Friday, September 28, 2007
God Bless Those Good Souls...
If we look around and notice, there is a lot of good in this world. Some are good some of the times, other are good all of the times. Some are good in their work while some think they are too good for some people. But when we notice good, there is always one who stand out; the good people. They are good in nature and good in conduct. They make this world a good place to live. God bless those good souls.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Shopping...
Oh! what joy shopping brings. We all shop; boys shop, girls shop. Everybody has to shop for something in their lives. The interesting thing is that shopping not always happens in a market or a shop. It happens online and off the market, and there is always a thrill of shoplifting. This happens everyday. Someone goes to shop for something; some finds their things but it might be too expensive while some find real good bargains but there are always a few who love to shoplift.
This is just how things happens around us or maybe I am talking too much...
This is just how things happens around us or maybe I am talking too much...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Contorversy behind the Pakistan Idol
"Sindh High Court on Friday restrained a local TV channel from airing the “Pakistan Idol” programme in a Rs.50 million lawsuit filed by M/s Independent Media for injunction on its franchise right.
The plaintiff submitted that it has acquired franchise right to air the localized version of the programme “Pakistan Idol” from its owner Fremantle Media for broadcast in Pakistan.
The plaintiff’s counsel Mohammad Ali Mazhar contended that his client has invested millions of rupees to acquire the right to air this programme, which is also being aired in 43 other countries, but the defendant encroached such mark and idea which was actually the plaintiff’s right.
The counsel expressed the fear that the defendant (Fortune Marketing) was trying to infringe such rights and it appeared that it may first air the program on August 13. He sought interim injunction restraining the defendant from telecasting the program in question.
SHC’s single bench granted interim injunction restraining the defendant from telecasting the program till next date of hearing."
- The News, August 13th 2007
This explains why there is no Pakistan Idol on DinTV anymore. It is the first time when there is a fight over rights airing a show in Pakistan. GEO TV owns the right to air "American Idol" in Pakistan but it is not yet confirmed if it really owns the rights to Pakistani Idol. I tried to find a contact from the parent company, FremantleMedia but they do not have an email address on their website. Din version of Pakistan Idol is very sloppy. The judges are rarely known celebrities and they do not have that Idol ambiance.
There can be an ideal judgement for this case, GEO TV gets the primary airing rights where as DIN repeats the program on its network. I hope Pakistan Idol makes a successful series as Survivor was a total burnout.
The plaintiff submitted that it has acquired franchise right to air the localized version of the programme “Pakistan Idol” from its owner Fremantle Media for broadcast in Pakistan.
The plaintiff’s counsel Mohammad Ali Mazhar contended that his client has invested millions of rupees to acquire the right to air this programme, which is also being aired in 43 other countries, but the defendant encroached such mark and idea which was actually the plaintiff’s right.
The counsel expressed the fear that the defendant (Fortune Marketing) was trying to infringe such rights and it appeared that it may first air the program on August 13. He sought interim injunction restraining the defendant from telecasting the program in question.
SHC’s single bench granted interim injunction restraining the defendant from telecasting the program till next date of hearing."
- The News, August 13th 2007
This explains why there is no Pakistan Idol on DinTV anymore. It is the first time when there is a fight over rights airing a show in Pakistan. GEO TV owns the right to air "American Idol" in Pakistan but it is not yet confirmed if it really owns the rights to Pakistani Idol. I tried to find a contact from the parent company, FremantleMedia but they do not have an email address on their website. Din version of Pakistan Idol is very sloppy. The judges are rarely known celebrities and they do not have that Idol ambiance.
There can be an ideal judgement for this case, GEO TV gets the primary airing rights where as DIN repeats the program on its network. I hope Pakistan Idol makes a successful series as Survivor was a total burnout.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Celebrating!!!
Yes we are celebrating these days but Telenor is celebrating much more. LOL. Last week, me and some my relatives received SMS messages saying that Telenor is quite happy to give double balance if we put a certain code.
Whoever wrote those messages, they were not written in a good manner. They had awful English. Seriously, they should have a worked a bit harder on this.
Here is an example:
"777"@Telenor ke traf si khush kabri, Holiday ke khushi mai ***1**1**923461234567**0044*# ye code melakar balance double kerein/wwwTELENOR/com@
Another one:
Dear Customer: we are celebrating summer season, NOW get Telenor gift. This code dial *1*1*923441234567*45*#
Your Balanc will be double
From:
Telenor 777
Such load of baloney. LOL!
Whoever wrote those messages, they were not written in a good manner. They had awful English. Seriously, they should have a worked a bit harder on this.
Here is an example:
"777"@Telenor
Another one:
Dear Customer: we are celebrating summer season, NOW get Telenor gift. This code dial *1*1*923441234567*45*#
Your Balanc will be double
From:
Telenor 777
Such load of baloney. LOL!
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