MUMBAI: The much awaited moment of winning a dream house, in the game show - ‘Bommarilu‘ in maa tv, has been accomplished. The lucky winners are the father-daughter combination.

The winners, Mr.Talasila Venkata Ratnam and his daughter Mrs.Myneni Soubhagyalaxmi belong to Jaggayapeta, Krishna District. Mr.Venkata Ratnam is basically a farmer and the daughter is a house wife.

His grandson participated by sending sms only once and they were very happy to get the call.

The house which they won is about 300 square yards plot area and 1500 Sft constructed area which is situated at Kandawada near Chevalla.

Maa TV‘s ‘first of its kind‘ game show Bommarillu is a very interesting and unique concept which keeps the viewers addicted to the television. ‘Suhasini‘ the popular actress is the anchor of this show.

Three Families play in the game and one of them gets ahead of other two and pitches for the house. The other two families also don‘t get disappointed as they get to win other items for their homes like Kitchen products and electronic goods.

Mr.Venkat Ratnam, the winner was very thrilled as he never expected to win. He said- ‘This is a game of both knowledge and guess work. My daughter‘s knowledge and our luck got us the home.‘

Mr. Obili Ramchander Reddy, Chairman, Obili Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. said, ‘Am very delighted to be the principal sponsor of this show on Maa TV which has given us an excellent identity to our company. And also am happy with the format of the show which is very genuine.‘

Mr. Sharrath Marar, Chief Executive Officer, Maa Television Network Ltd. said, "We are very proud that the Bommarillu is the biggest game show of the regional channels. I congratulate the winners and also appreciate Mr.Ramchander Reddy for his association with us. We also whole heartedly thank Ms.Suhasini for her grace and her amazing bonding with the show in Maa TV."

MUMBAI: NDTV Convergence and Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East arm are organising a thought leadership seminar ‘Vision 2020 ? Financial Services Sector‘.

To be held on 12 September, the summit is focused on the evolutionary process of Indian BFSI segment.

The seminar will see speakers discussing topics like the future of private and retail banking, mergers and acquisitions, and competition and challenges in the financial sector in the Year 2020. The keynote speaker for the event is Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Usha Thorat.

Some of the other speakers are State Bank of India chairman OP Bhatt, The Oriental Insurance Company CMD M Ramadoss, Standard Chartered CEO Neeraj Swaroop-and Development Credit Bank chairman Naseer Munjee .

Besides internationally renowned business strategist Ross Dawson will address delegates at the conference.

Dawson said, "I am very excited to be visiting Mumbai to speak at the Vision 2020 conference. Banking is at the heart of the global economy, and technology is its lifeblood. India‘s future depends on how well it uses technology in financial services to support the massive wealth creation ahead."

NDTV Convergence CEO Sanjay Trehan said, "Banking will see a quantum leap in the coming years and Vision 2020 seeks to highlight this change and also have the industry experts come together at a platform to discuss the means to adapt to these changes. The great India story is yet to unfold in all its glory and new media will be the engine fuelling this growth and facilitating the lifestyle of the new Indian. This event intends to get us thinking about this future and prepare our industries and our minds to meet these challenges?.

MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18, the undisputed leader in the business, together with Intel, associate sponsor Dell presented ‘SME-Scale, Mobility, Efficiency‘ in Mumbai. The objective of this interactive panel discussion was to maximize the potential of SMEs from Animation Industry to achieve their peak potential using the available IT solutions.

The panel of experts at the forum consisted of Rajesh Gupta, Director-Sales & Marketing, Intel, Somil Gupta, MD, Trine Entertainment Ltd, Anand Gurnani, CEO, animationexpress.com, Jaideep Ghosh, Director, KPMG; Krishnakumar.P, Director of Marketing, Dell. They discussed the various challenges, the opportunities and charted the blue print for making SME Animation clusters IT- enabled for prosperity.

Indian animation industry has proven itself over the years. What began as an offshore outsourced model is now witnessing tie-ups with international production houses like Walt Disney, IMAX and Warner Bros. According to Jaideep Ghosh, Director; KPMG, currently the entertainment animation in India accounts to 300 to 400 million dollars. The number can reach to 950 million dollars in next two to three years.

The panel shed a light on the problems that the industry is facing. While speaking on the occasion Rajesh Gupta, Director-Sales & Marketing, Intel said, "Technology plays an integral in animation. But the available solutions are not completely exploited. Traditionally SMEs approach technology in an ad-hoc manner". He added that even though there are a lot of people who are learning the tools of animation the real test comes in applying them in the right situations. Anand Gurnani of animation express.com noted that animation has always been a production specific industry but it is changing and is now witnessing a dearth of people.

On the positive side the panel noted that even though Indian animation industry did not have the 2D animation legacy, it is well poised to take on the 3D animation challenge.

While speaking on the occasion Mr. Neel Chowdhury- Vice President, Marketing, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC AWAAZ said "Due to dynamics of small scale industries and budding entrepreneurs from across the country, it has always remained high on the agenda of all political parties, social groups and policy makers. We at CNBC-TV18 have always recognized the significance of the SME sector in the context of sustained and rapid economic growth. Hence taking up this same agenda CNBC-TV18 in association with Intel structured the ‘SME-Scale, Mobility, Efficiency‘ forum with the objective of charting the blue print for the SME sector in Mumbai.

The forum was moderated by Mr. Vivek Law of CNBC TV 18 and it ensured that the aspirant SMEs are able to empower themselves for global opportunities clearing all their doubts clouding the issues of Information Technology.

MUMBAI: With the onset of the festive season, Fever 104 FM has launched a unique musical promotion in Mumbai. Fever Hot 20 Housie gives listeners a chance to win by simply tuning in to the station.

To play listeners must download their ?housie? ticket by sending a simple SMS to the station. On receipt of this SMS each player is sent a distinctive ticket for that hour with three song names. Listeners must tune in to Fever Hot 20 Housie on weekdays between 7pm-8pm and 8pm-9pm to match their songs to the songs played on-air.

Every player who matches one song qualifies to win an iPod and players who match all three songs qualify to win a digital camera or the grand prize ? a Bajaj Platina bike.

The promotion has received tremendous response with thousands of listeners tuning in daily to participate and win! Fever Hot 20 Housie will go on till 12th September 2008.

MUMBAI: This week, The Autocar Show, brings you the test drive of Corolla Altus- the new car in the family of Toyota by none other than the czar of the Auto world-ace rally driver Renuka Kirpalani. Also this week on the show, find out whether the new diesel variant from BMW, the BMW 520d is worth driving or not?

Further on, we take you to Germany to be a part of the Audi driving training program as we tell you how to drive safely on the roads and what you need to know in case of a dicey situation.

So strap on your seat belts and get ready for an exhilarating ride with the Autocar show on Tuesday, 9th September at 10:30 pm only on UTVi!!

Repeat time:
Sat - 10.30am, 2.30 pm, 11.30 pm
Sun -12.30pm, 4.30pm, 10pm