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Yahoo! Movies expands coverage of Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES: Yahoo! Movies which claims to be the Number one movie site on the Web has announced the launch of its comprehensive coverage of the 2003 Academy Awards (http://movies.yahoo.com/oscars).
Yahoo! Movies brings fans complete coverage of the biggest awards show of the year. In India the show airs live on 24 March on Star Movies the day after the world cup gets over.
Yahoo!’s coverage will include up-to-the-minute news updates, Red Carpet celebrity photo galleries and several awards-related games including the fourth annual Awards Challenge, which provides Yahoo! users with the tools to create their own Oscar pool with friends and family.
Yahoo! Movies will countdown to the big night with extensive photo galleries of past ceremonies and in-depth information on every movie and nominee category, including select trailers and video clips from nominated films. Fans that have not caught all of the performances up for awards can also get in the know on Yahoo! Movies with biographies, photos, video clips and reviews on every nominee.
On Oscar night, movie fans can stay tuned to Yahoo! Movies for real-time coverage of Red Carpet arrivals, updates on the winners in each category, Awards Challenge results and photos from the biggest post-awards parties.
The musical Chicago leads the Oscar pack with 13 nominations followed by Martin Scorceces Gangs of New York with 10 nominations.
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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.
