• Lucknow savours 'Whatte Chai' with Radio City

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 22, 2007

    MUMBAI: Doesn‘t a bright morning get better with a piping hot cup of tea at your favourite tea-hangout? Celebrating Lucknow‘s lesser known superstars who are successful in their own right, Radio City 91.1FM, India‘s Leading Radio Network brought an innovative 3 week contest called ‘City ki Chai‘.Listeners were invited to vote in to judge the best tea stall in their city. After a stupendous response from listeners, 15 loved and often visited tea stalls were short listed and on Friday, October 19, 2007 Sharma Ki Chai from Lalbaug was declared the winner of the Radio City‘s City Ki Chai contest.

    RJ Vera, Lucknow‘s favourite RJ and host of the Radio City Breakfast Show invited all listeners who participated in this contest to join their favourite RJs - RJ Meenu (City Spice), RJ Puja (Hum Tum), RJ Amir (Radio City Lamhe) and RJ Fahad (Radio City Joyride) for a cuppa-tea to ‘Sharma Ki Chai‘, Lalbaug. An elated Mr Deepak Sharma, winner of the ‘City ki Chai‘ contest shared his secret of preparing the winning brew with Radio Cityzens. Extending the excitement to all the Lucknowites, RJ Vera gave LIVE updates to the listeners of Radio City.

    Sharing his thoughts on the initiative, Mr. Rana Barua, National Head - Marketing Radio City 91.1FM said, "We greatly cherish the special bond we share with the Radio Cityzens of Lucknow and thank them for their enthusiasm and support! City Ki Chai is a one of a kind initiative to identify and recognize the lesser-known people who very dedicatedly serve the city of Lucknow and celebrate them! Thanks to the overwhelming response received from our listeners, this unique contest has been a huge success!"

    Radio City 91.1FM conducted the 3 week ‘City ki Chai‘ contest from October 1-18, 2007 on Lucknow‘s favourite Radio City Breakfast Show. RJ Vera invited listeners to respond on their favourite tea-spots in Lucknow after which the Radio City team visited each of the tea-spots nominated. Basis the parameters of listener‘s preferences, Radio City identified Lucknow‘s top 3 most popular tea stalls.

    A sustained focus on understanding listeners and leveraging the synergies of music expertise and innovative programming, allows Radio City to deliver a unique listening experience and be an integral part of the lives of listeners across markets. Aggressively looking at spreading the Radio City experience to new markets across the country, Radio City 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for premium audiences.

  • Cine channel celebrates its ninth anniversary

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 22, 2007

    MUMBAI: Cine Channel, an exclusive movie based entertainment channel broadcasted through Hathway Cable network celebrates its 9th anniversary.

    Cine Channel is present in 54 cities in India.Cine Channel‘s 17-hours of everyday programming time includes Hindi movies from a collection of more than 1000 films in its library. There are a host of other film-based programmes focusing on Hollywood movies, latest Hindi blockbusters and the latest Hindi film songs.

    The Channel reaches urban Indian homes in a cost-effective medium offering advertisers a platform to reach an entire gamut of audiences due to the increasing popularity of the channel since its launch.

    Mr.Haresh Gehaney General Manager ,Head Channel Business said, " We are delighted to have completed 9 successful years. With more exciting times to come in the coming years, we will continue to offer to our viewers latest quality programming and production ".

    For further information, please contact: cinechannel@hathway.net

  • United, Arsenal, Real live on Ten Sports

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 22, 2007

    MUMBAI: Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel of the sub-continent, goes football intensive again with four matches in two days from the latest round of the high-profile UEFA Champions League ? Europe?s biggest and most prestigious football tournament.

    Ten Sports will telecast live action from four matches of Matchday Three (October 23 and 24), including English Premiership League champions Manchester United, current Premiership leaders Arsenal, and the ever-powerful Spanish outfit Real Madrid.

    United will travel to Ukraine where they take on Dynamo Kiev. The match starts 11:30 pm IST on Tuesday, October 23, followed by Arsenal?s match against Slavia Prague at 2:15 am IST on Wednesday, October 24. The United-Kiev match will be repeated at 5 am, 11 am and 7:30 pm on Wednesday.

    The action continues on Wednesday night, when 2005 champions Liverpool will hope to make a move up the table in Group A and secure their first win of the season against Turkish side Besiktas. The match kicks off at 11:30 pm, followed by Real Madrid?s high-profile encounter at home with Greek champions Olympiacos at 2:15 am on Thursday, October 25.

    The Liverpool match will be repeated at 4:15 am, 10:30 am and 7:00 pm IST on Thursday, while Real Madrid?s match will be aired at 8:30 am again.

    Group F leaders Manchester United have won both their matches and should have it easy against Dynamo Kiev, who are yet to score a win. And with both Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo firing for United, Sir Alex Ferguson?s side should take three more points.

    Arsenal have enjoyed a wonderful start to the season and their form has carried on to the Champions League, where they have won both their opening round matches. And playing at home should be easy for them against bottom-of-the-table Slavia Prague.

    Olympiacos will no doubt be buoyed by their 3-1 win against Werder Bremen on October 3, which was their first win in 31 matches on the road. But no one will envy their task of facing a fired-up Real at Bernabeu. The Spanish giants will be eager to shrug off their loss to Espanyol with a huge win. The big reward for the winner of the match will be the elevation to the top place in Group C as both the teams currently have four points from two matches.

    The UEFA Champions League starts in September and continues till the champion club of Europe is determined in May. The tournament comprises a group stage features 32 teams in eight groups of four, followed by four knockout rounds.

     

  • Interview with Mekaal Hasan Band on Channel [v]'s Next Big thing

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 20, 2007

    MUMBAI:Mekaal Hasan is a leading musician and record producer from Pakistan. He has worked in the capacity of a guest artist and/or record producer in the music industry of Pakistan with many Pakistani bands and solo artists at home and abroad. He is also the band leader and composer for perhaps Pakistan‘s most critically acclaimed band, ?Mekaal Hasan Band?, known to it‘s fans as ?MHB?. Mekaal also played bass as a guest artist for one of South Asia‘s leading rock bands ?Junoon?.

    Catch more on the artist on Channel [v]‘s Next Big thing till October 31st, 2007

  • Stoner's unique treble bid live on Ten Sports

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 20, 2007

    MUMBAI: Casey Stoner will be hoping to add to his already dream season when he tries to win back-to-back races at the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday.

    Stoner wrapped up the championship with his sixth place finish in Japan,and then went on to achieve his long-standing dream of winning the Australian GP in front of his doting home fans at the Philip Island tracklast week.

    The Ducati rider, who became the second-youngest rider to win the championship and the first for 33 years to do so on a European-manufactured bike, will be eager to take his winning tally in double figures in a dominating season, having already won nine races. Stoner is in prime position to do exactly that, after finishing second behind Danni Pedrosa in the qualifying.

    And Ten Sports will be present to bring all the action live when the Malaysian Grand Prix takes place at the exciting Sepang track on Sunday, October 21. The live telecast starts at 9:15 am IST.

    The 21-year-old Australian, whose worst result in a season where he could do no wrong, was the sixth place in Japan which actually ensured the championship crown for him, has got extra motivation to do well in Sepang.

    Because, even though the chase for the world title is over, the race presents Stoner the opportunity to achieve a unique treble in Sepang. The Australian won the 125cc title in 2004 on a KTM bike and kept up the winning act the following year in the 250cc category astride an Aprilia machine.

    Having taken a ninth win this season at the Australian GP in Philip Island on Sunday, Stoner would certainly want to win the premier class race on his Ducati in the penultimate round of the 17-leg world championships.

    The Sepang track is specifically built for speed and exciting racing. With four slow corners following two long straights, and ten medium to high-speed corners, the wide track is particularly favourable for overtaking manoeuvres and plenty of open throttle. And the Malaysian weather ? always hot and humid and demanding ? plays an important role in making the race even more demanding for the riders.

    Schedule:

    Day : Sunday

    Date : 21/10/07

    Time : 9:15 a.m

    Event : Moto GP : Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix

    Telecast : Live

  • Zone Reality Premiers 'Very Bad Men'

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 19, 2007

    MUMBAI: Through an internet dating site, Joyce thought shed met her perfect man. He was a handsome surgeon who exuded charm and kindness. So when he popped the question early on Joyce didnt hesitate for a moment, overjoyed to finally marry the man of her dreams.

    But the storybook ending turned sour when she discovered he wasnt a noble surgeon after all, but an army deserter who had perhaps six other wives and a string of prison convictions. Joyces Mr Wrong is one example of the many real life con artists, impostors, criminals, fraudsters and bigamists that Very Bad Men uncovers in this alarming series. Very Bad Men is a very frightening warning for all singles to proceed with caution.

    Watch ‘Very Bad Men‘ on Zone Reality on 20th October 2007 a 9pm.

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