ESPN bags Asian satellite rights for Formula One championships
ESPN Star Sports has acquired the Asian (including for India) cable and satellite rights to the FIA Formula One World Championships for 2001-2005. the five-year deal represents the continuation of the successful partnership between ESPN Star Sports and Formula One that has seen viewership grow by nearly 10 per cent in the space of a single year (1999-2000). Mr Rik Dovey, ESPN Star Sports Managing Director, says: ``F-1 knows we have the best distribution of any sports networks in Asia and they appreciate the value we bring to their product through our superior production, expert commentary and pre and post-race support programming.'' Formula One will be broadcast live on Star Sports Asia and Star Sports India each fortnight.Get rail information on mobile, courtesy Spice Telecom
Spice Telecom, cellular service provider in Kolkata has introduced a mobile accessible railway information service - Railinfo. Launched in association with Eastern Railway, Railinfo will attempt to offer updated information on the arrival and departure of trains from the Howrah and Sealdah stations as well as information on availability of confirmed tickets.
JDM to host the CRN Channel Awards 2001
Computer Reseller News (CRN), India's No. 1 IT channels magazine, announced that it would be hosting The CRN Channel Awards in India to recognise and reward the efforts of the resellers, value-added reseller and sub-distributors. The CRN Channel Awards, is first of its kind award that will prove to be the definitive index of performance for resellers, system integrators and sub-distributors. About 900 of the country's top sub-distributors, resellers and value-added resellers (VARs) will participate in this fist of a kind event, which is to be heldin Mumbai on March 16, 2001.
Version 1.5 of intelligent platform management interface available
Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, NEC Corporation and Dell Computer Corporation announced availability of version 1.5 of Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. IPMI defines common interfaces to "intelligent" hardware used to monitor a server's physical health characteristics, such as temperature, voltage, fans, power supplies and chassis. These capabilities provide information that enables system management, recovery and asset tracking, which help drive down the total cost of ownership (TCO).
Top honours for Lintas at Triple
A Awards The Advertising Agencies Association of India held its 6th Annual Awards function at Mumbai on March 2. Lowe Lintas, India topped the honour list, bagging 7 awards. The Campaign of the Year, the most prestigious Triple A Award, was bagged by Lowe Lintas for its innovative, highly memorable, campaign for Indya.com.
Aptech, GlobalCommerce ink MoU to provide PK1 Solutions to the Asian marketplace
Aptech Limited and GlobalCommerce have signed a comprehensive MoU that covers providing solutions to financial institutions in Indian and Asia-Pacific regions using the GlobalCommerce products and technologies such as TradeServer and CERTH. The MoU also covers broad range of professional services and product development services from Aptech software development centres in India.
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