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The new joint venture would mark the reunion of the Zee and Star groups, which are among the earliest entrants into the Indian private television space, after many years. |
Industry observers feel that the new generation team of media companies, such as Star’s Uday Shankar, Zee’s Punit Goenka and Den Networks’ Sameer Manchanda, have successfully moved beyond the old history of cut-throat rivalry between their groups to create this new venture. |
Among these people, Manchanda has mostly been a backroom strategist and industry observers feel that a partnership between two giants like Star and Zee would not have been possible without Manchanda playing a critical role in bringing them together. |
Observers said that the origin of this partnership finds its roots in Manchanda’s departure from Network18 following the latter’s tie up with Sun TV group and the pullout of the group’s channels from Star DEN network. |
Commenting on the deal, Turner International MD Anshuman Misra said, “This is a big win for the consumers as it gives them the choice of best of content, greater access and variety all under one bouquet and paves the way for faster digitisation of the cable industry." |
Den Networks chairman and MD Sameer Manchanda said: “This is a historic step forward in the Indian television industry and will create a paradigm shift in pay distribution." |
“The new JV gives a clear impetus to digitalisation and promotes transparency and addressability in the broadcasting distribution value chain. It also brings more channels, and greater choice and flexibility to the Indian consumer," he added. |
Star India has about 33 channels in seven languages, including names like STAR Plus, STAR One, STAR Gold, Channel [V], STAR World, STAR Movies, as well as joint venture channels Asianet, STAR News, ESPN and STAR Sports. |
Star India also manages a portfolio of business ventures including DTH operator Tata Sky, cable system Hathway and channel distributor STAR Den. |
STAR India is a fully owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch-owned global media conglomerate News Corporation. |
Zee Group, on the other hand, is amongst the largest producers of Hindi language TV content and its channels include Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, ETC Music and Zee Khana Khazana. |
The company also has a strong offering in the regional language domain with channels such as Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada, Zee Cinemalu and ETC Punjabi. |
Zee Group joined hands with Turner International in 2002 to create a distribution venture with a portfolio of 34 channels, including Cartoon Network, Pogo, HBO, WB and CNN. |
Wintertime is a fine time to take a trot in the national park. |
THAT TIME OF YEAR: Winter in the northern hemisphere is traditionally the time of shuttering the windows, brewing something of the hot cocoa variety, and keeping out of the great outdoors. Weatherpeople have told us this, and the ad makers and television writers, too. But rarely do the people behind our images take int... |
PURSUITS SUCH AS... Biking and horseback riding. And while biking is something of a headline sport in the Death Valley National Park, fewer people may be aware that the Ranch at Furnace Creek is home to the Furnace Creek Stables.The trail rides come with a guide and are of the very doable one- to two-hour variety; figu... |
We are hearing and seeing more and more about NVIDIA's upcoming Turing-based GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card, with Palit's upcoming GeForce GTX 1660 Ti StormX now teased in both of its versions. |
Palit's new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a cute little mini-ITX card as you can see in the images above and below, with two variants: StormX OC which comes with factory overclocking out of the box, while the normal non-OC model is a stock card. |
We're looking at the Palit GeForce GTX 1660 Ti StormX OC variant featuring its TU116 GPU clocked at 1815MHz, while the non-OC version has its GPU clocked at 1770MHz. Both of them will feature 6GB of GDDR6 memory and launch on February 22. |
In the aftermath of NATO’s success in stopping ethnic cleaning in Kosovo, Cabinet members and Members of Congress stopped in Bucharest to thank the Romanians for their support of NATO and get a feel for where the Balkan region was going in its aftermath. |
Unlike some of the other visitors whose approach was helpful but remarkably relaxed, Biden was a whirlwind of inquiry, analysis and commentary from the time he landed at Otopeni airport. |
On the 20-minute drive into the city, he quizzed me on Romanian attitudes, the status of various government leaders and the inside story on Romania’s foreign policy toward Slobodan Milosevic, who was still in power next door in Yugoslavia. Because Biden has known all the major Romanian leaders since the dictator Nicola... |
There’s a lot more there; check it out. And here’s a very long interview Biden did with Josh Marshall in 2004 — the section below pertains to a visit Biden had with Muammar Qaddafi after Libya gave up its WMD programs. Biden emerges as a fascinating character — tough, vulgar, down-to-earth, and an expert practitioner o... |
He sits there and he goes like this, he goes, “That’s logical.” (laughs) I mean the guy was great! And I said, “So, Okay. Tell me why.” And he went, Well — I’m paraphrasing — “Nuclear weapons didn’t help you very much in Vietnam, they didn’t help you in Iraq and if I ever used them you’d blow me away.” Not my phrase, b... |
AIDE: He went way back. |
BIDEN: He went way back. He went back and named people I wasn’t even sure he ever supported. And he looks at me and he says — I forget the exact phrase — he says, And they made their own bargains. |
AIDE: He said they’ve all been on the White House lawn. |
BIDEN: Yeah, he said, they’ve all been on the White House lawn. (laughs) And he says, So basically — I forget the phrase — but he said, “Why should I be purer than they? I’m getting penalized for this, these buys are cutting their own deals.” But the phrase was, “and they all ended up on the White House lawn.” Gerry Ad... |
And the next thing he says, he said, And by the way, he says, “We’re an Athenian democracy.” That was the phrase he used about what kind of democracy he is. |
And he laughed, first time he smiled, he cracked a smile, he kinda laughed. I said, “I love this kind of democracy.” This is great. |
A day slated for trotting in the park took an early tragic turn for Charlie, a New York City horse. |
Early Sunday morning, on his way to Central Park to begin a day of carting tourists around, the white carriage horse keeled over and died in the street, according to the New York Daily News. Unsurprisingly, the horse’s death, which took place at West 54th Street near Eighth Avenue, has incensed animal rights activist g... |
A spokesman for the Horse and Carriage Association of New York said that though the incident was tragic, “it’s not something that happens regularly.” And a spokesperson for Teamsters Local 533, the union that represents the carriage drivers, told NBC that Charlie hadn’t been neglected and had been working in the city f... |
Lenovo's new IdeaPad and Flex PCs arrive in the next month in a variety of colors and form factors. |
Lenovo has a new lineup of Windows 10 PCs that arrive in the next month in a variety of colors and form factors. |
If you're looking for a traditional laptop, Lenovo has three new IdeaPad notebooks: the 320, 320S, and 720. Budget shoppers should check out the IdeaPad 320, which comes in 15.6- and 17.3-inch versions. Get up to a seventh-gen Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, and integrated graphics. There's the opti... |
The non-touch 15.6-inch 320 will set you back $439.99; add $50 for touch support. The 17.3-inch version is $489.99. Both arrive in June. |
The more premium 320S comes in 14- or 15-inch versions. Get up to a seventh-gen Intel Core i7 processor, up to 8GB of DDR4 memory, and integrated graphics on the 14-inch and Nvidia GeForce GT940MX graphics on the 15.6-inch. The 14-inch starts at $740 and the 15.6-inch starts at $750; both come out in June. |
With the 14-inch IdeaPad 720S, meanwhile, look for Nvidia GeForce 940MX graphics, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory and up to 512GB of PCIe storage, USB-C with Thunderbolt, and the optional fingerprint reader. It starts at $970 and arrives in June, too. |
Those looking to pick up a 2-in-1 should check out the Lenovo Flex 5, which comes in 14- and 15-inch versions. It can serve as a standard laptop or be flipped around into tablet, stand, or tent modes. There's pen support, too. The Flex 5 comes with up to a seventh-gen Intel Core i7 chip, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, inte... |
Look for it this month, starting at $720 for the 14-inch or $830 for the 15-inch. |
Finally, the 17.3-inch Lenovo Y920 gaming notebook is for enthusiasts who want more oomph than a traditional notebook. It runs Nvidia GTX 1070 (8GB) GDDR5 with PCI Express graphics, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB/1TB HDD. All that weighs about 10 pounds and will set you back about $2,700. |
Lenovo's new PCs will be going up against whatever Microsoft plans to unveil at a May 23 event in Shanghai, not to mention rumors of refreshed Macs from Apple at WWDC next month. |
The US Navy bragged that its destroyer came to “challenge” Moscow in the Sea of Japan, but the ship didn’t even come near Russia’s territorial waters and was tracked all the way, the Defense Ministry said. |
It is the first time since 1987 when a US warship conducted a freedom of navigation operation close to Russian territorial waters in the Peter the Great Bay, the navy official boasted. |
Moscow was left unimpressed. Despite all the bravado, the US destroyer actually “never came closer than 100km” to the Russian territorial waters, the Defense Ministry’s spokesperson, Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday. |
“Currently, the crew of ‘USS Campbell’ is ‘demonstrating’ its valor from more than 400km away from Russia’s territorial waters, in the central part of the Sea of Japan,” the military sarcastically remarked. |
Moreover, during its journey, the US warship was closely tracked by a Russian destroyer 'Admiral Tributs' along with the aircraft of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, the MoD spokesperson noted. |
The Russian vessel stayed “in immediate vicinity” of the US ship, the official stressed, so if ‘USS McCampbell’ managed to “demonstrate” anything, it was its “futile attempt” to use full speed to ditch the Russian destroyer. |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have agreed to minor league contracts with first baseman Lucas Duda and journeyman infielder Adam Rosales. |
The Twins announced Saturday that Duda and Rosales had been invited to big league spring training. |
Duda hit a combined .241 with 14 home runs and 50 RBIs for Kansas City and Atlanta last season. The 33-year-old is a career .242 hitter with 152 homers in nine seasons, including 30 home runs for the New York Mets and Tampa Bay in 2017. |
If added to the 40-man roster, the 35-year-old Rosales would get a one-year contract paying a $1 million salary while in the major leagues. |
Rosales hit .211 in 13 games for Cleveland last year. He is a career .226 hitter with 48 home runs and 179 RBIs in 11 years with Cincinnati, Oakland, Texas, San Diego, Arizona and Cleveland. |
Rosales has split time at all four infield spots. |
A team of people including executives from Eyesight and Kaleidoscope Consulting helped to execute the artistic element. |
The finale at Phuong My. |
POETRY IN MOTION: Attendees at Phuong My’s Tuesday morning runway show faced a serious climate change. |
With distribution in more than 20 countries, Phuong My aims to start selling in the U.S. The company’s namesake, who is also the creative director, has been in business for seven years. A team of people including executives from Eyesight and Kaleidoscope Consulting helped to execute the artistic element. “We wanted to ... |
A cadre of beauty queens past and present saw her tailored and dramatic designs up close. Last year’s Miss Universe, Catriona Gray; the 2017 Miss Vietnam, H’Hen Nie; former Miss New York, Iman Oubou, and influencer Chriselle Lim were front-and-center. Two other attendees, FIT’s Valerie Steele and Patricia Mears, were r... |
It's important to have swing thoughts on the tee. They help take your mind off all the bad things that can happen and put your focus on what you need to do to put one in the fairway. |
Way down the fairway. But just as important as mechanical thoughts is making sure you're swinging with good tempo, particularly with the driver. You could have amazing technique, but if you can't put it all together with the right rhythm, you won't hit your best tee shots. So let's start there as we try to make this yo... |
You might notice I'm wearing in-ear headphones. I like to listen to music when I practice to help improve my rhythm. I tend to get a little quick in the transition from backswing to downswing, especially as tournaments get closer to Sunday and I've got a chance to win. Listening to music helps throttle back my tempo. I... |
Stability is important in any athletic movement, but it's absolutely critical when you want to swing your driver with more power. There's never a point in my swing when I feel like I'm losing control of my body. Even when I'm swinging my fastest and really firing into the ball, I know I'm going to stay in balance. Watc... |
It starts with getting into a comfortable, tension-free position at address (above), but one where you feel free to swing the club with some speed. That delicate blend of being relaxed and ready to move at high speeds is something to focus on when practicing. The stance is key. If there's too much weight out on your to... |
One of the big things I've been working on since the end of last year is keeping my head from dipping as I take the club back. A lot of amateurs have the opposite problem: They straighten up. Either fault moves the club off the ideal plane to hit your tee shot long and straight. Keep your head height, and you won't hav... |
I pay attention to one other thing here: If unchecked, my backswing can get long, making it difficult to time squaring the clubface at impact. Some golfers fight their swings getting too short, but either way, it's important to maintain a consistent top-of-backswing position. I know my swing should stop when my left sh... |
I use the ground to generate power more than a lot of guys do. That comes from what my legs are doing when I transition into the downswing. As I'm completing the backswing—and this is something my coach, Michael Bannon, taught me when I was a kid—I really brace against the inside of my right leg. I'm pushing into the g... |
As I start the club down, I lead with my legs (above). I'm trying to get my left knee out of the way so the club can whip through the hitting area. You don't want the left knee moving out toward the ball. You also don't want to make a big slide to your front side. I think of it as a small shift toward the target, then ... |
Is your mind filled with technical thoughts? Go back to the simplest goal: solid contact. |
When you think about it, do things like tempo, backswing length or leg action matter if you aren't making solid contact? |
Hitting it flush is my focus whenever I face a tough shot or a key moment in a round. If you can take the clutter out of your head and think about catching it in the middle of the face, you'd be surprised how many of the moves you've worked on just happen. |
The simple things are often the most important when it comes to great ball-striking. The correct ball position (just inside the front heel for the driver) and good posture (feeling balanced and ready to be athletic) can do wonders. Point is, when you're nervous or feeling like your brain is overloaded, go back to the m... |
South Korea controls the islets, which are inhabited by a handful of residents and guarded by a small South Korean police detachment. They are in an area known for rich fishing. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited the islets in August, a first by a South Korean leader, inflaming relations with Japan. |
In November 2010, North Korea fired shells at a military base here, killing two marines and two civilians. South Korea controls the island, which is about seven miles from the North Korean mainland. Roughly 1,700 South Koreans live there. |
Japan controls the uninhabited islands, but they are claimed by China and Taiwan. In September, Japan's government said it would pay the Japanese family that owns the rocky land $26.2 million. China responded by increasing maritime patrols, radioing Japanese boats that "Diaoyu is China's territory." |
China, the Philippines and Taiwan claim this 60-square-mile collection of islets. More than 500 miles from China and 140 miles from the Philippines, the shoal is within a 200-nautical-mile "exclusive economic zone" provided for by the U.N Convention on the Law of the Sea. |
China, Taiwan and Vietnam claim all of the islands, while the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei claim a portion. Reed Bank, the site of large oil and gas reserves inside the islands, is 85 nautical miles from Palawan, Phillipines, and about 600 nautical miles from the Chinese mainland. |
SOURCES: Staff and wire reports; wire photos. Graphic by Bill Webster - The Washington Post. Published Oct. 4, 2012. |
On two tiny volcanic islands, the show of Korean control is pushed to extremes. |
Austria's far-right Identitarian Movement received cash from the man charged with killing 50 people in mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, the country's chancellor said on Wednesday. |
"We can now confirm that there was financial support and so a link between the New Zealand attacker and the Identitarian Movement in Austria," Sebastian Kurz said. |
A spokesman for prosecutors in Graz said the head of the movement, Martin Sellner, received €1,500 (Dh6,200) in early 2018 from a donor with the same name as the man charged over the March 15 Christchurch attacks. |
Mr Sellner published two videos on YouTube in which he said he had received a donation involving an email address that matched the name of the Australian. |
In one of the videos, he said: "I'm not a member of a terrorist organisation. I have nothing to do with this man, other than that I passively received a donation from him." |
Mr Sellner said the donation was from early 2018 and that he would give it to a charitable foundation. |
He said police had raided his house over the possible links to the attacker. |
The Identitarians, who say they want to preserve Europe's identity, are a relatively new, far-right movement that uses the internet to promote their action on the streets. |
They imitate the tactics of more established activist groups such as Greenpeace. |
In 2017 they helped to charter a ship as part of what they said was a campaign to defend Europe, and they have tried to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya. |
Hansjoerg Bacher, a spokesman for the Graz prosecutors, said an investigation was under way as to whether there were links between Mr Sellner and the mosque attacker. |
The Austrian Interior Ministry declined to comment. Mr Kurz said Austria was looking at dissolving the Identitarian Movement. |
"Our position on this is very clear," he said. "No kind of extremism whatsoever has any place in our society." |
On Tuesday, Mr Kurz said on Twitter that any connection between the Christchurch attacker and members of the Identitarian Movement in Austria needed to be fully clarified. |
Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, of the far-right Freedom Party, said his political group had nothing to do with the Identitarian Movement. |
New Zealand has announced a royal commission into the attack on two mosques in Christchurch. |
A white supremacist has been charged with one count of murder over the Christchurch shootings and will next appear in court on April 5. |
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said the man was not on any watch lists in New Zealand or Australia. |
SAN JOSE — UC Irvine never won an NCAA Tournament game before Thursday morning. It showed it could follow directions. |
The Anteaters trailed Kansas State by five points with 10:36 left and charged home to a 70-64 victory, winning for the 31st time this season. |
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