Mar 30, 2011
Clarke named as Australia captain
Michael Clarke is named as Australia's new Test and one-day captain following Ricky Ponting's decision to stand down.
Gyan strikes late to hold England
Asamoah Gyan scores an injury-time leveller to earn Ghana a 1-1 draw against England at Wembley, cancelling out Andy Carroll's first international goal.
Dhoni focused on beating Pakistan
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants India to ignore the hype surrounding Wednesday's World Cup encounter with Pakistan and concentrate on securing a place in the final.
Vettori considers one-day future
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori announces his retirement from Twenty20 internationals and is considering his future in one-day internationals.
Northern Ireland 0-0 Slovenia
Northern Ireland drop two vital points in a goalless Euro 2012 qualifier at home to Slovenia.
Rep of Ireland 2-3 Uruguay
World Cup semi-finalists Uruguay beat a battling Republic of Ireland side in an entertaining friendly in Dublin.
Fish ends Del Potro run in Miami
Mardy Fish moves closer to overhauling Andy Roddick as the leading American with victory over Juan Martin del Potro at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Sri Lanka edge NZ to reach final
Sri Lanka reach the World Cup final after holding their nerve to beat a spirited New Zealand by five wickets.
Murray parts with coach Corretja
Andy Murray and his coaching consultant Alex Corretja have mutually agreed to part company.
Season delay a bonus - Button
McLaren driver Jenson Button believes the delayed start to the 2011 allowed his team to make hugely important changes to their struggling car.
England rugby star Foden arrested
England rugby player Ben Foden is arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in central London.
Pedrosa rides despite injury blow
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa will race at Sunday's Jerez MotoGP despite finding out he is suffering from damaged nerves in his arm.
Arsenal identify banana thrower
A German teenage tourist admits throwing a banana at Brazil star Neymar at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Arsenal football club confirm.
Final turf laid at 2012 Stadium
Construction work on London's Olympic Stadium finishes as the last piece of turf is laid, although the venue's track is yet to be installed.
Lee ousts Williams in China Open
Defending champion Mark Williams suffers a shock first-round defeat at the China Open, losing 5-4 to Stephen Lee.
Ultraviolet is set to revolutionize the face of digital rights management
India has over 500 TV channels and churns out over a 1000 films a year, with that being said, how can content providers ensure consumer satisfaction through various platforms? The answer could well be with Ultraviolet a brand new format, set to revolutionize the face of digital rights management (DRM). Once purchased legally, UV will be available up to a staggering 12 devices. The Ultraviolet session at FICCI was moderated by Neeraj Roy - Founder and CEO of Hungama - which focused upon ownership of content, instead of devices that would be compatible with the new format. Although in its early stages, Ultraviolet has taken three years in the making, presently there are seventy partners on board this pact. Some of the partners include companies like Adobe, Akamai, Fox, Lionsgate, Nokia, and Warner Brothers amongst others. However, Apple and Disney have opted out of the pact. Mitch Singer, CTO of Sony Filmed Entertainment educated the audience about how this new file format will redefine how consumers collect their films and their TV shows. Mitch stated the concept in collecting again. Younger consumers only want to download but studios expect consumers to buy content for different devices. He also pointed out that this new format can be streamed almost anywhere, it can be transferred to any physical and DRM systems. Gary Mittelstaedt from Intel Corporation spoke on how we need to define the roles and get other players in the market to join the bandwagon. Nidhish Parikh from Nokia said that along with the shipments of the device the consumer gets to sign up at a nominal incremental fee for which the users will have the ability to bundle their collections. The Ultraviolet alliance is planning to launch in the second quarter this year in US and Canada. The alliance is looking at launching this in India by 2012-2013.
Subhash Ghai to give cine-goers chance to watch 2 of his movies by paying for 1
Subhash Ghai has come up with an innovative way to promote two forthcoming ventures of his namely Love Express and Cycle Kick. The 'Showman of Bollywood' will be releasing both the above mentioned films on the same day in May but in a never before tried approach, will give the viewers a chance to see both movie by buying just one ticket. Says Ghai, "Why should we charge heavy price of a ticket like Rs. 200 or more at multiplexes to see our small budget movie made by new talent or by independent / art cinema maker? I have decided to release our two movies Love Express and Cycle Kick in the month of May through our banner Mukta Searchlight Films. By paying for just one ticket, cine-goers will get a chance to watch both these films. This is a win-win situation for the producer, distributor and exhibitor. I have got a very good response already from various multiplexes who are excited about this innovative idea." Love Express features new actors from Ghai's film academy Whistling Woods International and talks about a Punjabi family wedding against the backdrop of a train journey while Cycle Kick is an independent film directed by Shashi Sadigal, who was an associate director on Iqbal. The film deals with a cycle, football and two friends in a remote village.
Raj Kaushal questioned by cops for Sea link tweet
Though Bollywood has been using social networking sites like twitter for publicity, it is getting clearer that their irresponsible can also land them in trouble. Recently, Bipasha Basu was under fire for tweeting a picture of young girls tying her shoe laces and now, its Mandira Bedi's husband and filmmaker Raj Kaushal, who is facing the heat due to his tweet about the Bandra-Worli sea link. Apparently, few days back, Raj tweeted, "Please avoid the Bandra Worli sea link, three supporting cables have just collapsed. Worli sea face jammed. Please RT", the tweet caused quite a panic with people steering clear from the sea link. The latest is that Raj is being grilled by the cyber cell at BKC regarding the tweet. Raj Kaushal however says that the tweets didn't originate from him and in fact they were just re-tweeted by him. The 5.6 km Sea Link was opened in June 2009 and was built at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore. Over 35,000 vehicles use it every day. The police are currently investigating the matter.Agent Vinod's climax currently being shot in Delhi
Saif Ali Khan is busy shooting for the climax of his home-production Agent Vinod in Delhi. The espionage flick, directed by Sriram Raghavan, stars Saif's lady-love Kareena Kapoor as the female lead. Touted to be a big budget shoot with a mind blowing climax that promises to have audiences at the edge of their seats, the team of Agent Vinod is already creating a lot of hype in the city. Says a source "The city is abuzz with news that the cast and crew of Agent Vinod are shooting here - the set up is larger than life and seems to have everyone excited." One of the biggest action directors has been roped in to design and execute the action scenes.
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