| West is West'
released on DVD & Blu-Ray on 20th June 2011 |
 Get
ready for the laugh-out-loud journey of a
lifetime as the Khan family return in the
sequel to the internationally acclaimed 'East
is East'. Ten years after the multi-award
winning first installment, 'West is West'
follows the Khan family as they take on a
mammoth journey from Salford to rural Pakistan.
'West is West' is out on DVD and Blu-ray on
20th June 2011.
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| Cultural
Diversity Network launches Senior Mentoring
Scheme for 2011 |
 The
Cultural Diversity Network will launch this
year’s Senior Mentoring Scheme at the
BBC Academy on Monday, 16th May, pairing up
thirty-two Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
and disabled applicants working in television
with senior figures from the BBC, ITV, Channel
4, SKY and across the industry.
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| BBC
Asian Network reprieved |
 BBC
Asian Network, one of two BBC digital radio
channels facing the axe last year, has won
a last minute reprieve after more than 100
high profile British Asians, including actress
Meera Syal and boxer Amir Khan signed a letter
opposing the station’s demise. Ironically,
the station has been attracting more listeners
since its closure was announced.
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| TV
helping promote entrepreneurship as a career |
 Rising
coverage of entrepreneurs in the media is
helping to persuade more people to consider
a career as their own boss, new research published
today, 14th March 2011 by the Department for
Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) shows.
The report indicates that one in five non-entrepreneurs
were motivated to start their own business
having watched programmes such as Dragon’s
Den, The Apprentice and The Secret Millionaire.
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| Karen
David at the BAFTA Children's Awards |
 Actress
and singer Karen David last night lit up the
red carpet at the EA British Academy Children’s
Awards, as she stepped out in a glorious Alberta
Ferretti one shoulder silk gown with embroidered
bust. Karen joined a host of celebrities including
X-Factor heart-throb Aiden Grimshaw, Strictly
star Matt Baker and Actors David Harewood
and Will Johnson at the London Hilton, Park
Lane to present the BAFTA for Best Children’s
Animation.
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| Archie
Panjabi wins Emmy Award |
 British
Asian actresses, Archie Panjabi, won the Emmy
Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for
her role in TV drama 'The Good Wife'. Panjabi,
who found fame in British hit films 'East
is East' and 'Bend It Like Beckham', won for
her role as a law firm's in-house private
investigator in the show. The 38-year-old
triumphed over fellow 'The Good Wife' actress
Christine Baranski & 'Mad Men's' Elisabeth
Moss.
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| Anil
Ambani’s Reliance Group should buy British
television channel ITV |
 Indian
business mogul Anil Ambani's company Reliance
should buy British television channel ITV.
This would fulfill Ambani’s dream to be a
global media baron and deliver Indians in
Britain the “presence” they have long craved.
The fact that Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV has
been forced by UK regulator Ofcom to divest
part of its 17.9% in ITV leaves the field
clear for Reliance.
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| Why
the BBC is right to close Asian Network |
| In
a post that is likely to 'lose me friends
and alienate people'*, I agree that the BBC
should close its digital radio station BBC
Asian Network. The station has been losing
listeners and has cost far too much. The Asian
market is already well served with a commercial
radio and TV stations and print & online
media publishers will also be relieved when
the BBC no longer distorts markets.
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| Iconic
Indian Ads: Can India's Ad Industry take on
the world? |
 India's
entertainment industry is likely to create
global opportunities for more than films,
video games and TV shows. Its advertising
industry, drawing upon the iconography of
Bollywood, is also set to take on the world.
The move was brought to light this week when
a twitter trend on the subject became the
2nd most popular topic on the site.
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| SKY
REVEALS THE REAL KING AND QUEEN OF BOLLYWOOD |
 New
research by Sky Digital revealed that 'Sholay'
is the UK's greatest Indian movie of all time
with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol voted King and
Queen of the Bollywood screen. The research
uncovered some of the key attitudes of the
UK's one million strong Indian community to
the Hindi film industry. It showed that 76%
of the UK's Indian community have watched
Bollywood films.
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| MAHABHARAT
- DVD BOX SET, OUT NOW |
 This
15-hour digitally re-mastered, abridged version
of 'Mahabharat', the epic Indian television
series (which originally ran for over 60 hours),
is available in a five-disc digi-pack that
includes an eight-page booklet containing
a glossary of the many characters and an overview
by Professor Fitzgerald of the University
of Tennessee. The series originally aired
in the UK on BBC TV from 1991-1993 and proved
a major hit with audiences.
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