
Nashville: transmitted live on 5 October
Minneapolis: transmitted live on 1 November

Analysis
News and current affairs programme, Analysis, will talk to pundits from around the world about the importance of the election and the result they are expecting.
From Monday 20 October

Outlook
With America facing the real possibility of its first black president, Outlook finds out what it‘s like to be African-American in the US today.
From Monday 27 October

My Senator, My Vote
The award-winning presenter, Robin Lustig, visits the home states of John McCain and Barack Obama to get an insight into some of the issues that will decide the vote.
From Wednesday 17 September

The Lost Veterans
Andrew Purcell investigates the growing crisis of homelessness among America‘s Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.
From Wednesday 29 October

Out Of The Ghetto
Fifteen years after their original series became one of the most acclaimed programmes in American public radio history, Out of the Ghetto returns to get the views of two Chicago audio diarists.
From Friday 17 October

The Great Gatsby
An abridged reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic story of the Jazz Age.
From Monday 20 - Friday 24 October.

MUMBAI: PIX, the premier English movie channel from Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd has rated as the no. 1 English movie channel in the week 34 in Mumbai beating both Star Movies and HBO in the prime time slot this week.

According to TAM data, In the English movie channel genre, GRPs for week 34 2008, TG 15-44 years, Sec A & B show PIX getting a rating of 4.6 in Mumbai Prime Time (20.00hrs ? 23.59 hrs) higher than HBO at 4.5 and Star Movies at 4.2., Zee Studio at 2.2 and World Movies at 1.0.

In All Day Ratings (2.00 hrs? 23.59) hrs in Delhi, PIX got a rating of 7.5, while HBO rated 6.72, Star Movies at 8.5, Zee Studio at 3.85 and World Movies at 1.75

According to Mr. Sunder Aaron, Business Head, PIX, ?PIX has stuck to its mission of showing movies with great stories. It continues to pay off. We are #1 in Mumbai, and #2 in Delhi. This is based on GRPs, and not Time Spent, which the metric that new channels like World Movies prefer to measure by. While Time Spent is a good statistic to keep in mind, if your audience amounts to just a handful of people watching your channel, what does it matter whether they watch for 2 minutes or 2 hours?

PIX tends to achieve well wherever we have strong distribution relative to our competition. While it‘s flattering to see competing channels emulate us with their campaigns and positioning, pound for pound PIX is a more ‘nutritional‘ viewing choice! We will continue to prove this over the coming weeks with a lot more exciting programming announcements for our viewers!?

This September, PIX gives you the perfect dose of laughter therapy as ?Subtle Comedy? is the theme for the month. Comedy movies lined up this month are rib ticklers like Man‘s Favourite Sport , Two Mules For Sister Sara, The Party, National Lampoon‘s Animal House, Come September, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and many more.

MUMBAI: RED FM‘s RJ Anurag Pandey is back this festive season to take RED FM listeners on a spiritual journey like no other... This Ganesh Utsav, Anurag Pandey will transform into his avatar of Pandit Pandey to celebrate the grandeur of Lord Ganesha. Starting September 3, Pandit Pandey along with his entourage will visit pandals across the city to perform Aartis and will share his experiences with the listeners of RED FM through his Ganesh Diaries, encapsulating his experiences and visits to various pandals and homes.

With Red FM‘s unique initiative of ‘Pandit Pandey ki Aarti Yatra‘, Ganesh pandals are the most happening place to be! Pandit Pandey will also encourage Ganesh Bhakts to participate in an exciting contest called Red FM Pandalon Ka Raja. The categories include - Best Theme, Best Ganesh ji ki Murti and Most Environment Friendly Ganesh.

To register participants will have to simply SMS Red Pandal to 58558 and will then be required to send videos of 2-3 minutes showcasing their themes and concepts, to the Red FM studios or alternatively, upload them on mypopkorn.com. The most clicked through videos will be short listed and the Red FM Expert panel will then choose the winners of the contest who will be duly awarded a Trophy & Prize by Pandit Pandey! In addition to this, listeners can also watch Pandit Pandey and his Aarti Yatras by logging on to mypopkorn.com.

Commenting on the initiative, Anuj Singh, National Marketing Head and Station Head (Mumbai), said, "RED FM prides itself in identifying the pulse of the people. Ganesh Utsav is one festival that is celebrated with pomp and splendour across the city. Mumbaikars set aside time to visit their favorite deity in pandals! Keeping in mind Mumbai‘s enthusiasm for the festival, RED FM‘s Pandit Pandey will join Mumbaikars in the worship of Lord Ganesha through his Aarti yatra across pandals in the city and will bring alive the same experience through the Ganesh Diaries. Not just that, with our unique association with mypopkorn.com they also catch all the action online!"