MUMBAI: The recent TAM scorecard has indicated that Zee News? Kahiye Janab has taken lead in the discussion shows leaving the so called competitors like Seedhi Baat and Aap ki Adaalat far behind.

Embarking on its journey of offering authentic content driven news in a varied programming style, Zee News has again struck gold. In the recently declared TAM results for week 27, Kahiye Janab has emerged as the favourite programme in the chat show genre in just 40 episodes.

Expressing his opinion on the recent success, Barun Das, CEO, Zee News Ltd. said, ?Chat shows are an integral part of news channel programming. They not only provide viewers an understanding of real famous personalities but analytical questioning by the anchor provides them an opportunity to understand person?s viewpoint on various subjects. We are happy that the show has received an overwhelming response in a short span of time. I would like to thank the viewers and advertisers for their love and support in making Kahiye Janab a big success.?

Hosted by Senior Journalist, Swati Chaturvedi, the show Kahiye Janab (aired every Saturday at 07:30 PM) provides an opportunity to the viewers to discover the real person behind the personality. Ranging from interviews of personalities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Abhinav Bindra, Brajesh Mishra, Shashi Tharoor, Arun Jaitly, Baba Ramdev and the likes; the show invites guest on the hot seat from all walks of life.

MUMBAI: Dishtv - India?s No. 1 direct-to-home company and part of the biggest media conglomerate ? Zee Group pays tribute to one of the biggest pop icons in modern history ?Michael Jackson?,

by broadcasting one of his most memorable concerts ?Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour? ? from Sony Music for a period of 4 weeks on its movie on demand service.

Speaking on the occasion, Salil Kapoor, COO, Dishtv commented, ?Dishtv honors Michael Jackson‘s life and legacy by showing programming devoted to the memory of the legendary superstar. Michael Jackson was a performer, an innovator and a genius in his field. The Live In Bucharest concert is specially priced at Rs. 25 versus the usual Rs 50 ? 75 band for millions of Michael Jackson fans. A generation of followers have tapped their feet and sung along to his smash hits. But more importantly, his contributions to the world of music can never be replaced, replicated or forgotten. Michael Jackson has impacted the world of music and pop culture in a way like no one else has.?

?Live in Bucharest? is the first leg of Jackson?s Dangerous World Tour, which took place on October 1, 1992, at the Bucharest National Stadium. Hailed as one of the biggest and memorable concerts, the concert had a sold-out attendance of 170,000. Later, in 2005, a DVD of the concert was brought out, of which 950,000 copies were sold worldwide.

Dishtv will broadcast some of Jackson?s exclusive footage from the Bucharest Concert, which would also have the ?We Are The World?, a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

Dishtv subscribers can order the concert through IVR/Phone, SMS, or by logging onto www.dishtv.in which authorizes them to view the concert - multiple times, at a time of their convenience within 24 hours.

MUMBAI: Picture this: It is one of those days when you take your father for his routine health checkup and you realize that the doctors on board have staged a strike demanding a salary hike. You see the plight of the patients yet are empathetic towards the doctors. You take a video clip of the scene on your mobile and send it to the UTVi news desk. As the clip is aired, you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have done your duty as a citizen, and probably have saved lives in the process.

UTVi, the business news channel from the UTV group now empowers every citizens of this country - enabling them to express their views, opinions, praise as well as general angst. Aiming at the average business news viewer, UTVi extends its initiative to anyone who owns a mobile phone.

UTVi now brings an actively moderated TV to Mobile chat which will take Citizen Journalism to a new high. Now, viewers can shoot MMS and pictures and send them directly to the UTVi news desk. The business news channel, has also activated a TV-Mobile moderated chat and has now set-up a ?demo? moderated chat id.

So if you?ve had a rough time with government officials to get your company registered, or spotted an innovative business idea on the roads. If you?ve just noticed a new campaign and wish to have a view or want to ?speak up? on the latest business development. If you?re not happy with the Union Budget or you have insights into a breaking story?look no further. Pick up the mobile and connect with UTVi.

Mr. Sumit Gupta, COO, UTVi explaining the new initiative says ?We are trying to make it easier for citizens to express and share their views with us. With this new feature, there is no need to have access to a computer. It is as easy and convenient as it is instantaneous ? especially for breaking News and clips. Anyone with a phone can share content that makes a difference to their lives with us. We, at UTVi, are keeping our continued promise to reach out to our viewers and make it easy for them to reach out to us.?

Another path breaking initiative by UTVi has been their association with nautanki.tv. The live budget streaming of UTVi on this portal has earned them a stunning 1.2 million views, 4,400 peak streams per seconds, 500+ bogs with embeds and an interesting 18 minute per user viewing. The top blog which contributed to the traffic include financialexpress.com, indiabuzz.ne8.in and thoughtsofanordinaryman.com.

MUMBAI: Both Hyderabad World champs seem to have a silent rivalry about which Saina Nehwal speaks for the first time.

The 19-year-old Saina Nehwal, currently ranked No. 6 is the first Indian woman to win the Indonesian Open Super Series gets in a conversation with Swati Chaturvedi on Kahiye Janab, a celebrity chat show on Zee News. She speaks about her desires and how sure she is about them "I desire to be the World Number 1 and win Olympic gold and I‘m sure I can achieve it but can‘t say when?"

Taking on the Hot Seat at Kahiye Janab, she gets candid with the anchor as she discusses about various aspects of her life:

Talking about her profession Saina Nehwal says, "I hate losing; I can‘t sleep when I lose. I love winning and I want to win as many titles as I can for India. I have always learnt from my defeats." On her opinion about her ultimate dream lover, with catchy smile Saina replies, "He should be discipline, should have respect for women, should be nice to me and look good like Shahrukh Khan."

When asked about the domination of Chinese in Badminton "Chinese are the toughest opponents, to beat them, you need to put in twice as much hard work" announces the Badminton star.

About her fetish for the Bollywood films and the film stars, she says, "I‘m the biggest fan of Shahrukh Khan, I watch all his movies and I like him a lot."

Before signing off Saina Nehwal conveys the message to all upcoming sports persons
"Remember three things in Life - (1) Respect your parents, coach and teacher (2) Always be disciplined in life and (3) Never stop dreaming. But dreams should always be complemented with sincere hard work."

For those who miss it, Kahiye Janab on Zee News is repeated at 3.30 pm on Sunday. As "unplugged" at 11 pm on Zee Business, repeat telecast at 7.30 pm Sunday and 10:30pm Monday.

MUMBAI: Smart Digivision?s brand ?MyWay? IPTV services with SeaChange International has won the Video Services Innovation Award, 2009, in the Consumer Service Innovation segment, at this year?s prestigious Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2009, London.

MyWay?s ?Video Services Innovation? award was presented in London during Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards ceremony to recognize innovative projects by telecom operators and service providers from around the world. Guests included chief executive officers, chief technology officers and others in Europe, China, Africa, India, Russia, North and South America, and the Pacific.

MyWay IPTV services which has been recently rolled out in 54 cities across India, provides world-class offering of on-demand and personal television applications. With Netprophets Cyberworks, Noida, as its co-partners in design and development of the TV User Interface, the innovative MyWay User Interface and subscriber applications take full advantage of the SeaChange middleware, digital video systems and professional services.

?MyWay is proud to bring global recognition to India?s advancing media industry,? said Kapil Dev Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Smart Digivision. ?This award is a testimony to our relentless focus on consumer service experience and the innovative applications we have created for the MyWay IPTV services. We?ve embarked on an effort to develop a service that includes the depth and variety that is on par with the world?s best. We anticipate that we will continue to help strengthen the outlook for the digital television market here in India.?

?SeaChange is thrilled to be in another strategic partnership that?s garnering global attention for further progressing digital television,? said Lincoln Owens, director of broadband, Asia Pacific, SeaChange.

SeaChange solutions have been for more than 10 years in India with television companies on air. The company is dedicated to supporting the special requirements for traditional television operations and applying its unique resources towards developing IPTV, on-demand and other emergent forms of television in the market. SeaChange?s India team has offices in Mumbai and Delhi and leverages SeaChange support and product development facilities across Asia.

Smart Digivision, by taking advantage of SeaChange?s TV Navigator middleware, electronic program guide, video-on-demand systems and set top box applications, aims to bring MyWay IPTV to over three million subscribers throughout India on broadband networks of telco operators BSNL and MTNL. Smart Digivision?s principal integrators, NetProphets Cyberworks and SeaChange International play a central role in the rollout of MyWay IPTV Services, which will encompass pause live TV; convergence services for internet enabled services; an on-demand library of DVDs, music and games; and over 150 broadcast TV channels.

at 11 pm on Zee Business, repeat telecast at 7.30 pm Sunday and 10:30pm Monday.