MUMBAI: B4U Music was launched on the BBC and ITV backed free-to-air satellite service Freesat, in UK.
Freesat has over 80 free digital channels for television, radio, interactive and high definition (HD) services from the BBC and ITV.
Besides B4U Music, Freesat’s initial channel line-up includes TV channels like BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four; ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4; Channel 4, E4, More4 and Film4; news channels BBC News and Al-Jazeera English; children’s channels CBBC, CBeebies and CiTV; music channels; Chartshow TV and The Vault; interactivity from BBCi; digital radio; and the superlative picture quality of BBC HD and ITV HD.
Freesat offers high definition, digital television for a one off payment, starting at £49.99, plus an £80 installation fee.
Source: indiantelevision.com
Monday, May 12, 2008
New Bangalore international airport to commence ops by May-end
NEW DELHI: Amid indications that no civilian flights will be allowed at Bangalore's HAL airport, government on Monday said the new international airport will open by the end of this month and operator's licence will be issued to it in the next 2-3 days.
This emerged after a meeting convened by the Civil Aviation Ministry in which top officials of the Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) as well as those from the Karnataka government participated.
The meeting came in the backdrop of a letter being shot off by Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman Sitaram Yechury to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the existing HAL airport be kept open for small aircraft operations, as was the case in major cities like Dallas, Houston and Newark.
Announcing that the new airport would start functioning by "this month-end", Civil Aviation Secretary Ashok Chawla said BIAL was "not agreeable to keep the existing airport open" as this was not in the contract.
To a pointed question whether the existing airport operated by the Indian Air Force and Hindustan Aeronautics would be closed down for civilian operations, he said: "I suppose that is how it is working out."
However, Chawla said talks were on with various stakeholders, including the airlines now operating at the HAL airport, on several options as to how it can be kept operational for civilian air traffic.
On May 5, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to consider a citizen group's demand to keep the existing airport operational, given apprehensions on accessing the new airport located 40 kms away from the city.
As per the government's contract with BIAL the existing airport should be shut down once the new one start operation.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
This emerged after a meeting convened by the Civil Aviation Ministry in which top officials of the Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) as well as those from the Karnataka government participated.
The meeting came in the backdrop of a letter being shot off by Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman Sitaram Yechury to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the existing HAL airport be kept open for small aircraft operations, as was the case in major cities like Dallas, Houston and Newark.
Announcing that the new airport would start functioning by "this month-end", Civil Aviation Secretary Ashok Chawla said BIAL was "not agreeable to keep the existing airport open" as this was not in the contract.
To a pointed question whether the existing airport operated by the Indian Air Force and Hindustan Aeronautics would be closed down for civilian operations, he said: "I suppose that is how it is working out."
However, Chawla said talks were on with various stakeholders, including the airlines now operating at the HAL airport, on several options as to how it can be kept operational for civilian air traffic.
On May 5, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to consider a citizen group's demand to keep the existing airport operational, given apprehensions on accessing the new airport located 40 kms away from the city.
As per the government's contract with BIAL the existing airport should be shut down once the new one start operation.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
China quake: 7,600 dead, death toll to rise
BEIJING: Death toll in Monday's earthquake that devastated parts of southwest China's Sichuan province appeared heading towards a massive figure that might surpass 20,000 people.
Till late on Monday evening, official sources confirmed 7,600 deaths but indicated that the situation was so grim that a lot more people may have lost lives.
The most significant revelation came from the local government in the worst affected Wenchuan County, which said that 80 per cent of the buildings in the County had been destroyed. Wenchuan has a population of 1,11,800.
At least 900 children are feared trapped under a collapsed school building in Dujiangyan County, which is next to Wenchuan.
Details of their fate were still awaited. Dujiangyan, which has a population of 600,000, is believed to be badly affected but there has been very little information about the fate of its residents since Monday evening.
Government agencies involved in relief operations said it was being difficult to rush relief to the affected areas and helicopters have been pressed into service.
This indicated that road communications have been badly affected. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southwest Sichuan Province at 2.28pm on Monday afternoon and it was followed by several aftershocks till 5pm.
Tremors were also felt in the major cities of Beijing and Shanghai resulting in thousands of people rushing out of their houses and office buildings.
Deaths have also been reported from the neighbouring provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Chongqing, and Yunnan, where more than 100 people have died.
Reports suggested that the quake has spared the major city of Chengdu, which is 146 kilometres away and caused no damage to the world's biggest dam, the Three Gorges Dam, which is several hundred kilometres away.
An executive engineer at the government agency managing the dam said there has been no damage due to the earth quake.
Wenchuan, which lies in the southeast part of the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, is home to the Wolong Nature Reserve, China's leading research and breeding base for endangered giant pandas.
Another tremor measuring 3.9 jolted Tongzhou District in east Beijing minutes after the quake in Sichuan. But there was no report of any serious injuries due to this quake.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, who rushed to the quake region late on Monday evening, described the situation as a "very severe earthquake disaster."
President Hu Jiantao ordered an "all out" effort to aid people in the earthquake region. "I felt dizzy and wondered if my blood pressure level has suddenly shot up. Then I heard shouts and people began heading for the stairs," a retired government official told TOI in Beijing.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Till late on Monday evening, official sources confirmed 7,600 deaths but indicated that the situation was so grim that a lot more people may have lost lives.
The most significant revelation came from the local government in the worst affected Wenchuan County, which said that 80 per cent of the buildings in the County had been destroyed. Wenchuan has a population of 1,11,800.
At least 900 children are feared trapped under a collapsed school building in Dujiangyan County, which is next to Wenchuan.
Details of their fate were still awaited. Dujiangyan, which has a population of 600,000, is believed to be badly affected but there has been very little information about the fate of its residents since Monday evening.
Government agencies involved in relief operations said it was being difficult to rush relief to the affected areas and helicopters have been pressed into service.
This indicated that road communications have been badly affected. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southwest Sichuan Province at 2.28pm on Monday afternoon and it was followed by several aftershocks till 5pm.
Tremors were also felt in the major cities of Beijing and Shanghai resulting in thousands of people rushing out of their houses and office buildings.
Deaths have also been reported from the neighbouring provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Chongqing, and Yunnan, where more than 100 people have died.
Reports suggested that the quake has spared the major city of Chengdu, which is 146 kilometres away and caused no damage to the world's biggest dam, the Three Gorges Dam, which is several hundred kilometres away.
An executive engineer at the government agency managing the dam said there has been no damage due to the earth quake.
Wenchuan, which lies in the southeast part of the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, is home to the Wolong Nature Reserve, China's leading research and breeding base for endangered giant pandas.
Another tremor measuring 3.9 jolted Tongzhou District in east Beijing minutes after the quake in Sichuan. But there was no report of any serious injuries due to this quake.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, who rushed to the quake region late on Monday evening, described the situation as a "very severe earthquake disaster."
President Hu Jiantao ordered an "all out" effort to aid people in the earthquake region. "I felt dizzy and wondered if my blood pressure level has suddenly shot up. Then I heard shouts and people began heading for the stairs," a retired government official told TOI in Beijing.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Apple lines up iPhone Asia deals
Exclusive in-country deals have been part of Apple's iPhone strategy.Apple has signed deals with four mobile phone networks in the Asia-Pacific region, and the firms will offer the iPhone in their respective markets.
SingTel will sell the gadget in Singapore, while Bharti Airtel will introduce it in India.
Globe Telecom has the rights to the iPhone in the Philippines, and Optus will offer it in Australia.
The iPhone was launched in the US and Europe last year. Apple chose a single network provider in each country.
The latest announcement is confirmation that Apple is looking to expand iPhone sales, though no further details have been revealed.
Earlier this year Apple and China Mobile called off talks to launch the handset to Chinese consumers amid speculation that the two firms failed to agree on a revenue sharing deal.
Analysts said that this meant iPhone were unlikely to be released in China anytime soon.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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