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  • Bindass to launch 'Fear Less' on 7 July

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jul 02, 2012
    indiantelevision.com Team

    Mumbai: Youth entertainment channel Bindass is launching its latest show - ?Fear Less? ? on 7 July. The show will air every Saturday at 7 pm and will also be available on web and mobile platforms.

    Fear Less is is designed to make one conquer his fear and do so in a fun manner with the help of friends.

    Powered by Woodland, it is in sync with the brand?s new proposition of encouraging the youth to restless, do more and act now.

    The show will be hosted by Varun Mitra, who will guide the participants through their journey to overcome their long held fears motivating and encouraging them at every step.

    UTV Media Networks executive director - youth channels Nikhil Gandhi said, "Fear Less is the latest offering from Bindass that empowers the youth to Rest Less and live more. You will get to see people overcoming different types of fears and phobias with the help of their friends. The show celebrates friendship and will have exciting tasks that?ll keep you on the edge of your seats."

    Every episode of Fear Less will have a group of friends help that one friend in the group face his/her fear. The episode would start with the back story, profiling of the friends, the actual fear and then a solution comprising of different levels of interesting and fun tasks which will ultimately help the person?s deal with their fears in a more effective manner with confidence. It is during this journey of battling friend?s fears that friendships will rediscover themselves and set sail through a journey of joy and sorrows. Eventually the aim is to forge stronger friendships and help you get over your fear, the channel said.

    Woodland Worldwide MD Harkirat Singh said, "Woodland as a brand is synonymous with being FEAR LESS. However, we always wished to power a show with an innovative concept of overcoming your fears with your friends. Basis our strong and long-term relationship with bindass, we are happy to be associated with this show."

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  • MTV to air ?Sound Trippin? on 14 April at 8.30 pm

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 10, 2012
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: MTV India is continuing its experiment with music. After Coke Studio and MTV Unplugged, the channel is now gearing up to launch a one of its kind show, wherein the music will be created from the sounds from everyday life.

    The show, Sound Trippin, will premiere on 14 April at 8.30 pm band. This is for the first time that MTV is launching a show at this time band.

    The show is in partnership with unconventional music director, Sneha Khanwalkar. An original home grown format, conceptualised and owned by MTV, Sound Trippin will showcase Khanwalkar?s talent to capture sounds at every place she visits and the idiosyncrasies in the culture and music of that place.

    MTV India EVP and business head Aditya Swamy said, ?Music experiments excite us at MTV. This time it is about exploring a new way of making music. We live in urban jungle and in this show we will capture all the noise to create music. The 10 episodic series will making of 10 original songs.?

    The channel has roped in Intel as the title sponsor while Woodland and Tata Docomo has joined as associate sponsors.

    Khanwalkar, who is best known for her score in films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! and Love Sex aur Dhoka, is born and brought up in Indore and trained in Hindustani classical music. She travelled through the rural parts of North India to pick and learn various musical tunes to combine and create musical magic for the movie. Sneha has an inquisitive approach towards making music.

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