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  • Fox Traveller to start 24-hr Bengali feed from 15 January

    Submitted by ITV Production on Dec 22, 2011
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: Travel and lifestyle channel, Fox Traveller, will start a 24-hour Bengali language feed starting 15 January next year.

    Presently the Bangla feed is available for four hours during primetime (8-12 pm). The channel believes that with this development Fox Traveller will be able to reinforce connect with Bengali speaking audiences.

    Fox International Channels VP - marketing Debarpita Banerjee said, "Bengalis love the good life- full of food, music, art, travel, and we have plenty of glimpses of this kind of a lifestyle on Fox Traveller. The channel believes that only showcasing destinations are pass? and unfolds stories that make a journey beautiful and fun. And now the bangla feed will enable us to capture the lyricism of this language and build it into our content, bringing it closer to the audience."

    The channel will now be available in Bengali feed along with Hindi, English and Tamil across all DTH platforms and through and cable network operators.

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    Fox Traveller
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  • Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh no more

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 10, 2011
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: A fornight after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital as he suffered from brain haemorrhage, renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh today passed away at the Hospital at 8.10 am after suffering a terrible haemorrhage.

    Popularly known as the Ghazal King, Singh gained acclaim along with his wife Chitra Singh. It may be noted that they were the first ever husband-wife team who gained immense popularity in the history of recorded Indian music.

    Condoling the death of the Ghazal maestro, composer and music director, I & B Minister Ambika Soni said, ?the untimely death of Jagjitji has left a void which will be difficult to fill. His unique voice was a departure from the prevalent style of ghazal rendition, which instantly became a hit with the masses."

    She said all his compositions were lyrical masterpieces and shall remain embedded in our minds forever.

    Recipient of Padma Bhushan award, Singh has sung in several languages including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali among others. His popular ghazals include Meri zindagi kisi aur ki, mere naam ka koi aur hai, Apni marzi se kahan apne safar ke hum hain, Wo jo hum mein tumme qaraar tha, Patta-patta boota-boota haal hamaara jaane hai, Hoshwalo
    ko khabar, etc.

    Singh has also sung for popular movies like Sarfarosh and Tarqeeb.
     

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    Jagjit Singh
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