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To put it simply, DesiDabba is our effort to be your one-stop guide into one of the world's most lucrative television market, The Indian Television Industry. So enjoy and bring on the traffic. More about Desi Dabba
Is Thapad Ki Goonj…
Move over politicos, stock markets and temperatures…the queen of the media makes news again!
After another day spent panicking over the state of ‘the common man’ following the antics of our local politico-goons, Mumbai really must be back to normal if the news is any indication. Let’s check out what India TV thinks is big news today.
Rakhi Sawant slaps her boyfriend!!!
This comes on the heels of the very well-covered incident where Rakhi Sawant threw her boyfriend Abhishek Awasti out of their house and cried “BREAK-UP!”. I didn’t catch that on TV since everyone else was hogging the box for such mundane things as rioting, violence on the streets and politicians getting arrested. Fikar not, Rakhi gives me my time’s worth with today’s lunch news though.
Nach Baliye 3 Finale
And there can be no other winner.
So come on you nice people out there, better vote for Jodi No. 3.
(Ah! I am gonna be so dead after receiving this month’s phone bill)
Citizen Journalist, Anyone?
Want to become a citizen journalist? Have a story to tell the nation. Then you better make a note of this –
Reuters – Photographs and videos can be shared on Reuters on pics@reuters.com or upload here. From serious issues to anything sizzling, is good enough for them.
BBC News - Pictures and news (worthy) clips can be sent here, yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Web cam users can directly record and send a video message to BBC editors here. Local or International, if it affects you or someone you know, then it’s good enough for them.
CNN.com – Videos, pictures or even audio tips can be mailed to these guys at ireport@cnn.com. And if you are even loosely familiar with the Indian news circuit then you should be aware that anything and everything is of interest to them.
CNN also has an excellent toolkit for newbies to help them quickly learn few video/photo capturing techniques.
CNN IBN – Now this is one, according to me is the most interesting of the lot. Anything considered good by their standards will be featured as a separate program on CNN IBN. However the only glitch here is that it’s applicable to events and issues related to India. One can either upload the media files on the CNN IBN website or send your news reports via SMS and MMS messages (CJ to 2622).
[Via Digital Inspiration]
Sting Operations Make Me Cringe
To me most Indian news channels are nothing but a business hub with almost every bit of their content influenced by sponsor’s advertisements, money making SMS polls, non-conclusive discussions, invented news at its best and priority towards political affiliations. But what takes the cake in this malicious battle of TRPs, is the so-called revolutionary invention, “Sting Operation”.
Really sting operations make me cringe; especially the ones done by Indian News Channels, all under the pretense of investigative journalism. Right from the very first one I had heard of – you know, the (in) famous, casting couch operation targeting Bollywood personalities. Rajat Sharma and his gang of super dud morons at India TV used cheap tactics in order to stand out in the overly- crowded television industry. Did you know that India TV’s market share jumped from 4-6 per cent to 10 per cent when this particular sting operation was aired.
And now we have this.
New Lifestyle Channel : NDTV Good Times
Good news all you Lifestyle fans!! Now you’ll no longer have to stay glued to Discovery Travel & Living (though I must say, it’s one HECK of a great channel!) but now, you’ll have another channel for all your lifestyle needs!
The King of Good Times, Mr. Vijay Mallya now puts his thumb into the Television pie along with NDTV’s Prannoy Roy and viola! It’s ‘NDTV Good Times’!
