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Zee UK completes makeover

Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 03, 2001

After the the relaunch of Zee TV in India, there has been a complete makeover of Zee UK as well.
Zee UK took on its new avatar from 1 October. Although its FPC has all the new Zee shows running in India there are some shows which are specific to Zee UK.

Among these is a new interview based show Encounter that goes on air from the 7 October airing on Sundays and a woman‘s show entitled Sangini that begins airing from 17 October Wednesdays & Fridays.

Net4India announces registration of .INFO domain names for Rs 650

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Net4India, India‘s leading and the single largest domain name registration company in South Asia, today announced that their customers can now own a dot INFO domain name. .INFO is the first top level domain after .COM, .NET and .ORG in over a decade and will allow classification of information on the the web.
INFO is poised to change the way information will be categorised and will allow companies and individuals to classify information further. It will also give an opportunity for corporates to book domains which may not have been available with a .com, .net or .org extension and use it to build their online presence. .INFO is available to corporates and individual‘s on a "first come first serve" basis.The other six high-level domains announced are .biz, .name, .co-op, .pro, .museum and .aero.

Speaking on the occasion Jasjit Sawhney, CEO Net4India said: "Dot INFO is truly an opportunity to reach the world wide audience for the next phase of Internet‘s evolution. It will help in bringing an element of classification on the Internet making it easier for customers to access information. We expect that out of the two lakh domian names booked this year 15 per cent will be .INFO."

Worldwide the anticipated demand for domain names is expected to reach over 40 million by the end of 2001, with sustained growth expected for 2-3 years.

CableLabs certifies two DOCSIS* 1.1 modems and qualifies
two CMTS

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In what is seen as an industry first, the US cable industry on 27 September awarded certification status to DOCSIS* 1.1 cable modems, adding to the industry‘s family of interoperable high-speed devices. The advancements that come with DOCSIS 1.1 are tactically and strategically critical to cable providers.
Two companies, Texas Instruments and Toshiba, achieved certification status from CableLabs - a research and development consortium of cable television system operators representing North and South America - for modems that comply with specifications for DOCSIS 1.1, a company release states.

Two companies, Arris and Cadant, gained qualification status for their DOCSIS 1.1 cable modem termination systems (CMTS). DOCSIS stands for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification.

The 1.1 modems are compatible with existing DOCSIS 1.0 equipment and will be compatible with modems that will be certified under future versions of DOCSIS, such as the recently announced DOCSIS 2.0.

Strategically, DOCSIS 1.1 opens a technological doorway to augmented revenue streams for cable providers. It does so by enabling the existence of high-speed Internet service tiers, via techniques known as data fragmentation and quality of service (QoS). Those two techniques allow cable providers to deliver high-speed Internet services simultaneously over the same plant - and in a path parallel to - core video services.

Equipment built to comply with the DOCSIS 1.1 specification becomes the foundation for expanding the list of advanced cable services offered by cable providers. Overall, DOCSIS 1.1 enables cable operators to deliver twice the level of functionality while reducing operating costs by half, the release states.

In the same announcement, CableLabs, announced it had bestowed certification stations on 29 DOCSIS 1.0 modems. This includes units from Accton, Ambit, Askey, Asustek, CastleNet, Correlant, Ericsson, High Speed Surfing, LG Innotek, Lynksys, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung Electronics, Scientific Atlanta, SMC Networks, Terayon, Thompson, Toshiba, Turbocomm, and Zoom. One new 1.0 CMTS, manufactured by Motorola, was qualified as well.

To date, 178 DOCSIS 1.0 modems have received certification status and 24 CMTS have been qualified by CableLabs. New silicon from two additional sources, Correlant and Terayon, were included in modems certified in this wave.

'Super Selector' sets world record as 100,000 sign on

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ESPN Star Sports Super Selector, the interactive game show launched on September 21, has set a world record for the number of entries received for any similar on-line game, available data indicates. The total number of teams registered on-line by the cricket fans in just nine days for the October game are over 100,000.
With this, Super Selector has also set the ‘World Record‘ for the fastest "sign-up" rate for any similar on-line game in the world, a company release says. Overall 102,467 cricket fans registered their teams on-line with maximum entries across India coming from west India (31,147) followed by south India (29,680), north India (20,125), and central India (4,117). It has also received 7,121 international entries. The total page views for the Super Selector page on the website www.espnstar.com total 1.44 million!

Manu Sawhney, managing director of ESPN Software India Ltd. said: "We are overwhelmed by the phenomenal consumer response to the ESPN STAR Sports Super Selector. We always believed that Super Selector was a winning concept. The India cricket season begins on October 5 with the India tour of South Africa, and we only expect the participation number to grow exponentially."

"By setting a world record in just nine days of registration, it proves beyond doubt that Super Selector is the perfect platform for millions of cricket fans to extend their involvement and enhance the enjoyment of the game much beyond the live coverage of international cricket," he said.

Super Selector is sponsored by Peter England, Suzuki Fiero and Kingfisher.