"We are delighted that Tokyo Sonata has won the top honours at this prestigious festival. It is good to see Indian audiences beginning to appreciate films in the World Cinema category. We at Palador aim to showcase many memorable cinematic creations from across cultures and countries for Indian audiences in the years to come,” commented Gautam Shiknis, Founder and Managing Director of Palador.

Film enthusiasts appreciated the range of films shown at the festival. ‘Tokyo Sonata’ is a sensitive and touching examination of a dysfunctional Japanese family that slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company. Another Palador film, ‘My Blueberry Nights’, a story of a young woman taking a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way, left the audiences mesmerised at the festival. The film is a creation by maestro Wong Kar Wai starring Jude Law, Norah Jones and Natalie Portman.

Palador has acquired ‘Tokyo Sonata’ from Fortissimo Films and plans to release the film in India in October this year.

“Close to 50 titles from Palador’s 1000 strong library of films are already available on DVD from a tie up with Moser Baer while 26 of our films are playing at Zee Studio. This marks the largest ever influx of quality cinema in the country and the appreciation of good films in festivals, only serve to increase the quality of cinema that is watched across the country and this will eventually lead to great cinema being made,” said Mohan Polamar, Founder and JMD of Palador Pictures.

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Palador began four years back as a movement to kick-start the tradition of great cinema in the Indian subcontinent. Today Palador has the largest collection of Foreign Language Cinema under one roof in Asia. Palador owns the most award-winning films from the greatest directors the world has ever seen – from masters of yesteryears to today’s: Kurosawa, Kieslowski, Godard, Trauffaut, Kiarostami, Lynch etc. – to cinema in all genre: action, comedy, drama, documentary, short films etc. – to cinema from all movements: Italian Neo-Realism, French Impressionism, New-Wave Iranian etc. But Palador is not just about the content. It’s about programming them, to suit different needs of: TV Channels, Film Festivals, Corporates, Colleges, Clubs, Theatres etc. and of different media: DVD, TV, Internet, Theatre, Mobile etc. Besides this, Palador was the first to focus on the short works of aspiring film makers, helping to popularize the concept and adoption of short film in the Indian media landscape. Palador is also the only in the world to program short films of aspiring film makers in the DVD movies of great directors. In short it is helping build a platform for freedom of expression for creators of good and great content in this nation. Also visit Palador media centre at: www.mypalador.com

The user has an option to download and own the 35 minutes video of Shilpa’s Yoga for $4.49 only. Keeping in mind the Indian audience and the current internet and broadband scenario BIGFlix has worked on the technology platform and has made Shilpa’s Yoga content in small duration video formats. The website will have the Asanas in 1 minute duration formats for audience for free.

Commenting on the occasion, Kamal Gianchandani, Chief Operating Officer, BIGFlix.com said, ‘This is in keeping with our strategy to diversify into different genres of entertainment thereby providing our patrons with more & more options to choose from. The objective is to provide easy access to our patrons to good quality content. We are confident that our association with Shemaroo would benefit our viewers both in India and internationally.’

Today Yoga is not just an Indian phenomenon, but an art of living which has a global appeal Moreover, with Shilpa Shetty, a talented international celebrity and Yoga, the most preferred form of spiritual as well as physical well being, we are confident Shilpa’s Yoga will garner an increase in the user base of our website.” added Mr. Kamal Gianchandani, COO, BIGFlix.com..

‘After the success of ‘Shilpa’s Yoga’ on home video and on mobile, we are really glad to see this lifestyle content online at bigflix.com. Going live on the net will make Shilpa’s Yoga content accessible to audiences across the globe anytime, anywhere. The home video and digital sales of this exclusive product will definitely compliment each other’, said Jai Maroo , Director , , Shemaroo Entertainment.

Shilpa Shetty, the renowned actress was also present at the launch. Speaking on the occasion she said “My videos have got tremendous response from my fans across the world. Launching this content on broadband on BIGFlix today will give easy access to these asanas for people who are keen to practice yoga for a healthy life.”

The yoga performance has been shot in the tranquil Kerala backwaters, which provide the perfect scenic ambience. BIGFlix has divided the video into various asanas, which will enable users to concentrate on the finer points of each yogic posture. Thus leading to a better understanding of this ancient practice and adopting the same with ease.

Shilpa’s Yoga DVDs are also available at all BIGFlix DVD rental stores in 10 cities namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Indore and Bangalore and all leading retail stores.

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BIGFlix.com - Digital Entertainment at your Convenience

With the concept of ‘the living room multiplex’ catching on in India, the home video market is all set to see a boom with more players entering this market segment to woo its consumers by making cinema accessible like never before. Besides offering innovative, convenient and cost-effective entertainment solutions to the Indian consumers, the key players are going the whole hog to tap the estimated 25 million strong non-resident Indian population and an equally large non-Indian audience consuming Indian movies, TV shows, music and more on a regular basis. With the home video segment accounting for nearly 50% of the filmed entertainment business in the developed markets like US, Canada and UK who constitute over 70% of total global online movie revenues, the digital entertainment business through its video-on-demand services is witnessing a new horizon in its growth path.

About Reliance ADA Group

Among India's top three private sector business houses, with a market capitalization of over Rs. 160,000 crore (US$ 40 billion), net worth to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore (US$ 10 billion), Turnover of about Rs. 30,000 crore (US 7.5 bn) and Net profit of Rs. 5,200 crore (US 1.3 bn).

The group has a customer base of over 50 million, the largest in India, and a shareholder base of over 8 million, among the largest in the world. Through its products and services, the Reliance - ADA Group touches the life of 1 in 10 Indians every single day. The business presence of the Group extends to over 6,000 towns and 300,000 villages in India, and 5 continents across the world. The interests of the Group range in Communications, Financial services & Insurance, Generation, Transmission and Distribution of power, Natural Resource & Energy, Media & Entertainment & Infrastructure Services.

About bigflix.com

To garner the opportunity galore in the digital entertainment space, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, (ADA Group) has launched yet another ambitious venture – bigflix.com – offering the biggest, widest library of films, music and Indian entertainment content ranging from Hindi, English to Vernacular that will be available through its broadband services at attractive prices by providing premium quality entertainment at par with international standard benchmarks.

With the aim to reach out to Indians of all age groups the world over, as the one entertainment hub to provide cutting-edge, world class digital content from the world of movies, TV serials and music, bigflix.com will provide a legitimate access to biggest range of Indian entertainment spanning across languages and genres available for download to own and streaming at affordable price points.

BIGFlix is India’s largest online and offline movie rental service, offering access to over 15000 titles in its rental division (www.rentals.bigflicks.com) and more than 1000 titles in its broadband division (www.broadband.bigflix.com). The company is adding content aggressively and plans to have an addition of another 1000 titles in its broadband division soon. BIGFlix offers the biggest range of premium quality Indian entertainment spanning across 15 languages in India. BIGFlix currently has 50 state-of-art stores in 10 cities namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata and Chennai. The company expects the store tally to touch 200 by end of this fiscal with RWorld stores bringing in the support with 75- 100 BIGFlix stores in shop-in-shop format and franchise route in minimum 10 cities across the country.

Highlights of BIGFlix

· One membership works all over India, so one can use the membership online at www.bigflix.com and across all BIGFlix stores in India

· Watch unlimited movies

· Access to vast Indian and international content

· Order movies from our BIGFlix store, at our website and via phone

· Free delivery and pick up of movies at your doorstep

· No due dates

· No late fees

· Get unlimited movies throughout the month of your subscription plan

· Upgrade or downgrade the plan as per your needs

· Pause and resume membership anytime

Genres @ bigflix.com

- Besides Hindi and English, the website will be one-of-its kind to offer a variety of regional content in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi across multiple movie genres of all eras – from old to the latest

- Downloads of TV content and music

International technological alliances @ bigflix.com

- To maximize the users’ experience and save on their time and bandwidth, bigflix.com has partnered with Entriq, a company which provides content protection service through Digital Rights Management (DRM), issues end licenses on downloadable content and provides access control to prevent misuse of content. The content serving platform of Entriq is a download manager platform which allows the user to download movies from the bigflix.com. The innovative progressive downloading feature of this application allows users to download and watch movies at the same time. 10 minutes into the downloading process, a user can start watching movies while the download progresses.

- Appointed Limelight Networks, the world’s leading content delivery network for digital media, as the exclusive provider of streaming content delivery services for bigflix.com that will enable the site to deliver its vast library of full length Indian movies, music videos, TV shows, documentaries, and other premium video content via the Internet to a global audience

Distribution @ bigflix.com

Three modes of distribution:

o The online movie download service for the NRI and PIO market enabling users to download or stream Indian entertainment content via the internet

o The online mail order service for the Indian market, providing users with the ability to enjoy the conveniences of premium quality movie entertainment from the comfort of their homes

o Physical presence of the brand in the form of its retail stores to enable users to experience and access movie entertainment of their choice.

- Two models of online movie downloads:

o In the streaming model, the content (including films/songs) is available for free viewing. A user with a fast broadband connection can view them instantly

o The other is download to own model where downloads are available for a fee of anywhere between $2and $10

Differentiating Features @ bigflix.com

- The quality of titles downloaded from or streamed on bigflix.com is of a much superior quality and higher definition to ensure complete customer satisfaction of the product delivered

o Download at bit rates of 1500 kbps, which is higher than even most of the international benchmark sites as well and

o Offers free streaming content at a speed of 800 kbps as compared to its closest Indian competitors who offer streaming at just 512 kbps

- Buy and rent video legally allowed on three PCs

o Users can watch a movie on one PC and make copies on three other PCs , Burn movies to DVD and one can also with the right equipment may connect your PC to your TV.

- Despite the high cost of offering downloads at 1.5 mbps, Bigflix.com still prices its titles for as low as $2 up to $10

- Very soon the downloaded content could be transferred into mobile or an iPod besides offering premium quality DVD content without the retailer and wholesaler margins at a competitive price

- Bigflix.com downloadable content can be viewed in as soon as 10 minutes. The file to be downloaded can be chosen and watched at one’s convenience, on a device best suited to his/her purpose

Bigflix.com seeks to expand its business beyond the Indian diaspora by offering its subscribers, especially in North America, UK, Canada, Middle East, South East Asia, Europe, and Australia, with a vast, ever-expanding library of quality video entertainment content with the aim to become the ultimate destination for every entertainment-yearning Indian across the world.

According to FICCI Pwc 2007, Indian Media and Entertainment industry is growing at a CAGR of 24% and will be Rs. 51900 cr by 2010. Currently 4 of the top 10 career aspirants choose Media and Entertainment. Also the gross enrolment in higher studies is expected to double to 12% in a decade from the present 7 %.This presents a great opportunity to vocational education specialists like Greycells and AAT.

Both the institutes, at present, have combined student strength of 1800. They have aggressive plans to increase to 10,000 levels in next couple of years.

Access Atlantech Edutainment (I) Ltd, headquartered at Chennai runs high end technology based courses in Media and Entertainment domain. It has partnered with world leaders as SAE, Digidesign, Qantm and other world leaders offering education in Sound Engineering, Games and Games design, Digital Filmaking and media management programs. The courses are affiliated to the Dibrugarh University, Assam. AAT has multiple campuses across the country and offers diploma and degree programs

Speaking on the sign up, Mr Deepak Choudhary, Managing Director Greycells said, Its a great synergy in terms of business and technology leveraging. We will look at complementing each other’s strength to maximise locations of presence and verticals in education to reach out to the student community and provide world class education.

Rathish Babu, CEO, AAT remarked, this is a terrific combination of bringing in a technology leader as AAT with Greycells, which excels in management domain of the Entertainment industry. We shall seek to build on strengths and the management expertise we have to build a value based organisation that will come to dominate the media education industry.

The organisations will look at international presence as in locations, collaboration with leading universities and resource/research opportunities globally. This shall mean a multifaceted and multi cultural education imparting entities with focus on world class education and standards.

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About Greycells Entertainment Ltd.

Greycells Entertainment, since February 2004, has been building a track record to establish itself in the media and entertainment space. Based out of Mumbai, the company has been marshalling its talent pool and resources to contribute relevant, top-of-the-line work in the field of education, both in India and abroad.

Headquartered at Mumbai, Greycells runs the EMDI brand of media education in India and the middle-east across multiple campuses with a focus on Event Management, Radio education, PR, Advertising and other media based management programs.

About Access Atlantech Edutainment (I) Ltd.

Since inception in 2000 in Chennai, AAT has gradually enhanced its presence in the major metros within a span of 5 years. Today it has campuses in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Dibrugarh and student information centers at Kochi, Trivandrum and Coimbatore. AAT has roped in global players like SAE, TCMS and Digidesign in its pursuit of offering international media education in India.

Access Atlantech brought SAE - the world’s largest media education college into India in 2000. Together they offer internationally recognized courses in Audio Engineering, Animation, Games Designing and Digital Film-Making.

De Lemon a unit of BBL is set to offer consumers stylish designs, a wide and unique range in beaded jewellery and Do It Yourself bead kits. They are specialist in fashion jewellery for kids, teenagers & adults with a USP to sell fashion jewellery at affordable price & introducing unique innovative idea called ‘Do it yourself’. It’s unique concept in which consumers can pick the beads and design their own piece of jewellery and showroom would also help out in the designs. They also take special orders to make accessories like beaded curtains, home cushions, beaded jacket for home furniture etc.

With a theme ‘Jewellery for All’, De Lemon has a wide variety of jewellery like necklace sets, bracelets, rings, anklets, earrings, belts, bags, etc. and also have few varieties of home furnishings. The showroom retail a wide range of beaded and glass jewellery in sync with latest trends and fashion. Customers can choose from exquisite in-house designs that come with a quality guarantee for the complete jewellery shopping experience.

Parvathy Omnakuttan, Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008 said, “De Lemon, the new line has launched as part of a long term effort to provide consumers with access to all their fashion accessory needs by creating a one-stop shop. I will pick four to five sets of De-Lemon Fashion jewellery & will wear it at the time of Miss World Beauty Pageant.”

A K Gupta, CMD, BBL said, “We are happy to launch our first fashion jewellery showroom here at Great India Place, one of the biggest shopping mall in Delhi NCR. De-Lemon takes pleasure in being able to provide the best in designs and quality to fashion jewellery market that is both quality and design conscious.

He also added “We named it De-Lemon because Lemon is Fresh and our jewellery range is colourfull & fresh as lemon. Owing to robust demand for fashionable Jewellery in the country (for daily wear and as heavy fashion pieces), the company plans to open more & more De-Lemon outlets. After the success of our first Retail showroom in Delhi NCR, we are planning to open 100 more showrooms across the country. In future De Lemon Fashion Showrooms are coming up in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Sri Nagar, Kerela, etc. We are also spreading our wings to Middle East countries simultaneously”.

A wide range of beaded jewellery is displayed in De-Lemon, which is priced from Rs.9 to Rs.999. Other then large variety of glass and beads jewellery they also have other beaded accessories like belts, bags, coasters, bells. Curtains, cushion covers etc starts from Rs.199 to Rs.999. The showroom also houses its own special corner called “Do it yourself Kits” for those fashion lovers who wants to make their own choice of Jewellery.

Mr. Siddharth Gupta, Project Head, De-Lemon said, “Today people are becoming fashion conscious, women loves different jewellery with different wear. We have a wide variety of jewellery from simple to heavy; even a small girl of 7 years old can also come and select jewellery for her. De Lemon offers the latest trends for the budget-conscious consumer. “Our goal has always been to create a store for a targeted audience and avoid consumers the exhaustive searches it takes to find what’s in demand. We have expanded on this concept by adding everyday jewellery and accessories that cater to all age groups who follow trends and demand a reliable source with modest pricing. With De-Lemon we want to reach to the core of India.”

The latest styles and colors were not the only focus for the creation of this new category; De Lemon Jewelry also set the standards for the new selections by conducting private surveys with their existing customers. Key essentials that were addressed for the collection included quality, reliability, usability and pricing. De Lemon promises to further expand this category more in the months to come.

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About Banaras Beads Limited (BBL)

De lemon is a unit of famous Bead jewellery company Banaras Beads Limited. BBL is a publicly owned company involved in manufacturing and marketing of glass beads. In last ten years company has grown every year and today is one of the biggest in the trade. By nature, BBL is born leader. The company’s head office is located at Varanasi, headed by Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director. BBL was established in 1940, they are the leaders in exporting glass beads from India. They are the authorized vendors for big retail showrooms like Target, Wal-Mart, Cosco, Joans, Micheals, etc. The promoter of Company well versed in business intricacies of beads industry. Actively engaged right from order procurement to quality of production and dispatch the company has in bred systems and competence to handle challenging assignments.

Banaras Beads Limited carries large variety and specialized product range. They have the best collection of beads, in more than 300 shapes, 100 colors and 2000 different varieties and designs made by different methods and artifacts with make up our entire product range. The company is well equipped with state of the art automatic machines. The company’s manufacturing process and its quality control measures are in full compliance of society norms and standards.

Although Indian animation industry has made stupendous growth in the last few years, it is still hampered by lack of skilled QULITY manpower mainly due to the lack of quality in animation education in the country and mushrooming of institutes that do not focus on Industry relevant and ready quality talent. DQE itself is looking at recruiting at least around 1200 to 1500 animation and gaming professionals in the next one year. To cater to this need, DQ Entertainment has ventured to provide highest quality career-oriented training in the field of animation, gaming and visual effects through DQ School Visual Arts. DQ School of Visual Arts will strive to train and nurture students into qualified visual effect and animation experts through its up-to-date industry relevant content to students, backed by world-class faculty and high-tech educational tools.

DQ Entertainment has been imparting world class training since 1999, through their ‘Centre for Learning’ in association with various state governments. Constant improvement and the market’s demand for high quality animation and gaming professionals, has lead to the establishment of DQ’s School of Visual Arts.

Tapaas Chakravarti, Chairman & CEO of DQ Entertainment Group said, “After partnering with world majors for international co-productions, wehave developed high-end infrastructure, pipeline methodologies and expert teams to train our in-house talent pool. DQSVA is an extension of this initiative to provide advanced Animation, Gaming and Visual effects training to the students and professionals. The animation industry is experiencing a major boom in India and it is the right time to create and nurture the talent pool, which will drive the industry to the global front. We truly believe there isa vast amount of untappedpotential in India and DQSVA will focus on cultivating this talent and also increase awareness among students for animation as a career option.”

The vision for an equipped and trained workforce by DQ Entertainment has emancipated through many ways such as ‘Raj Kaushal’, an animation, gaming and visual effects training academy in Jaipur. The academy was initiated in collaboration with Rajasthan Government, and offers in-house training in production. DQ Entertainment is also associated with Government of West Bengal in operating hi-end animation academy with an objective of imparting technical training for local talent and enhances their career growth.

DQ School of Visual Arts offers curriculum based courses on 2D Animation & 3D Animation using Animation, Flash, Compositing, Modeling, Rigging, Textures & Surfaces, Lighting, Visual Effects, Camera, Rendering etc.

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About DQ Entertainment (an ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company)

DQ Entertainment , a LSE listed company is a leading producer of Animation and Visual Effects (VFX) for global TV Series, Feature Films, DTH Videos including Online, Mobile and Next-gen Console game art and In-game animation, with a substantial workforce and a global client base

DQ Entertainment has approximately 80 clients including Walt Disney Television Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studios Inc., Electronic Arts, Marvel, American Greetings, NBC-Universal, BBC, Method Films and Take 2 Interactive. DQ Entertainment plc has production facilities in Hyderabad, India and has over 3100 full time employees currently.

DQE is the first Indian company to receive most coveted award ‘Day Time EMMY 2007’ for its animated co-production ‘TUTENSTEIN’ in USA and so far in last 3 years have received 7 more EMMY nominations for various productions. Since 2005, DQE has year after year being awarded worlds famous technology governance awards which includes Red Herring 100 Asian company, Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2006, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2006 & 2007, BAF Awards for its quality of production 2004; 2006; 2007 New Zealand Screen Awards 2005 & 2006 and large number of European top awards for its animation productions.

Until today, content developers had to choose between cinematic realism rendered offline and absent of the rewarding sensory experience of interactivity, or an interactive experience that fell well short of photorealism. Today’s demonstration of what AMD terms the “Cinema 2.0 experience” punches a sizeable hole in the sensory barrier that separates today’s visionary content creators and the interactive experiences they desire to create for audiences around the world. The Cinema 2.0 demo shows the fusion of dynamic real-time interactivity with convincing cinematic digital effects that deliver environments rivaling the realism of video.

The AMD advancements in processing technology can now begin combining with the artistic passion of top ‘Bollywood’ movie directors, visual effects companies and game developers across India.

Dasaradha Gude, Managing Director, AMD India commented on how technology is increasingly closing the gap between cinema and gaming, revolutionizing the way they are being created and experienced in India. “You're passive when you watch films. The game industry is interactive. But there are also limitations in video games. They don't perfectly match the visual impact of cinema,” Gondal explained. “In each genre, the content directors want to take the experience to that next level, but until today, they just didn't have the technology. The Holy Grail of Cinema 2.0 is taking the visual fidelity of films and pairing it with the interactivity of games, blurring the line between the two."

“With Cinema 2.0 you won’t just watch movies, you’ll play in them,” said Raja Koduri, chief technology officer, Graphics Processing Group, AMD. “Imagine the ability to look around the environment in a sci-fi movie, put yourself in the driver’s seat in a race scene, duck behind things and pop up to see what’s going on in an intense gun fight – all of these things are possible with Cinema 2.0. The challenge for any director has always been taking a wonderful vision in the canvas of the mind and translating that to film for the audience to see. Cinema 2.0 breaks down the time and cost barriers of getting a scene or shot that’s ‘just right’, and what’s better, allows audiences to dive deeper into the experience to explore every part of that director’s vision.”

The secret of Cinema 2.0 is the blending of highly complex and realistic graphics that traditionally are the exclusive domain of blockbuster films, with the dynamic 3D interactivity of popular video games. Before now, a typical computer-generated scene could take up to 30 hours to render each frame on CPUs. To achieve the smooth interactivity seen in today’s games, a minimum of 25 to 30 frames per second of rendering speed is needed. Based on these numbers, conventional wisdom amongst prominent game developers and expert computer graphics artists estimated a Cinema 2.0-like technological milestone to be up to ten years away.

TeraFLOPS AMD Chip Accelerates Cinema 2.0 into the Present

AMD recently introduced the world’s highest performing graphics processor – a chip more powerful than every generation of video game console ever brought to market combined, with one full teraFLOPS of processing power per chip. This technology is available as the ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 and the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870.

AMD technology represents one foundational part of the ecosystem needed for Cinema 2.0, with the upcoming AMD graphics processor serving as a grand canvas for leading content creators. To bring Cinema 2.0 to life as a mainstream phenomenon, AMD is collaborating with movie directors and game developers, as well as software developers making the tools to harness many teraFLOPS of real-time visual computing power.

For more information on Cinema 2.0 and the technology that makes it possible, and to hear what top game developers and gamers have to say, visit www.amd.com/cinema2.

Cinema 2.0 Demo System Specifications

The Cinema 2.0 demo system in Mumbai featured two ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 graphics cards rated at over one teraFLOPS each, driven by an AMD Phenom™ X4 9850 quad-core processor and AMD 790 FX Chipset.

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About AMD

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.amd.com.

The production is of the story of Karna as a stage show or rather, a spectacle. The story written by Farukh Dhondy (writer of Bandit Queen & Mangal Pandey) captures Karna's conflict to seek his destiny as a warrior, his battle against his social stature, his quest for honour and how circumstances & inescapable fate make him probably the most courageous & admirable character of the Mahabharata.

The story is embellished and enhances with meticulously crafted digital imagery, choreography, music & martial art. The narrative ends with the final discovery by the Pandavas that Karna was in reality their oldest brother & their shared angst and tragedy at this discovery.

The endeavouris to bring to our audiences theatre in it's full glory. The effort also aims to bring within the fold the multitude of youngsters by presenting to them an epic in a language & format that they can identify with & relate to. Therefore for the first time in India, C.G.I (computer generated images) with live action is brought together on stage. The wonder & fantasy of Indralok will be brought alive with live choreography.

There will be 10 shows over 10 days at Siri Fort Auditorium (main audi)starting 25th July to 3rd Aug 08. KARNA; WARRIOR OF THE SUN. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 1500 per show. The play is translated into Hindi by the well known playwright Ranjit Kapoor & is directed by Rudradeep Chakravarti who directed City of Jinns, based on William Darympyle's book by the same name.

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As a part of this arrangement, NDTV Media will be responsible for selling the advertising spots at the cinema theatres with which UFO Moviez India Ltd. has the advertising rights. This would include the selling of airtime on the cinema screens as well as on ground activation at these cinema halls which will include Seat branding, ticket branding, putting up standees & stalls and any other ground activation for advertisers.

Speaking on this appointment, Niraj Dutt, Chief Operating Officer, NDTV Media Ltd. said, “We are extremely pleased to partner with UFO Moviez India Ltd. on this pioneering initiative. Digital Cinema is a powerful innovation in the space of Cinema advertising and brings with it a host of benefits including flexibility, reach and transparency. With a satellite based delivery mechanism, Digital Cinema offers the opportunity to advertisers to reach Cinema halls across the country in multiple languages with just one Digi-Beta. For the first time, this format allows for theatre-wise, spot-wise monitoring of the client’s activity”.

He further added, “After having a stronghold in the Television and Internet space, Digital Cinema is another medium that NDTV Media is venturing into thereby being able to offer its clients multiple touch points to reach its consumers. In keeping with the expansion plan that we have at NDTV Media, Digital Cinema advertising provides a new platform that we can offer our clients. We are confident that this relationship will be mutually beneficial.”

Rajesh Mishra, CEO – India Operations, UFO Moviez India Ltd. said, “Earlier the single screens were largely unable to monetize the advertising opportunities in their cinemas owing to the fragmented nature of the market. Now that we have reached 1200 screens across India, we can begin to tap the advertising opportunities that are possible with our network of cinemas. Their handling of the ad sales activity will allow us to focus on our core business of Digital Cinema Operations. NDTV Media will bring to the table their extensive and specialized expertise and contacts in the field of advertising. We look forward to a long association with NDTV Media.”

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About UFO Moviez India Ltd.

UFO Moviez India Ltd launched in association with Apollo International Limited part of the Billion Dollar Group Apollo, is the media initiative of the Valuable Group. With more than 1200 installations, it is the world’s largest digital cinema network, this path-breaking initiative, is spearheaded by founder director Sanjay Gaikwad, having rich and varied experience in Gaming, Technology, Television, Internet, Retail and Marketing. Set to revolutionize the way films are distributed and exhibited in India through its pioneering technology and infra-structure, UFO Moviez envisages a ‘FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW’ regime for film distributors and cinema owners across the country. The Company's strength lies in its innovative business approach, execution skills and focus on technology enabled business innovations.

Today with over 1200 digital cinema installations, UFO has taken over the Indian film industry by storm. Within a short span of one and a half years, the Company has become the worldwide market leader in its area of operations offering end to end digital cinema solutions and delivering films via satellite directly to theatres using a unique pay per show business model.

Journey so far…

· 1200+ UFO Theatres installed All India.

· More than 800+ movies released UFO platform.

· Released films in 19 different languages

· More 1 Million screening held using UFO technology

· Appointed as a member of Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s core group in “Anti Piracy and Exhibition Sectors.”

· UFO bagged IIFA award in “Technology Innovation in Indian Cinema”, Yorkshire, April 2007

· UFO bagged 3 awards in prestigious Bangalore Ad Club Award, July 2007

o Gold - Media Innovation – Cinema

o Gold - Media Innovation – Digital

o Bronze - Media Innovation – Never Before used Media.

· UFO bagged Global Entrepolis @ Singapore Award, November 2007.

· Operations started in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Mauritius.

About NDTV Media

NDTV Media, India’s best-known and most respected Media Marketing and Consulting Company.

NDTV Media started operations in the year 2002 and is now among the leading revenue generators in the Indian advertising industry in the television and internet sector. The company is led by Raj Nayak, a media professional, known in the Indian media circles for his vision and foresight.

With a 1500+ client list across all brands, the largest client count for any independent media marketing company in India, NDTV Media’s current bouquet of offerings in the media space include NDTV 24X7, NDTV India, NDTV Profit, NDTV Good Times, NDTV MetroNation, Mi Marathi, Just TV Punjabi and Sahara’s Entertainment channels viz., Sahara One, Filmy, Firangi. In addition to this NDTV Media is also the exclusive sales representative for MSN in India and for Microsoft Advertising platform which includes all the Popular sites like Facebook, Bollywood Hungama ,HDFC securities, Equitymaster etc and is responsible for all revenue generating efforts for the MSN offerings and for the online and mobile verticals under Microsoft Advertising.

The new strategic partnership was initially discussed as MoonScoop and DQE began working together on the new animated TV series “Casper’s Scare School,” scheduled for 2009 and co-produced with Classic Media. The two companies also worked together successfully on “The Fantastic Four” animated series based on the famous superheroes from Marvel. The MoonScoop Group’s Mike Young Productions, based in the US and Wales also has a rich history with DQE, working together on the hit animated series “ToddWorld” and the upcoming “Twisted Whiskers,” a co-production with American Greetings.

“DQ Entertainment is one of the fastest-growing and most-respected animation studios in the world and this strategic agreement will allow each of us to nurture our upcoming projects to ensure their success in today’s highly competitive marketplace,” explains Christophe di Sabatino, co-Executive Chairman of The MoonScoop Group. “We look forward to working with them on a variety of projects.”

“DQ Entertainment has been a driving force in the huge growth of the Indian animation industry,” added Nicolas Atlan, co-CEO of The MoonScoop Group. “They also have some phenomenal stories that need to be told and we’re perfectly positioned to help them bring this interesting new content to a worldwide audience.”

Tapaas Chakravarti Chairman & CEO of DQE Group said “This is a magnificent strategic and functional partnership. Moonscoop and DQE have been associated together in the past for production of ‘The Fantastic Four’ and we are now co-producing and licensing the iconic ‘Casper’s Scare School.’ There are compelling synergies in working together and we will jointly produce world class television productions and feature films, including those with Indian Mythology and stories. I am extremely pleased to extend our relationship with Moonscoop Group, one of the largest in this domain, to the next level of association.”

“The entertainment industry is becoming more globalized and it is imperative to our future growth that we develop strategic partnerships with key companies such as DQ Entertainment,” said Laurent Billion, COO Europe of The MoonScoop Group. “Each of our companies brings something unique to this agreement which will ultimately benefit not only our companies, but our broadcast and licensing partners, as well as the viewers of our content worldwide.”

Sanjay Choudhary, Head of Group Corporate Finance for DQE said “I am extremely buoyant with this strategic association. We will be able to leverage the strength of both the companies with sharper focus and momentum. There are tremendous commercial synergies and value addition to both the groups. This arrangement synchronizes perfectly with our growth plans at DQE.”

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About DQE:

DQ Entertainment (DQE) is the leading producers of Animation for Feature Film, TV Series, Home Video, Games Art and Visual Effects (VFX) for global TV series, Feature Films, DTH Videos, including online, mobile and Next-Gen Console Game Art and
in-game animation.

The Group’s client base spans across various continents and includes large production companies like Walt Disney Television Animation - USA, Nickelodeon Animation Studios Inc. - USA, Electronic Arts – UK, Canada, Method Films – France, Marvel - USA, American Greetings - USA, NBC-Universal - USA, BBC - UK, Mattel - USA, Take 2Interactive - USA and others.

DQE aims to provide broad based Entertainment Content Offerings based on market demand. DQE has entered into Co-production & licensing of main stream Bollywood Live Action Feature Films in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc and PNC Ltd for the Movie "Meerabai Not Out". Several animated feature films and Television series are in development besides a large ongoing order book.

DQE is listed on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange and the group's production facilities are based out of India & in Manila, Philippines while the creative & sales offices are located in USA, France & Japan. DQE's largest facilities in India are in Hyderabad spread over 10 locations while the other facilities are Kolkata, Chennai & Mumbai with the manpower over 3400+ and adding over 1000 shortly, making it the largest group in this domain.

DQE's expertise in quality planning & strong production management has earned a DNV ISO 9001 certification, by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Netherlands.

DQE's productions have won several recognition & awards which include several nominations at Emmy (for “ToddWorld,” “Curious George” (Season 1), “Post Card from Busters,” “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” an Emmy Award for "Tutenstein", BAF Award for “Delta State,” “Chose Your Own Adventure,” “Skyland,” Cartoons at Bay , Italy for “Skyland” and “Pet Pals,” Redemptive Film Festival USA for “Donkey Ollie.” The group’s business management practices have also been recognized and being awarded Asia's Top 100 Private Best Managed Companies by Red Herring USA, Deloitte Asia Pacific Fast Growing Companies for 2006 and 2007.

About MoonScoop Group:

The MoonScoop Group is a leading worldwide production, distribution, brand management and entertainment company, focused on producing original projects and building brands with international appeal and longevity. Christophe and Benoit di Sabatino serve as co-executive chairmen of the group. The Group consists of some of the finest worldwide animation producers: MoonScoop Productions of France and Mike Young Productions in the USA; two highly-regarded production studios: LuxAnimation of Luxembourg and Antefilms Studio of France; Taffy Entertainment, a leading worldwide distribution and licensing company; and MoonScoop Digital Media, one of the newest and most technologically-advanced broadcast companies. Together, they combine many of the most successful programs and best-loved animated creations in the global television market. Its combined distribution catalogue includes over 3,000 half-hours of programming and over 100 titles, airing in more than 160 territories worldwide. Its key properties include “Code Lyoko,” “Fantastic Four,” “Titeuf” (Tootuff), “Pet Alien,” “Mix Master,” “Dr. Dog,” “Hero:108,” “Funky Cops,” “Invisible Man,” and “Casper.” Established with the merger of France Animation and Antefilms Production and the acquisition of Mike Young Productions, MoonScoop Group now employs over 300 people worldwide.

· The videos have been cut and edited such that each video captures one complete Asana

· The Asanas are categorized according to the benefits they provide like Back Asanas, Stomach Asanas, Neck & Shoulder Asanas and Pranayam [Breathing] among others

· Also on offer are detailed write-ups explaining the benefits and description of each Asana

· Apart from these videos, consumers can also have Shilpa Shetty in her Yoga poses as their mobile wall-papers and screen-savers

Vodafone is offering a pack of Rs.99/- where the user can download unlimited Shilpa’s Yoga videos in one hour. The pack also contains a step by step process of each Asana. Likewise Airtel, Tata, Reliance, BPL and Idea are also offering Shilpa’s Yoga content for download.

Shilpa's Yoga is very well executed, picturised on the scenic beach in Kerala with ceremonial elephants and Kalaripayattu fighters in the background. Most importantly the Asanas are demonstrated in a simplified manner.

Directed by Manish Jha, under the instruction of Yoga instructor Shiv Kumar Mishra and produced by Shilpa Shetty, the Shilpa’s Yoga DVDs & VCDs were released in Delhi on 06 June 2008 where Shilpa Shetty launched them along with other eminent personalities.

During the launch of Shilpa’s Yoga DVDs & VCDs, Shilpa Shetty shared her thoughts saying, ‘I have made this product with a lot of passion; it is my first production venture and am proud of this product. Unlike other fitness regimes, we do not have to rely on equipments for practicing yoga; we just have to rely on our self. The objective of Shilpa’s Yoga is to make ‘practicing yoga’ simple for people. I am completely overwhelmed by the beauty and power of yoga. It is a lifestyle choice.’

Adds Hiren Gada, Director Shemaroo Entertainment, ‘We wanted to give consumers anytime, anywhere access to Shilpa’s Yoga content. The DVD and Digital sales, both compliment each other. Many consumers decide to buy the complete DVD after sampling the videos on their mobile phone. Mobile operators also see value in offering this content to their consumers.’

Shilpa's Yoga Mobile downloads are also available on http://wap.shemaroo.com

With this, looks like ‘Mobile Fitness’ will be the next lingo to catch on!

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About Shemaroo Entertainment

Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an integrated Film Production, Post Production, Distribution and Animation player. With an excellent library of films, it has penetrated into the Satellite TV scene. In Sony Entertainment Television, Shemaroo is a joint venture partner with Sony Pictures Entertainment, USA.

Shemaroo has state-of-the-art studio facilities and over the decades has successfully leveraged new technologies. Mobile, Broadband, Internet, IPTV and other emerging platforms are just a natural extension of our existing work portfolio.

At Shemaroo Entertainment we are actively catalyzing the gradual shift from the physical to the digital media. We are working with Mobile Operators to bring innovative products over the Mobile especially Video products where we have an expertise. Some of our innovations include the ‘15-minute Mobile Movies’ and ‘Love over the decades’ among others.

Shemaroo Entertainment also has over 1000 titles in it’s On – Demand library. Shemaroo has created a robust mechanism for content identification, content acquisition, repurposing, format conversion, packaging, positioning, promoting, marketing and managing the content.

Shemaroo has also made a direct foray into film-making with its Films Division churning out movies like ‘Omkara’, ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’, the latest Priyadarshan film ‘Mere Baap Pehle Aap’, Marathi film ‘Bakula Namdeo Ghotale’ and Bengali Film ‘Anuranan’ – being hailed as the new wave of Bengali Cinema.

Shemaroo has taken the Indian Animation eco-system to the next level with ‘Ghatothkach – Master of Magic’. Shemaroo’s earlier animated film ‘Bal Ganesh’ was a massive success among audiences.

On the International front, Shemaroo has taken classic Bollywood Films around the globe to Hindi Film fans all over the world. The demand for Shemaroo products has been phenomenal in the US, U.K., Singapore, Fiji, UAE, Australian markets and newly developed markets like East European & North African as well.

We promise to continue providing wholesome entertainment and quality content to audiences all over the world!

Seventymm currently offers more than 18,000 titles across wide range of genres covering English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi and Rajasthani movies, World Cinema, TV shows as well as award-winning documentaries. It is not just about the vast choice, consumers also enjoy the freedom of keeping the movies for as long as they like without paying any late fees.

Seventymm introduced organized movie rental service in India in March 2006 with actor-singer Vasundhara Das becoming the first member. In a glittering event held in Mumbai she now presented the 70000th membership to leading actor Soha Ali Khan.

From just movie rentals Seventymm has expanded its canvas to a movie lovers’ community wherein one can discover, enjoy, share and indulge in the world of movies apart from renting movies of their choice. The recently unveiled new avatar of Seventymm - Hangout With Movies is India's first 'interactive' platform for movies with a host of exciting features, interactive games and informative nuggets aimed at attracting the netizens.

Commenting on this achievement, Raghav Kher, Founder & CEO, Seventymm said, “We had began with a dream of any movie any time anywhere in India and are progressing rapidly towards that goal. Building a 70,000 strong member base is a significant milestone for us and we believe it is the inflection point in our march towards achieving 4 million members over the next 5 years.”

Added Subhanker Sarker, COO, Seventymm, “With its unique model designed to provide a pleasurable user experience at every stage, Seventymm is a benchmark service offering in this space. We aim to be in 40 cities by end of 2009 and offer many more film based entertainment options to our consumers. We will further invest to the tune of $ 15 million over the next 5 years and will continue to provide our consumers with the Choice, the Convenience and the Community benefits that a Seventymm member is used to. ”

According to special invitee, Vasundhara Das, “I have been enjoying the Seventymm service for more than two years now. With a range of over 18,000 titles spanning across multiple genres of cinema, this is a great treat for movie buffs. Hope to see many more current flicks and past gems on Seventymm”

Added Soha Ali Khan, “Movies are passion and profession; I am excited to be a part of this community and look forward to enjoying this vast repertoire of films. I personally feel that Seventymm has contributed immensely to the film industry by building the category of organized movie rentals…movie lovers can now enjoy the original prints of their favourite films in the comfort of their homes. ”

The Seventymm Benefits:

Ø Using the Seventymm service, movie enthusiasts get to enjoy an original print of their favourite film

Ø Flexible subscription plans

Ø No late Fees – Freedom of keeping movies as long as you want

Ø Free Home Delivery and Pick Up

Ø Multiple touch points – through Internet, sms & calls

Ø A recommendation system that helps members to discover and rent movies of their choice

Ø Active film community – members can rate & review films

Seventymm has so far raised over $10million from leading venture capital firms including Matrix Partners India, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and ePlanet Ventures.

Seventymm has heralded organized movie rental service in India and is constantly setting industry standards in this relatively nascent but fast evolving segment. Indian Entertainment and Media (E&M) industry growing at 18% annually will reach the Rs. 1 trillion mark by the year 2012 from the current Rs. 437 billion. The corporatisation of the industry and the Home Video sector will play a major role in this growth. *

*Source- FICCI - PricewaterhouseCoopers 2008 report

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ABOUT SEVENTYMM:

Seventymm is India’s largest movie rental service providing a complete interactive platform for movie-buffs. The Seventymm service is currently available across Bangalore, Delhi & NCR, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai. By using this service, movie enthusiasts can enjoy an original print of their favourite film in the comfort of their homes at a minimal cost without the hassle of picking-up and returning of movies. The company is founded by Raghav Kher and widely touted as one of the successful entertainment concepts in India.

www.seventymm.com offers more than 18,000 titles covering Hindi, English, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi and Rajasthani movies, World Cinema, TV shows as well as award-winning documentaries.

Consumers can join the service by visiting the Seventymm website – www.seventymm.com or by calling in and selecting movies of their choice. They also provide information to consumers over SMS; one has to SMS 70 to 5757570 for relevant information. The website offers informative content & easy to use site navigation along with a variety of search & browse features.

The users have flexible subscription options under the three subscription plans – one DVD Basic, one DVD Unlimited and the two DVDs Unlimited plan. Seventymm has an efficient and reliable logistics infrastructure which delivers and pick-up movies from the consumers’ doorstep absolutely free.

Seventymm, launched in 2006 in India, has since evolved from a mere movie rental service to an interesting ‘Hangout with Movies’ where movie buffs can now discover, enjoy, share and indulge in the world of movies. There are a lot of fun stuff like celebrity quizzes, film news and gossip and social networking, photo galleries and more, apart from renting out movies.

Seventymm is founded by serial entrepreneur Raghav Kher and is managed by an experienced team of professionals with commendable corporate & FMCG background.

The website will also host episodic trailer/promos that will help the viewers to choose the episode they would like to watch or download.

Commenting on the occasion of the alliance with NDTV Imagine, Mr. Murtuza Kagalwala, Business Head, BIGFlix, said, “Ramayan is one of the most profound and greatest epics today and will continue to be one of the channel drivers not only with the Indian audience but also with the NRIs across the globe. NDTV Imagine has a vast presence across and plans to have further aggressive plans for viewership across many more countries. With a strong loyal audience for Ramayan across the globe, we are confident that our association with NDTV Imagine with regards to this initiative will get us a wider audience worldwide. We will continue to add to our content aggressively with value added user interface services to provide the best of entertainment for all masses across all genres in the coming days.”

Mr. Gaurav Gandhi, EVP, Business Operations and Ancillary Revenues, NDTV Imagine said, “We are very excited about this association with BIGFlix. At NDTV Imagine, our strategy is to create compelling content that can be distributed across multiple platforms and geographies. After the phenomenal success of Ramayan on NDTV Imagine, this association will help the show to reach out to a whole new base of audiences from across the world. Besides Ramayan we plan to launch other popular shows (such as Dharam Veer, Jassuben Jayantilaal Joshi Ki Joint Family and Main Teri Parchhain Hoon) on BIGFlix in the coming weeks”

Going forward, BIGFlix and NDTV Imagine also plan to introduce many exciting features on Ramayan that will interest their viewers. This association will go a long way in bringing complete entertainment to families with a click of a button.

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About NDTV IMAGINE

NDTV Imagine is the new entertainment initiative from NDTV Ltd. Spearheaded by Sameer Nair, the company has planned strategic forays into key businesses in the media and entertainment space. Ace director and producer, Karan Johar is a creative consultant and brand ambassadorof this initiative. This is further strengthened by the experience of Dr. Prannoy Roy and other seasoned professionals. The company launchedits Hindi General Entertainment channel, NDTV Imagine on January 21st, 2008, which promises to 'Entertain and Delight' audiences with a whole new world of Hindi entertainment. Catering to the needs of the entire spectrum of television viewers, the channeloffersa wide variety of fresh programming across genres ranging from light-hearted family soaps to period dramas and from music based shows to the most glamorous events of the industry. As part of its larger plans for this dynamic and exciting business, the company has also recently launched NDTV Lumière, an initiative which will bring contemporary cutting edge world cinema to discerning Indian audiences.

About BIGFlix

BIGFlix, the home entertainment division of Reliance ADA group, is India’s largest online and offline movie rental service, offering access to close to more than 1000 titles on its video-on-demand division, www.broadband.bigflix.com and has a commitment of another 1000 titles soon. BIGFlix offers the biggest range of premium quality Indian entertainment spanning across 12 languages in India. The portal offers the biggest, widest library of films, music and Indian entertainment content ranging that will be available through its broadband services at attractive prices by providing premium quality entertainment at par with international standard benchmarks. The website has tie-ups with other premium channels viz, Star TV, Zoom, Special TV series, NDTV, Raj TV and Care World TV TO showcase their programs for free viewing.

With the aim to reach out to Indians of all age groups the world over, as the one entertainment hub to provide cutting-edge, world class digital content from the world of movies, TV serials and music, www.bigflix.com will provide a legitimate access to biggest range of Indian entertainment spanning across languages and genres available for download to own, streaming at affordable price points and subscription offer as well. BIGFlix broadband has garnered over 2 million visitors per month where 90% of the audiences are NRIs and delivers over 50 million views per month.

BIGFlix has innovative, convenient and cost-effective entertainment making Indian cinema, television and music accessible to more than 25 million strong overseas Non Resident Indian (NRI), South Asian population and Indian cinema lovers the world over. The company offers the download to rent and subscription services in its portfolio of operations as well.

About Reliance ADA Group

Among India's top three private sector business houses, with a market capitalization of over Rs. 160,000 crore (US$ 40 billion), net worth to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore (US$ 10 billion), Turnover of about Rs. 30,000 crore (US 7.5 bn) and Net profit of Rs. 5,200 crore (US 1.3 bn).

The group has a customer base of over 50 million, the largest in India, and a shareholder base of over 8 million, among the largest in the world. Through its products and services, the Reliance - ADA Group touches the life of 1 in 10 Indians every single day. The business presence of the Group extends to over 6,000 towns and 300,000 villages in India, and 5 continents across the world. The interests of the Group range in Communications, Financial services & Insurance, Generation, Transmission and Distribution of power, Natural Resource & Energy, Media & Entertainment & Infrastructure Services.

About bigflix.com

To garner the opportunity galore in the digital entertainment space, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, (ADA Group) has launched yet another ambitious venture – bigflix.com – offering the biggest, widest library of films, music and Indian entertainment content ranging from Hindi, English to Vernacular that will be available through its broadband services at attractive prices by providing premium quality entertainment at par with international standard benchmarks.

With the aim to reach out to Indians of all age groups the world over, as the one entertainment hub to provide cutting-edge, world class digital content from the world of movies, TV serials and music, bigflix.com will provide a legitimate access to biggest range of Indian entertainment spanning across languages and genres available for download to own and streaming at affordable price points.

BIGFlix is India’s largest online and offline movie rental service, offering access to over 15000 titles in its rental division (www.rentals.bigflicks.com) and more than 1000 titles in its broadband division (www.broadband.bigflix.com). The company is adding content aggressively and plans to have an addition of another 1000 titles in its broadband division soon. BIGFlix offers the biggest range of premium quality Indian entertainment spanning across 15 languages in India. BIGFlix currently has 50 state-of-art stores in 10 cities namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata and Chennai. The company expects the store tally to touch 200 by end of this fiscal with RWorld stores bringing in the support with 75- 100 BIGFlix stores in shop-in-shop format and franchise route in minimum 10 cities across the country.

Highlights of BIGFlix

· One membership works all over India, so one can use the membership online at www.bigflix.com and across all BIGFlix stores in India

· Watch unlimited movies

· Access to vast Indian and international content

· Order movies from our BIGFlix store, at our website and via phone

· Free delivery and pick up of movies at your doorstep

· No due dates

· No late fees

· Get unlimited movies throughout the month of your subscription plan

· Upgrade or downgrade the plan as per your needs

· Pause and resume membership anytime

Genres @ bigflix.com

- Besides Hindi and English, the website will be one-of-its kind to offer a variety of regional content in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi across multiple movie genres of all eras – from old to the latest

- Downloads of TV content and music

International technological alliances @ bigflix.com

- To maximize the users’ experience and save on their time and bandwidth, bigflix.com has partnered with Entriq, a company which provides content protection service through Digital Rights Management (DRM), issues end licenses on downloadable content and provides access control to prevent misuse of content. The content serving platform of Entriq is a download manager platform which allows the user to download movies from the bigflix.com. The innovative progressive downloading feature of this application allows users to download and watch movies at the same time. 10 minutes into the downloading process, a user can start watching movies while the download progresses.

- Appointed Limelight Networks, the world’s leading content delivery network for digital media, as the exclusive provider of streaming content delivery services for bigflix.com that will enable the site to deliver its vast library of full length Indian movies, music videos, TV shows, documentaries, and other premium video content via the Internet to a global audience

Distribution @ bigflix.com

Three modes of distribution:

o The online movie download service for the NRI and PIO market enabling users to download or stream Indian entertainment content via the internet

o The online mail order service for the Indian market, providing users with the ability to enjoy the conveniences of premium quality movie entertainment from the comfort of their homes

o Physical presence of the brand in the form of its retail stores to enable users to experience and access movie entertainment of their choice.

- Two models of online movie downloads:

o In the streaming model, the content (including films/songs) is available for free viewing. A user with a fast broadband connection can view them instantly

o The other is download to own model where downloads are available for a fee of anywhere between $2and $10

Differentiating Features @ bigflix.com

- The quality of titles downloaded from or streamed on bigflix.com is of a much superior quality and higher definition to ensure complete customer satisfaction of the product delivered

o Download at bit rates of 1500 kbps, which is higher than even most of the international benchmark sites as well and

o Offers free streaming content at a speed of 800 kbps as compared to its closest Indian competitors who offer streaming at just 512 kbps

- Buy and rent video legally allowed on three PCs

o Users can watch a movie on one PC and make copies on three other PCs , Burn movies to DVD and one can also with the right equipment may connect your PC to your TV.

- Despite the high cost of offering downloads at 1.5 mbps, Bigflix.com still prices its titles for as low as $2 up to $10

- Very soon the downloaded content could be transferred into mobile or an iPod besides offering premium quality DVD content without the retailer and wholesaler margins at a competitive price

- Bigflix.com downloadable content can be viewed in as soon as 10 minutes. The file to be downloaded can be chosen and watched at one’s convenience, on a device best suited to his/her purpose

Bigflix.com seeks to expand its business beyond the Indian diaspora by offering its subscribers, especially in North America, UK, Canada, Middle East, South East Asia, Europe, and Australia, with a vast, ever-expanding library of quality video entertainment content with the aim to become the ultimate destination for every entertainment-yearning Indian across the world.

The outdoor campaign, created by the in-house INX Studio, has been designed to convey the spectacular scale and grandeur of the epic series, which has been one of the most keenly awaited shows for a long time. The campaign uses the powerful logo of kahaani hamaaray MAHAABHAARAT ki along with dramatic images of Bheem and Duryodhan, whom it reveals in character for the first time, with costumes especially created by ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra. The all-important characters of Bheeshma, played by Ronit Roy, and Ganga, played by Sakshi Tanwar, will be revealed next.

The multi-media campaign for kahaani hamaaray MAHAABHAARAT ki will reach at least 175 million viewers through outdoor, print, TV, radio and cinema and retail screens nationwide.

Anthony Pettifer, Group Director, Brand and Communications, INX Network, said, “Kahaani hamaaray MAHAABHAARAT ki is the biggest and most keenly awaited epic drama on Indian television. One of the key objectives of our in-house INX Studio -- which has created the outdoor and print campaign as well as the logo -- is to convey to viewers that our MAHAABHAARAT has been created with the highest production values and on a grandeur and scale never seen before. It positions this timeless epic as a production that will appeal to today's generation. The mood and look of the off-air campaign is completely consistent with our on-air promos, also produced in-house. The combined effect of the on- and off-air campaign is already creating enormous awareness for the series. I am delighted that the campaign has been so well received by viewers and the industry so far."

Kahaani hamaaray MAHAABHAARAT ki is a timeless drama which is a gripping spectacle of relationships, power, politics and values, with all the dramatic excitement andinterplay of emotions. Produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms for 9X, kahaani hamaaray MAHAABHAARAT ki features a galaxy of super stars such as Ronit Roy, Sakshi Tanwar, Aryan Vaid, Chetan Hansraj, Akashdeep Saigal, Anita Hassanandani, Rakshanda Khan, Makrand Deshpande and Kiran Karmarkar, along with several others whose names will be revealed over the next few days. Through the epic series, 9X will also present to Indian TV viewers some of the most exciting new talent. Shot on High Definition format in a truly epic scale with spectacular sets and in locations such as Ladakh, Jaipur and Wai, 9X's kahaani hamaaray MAHAABHAARAT ki has been created with the latest techniques in film production and special effects and .promises to be a production for all time and all generations. The series features the best technical team and a powerful, well researched script with costumes by ace fashion designer - Manish Malhotra.

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The feat was observed and authenticated by Danny Girton of the Guniess Book of world records at the site in DE Anza College in Cupertino, Silicon Valley, California.

About 2,000 people attended the conference, Participants included dancers from five continents assembled to set a world record and participate in the three day International Kuchipudi Dance conference on June 20 to June 22, 2008. Also present were Mayor Ms Dolly sandoval of Cupertino, Supervisor Liz Kniss and Fremont City Councilmember Ms. Anu Natarajan< Minster of State HRD (India)Mrs Purandeswari and others.

Kuchipudi is an ancient Indian classical dance form over 1,000 years old, preserved through centuries. Silicon Andhra, a non-profit group organized the event to promote Kuchipudi dance and art form in an international setting
and honor Kuchipudi dance stalwarts from India and motivate discussion

Organizers also held a parade on Saturday June 21, called"Kuchipudi Shobha Yatra," on the streets of Cupertino,led by its Mayor Dolly Saldoval, and other local dignitaries as wel as Gurus who have kept the art form alive. Also on display were several festive statues brought from Kuchipudi village in India.

In keeping with traditional homage to teachers of the dance and art form, the event also honored renowned Kuchipudi exponents like Vempati Chinnasatyam, Yamini Krishnamoorthy, Raja and Radha Reddy, Pasumarthi
Gopalakrishna,Vedanta Satyanarayana Sharma and others.

Various performances by local Kuchipudi dance schools and also grad ballads conducted by renowned dance teachers were presented on the main stage at the Flint Center for Performing Arts, along with dozens of informative and scholarly presentations on the Kuchipudi dance and art form.

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The Mumbai, India headquartered Nimbus is India’s only company with a business mix of media, entertainment & sports. Its lines of business are: sports, television, motion pictures, broadband, home video entertainment and digital content.

Mr Sonal Chandra Gupta, Chief Financial Officer, Nimbus Communications, commented, “We have satisfactorily completed the Financial Accounting (FA) modules of Axapta and are currently working towards the stabilization of the product working at 3 Locations and 2 geographies. The HRMS and CRM modules are expected to be implemented shortly once the FA module stabilizes.”

As per Satish Gaonkar, Vice President, Consulting Services Practice of BSI, “Servicing a premier client such as Nimbus Communications has enabled BSI to build strong expertise in IT-enabling media companies efficiently and cost-effectively. Our ongoing engagements with other premier media companies such as Viacom 18, Conde Nast (Vogue magazine) and Maya Entertainment put BSI in a strong position to provide right-sized and right-fit IT solutions integrated with broadcasting/scheduling/traffic management applications for the media industry. ”

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About Blue Star Infotech

Part of the US$600M Blue Star Group, Blue Star Infotech (BSI) provides profit-enhancing solutions to enterprises and product companies. Founded in 1983, it is headquartered in Mumbai, India, with operations in India, USA, Japan and UK.

BSI is one of the oldest Dynamics partners in India and is currently rated amongst the top 5 in terms of competency and customer base. BSI provides Consulting Services, IT Services and Business Solutions to enterprises and its customers include companies such as Raymonds, Cipla, United Breweries, Nordson, Unilever India Exports and Sanofi-Aventis. On a global front, BSI provides Product Engineering Services and Travel & Hospitality Services. Its premier customers include Hewlett-Packard, Costco Travels, Trisept Solutions, Planview and Hitachi Medical Corporation.

About Nimbus Communications Limited

The Mumbai, India headquartered Nimbus is India’s only company with a business mix of media, entertainment & sports. Its lines of business are: sports, television, motion pictures, broadband, home video entertainment and digital content.

Nimbus is a globally oriented company with customers in USA, Canada, UK, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the Middle East. Its operations are located in India, Singapore, Middle East and the Caribbean, which will shortly be expanded to the USA and UK.

BIG 92.7 FM has always been a pioneer in innovations and June 16th would be no exception when it would actually present the new heartthrob of the generation, Harman Baweja on their Breakfast Show—Big Chai hosted by the very popular RJ Archana Jani.

To add to the zing, both Harman and Priyanka will offer a complete treat to listeners, as they are heard for the first time ever on radio, through the day, answering questions from fans across the day on air. BIG 92.7 FM will be offering a great opportunity for the film to garner national-wide reach and popularity while connecting to fans across 35 cities of India.

June 24th will premier the interview with the Music Director, which will put a beginning to a series of interviews with singers running into the 28th of June, again promising unmatched entertainment to listeners. This will be followed by a playout of each song from the album exclusively for 7-10 days across all BIG 92.7 FM Stations, nationally.

BIG 92.7 FM has exhaustive plans for the movie promotion to create unprecedented buzz around it and will be generating the biggest bang for the buck! Music director’s of the movie will be taking listeners through the process of the making of the songs, interviews of singers on their experiences along with contests on-air offering autographed CD’s of the film’s music etc.

Apart from the strategic music promotions, there would be contests woven around the film and the final gratification would be an invitation to the exclusive BIG premier of ‘LOVE STORY 2050’ where listeners would get to watch the film with the star duo. The programming content would hover around futuristic developments of the country, witty predictions about the future involving a tete-a tete with the stars, coupled with interesting trivia from the film.

Speaking about the association, Harman Baweja added, “I am very excited about Love Story 2050 which marks my debut in Bollywood, andI amreally looking forward to our association with BIG 92.7 FM for this special project. They are an extremely popular Radio Station, have innovative programmes and tremendous reach across the country. We are thankful to BIG 92.7 FM for their support and cooperation and look forward to a great partnership.”

“We are extremely excited to join hands with Baweja Movies and BIG Motion Pictures, for this most awaited film ‘LOVE STORY 2050’. Harman and Priyanka Chopra are an exciting pair and having them together on radio for the first time is delivering a unique and exciting experience for our listeners, while also promoting the movie well. Our effort at BIG 92.7 FM has always been to create exciting content around the theme of a film which will be entertaining and exciting for our listeners. The innovative programming, interactivity and interesting contests centered on the film, are sure to ensure high listener involvement across the BIG FM network.” MR. ANAND CHAKRAVARTHY – VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING, BIG 92.7 FM

Synopsis-Love Story 2050

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About BIG 92.7 FM

BIG 92.7 FM, India’s No. 1 FM Station and the Radio initiative from Adlabs Films Ltd., since the launch of its first Station in September 2006, has expanded at sturdy speed and is poised to create history by successfully completing its goal for a pan India presence, spanning across 45 cities, 1000 towns and 50,000 villages to reach 200 million Indians across the length and breadth of the country. The Company has taken Radio as a medium of entertainment not only to the key metros, but also to virgin markets that have never before experienced this medium of entertainment and has already completed the same in 44 of the 45 targeted cities. In the first phase of its launches, BIG 92.7 FM set up Stations in the metros of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. The second phase of launches has taken BIG 92.7 FM to several tier II towns at the end of which the total count will be taken to 45.

Under this initiative, a cash benefit of Rs. 500 will be credited back to the subscribers’ account on purchase of a new connection before June 30, 2008. This discount is over and above the Free Set Top Box offer already introduced by dishtv on May 10 by paying one year’s Maxi subscription & installation charges of Rs. 3990 only. Buying dishtv today is by far a huge value for money proposition for any consumer versus its competitors’ offerings.

This actually means that cost of the three sports channels - ESPN, Star Sports & Star cricket, positioned at around Rs. 40 per month, is reimbursed back to the consumer in form of this credit of Rs 500. So in effect the consumer enjoys the channels for free, for a full year! He is free to use this credit of Rs 500 to pay his onward subscription with dishtv or buy VAS services like movie- on demand etc. on the platform.

This promotion enjoys special significance given the impressive line-up of sporting events calendar on the three channels in the coming months. The array of events include the ongoing UEFA Euro Cup and FI season in June, Asia cup cricket in Jun-Jul, Wimbledon tennis tournament starting in June and ICC Champions Trophy in Aug/ Sep. All these events are live and exclusive on ESPN, Star sports and can now be enjoyed seemingly free of cost by all dishtv subscribers.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Jawahar Goel, Managing Director, dishtv India, said, “It gives us extreme pleasure, to partner with ESPN in this summer sports bonanza. As India's largest direct-to-home service provider, dishtv has always led from the front and provided the best in entertainment to its subscribers. This initiative will enable all our subscribers to enjoy the best of sporting action at a great value for money proposition. We are hopeful of further enhancing our reach amongst sports lovers across the country, with this offer.”

According to RC Venkateish, Managing Director, ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd, said, “We have had an extremely strong relationship with Dishtv right from its inception and are happy to partner with them in this interesting sales promotion scheme which will help penetrate DTH further to the sports lovers across the country.”

Dishtv, the country’s No.1 DTH Company has always been providing consumer friendly offering and it has been evident with the soaring sales seen since the launch of free set top box offer which is bound to grow further with this new initiative. The Free Set Top Box offer has ensured exponential sale with the month on month sale grown to almost double.

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About dishtv India

channels for the sports enthusiast, from daily dose of soaps to news, from a bevy of cartoons to infotainment, from a plethora of music channels to movie channels - its all happening on dishtv. With the complete Zee bouquet of channels, the One Alliance bouquet, and the Star bouquet, it offers the complete range of channels to its subscribers. dishtv also offers to its subscriber’s exclusive international channels such as Boomerang, TCM, and MGM. Highly aware of prompt service orientation, dishtv has 24* 7 call centre with 700 seats in 11 different languages at 7 different locations to take care of subscriber requirements any point of time and to ensure timely solution to problems and queries. Dishtv uses world-class technology and equipments manufactured by best suppliers in the world. The STB (Set Top Box) are sourced from a Korean manufactures. Nevertheless, dishtv TBS come with a One-Year-Warranty that takes care of any technical fault free of cost for 12 months from the date of purchase.

For further information please contact:
Sonal Thind - Asst. Manager, PR, dishtv, 9811857781

Capturing the aura of the superstar – Kamal Hassan on the mobile screen, Mauj has designed a host of interactive content as a part of this tie up. Fans of the legendary Kamal Hassan and Mallika Sherawat will be able to download content ranging from ringtones, themes and animation based on the film’s remarkable visuals. Spicing up their services for their south based consumers and taking originality to another level, Mauj has also generated voice portals in Kamal Hassan’s voice that double up as curtain raisers for the film.

Speaking on behalf of Mauj Mobile, Mr. Manoj Dawane, CEO, People Infocom (Mauj Mobile), said, “A film as massive as Dasavathaaram demands a mobile partner with the ability to package, market and deploy the product across platforms and that’s where we stepped in. We have personalized the content by keeping in tune with the theme of the movie, thus managing to capture the movie’s essence and contemporary mood. This collaboration was a natural stride towards strengthening our presence in the southern markets and further highlight our commitment towards our esteemed customers”

To download, SMS 57007

Ringtones – Rs 7- Rs 20

Themes – Rs 50

Wallpapers – Rs 10

Videos – Rs 20

To download the Voice Portal SMS to 567696 – Rs 99 subscription / 30p/minute

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People Infocom (Mauj Mobile) is a Managed Services Provider to Telecom Operators, Media & Entertainment Companies and Consumer Brands. The company develops and distributes unique platforms & applications in diverse areas such as Portal Management (GPRS, SMS, Voice), Mobile Entertainment (music, videos, gaming), Mobile Communities (dating, matrimonials, real-estate) and Mobile Marketing (advertising, campaign management). It also extends its services by developing, aggregating, and facilitating content on these platforms and applications through Mauj Mobile.

The company develops services on all leading platforms including J2ME, Smartphone, BREW, and Symbian. People Infocom (Mauj Mobile) has recently won the FICCI BAF Award for Best Mobile Game, and in the past has also been awarded the Nokia and Singtel Multiplayer Game Quest 2006 Award and the Red Herring Asia 2006 Top 100 Awards. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital and Intel Capital and is part of the Anupam Mittal led People Group.

Being second generation Indian Americans is not the only thing common to them. All three speakSanskrit fluently. All three will also be teachingat Shraddhaa 2008 ( http://www.speaksanskrit.org/shraddhaa2008 ) - the East Coast residential Speak Sanskrit summer camp exclusively for teenagers.The camp organized by Samskrita-Bharati, anon-profit voluntary organization spearheading the speak Sanskrit movement, consists of three levels - beginnerfor those with noprior knowledge of Sanskrit, intermediate for those who have some conversational skills and advanced for those teenagers who can already speakquite well in Sanskrit .

This is the second year in succession that Samskrita Bharati USA is organizing the camp . Participants from last year's camp wanted one aspect to be changed, and one aspect to remain the same this year - upon their request the camp has been extended to a week long one - starting on June 22 Sunday and ending on June 28 Saturday - but the venue remains unchanged - Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. Sri Vasuvaj , a full time volunteer from Samskrita Bharati's international center in Bangalore will be guiding the camp, with the help of the three young teachers and four other volunteers, all of whom will be staying at the campsite for the entire duration.

"We have received very enthusiastic response this year too and registration for the camp will be closed on June 15", says Madhulika Nataraja, whois part of a Sanskritstudy group in Marylandand is taking one week off her work to volunteer at the camp , "Preparations for the camp are in full swing.Simple Sanskrit will be integrated into all activitiescarried out at the campto supplement the four tofive hours of interactive instructional sessionsprovided to the youngsters.We haveplanned a number of indoor and outdoor games including jeopardy and treasure hunt. There will also be Yoga, some multimedia presentations and an exhibition during the camp in addition to having entertainment programs in Sanskrit every night performed by the participants "

In addition to the east coast youth camp, planning is also on for the west coast youth camp - Prajnaa 2008 from July 9 to 13 , and the East Coast family camp - Jaahnavii 2008 during the labour day weekend. The West Coast family camp was for the first time organized in LA region this year during the memorial day weekend, and saw over 75 people participate

One of the paticipants from Shraddhaa 2007, Jay Pandya, wrote in an article contributed to "lokvani" - "Going to the camp was truly an unforgettable experience. The teachers were easy to communicate with, as they were close to our age. It was the best way to spend a summer's week. In fact, when it came time to leave, none of us wanted to go home" . Jay, along with many other participants from last year are looking forward to Shraddhaa 2008 to relive the experience, meet old friends and make new ones

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Visit your nearest Lakme Beauty Salon and answer a simple question via a SMS and you and your friend could be watching the movie for free.

In which city was ‘Sex and the City’ shot in?

A) Bombay

B) New York

C) Hong Kong

Eg: SATC Rita A Mulund

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About People Infocom (Mauj Mobile)

People Infocom (Mauj Mobile) is a Managed Services Provider to Telecom Operators, Media & Entertainment Companies and Consumer Brands. The company develops and distributes unique platforms & applications in diverse areas such as Portal Management (GPRS, SMS, Voice), Mobile Entertainment (music, videos, gaming), Mobile Communities (dating, matrimonials, real-estate) and Mobile Marketing (advertising, campaign management). It also extends its services by developing, aggregating, and facilitating content on these platforms and applications through Mauj Mobile.

The company develops services on all leading platforms including J2ME, Smartphone, BREW, and Symbian. People Infocom (Mauj Mobile) has recently won the FICCI BAF Award for Best Mobile Game, and in the past has also been awarded the Nokia and Singtel Multiplayer Game Quest 2006 Award and the Red Herring Asia 2006 Top 100 Awards. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital and Intel Capital and is part of the Anupam Mittal led People Group.

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