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With the NDTV Imagine’s

Message Presence
of Joy
JOY Christian Television
in the US
Network, a new Christian HINDI general
lifestyle channel from entertainment
celebrity chef/author channel NDTV
Rone de Beauvoir, will be Imagine is now
launched in United available for US
States, Africa, Europe audiences through
and the Middle East. The international satellite television provider DISH
format of the 24 hour Network. The channel is already available in the
free-to-air channel is UK, Middle East and the North African region. Tharun Rai, vice president,
distribution, NDTV Imagine, said, “We are glad to partner with Dish
Networks to serve Imagine’s entire range of programming to Hindi
speaking South Asians living in the United States.” NDTV Imagine is
available as a part of a special Hindi mega pack of Dish Network.

Ten
designed to reach Sports
audiences on TV, radio,
the Internet, mobile
phones, and hand held
Acquired
computers. The channel
will broadcast via
SA Rights
satellite on Galaxy 25 in
North America and
Eurobird 9 in Europe, TEN SPORTS has
Africa and Middle East. acquired the three-
The official broadcast year broadcast rights
launch of Joy Christian for international
Television will be on cricket in South Africa.
March 29, 2009 in Dubai-based Ta j
countries all over the Television, which runs
world, in English, French Ten Sports, emerged
and Hebrew. as the highest bidder
while ESPN Star

Star Signed Digital Distribution Sports’ bid was the

second highest. The
Deals in Vietnam agreement includes
India’s three test
series, five ODIs and
NEWS CORP’S Asian arm Star has inked
one twenty20
distribution deals with Vietnam’s IPTV
international in South
platform iTV and the DTH platform VTC.
Africa during 2010-
As per the agreement, Star Movies, Star
2011. Apart from South
World and Channel [V] International will
Africa, Ten Sports has
be available on iTV while Star Movies will
the telecast rights for
also be available on VTC. Star’s eight
crickets in Pakistan, Sri
channels - Star Movies, Star World, Channel [V] International, Star Plus,
Lanka, West Indies and
Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Infonews, Star Sports and ESPN – are
Zimbabwe.
currently available in Vietnam through deals with four cable operators
including VCTV, Nacencomm, SCTV and HTV Choice Centre.

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