MUMBAI: PIX, the premier English movie channel from Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd has rated as the no. 1 English movie channel in the week 34 in Mumbai beating both Star Movies and HBO in the prime time slot this week.

According to TAM data, In the English movie channel genre, GRPs for week 34 2008, TG 15-44 years, Sec A & B show PIX getting a rating of 4.6 in Mumbai Prime Time (20.00hrs ? 23.59 hrs) higher than HBO at 4.5 and Star Movies at 4.2., Zee Studio at 2.2 and World Movies at 1.0.

In All Day Ratings (2.00 hrs? 23.59) hrs in Delhi, PIX got a rating of 7.5, while HBO rated 6.72, Star Movies at 8.5, Zee Studio at 3.85 and World Movies at 1.75

According to Mr. Sunder Aaron, Business Head, PIX, ?PIX has stuck to its mission of showing movies with great stories. It continues to pay off. We are #1 in Mumbai, and #2 in Delhi. This is based on GRPs, and not Time Spent, which the metric that new channels like World Movies prefer to measure by. While Time Spent is a good statistic to keep in mind, if your audience amounts to just a handful of people watching your channel, what does it matter whether they watch for 2 minutes or 2 hours?

PIX tends to achieve well wherever we have strong distribution relative to our competition. While it‘s flattering to see competing channels emulate us with their campaigns and positioning, pound for pound PIX is a more ‘nutritional‘ viewing choice! We will continue to prove this over the coming weeks with a lot more exciting programming announcements for our viewers!?

This September, PIX gives you the perfect dose of laughter therapy as ?Subtle Comedy? is the theme for the month. Comedy movies lined up this month are rib ticklers like Man‘s Favourite Sport , Two Mules For Sister Sara, The Party, National Lampoon‘s Animal House, Come September, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and many more.

MUMBAI: RED FM‘s RJ Anurag Pandey is back this festive season to take RED FM listeners on a spiritual journey like no other... This Ganesh Utsav, Anurag Pandey will transform into his avatar of Pandit Pandey to celebrate the grandeur of Lord Ganesha. Starting September 3, Pandit Pandey along with his entourage will visit pandals across the city to perform Aartis and will share his experiences with the listeners of RED FM through his Ganesh Diaries, encapsulating his experiences and visits to various pandals and homes.

With Red FM‘s unique initiative of ‘Pandit Pandey ki Aarti Yatra‘, Ganesh pandals are the most happening place to be! Pandit Pandey will also encourage Ganesh Bhakts to participate in an exciting contest called Red FM Pandalon Ka Raja. The categories include - Best Theme, Best Ganesh ji ki Murti and Most Environment Friendly Ganesh.

To register participants will have to simply SMS Red Pandal to 58558 and will then be required to send videos of 2-3 minutes showcasing their themes and concepts, to the Red FM studios or alternatively, upload them on mypopkorn.com. The most clicked through videos will be short listed and the Red FM Expert panel will then choose the winners of the contest who will be duly awarded a Trophy & Prize by Pandit Pandey! In addition to this, listeners can also watch Pandit Pandey and his Aarti Yatras by logging on to mypopkorn.com.

Commenting on the initiative, Anuj Singh, National Marketing Head and Station Head (Mumbai), said, "RED FM prides itself in identifying the pulse of the people. Ganesh Utsav is one festival that is celebrated with pomp and splendour across the city. Mumbaikars set aside time to visit their favorite deity in pandals! Keeping in mind Mumbai‘s enthusiasm for the festival, RED FM‘s Pandit Pandey will join Mumbaikars in the worship of Lord Ganesha through his Aarti yatra across pandals in the city and will bring alive the same experience through the Ganesh Diaries. Not just that, with our unique association with mypopkorn.com they also catch all the action online!"

MUMBAI: After the massive success of Gini & Jony Chak De Bachche, mega Hindi General Entertainment channel 9X is all set to launch the second series of the song-and-dance reality show - Chak De Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde. Produced by Gajendrra

Siingh‘s Saibaba Telefilms, this music-n-dance extravaganza will be aired every Friday and Saturday at 9 pm, starting Saturday, 6th of September 2008.

Indrani Mukerjea, Founder & CEO ? INX Media, said, "We are delighted to present the second season of our successful Chak De series. We are confident that the song and dance talent of Chak De ? Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde will provide entertainment with a youthful zing that will connect with today‘s generation. As a media platform, we are proud to enable the best talent in the country receive their deserved exposure."

Anchored by the King of the Hindi heartland, Bhojpuri films‘ superstar Manoj Tiwari, and the beautiful, glamorous and versatile actress, Roshni Chopra, the show plans to provide spirited entertainment with a youthful zing. While Roshni Chopra will inspire the girls of the metros, Manoj Tiwari will champion the cause of the boys from the non-metros.

The guest judge for the launch episode of Chak De Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde is the talented and bautiful superstar, Bipasha Basu, and the other celebrity judges on the show are ravishing Raveena Tandon and accomplished music director duo Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, popularly known as Salim- Sulaiman.

The 12 contestants, representing some of India‘s best talent, have been chosen after extensive auditions across the country by producer-director Gajendrra Siingh and his team. The contestants are not only gifted singers but excellent dancers too ? hence the hunt for the complete performer will provide engrossing entertainment for the entire family.

The glamorous Raveena Tandon said, "I am delighted to be on the show again; it‘s going be more fun with Kudiyan and Gunde. The kids in the first season were rocking; let‘s see the Kudiyan and Gunde perform. I‘m sure they will rock too!"

Music Director duo Salim-Sulaiman said, "We are proud to be associated with the second season of Chak De. We saw great talent in the Chak De Bachche and we‘re sure we will have great talent in Chak De Shehar Di Kudiyan Te Galli De Gunde too."

MUMBAI: Amrita TV?s agriculture based programme ?Haritabharatam? has won the Department of Agriculture, Government of Kerala?s ?Harita Mudra? Award for the best Farm Based Video Programme on Malayalam Television for the year 2007-2008.

Harithabharatam won the inaugural ?Harita Mudra Award? which was instituted this year by the State Goverment ; it was also the only TV programme to be awarded for 2007-2008.

The Harita Mudra Awards which form part of the State Agricultural Awards, was instituted to recognise the best TV programme which deals with the latest developments and new topics in agriculture that are of contemporary relevance to Indian farmers.

Agro-based programmes of seven channels including that of the State-run Doordarshan were in the fray for the award.

Amrita TV?s Harithabharatam stole a march over the others not only for its high quality and information-rich content, but also for the consistent contributions it made to the farming community since its inception.

The programme showcases inspirational stories and tales of success in agro-based ventures. It takes us through the less-travelled roads of India, focusing on the farming community where we learn the crop patterns, weather changes and farming techniques.

When Amrita TV was launched in April 2005, Harithabharatam was one of its launch programmes and telecast Monday to Wednesday at 9 am-- it is now into its 251st continuous episode.

The prestigious Harita Mudra Award was given away by the Kerala Chief Minister Shri.VS Achuthanandan, at a function organized by the State Agricultural Department, in August 2008.