San Francisco: Amazon.com Inc's experiment with original video production took a big step forward as the company posted 14 pilot TV shows on the Internet for free viewing.
Amazon, the world's largest Internet retailer, has been filming pilots in recent months for comedy and kids TV shows such as Alpha House, Betas and Teeny Tiny Dogs.
The company posted them all on the Amazon Instant Video section of its website to get feedback on which shows viewers like best. The pilots can also be watched on Amazon Instant Video apps through other web-connected devices like Roku, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's Wii.
Based on viewers' reactions and reviews, the Amazon Studios production company will decide which projects to make into full TV series to be shown on Prime Instant Video, Amazon's subscription-based online video service....
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10:47 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Mumbai-based pilots of grounded Kingfisher Airlines on Monday served it an ultimatum to clear their dues by January 31 or face another winding-up petition even as the beleagured management on Monday appealed to its Delhi-based engineers not to resort to any legal action. ...
04:42 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Former Kingfisher Airlines pilots have sent a legal notice to the management seeking compensation for mental harassment and salary dues, according to sources. The management has been given a period of 21 days to comply with the notice. ...
11:43 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Kingisher Airlines' planned investment of Rs 650 crore is not enough to restart operations at the grounded Indian carrier, a senior government source said on Friday. ...
11:42 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The government on Thursday formed a panel to suggest measures to cut rising operation costs of Air India after the national carrier was found to have suffered an average net loss of Rs 404 crore a month March-October last year. ...
04:22 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Alleging violation of weekly rest norms for the pilots by the airline, Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICAP) on Wednesday asked Air India CMD Rohit Nandan to take "stringent" action against those responsible for it. ...
03:45 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Pitching for the reinstatement of the 13 sacked Air India pilots, the erstwhile Indian Airlines' pilots body has urged Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to take a lenient view on the issue saying the pilots had been in "distress and facing hardships" for the past six months. "We wish to urge and humbly request you to kindly take a lenient view with regard to the termination of 13 fellow pilots...
04:11 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Yangon: Not treated well by her own military junta, pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday praised Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots for being "professional" and "sweet". "I enjoyed my time in India thoroughly from beginning to end, particularly impressed by the Air Force Pilots who flew me back. They are the kind of professional military men I like to see," said 67-year-old Suu Kyi who was placed under...
04:57 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Mumbai: Having failed to receive their May salary as assured by the Kingfisher management, the airline pilots have now threatened to approach DGCA if they did not meet the commitment by Friday even as the regulator maintained that the issue is out of its purview. "We have written to the airline's chief executive that if our salaries are not paid by Friday we will approach the Director General Civil Aviation...
03:18 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Mumbai: Putting the safety of around 160 passengers at risk, two SpiceJet pilots allegedly got into a verbal fight over who should land first, sources in Mumbai said. The incident had occurred on Wednesday at around 7 pm when the Indore ATC cleared the Delhi-Indore flight of SpiceJet for landing. Around the same time, the airline's flight SG 1053 Hyderabad-Indore was also on the approach but was to land after...
08:18 AM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Revenue Department is working on a comprehensive plan to recover tax dues from debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines (KFA), which owes more than Rs 200 crore to the exchequer, a top Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday. "As a matter of fact both Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) have quantified the amount which Kingfisher owe to the government and we...
03:09 AM, Nov 21, 2012
London: One-in-three airline pilots have fallen asleep at the controls of jetliners carrying hundreds of passengers, a new study has claimed. The research carried out in Austria, Sweden, Germany and Denmark, found that four out of five pilots have to cope with fatigue while in the cockpit. The European Cockpit Association (ECA), which represents pilots, published its chilling findings after surveys carried out by national unions, found that large numbers...
08:29 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya downplayed the crisis that hit the airlines saying it was blown out of proportion. "Kingfisher crisis is blown out of proportion, some companies do well, some don't," Mallya said. Mallya returned to the country after a month-long overseas visit. He was at the Buddh International Circuit Formula 1 track, where the qualifiers for the Indian Grand Prix were taking place. He said that...
12:54 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: The month-long stalemate at Kingfisher Airline ended on Thursday just in time for Chairman Vijay Mallya to make his appearance at the Indian Grand Prix in Greater Noida. The pilots and engineers with the cash-strapped airline will resume work after the management agreed to pay their four-month salary dues. After 25 days of protest, a lockdown and a suspension of license, the airline is limping back towards normalcy....
07:18 AM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the Kingfisher Airlines crisis, all employees have agreed to the management offer to pay them salaries for three months before Diwali. Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Agarwal has said that all employees have agreed to resume work from Thursday itself. The management has promised to pay salaries for March within 24 hours. The rest have to be paid within the next two weeks before Diwali....
03:10 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines pilots have agreed to the management's offer of three months' salary by Diwali, according to sources. This came after the management's meeting with the pilots on Thursday. However, they have demanded that the salaries for March be paid within 24 hours. The rest have to be paid within the next two weeks before Diwali. The Kingfisher Airlines management will also hold talks with engineers on Thursday...
02:16 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai pilots and engineers have rejected Kingfisher Airlines' three-month salary offer, according to sources. However, a majority of Mumbai pilots and engineers have accepted the salary offer. Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh refused to intervene in the Kingfisher Airlines mess. He said Kingfisher is a privately owned company and so the government can't intervene and make the airline pay staff salaries. He also...
03:56 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Mumbai: The ailing Kingfisher Airlines on Monday offered to pay one month salary to its employees in 24 hours during a closed-door meet with the representatives of its pilots' and employees' unions. Sources said that the airline company further offered to pay the second month salary within a week and the salaries for the third month before Diwali. However, the staff members are said to be unhappy with the offer,...
04:13 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh trouble for cash strapped Kingfisher Airlines, at least 15 planes leased to them have been stripped clean, the leasing company sources told CNN-IBN. The 15 aircraft have been stripped of crucial parts at various airports and have been declared not fit to fly. Sources said that inspection of two aircraft in New Delhi found the passenger and cockpit interiors cleaned out. Airport authorities refused to take...
01:00 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines stock fell nearly 5 per cent on Monday to touch the lower circuit limit after its flying licence was suspended by the DGCA late last week. The scrip of the financially-troubled company was down 4.8 per cent and hit the lower circuit limit of Rs 10.90 soon after the opening trade on the BSE. Similar was the trend at the NSE, where the stock plunged 4.82 per...
10:49 AM, Oct 22, 2012
