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MTV Asia Awards to be hosted by Vanness Wu
MUMBAI: It is surely going to be hot this Valentine’s Day at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Reason, the 2004 MTV Asia Awards are being hosted there by Taiwan superstar band F4’s Vanness Wu alongside internationally renowned Michelle Branch.
The award ceremony boasts of attendence from several Asian artiste include Han Hong and Sun Nan (China), Iwan Fals, Mocca and Audy (Indonesia), BoA (Korea), Too Phat, Siti Sarah, Misha Omar and Siti Nurhaliza (Malaysia), Rivermaya (Philippines), Tanya Chua (Singapore), Armchair, Blackhead, “Bird” Thongchai McIntyre, Boyd Kosiyabong, Parn-Thanaporn and Tata Young (Thailand).
The acts for the event include 5566, Black Eyed Peas, Blue, Gareth Gates, Liberty X, Simple Plan and Stacie Orrico, says a company release.
MTV has extended the voting period to allow viewers in Asia more time to cast their votes for their favourite artists in various categories. Viewers can cast their votes till 31 January 2004 through various channels including voting on the MTV Asia Awards website, sending sms or via mail to a PO Box address. In India, Indonesia and Thailand, viewers can also pick up a MTV Asia Awards postcard and mail back to Singapore for vote collation, says the release.
International and local brands like HP, Philips and Toyota Motor Corporation are the official partner sponsors, while Club Med is on board as the associate sponsor for the Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand markets.
McDonald’s and Mentari are local sponsors in Indonesia, Wall’s Cornetto in Malaysia, Addict Mobile and SMG Play as local sponsors in the Philippines and StarHub is a local sponsor in Singapore.
Singapore Tourism Board (STB), which has been MTV Asia Awards since the augural event in 2002, will continue to support the award show.
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
