MUMBAI: India‘s first and most comprehensive web portal on outdoor advertising www.allaboutoutdoor.com successfully completes two years. Since its inception two years back, allaboutoutdoor has always been in news for not just being a forum for exchange of information and innovative ideas, but also a knowledge bank that offers comprehensive OOH media solutions based on insight and in-depth understanding of the Indian OOH industry from all perspectives. Within two years of its launch, allaboutoutdoor has achieved an impressive scale of over 20000 subscribers and over 900 media owners/Asset Owners listed with their asset details.

allaboutoutdoor for the past two years has proved to be a catalyst in successfully propagating the legacy of outdoor advertising industry and has firmly established itself as a ‘Directory‘ of outdoor advertising companies. It is very comprehensive in its approach and adopts unique concepts like free access to vendor database, ease of media planning by ooh specialist agencies in form of free to download data, site images and 3D location Maps, information on outdoor terminology, market information w.r.t understanding various touch points for advertising to the specific TG and mention all Latest campaigns, Expert Views and a lot more. It is a platform where vendors from all over the country can register their sites and the interested advertisers can access relevant data free of any charge.

Commenting on the same, Ankur Rastogi, Founder & Chief Strategist, allaboutoutdoor, said, "This is a very proud moment for me as allaboutoutdoor has done exceptionally well in its two years and has firmly established itself as one of the most sought after portals. The Media locator tool has made us very interactive with the Media Planners & Buyers. We have received an overwhelming response pan India and have seen that the industry has been able to garner the required credibility and size. We are entering our third year with even more enthusiasm and zest to ensure we deliver the best experience in outdoor advertising to our viewers!

"India represents a vast and common, yet diverse, market that offers a dream of opportunity for OOH business. The media industry in general and the outdoor industry in particular have been booming, the news space has seen an exponential increase in the number of players. I‘m happy that over the last year, our foray into outdoor advertising has met with success, and is on its way to becoming a strong brand in the market."

"I feel proud that allaboutoutdoor has been recognized internationally as it has been selected as the Indian Media partner for the Asia Pacific OOH Media Convention which will be held in Macau on 5&6 November‘09." ,adds Ankur.

MUMBAI: The 2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship enters this weekend with fierce competition amongst the riders as only sixteen points separate the top 3. And whoever wins the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland will sit pretty on top of the world championship at the middle of the racing calendar. Ten Sports will bring all the action live.

Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi can equal Giacomo Agostini?s record of 158 top three finishes with another rostrum. The Italian has won at the Alice Motorrad in Sachsenring on three occasions so precedence will be on his side.

Teammate Jorge Lorenzo left Laguna Seca battered and bruised for the second consecutive year, although he was able to maintain pressure on Rossi with third place in the race. Alongside his points haul, Lorenzo also took a dislocated collarbone and a foot injury away and will not be hundred percent fit in Germany.

Third placed Casey Stoner is also under the weather suffering from Anemia. The Australian has been battling with illness for over a month but he?s still in the title hunt 16 points adrift of Rossi.

Honda?s Dani Pedrosa, ended a long drought for both himself and Honda with a win at the Red Bull Grand Prix at the Laguna Seca in California. The Spanish Repsol Honda star?s 2008 season took an ugly turn when he crashed at Sachsenring last year. This happened when he was leading the wet race and the World Championship.

Sete Gibernau, whose Grupo Francisco Hernando team has pulled out of the series due to financial difficulties is the only team that will be missing from the grid.

MUMBAI: In July, CNN International brings to its global audience a living legend of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan on TALK ASIA.

CNN?s Anjali Rao sat down with Mr. Bachchan in Macau, where the industry gathered for one of Bollywood?s most prestigious awards ceremonies. In a revealing and candid interview, Bachchan shares insights into his long film career, the highs and lows of his early days in Bollywood, and becoming the global superstar and screen idol of Indian cinema.

He also discusses the global financial recession, its impact on the Indian film industry and how it is trying to overcome it.

Bachchan opens up about his experience of working with son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - and about the controversy over his reaction to the Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire. He also talks about what prompted him to decline an honorary degree from an Australian university recently.

A must-watch for all fans of Bollywood?s former ?Angry Young Man?, ?this special edition of Talk Asia premiers on CNN International July 22 at 1800 hrs and replays on July 23 at 0830hrs; July 25 at 1000hrs, 2000hrs and July 27 at 0730hrs, 2300hrs IST. It can also be seen online at www.cnn.com/talkasia after the first airing.

MUMBAI: STAR Ananda, the most popular 24 hour free-to-air Bengali news channel felicitated eminent personalities from diverse fields for their achievements that made the Bengali community proud, nationally and internationally at a special ceremony, Shera Bangali at Science city Convention Centre today at 6 pm. This momentous ceremony has been growing from strength to strength each year and is an occasion all Bengalis keenly to be proud of.

STAR Ananda aims at reflecting and catalyzing the growth and resurgence of Bengal and also contributes to this process with this innovative programme. Shera Bangali is an earnest effort in this direction as it recognizes individuals who have not only achieved excellence in their respective fields but have also helped to bring Bengal in the national as well as international limelight.

"We have dedicated ourselves to the recognition and felicitation of those personalities who have made Bengal proud and continue to do so. Shera Bangali is the truest effort in this direction to recognize those successful Bengalis who not only have excelled in their respective fields, but have also helped in putting Bengalis in the global arena." said Mr. Ashok Venkatramani, CEO, MCCS.

The awards were presented in a plethora of categories like art, film, music, literature, corporate, news, sports and lifetime achievement. The nominees were selected following an in-depth research made by the Star Ananda Editorial team.

It was a star studded event which started with a grand felicitation ceremony followed by a scintillating entertainment show. with stunning and enthralling performances by Shreya Ghosal, Abhijit, Hiron and Rituparna.

MUMBAI: Radio City 91.1FM, India‘s first and leading FM brand, brings in the monsoon flavour to our homes with ?Kanda Bhajji Party?, a 4 week long monsoon celebration. Every week, Radio City RJ?s will visit lucky few listener homes and have a t?te-?-t?te over Mumbai?s mouth-watering monsoon special dish, ?Kanda Bhajji?.

RJ Ada invites listeners to participate in a fun on-air contest ?Kanda Bhajji party at your home?, where the listeners need to either call on 022- 66969191 or SMS City space <ANSWER> to 57007 giving a reason as to why the RJs should visit their place for the party. The best reasons would be shortlisted and one winner every week gets a chance to get up close and personal with their favourite RJs Ada, Mamta and Gaurav for the whatte fun monsoon party at their very homes. A Radio City wagon will visit the winner?s society premises and there will be naach gaana over dhol baajaa proclaiming their entry and announcing about the party to one and all. After which, RJs will visit the winner?s homes and treat them and their family with garma garam Kanda Bhajji over recording of a chat session where the listener will be taken on air.

So Mumbaikars tune into Radio City 91.1FM for the Kanda Bhajji Party, you never know you might be the next host!!!

A sustained focus on understanding listeners and leveraging the synergies of music expertise and innovative programming, allows Radio City to deliver a unique listening experience and be an integral part of the lives of listeners. Aggressively looking at spreading the Radio City experience across the country, Radio City 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for premium audiences.

MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced the appointment of Amit Baruah, a leading Indian print journalist, as the Head of BBC Hindi. Amit will be based in New Delhi and will be responsible for BBC Hindi service?s multimedia output. He also will be BBC World Service?s lead Editor for India.

Amit Baruah, who has been working as the Foreign Editor of India?s national daily, Hindustan Times, brings to the BBC 23 years? experience in international reporting. A foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, Amit has reported from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South-East Asia.

He has travelled and reported extensively from the troubled areas of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab, filing from there for India?s national daily, The Hindu, and its weekly magazine, Frontline. Amit is the author of Dateline Islamabad, a unique take on living and reporting from Pakistan, with a close look at the country?s contemporary history.

Amit has interviewed international political leaders including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse. He was presented with the Prem Bhatia Award in 2000 for his coverage of Pakistan.

Behrouz Afagh, Head of Asia Pacific Region, BBC World Service, says: ?Amit joins BBC Hindi at a time of big changes with fresh ideas and energy, and will play a key role in shaping the future of the BBC in India.?