News Broadcasting
Disney junior’s “jake and the never land pirates” inspire fun, new product lines
MUMBAL: Disney Consumer Products (DCP) India has launched an assortment of products inspired by Disney Junior’s popular series’ “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” with Mattel. This has been an extremely popular show on the channel and its growing popularity has generated strong consumer demand for merchandise lines that allow fans to take home their favorite characters.
The product lines are filled with creativity, to inspire hours of imaginative play based on popular play patterns with preschool-aged kids. Available across Hamleys and Landmark at a starting price of INR 499, the range includes colorful play sets, sword, guitar, action figures, books and more.
Product highlights include:
Jake’s Musical Pirate Ship Bucky (MRP 4999): Designed after Bucky, Jake’s ship featured in the series, this swashbuckling pirate ship rocks and rolls when pushed along a surface, with Skully smartly perched on the lookout. Kids can join Jake and his crew to live a pirate’s life through multiple pirate-themed phrases and songs. To really bring the adventure home, kids can fire water out of the cannon or stage a surprise croc attack.
Jake’s Talking Figure (MRP 2299): Ahoy! Take Jake along on your next pirate adventure with the Mattel Yo Ho Let’s Go! Jake Talking Figure. This fully poseable talking figure is interactive; press his belt to hear more than 20 pirate sounds and phrases. Also comes with a removable Jake’s sword from the show.
Action Adventure Figure Pack (MRP 499): Your favorite Jake and the Never land Pirates characters come to life in this Action Adventure Figure Pack. Each figure has a cool edgy styling with action poses for each character.
Jake’s Magical Sword (MRP 1799): Get ready to save the treasure from Hook and Smee as you pretend to be Jake with your very own Jake and the Never Land Pirates Magical Sword! Press the button on the handle to hear your pal Jake talk to you and play cool pirate sound effects and watch a magical image of skull and crossbones light up! The faux wooden-textured sword features an image of Jake on the blade.
Pirate Rock Guitar (MRP 1999): This guitar takes Pirate Rock to a whole new level! Put this guitar in your hands and strum the string toggle button to hear Pirate Rock melodies. Lift the whammy bar to bend the tunes! Slide the cross bones up and down the neck to change the tone of the melody. When you strum, move the slider or jam that whammy arm the eyes at the head of the guitar illuminate.
Story books and activity books by Parragon (MRP 250 to 295): Get lost in the magical world with Jake and Never Land Pirates storybooks. Fans can also play games and solve puzzles through the activity books.
Kids and families can catch their favourite series, Jake and the Never Land Pirates on Disney Junior from Monday to Friday at 1 p.m. and on Disney Channel from Monday to Thursday at 8.30 a.m.
News Broadcasting
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.
