Portland: Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five-minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows. "Guys, I'm sorry," he said on NBC's show 'Today'. "That wasn't my intention." The Portland-area thespian's creative proposal last week to girlfriend Amy Frankel featured about 60 people dancing on a small street near his parents' home. Video of the performance has gone viral, notching more than 6...
06:25 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: CNN-IBN was the most watched English news channel across the country on the Union Budget Day, while CNBC TV18 and CNBC Awaaz were the undisputed leaders in the business channel category. The in-depth coverage was led by the CNN-IBN's Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai. The discussion throughout the day was joined by an esteemed panel consisting of political and economic experts. TAM rating: TV Ratings agency TAM has declared viewership...
09:04 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Chicago: An American television station that sparked an outrage among the Hindus by using the term 'weird' to describe their deities in a sports commentary, has removed "objectionable" content from its website after protests from the community. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up...
08:38 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Chicago: An American television station in Chicago has offended the Hindu community after a sports commentary on its website used the term 'weird' to describe their deities. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website on Wednesday titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up space like some weird Hindu god'. Nevada-based Hindu...
02:01 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: India has strongly objected to popular US television host Jay Leno's Golden Temple remarks. But the US government has defended him saying he has the right to free speech. The Indian government has complained about Jay Leno to his employer, the NBC network, and to the US government. The government was reacting to online protests by Sikh groups over Leno's joke describing the Golden Temple as politician Mitt...
08:35 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: India has strongly objected to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it quite unfortunate. India said that Leno's comments had offended Sikh sentiments. Robert Blake, the US diplomat handling South Asia affairs, was also summoned by India. Leno, the host of the popular 'The Tonight Show' on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the Sikh shrine on...
01:09 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: TV18 has bagged five trophies at the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Awards for excellence in Journalism, with three of them for CNN-IBN. It was a proud evening for Network18 at the fifth Ramnath Goenka awards for excellence in journalism, an award that recognizes standout performances in print and television journalism. In the true spirit of 'whatever it takes' was CNN-IBN's Preeti Singh who went deep inside the flood affected...
09:53 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Mumbai: Candidates, who cleared the CAT this year, would want to know which is the best B-School in India to apply to. CNBC-TV18 is out with its annual B-School rankings study. IIM Ahmedabad has again topped the list of CNBC-TV18's annual B-school rankings, but IIM-Bangalore is close on the heels. The fourth edition of the CNBC-TV18's 'India's Best B-Schools 2012' ranking covered 145 B-Schools and 235 recruiters, making it one...
07:47 AM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: IIM-Ahmedabad has again topped the list of CNBC-TV18's annual B-school rankings, but IIM-Bangalore is close on the heels. The 4th edition of the annual ranking study, 'India's Best B-Schools 2012' covers 145 B-Schools, 235 recruiters and 217 faculty members, across a dual methodology, making it one of India's leading and most comprehensive rankings for management education. IIM Ahmedabad led the rankings and continues to be the benchmark for...
08:02 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Mumbai: In a pioneering move, CNBC-TV18, India's No 1 business news channel, has launched a new premium business news service, 'CNBC-TV18 Prime HD', focused on the needs of India's rapidly expanding investor and financial services community. Available in addition to the existing CNBC-TV18 channel, 'CNBC-TV18 PRIME HD' will be broadcast on India's leading DTH platforms in HD quality, in effect making CNBC-TV18 the first business news channel to foray into...
09:24 AM, Nov 14, 2011
Mumbai: In a pioneering move, CNBC-TV18, India's No. 1 business news channel, will be launching a new premium business news service, 'CNBC-TV18 Prime HD', focused on the needs of India's rapidly expanding investor and financial services community. To be available in addition to the existing CNBC-TV18 channel, 'CNBC-TV18 PRIME HD' will be broadcast on India's leading DTH platforms in HD quality, in effect making CNBC-TV18 the first business news channel...
10:50 AM, Oct 25, 2011
London: Rapper Snoop Dogg will star as the father in a family sitcom for NBC, which he has developed with producer Don Reo. This is not the first time he is venturing into acting. The 39-year-old has earlier worked in a sketch show 'Doggy Fizzle Televizzle' for MTV, and appeared in reality show 'Snoop Dogg's Father Hood' for E!. Snoop is also planning to launch a TV talent show to...
01:36 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: CNN-IBN on Sunday won the Best English News Channel award at the Indian Television Academy Awards 2011. This is CNN-IBN's fifth award in six years. Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai won the Best News Anchor Award and '30 Minutes' won the best documentary for its episode Sampa's Diary which captured a wife's distress as her sailor husband was held captive by pirates. 'Secret Kitchen' also won the Best Cookery Show...
09:41 PM, Sep 25, 2011
New York: A hacker broke into the Twitter account of NBC News and sent out a handful of false tweets about a suspected hijacking and a plane attack at ground zero just days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Staffers noticed the false tweets at around 6 pm Eastern time on Friday, contacted Twitter and soon after had the account suspended. Host Brian Williams then read a statement on air...
11:40 AM, Sep 10, 2011
Improve our roads, improve our colleges, feed our masses, provide better health services. These are voices of the aam aadmi " the man on the street. Can innovation help to address their concerns? Can we actually find solutions to our own problems by using new ways and new methods? We spoke to Sam Pitroda, the Head of the National Innovation Council on these issues, and this is what he had...
02:30 PM, Aug 11, 2011
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