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  • Prasar Bharati

    New faces on the Prasar Bharati board

    Oct 18

    Apart from a new chairman after a gap of nearly three years, there are some more new faces on the Prasar Bharati boar

  • New faces on the Prasar Bharati board

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 18
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    Apart from a new chairman after a gap of nearly three years, there are some more new faces on the Prasar Bharati board.
    Three new part-time members have been appointed - former vice-chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia, M A Zaki, journalist Vidya Niwas Mishra and retired bureaucrat S Kashi Pandiyan. Prof U R Rao, former head of the Indian Space Research Organisation, took over as chairman late last week.

    Anil Baijal, additional secretary in the ministry of information and broadcasting, continues to enjoy the support of minister Sushma Swaraj, evident from the six-month extension he has been granted. He continues to hold additional charge of the post of executive member, Prasar Bharati board. His extension order is applicable for six months from August 14, 2001, or until further orders, according to an official press release.

  • Star lines up some more soapy nights

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 17
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    The decision has been taken. The once hugely popular Kaun Banega Crorepati is being phased slowly out of Star Plus, and family drama serials are taking pride of place on prime time once again.

    From October 29, KBC will be aired only twice a week, while the channel will pull KBC Junior off the air from December. Star is now weaning audiences back to the family soap, with actor Aruna Irani‘s maiden production venture, Desh Mein Nikala Hoga Chand, an NRI saga, taking over the Monday 9-10 pm slot. Balaji Telefilms‘ Kasautii Zindagi Kay will start beaming from Monday to Thursday at 8.30 pm, from the end of October. Kundali, a popular serial that had to go off the air when Channel Nine Gold wound up, will be beamed on Star beginning October 25, 8 pm.

    The Business Standard financial daily, quoting INTAM figures for KBC for the month of September, reports that while the cumulative programme viewership for the show is an impressive 2.01 million, its average programme viewership is only 828,000, compared with 1.8 million for the its top soap, Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.

    Sources in Star say that there are two to three more programmes lined up come November, but officials are not yet willing to divulge details. Discussions are still on where to slot these new shows. The possibilities are in the afternoon band, the late night band (post-11 pm) or the early evening band (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm).

  • Star lines up some more soapy nights

    Oct 17

    The decision has been taken.

  • HBO gets bold and sporty in November

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 17
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    HBO is all set for the festive season, with an interesting array of movies for its HBO Saturday nights block come November. Kicking things off on the 3rd at 9:30p.m. with ‘BASEketball‘, a flick on a new sport, which combines the features of America‘s two most popular sports: baseball and basketball.

    Based on a true story, BASEketball is the creation of Trey Parker and Matt Stone who also made the witty and acerbic ‘South Park‘ with its controversial songs. The three main characters ‘Coop‘, Reemer, and Squeak Scolari are guaranteed to keep couch potatoes grinning throughout.

    Neve Campbell & Kevin Bacon in Wild Things

    Next is ‘Wild Things‘ on November 10, a mystery flick with more twists and turns than a pretzel. Two seductively cool students played by Denise Richards and Neve Campbell, who attend a posh high school and plan to sue the counsellor Matt Dillon (A Kiss Before Dying) over rape.

    The plot thickens with accusations, detectives and legal frame-ups leading to an interesting climax. Interestingly, the logical sequence of events is revealed as the end credits roll.

    HBO relies on a good, solid old-fashioned drama ‘October Sky‘ on November 17 to draw in the thinking viewer. it tells the true story of Homer Hickham who in 1950s West Virginia, harbours ambitions that do not exactly reflect his background. His father Chris Cooper (American Beauty) is a blue-collar coal miner and has trouble coming to terms with his son‘s desire of becoming a space engineer.The father son relationship gives the film its soul. Jake plans to start his project for the science fair using a cherry bomb and flashlight. Fortunately, his teacher, Oscar nominee Laura Dern (Rambling Rose) encourages him and acts as his mentor.

    The Summer
    Gang Party

    On the 24th, HBO takes the plunge into the world of horror with ‘ I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.‘ Jennifer Love Hewitt, who also starred in the original, returns for the sequel to holiday in the Bahamas with her friend. The son of the angler who was killed in ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer‘ could be after her in this one. The setting of a deserted island is inspired as it instils in the viewer a weird sense of foreboding.
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    HBO gets bold and sporty in November

    Oct 17
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