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NBC, Tommy Mottola looking for internet band in the US
MUMBAI: In what could be seen as a take off on US broadcaster Fox’s very successful music based reality show American Idol, rival NBC has announced that its new, exclusively online music competition StarTomorrow is conducting a search for the first Internet superstar band or singing group across the US.
Solo artists, bands, singing groups or duo’s in America who are at least 18 years of age are encouraged to submit auditions to StarTomorrow producers. The top 100 submissions will be invited to audition.
Group members will secure a record deal with the Casablanca label (a division of the Universal Music Group) who will also offer career guidance.
StarTomorrow is expected to debut this July on NBC.com with a search that will ultimately narrow the field down to 100 of America’s best groups and bands that have been screened for entry into the competition. Approximately twenty band auditions will be released each week for the first half of the sixteen week series.
Viewers will then evaluate them and have a week to vote on which groups and bands will move on to the next round. The finalists will then compete in the second half of the series. The format will include covers of pop, rock and country favourites and original material, but as the series goes deeper into the competition, the focus will shift more to original songs.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
