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  • HSC results on Big 92.7 FM

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jun 05, 2007

    MUMBAI : With the HSC results around the corner, Big 92.7 FM is easing the anxiety of students by providing them with their results at the just the simple click of their cell phones. This year, as the university declares the much-awaited results, Big 92.7 FM will release them well. Students can skip the long lines and the crowds at the college gate by just sending a simple sms to 5454. On the day of the results, student‘s sms MH12, space, and their roll number to 5454 and within seconds they get to know how they fared.

    "It is our endeavour to positively impact lives and this is just another initiative from BIG 92.7 FM which eases stress and makes lives simpler for the much anxious students and their parents. This service is easy, low cost and delivers results within a few seconds," stated Arjun Singgh Baran, Mumbai Station Head.

  • A vision of our future, today - CNN future summit: virtual worlds

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jun 04, 2007

    MUMBAI: Virtual worlds have enabled breathtaking vistas on movie screens, heart-pounding action in computer games, bought millions of people together and transformed the way we communicate with each other. Airing from Stanford University and Singapore, the latest CNN Future Summit program gets to the heart of these remarkable developments with the biggest global players leading this digital revolution.

    CNN‘s Kristie Lu Stout hosts the hour long program looking at the blurring lines between reality and imagination and how these technological developments are shaping our communities and the lives of our children. Distinguished panelists include the founders of Wikipedia, Second Life, Flickr and EA in addition to renowned academics and psychologists who together form a vision of our future, today.

    And what will this future look like? The ability to always be in touch with friends and family will be greatly enhanced when we‘re able to see each other in absolute clarity, anywhere, anytime. We‘ll find ourselves living, shopping and working more and more inside online worlds. And in the future, you won‘t be sitting on your couch being passively entertained. Films will become more interactive and more immersive, while games will become more cinematic and realistic. Indeed the program itself also utilizes many cutting edge techniques used in modern film and television production in order to capture the fascinating future of virtual worlds.

    CNN FUTURE SUMMIT is a two-year multi-media program produced in association with the Singapore Tourist Board (STB), which aims to stimulate global discussion. Through http://cnn.com/futuresummit, viewers around the world are invited to explore the views and interactive with the remarkable list of leading explorers, scientists, philosophers, designers, entrepreneurs, futurists, authors, and journalists.

    JUNE: Wed 13 June at 19:30hrs, Sat 16 June at 11:30am and 19:30hrs, Sun 17 June at 11:30am

    JULY: Sat 14 July at 11:30am and 19:30hrs. Sun 15 July at 11:30am.

    AUGUST: Sat 18 August at 11:30am and 19:30hrs. Sun 19 August at 11:30am

  • Celebrate World Environment Day with Radio Mirchi

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jun 04, 2007

    MUMBAI : Radio Mirchi in its initiative to create awareness in conserving the environment has organized a series of program starting Tuesday, 05 June, 2007 on the occasion of World Environment Day. It is a day when people focus on the environment and is celebrated in over 100 countries. The theme for this year‘s World Environment Day is Global Warming - due to which ice caps around the world are melting.

    The World Environment Day special on Radio Mirchi will commence with a series on experts giving tips to listeners on How to cut down environmental pollution. The Mirchi team then plans to distribute free saplings to its listeners at select locations in the city. Along with it, prizes will be given away to people who are spotted wearing green and will distribute jute bags for groceries to select listeners. In addition, Radio Mirchi morning special - Hello Mumbai will have Environmentalist & editor of Sanctuary Magazine, Bittu Seghal as special guest. Mirchi RJ (hawadaar hawaldaar) will visit specific locations in the city on Maharashtra Pollution Board‘s van to check & give listeners update on the level of pollution. Mirchi‘s All Women program - Khoobsoorat will have herbal beauty tips and celebrated Chef Sanjeev Kapoor will dish out recipes on ‘hari subziyan‘. Further, the show will also talk about maintaining home plants.

    The evening show, Total Filmi will focus on water with a special named - ‘Mumbai Ka Jal - Mumbai tera paani amrit!‘. The special will highlight the problem of water pollution and its causes in Mumbai. RJ Jeeturaj will urge listeners to start a mini cleanliness drive in order to keep their surroundings clean. RJ Tarun of the evening drive-time show Bumper 2 Bumper will talk about environmental pollution that focus around the theme Earth - soil and will update listeners on where all in the city have flyovers mushroomed increasing noise pollution, the total number of trees that fell under the axe. The RJ will offer listeners saplings as a message to indicate that the only solution to do away with the guilt is to plant more and more trees. Mirchi teams will also travel around the city offering jute bags to people carrying plastic bags.

  • BBC Ek Mulaqat named 'Most Innovative Show'

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jun 04, 2007

    MUMBAI : BBC Ek Mulaqat, the weekly chat show on Radio One FM 94.3 will launch its second series with an in-depth interview with young Indian Tennis icon, Sania Mirza, on Sunday [10 June]. The new series will feature a fresh line up of guests including telecom magnate Sunil Bharti Mittal, politicians Milind Deora, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Omar Abdullah, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

    BBC Ek Mulaqat was named the ‘Most Innovative Show‘ at the Excellence in Radio Awards held during the recently concluded India Radio Forum 2007 in Mumbai. The show‘s host and BBC Hindi India Editor, Sanjeev Srivastava, said: "It is very gratifying to have won this award which recognises the BBC‘s contribution on the radio platform. It is a great credit to the BBC team‘s efforts in putting together the show. For me, it has been an interesting journey discovering the personal, lesser-known side to many well-known faces from politics, sport, entertainment, arts and business."

    Radio One‘s Vice-President, Programming and Brand, Vishnu Athreya, added: "We are thrilled to have won this award, which is recognition for the creative programming that the Radio One and BBC partnership brings on-air. It‘s great to see differentiated programming like this awarded at the IRF, and it is a boost to Radio One‘s policy to constantly reinvent itself. So, stay tuned for more such creative programming on Radio One FM 94.3."

    The first series of the programme featured an interesting mix of guests including L.K Advani, Sheila Dikshit, Irfan Pathan, Preity Zinta, Laloo Prasad Yadav, Sharad Pawar, Baba Ramdev, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, Ghulam Ali, Kapil Dev, Amar Singh, Ram Jethmalani, Javed Akhtar, Vasundhara Raje and Mani Shankar Aiyar.

    Every week, BBC Ek Mulaqat brings lively and informative interviews with some of India‘s most famous people, including politicians, artists, sports personalities and Bollywood stars, interspersed with the guest‘s all time favourite songs.

    Audiences across Delhi and Mumbai can listen to Ek Mulaqat with Sania Mirza at 12.00 IST on Sunday, 10 June, on BBC‘s partner FM station Radio One FM 94.3, and also on BBC Hindi at 20.00 IST on the same day.

  • 'Indian Investor of the Year' crown on Awaaz

    Submitted by ITV Production on May 31, 2007

    MUMBAI: Nine aspirants will battle for the crown of the best amateur ‘Indian Investor of the Year‘, in the last phase of a reality television game show, presented by ING Vysya Mutual Fund, in association with CNBC Awaaz TV channel.The nine finalists, who were short listed by an eminent jury panel from amongst 6,000 registered participants, will be seen battling for top honor during the ‘Indian Investor of the Year‘ show episode to be telecast on CNBC Awaaz TV channel at 7 p.m. on June 2 and at 9:30 p.m. on June 3, 2007.


    Mr. Vikaas M. Sachdeva, Country Head - Business Development, ING Vysya Mutual Fund, says, "ING Vysya Mutual Fund, in association with CNBC Awaaz TV channel, conceptualized the innovative game show with the idea of hunting for the ‘best amateur‘ investor in the country and also to connect to the ever-growing investor community. ING Vysya Mutual Fund has given an opportunity of a lifetime to aspirants and the 9 finalists to prove their investment business and fund management skills in addition to the other ancillary soft skills. The winner might get a chance to undergo a training program in Hong Kong and could probably land a Job at ING Vysya Mutual Fund."

    The 9 finalists Mr. Ashish Mahajan (Gurgaon), Mr. Greenize Jain (New Delhi ), Mr. Rahul Garg (New Delhi), Mr. Dewang Rajpal (Mumbai), Mr. Naveen Singh (Mumbai), Mr. Sujit Sharma (Kolkata), Mr. Bharat Arora (Ahmedabad), Mr. Neeraj Khaitan (Kolkata) and Mr. V Mahajan (Kolkata) will now individually plan out their portfolios. At the end of each week, an eminent Jury Team would eliminate 2 candidates based on their performance.

    The jury comprises renowned personalities of the corporate world, many industry veterans and technical analysts. Mr. Dhirendra Kumar, founder and CEO of Value Research and India‘s foremost expert on mutual funds, was an active member of the Jury. The other panelists include:


    Mr. Jayesh Desai, General Manager, Torrent Group
    Mr. Rostow Ravanan, Co-founder, CFO and Company Secretary of MindTree
    Mr. Ravi Sud, Senior Vice President & CFO, Hero Honda
    Mr. Puneet Jain, Ex-Editor Economic Times, Investors Guide
    Mr. Jagdish Singh, Head - Treasury, ITC Limited
    Mr. Abhay Aima, Country Head-Equity, Private Banking & Third Party Products, HDFC Bank
    Ms. Kavita Hurry, MD & CEO, ING Vysya Mutual Fund
    Mr. Vikaas M Sachdeva, Country Head - Business Development, ING Vysya Mutual Fund
    Mr. Anil Singhvi, Markets Editor, CNBC Awaaz
    Mr. P. B. Parasnis, Assistant MD and CFO, Finolex Cables Ltd
    Mr. Nitesh Chand, Head of Research and Chief Technical Analyst at Sykes and Ray Equities (I) Ltd.

  • FUN Cinemas announces an exclusive preview of the 'Pirates Of The Carribbean: At World's End'

    Submitted by ITV Production on May 31, 2007

    MUMBAI: Fun Cinemas announces an exclusive paid preview of the most awaited movie of the year today, 31 May, 2007 at Fun Cinemas, Manimajara.

    The screening is already house-full for tonight?s exclusive showing of this epic third installment. With this paid preview kicking of the promotion, the event will run till 6 June, 2007.

    A pirate themed d?cor all over the Fun Cinemas and Fun Republic property adds to the experience. All are welcome to attend the event and watch the movie when it releases tomorrow at Fun Cinemas and have a chance to win exciting prizes and Pirates of the Caribbean merchandise, including exclusive t-shirts and finger rings to body paint tattoos.

    The promotional activity will run from 4 to 6 June and is in collaboration with Pepsi. Customers who purchase a special Pirates combo will be given a scratch card and a chance to win the exclusive merchandise or get a body tattoo painted for free.

    The paid preview this evening will begin at 8:05pm at Fun Cinemas In addition, Fun Republic, Manimajara boasts of being the most festive entertainment centre in Chandigarh with a host of activities and attractions for one and all. Fun Cinemas recently witnessed 100 per cent occupancy for the first time at its Manimajara property in Chandigarh and promises to continue to bring more exciting festivities and promotions in the future.

    Mr. J.S. Jolly, Senior VP of operations said, ?There is a lot of buzz surrounding the third installment of the blockbuster, Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. With this promotion and paid preview we aim to provide all the Pirates of the Caribbean fans with a great opportunity to see the movie before anyone else and win some great merchandise.

     
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