Friday, September 25, 2009
A three part series on the life of Mahatma Gandhi will air on BBC 2 from next week.
The one hour programmes will challenge people’s idealised images of the non-violent campaigner and may prove controversial with many of his supporters.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
The Cultural Diversity Network has launched a new ‘mentoring scheme’ starting next year to address racial diversity in the broadcasting industry.
The deadline to apply is next week.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
A month long exhibition starting this week will look to challenge western media’s view of Pakistan “as a rogue nuclear state suffering from conflict, extremism, natural disaster and sporadic martial law”.
Organised by the Museum of Non-Participation, it will offer a newspaper supplement, an exhibition, a film and a diverse programme of film screenings, language classes, readings, a poetry symposium, makeovers, soap-opera script-writing workshops, talks and discussions.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
B4U Network, which airs the B4U and B4U Music television channels are launching a yearly magazine.
The broadcaster told AIM Magazine this week that it would be offered as a ‘yearly edition of B4U in print media’.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Last week the Indian television network Star TV held a day-long event in London called ‘Simply Star’. Here are some pictures from the event.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Questions around the future of London based Club Asia radio continue to swirl the industry, as a buyer is due to be announced.
There is unconfirmed speculation in the Asian media industry, AIM Magazine can reveal, that the recently bankrupted youth station has been bought by its chief rival Sunrise radio.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The actress Archie Punjabi is starring in the American TV series The Good Wife. It will start broadcasting later this month.
The legal drama is being produced by one of the three major US networks – CBS.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
A group of young men who decided in the early 1980’s to try and make an impact. And that too for one night only.
You can follow the lives of: The Sultans of Soul here, exclusively on AIM.
by Ravi Mangat
Writer
This is the last part of the series.
[Earlier chapters: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14, part 15]
“You have got to be kidding?” Ashok protested when he saw the suit he was going to wear. It looked immaculate…but he was not happy. He stared at the back of it and grumbled, “Couldn’t you get a different sponsor…or a smaller print?”
“Hey, it was either this or Raman’s Caravan and Holiday Group”, said Raj. “I couldn’t pay for the suits and the equipment without some sponsorship”.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
The actress Lisa Ray, famous for her role in the film Water, has contracted a rare form of blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma.
She has started writing about her experiences in trying to deal with the cancer while getting treatment in Canada. The 37 year old Toronto-born has starred in several British films.
The rare form of cancer, which destroys blood cells, is treatable but incurable. She revealed that she had privately been fighting the cancer since being diagnosed in June this year.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Black and minority ethnic workers across the media and entertainment sectors are invited to take part in a diversity event at Birmingham’s The Drum.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
We reported last week that Star TV was launching a day long event next month to showcase its programming in the UK
At London’s Old Billingsgate, each Star channel will be brought to life through four dedicated zones – Star One, Star News, Star Gold and Star Plus.
And we have 5 pairs of tickets to give away…
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A group of young men who decided in the early 1980’s to try and make an impact. And that too for one night only.
You can follow the lives of: The Sultans of Soul here, exclusively on AIM.
by Ravi Mangat
Writer
[Earlier chapters: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14]
Ramesh knocked at Jas’ door. It was a few seconds before it was answered by Maria. Maria rolled her eyes at him. “What do you want to hear? She’s not here. She doesn’t want to talk to you. She doesn’t want to see you”.
“Just one minute…please”, pleaded Ramesh.
“She’s not here”.
Ramesh sighed. “Okay, can you tell her that it was Sanjay. He must have set me up and sent the girl round to try and break us up.
Maria contemplated this for a moment. “But Jas doesn’t want Sanjay either”.
“Yeah but he wants her back. It’s the only reasonable explanation”.
“That and the fact you could be lying”.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
One of India’s most critically acclaimed and popular films – Mother India – has been remixed, re-edited and rescored into a 45-minute silent film. (A preview is below)
The work is a project by Kala Phool, an arts and development agency, which has brought in DJ Tigerstyle to reinterpret the score through a unique live performance.
The resulting work, called MI21, is currently on a sell-out tour across the UK.
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