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Battling for survival

5 January 2012

New adventure series featuring 22 participants starts tonight

Twenty two participants will star in the opening season of the adventure series Garnier Fructis PresentsSurvivorIndia, starting tonight. The contestants will have to start their journey from scratch, i.e. form a society, forage for food and find shelter in extreme weather conditions, all the while braving creepy crawlies and other creatures of the wild on a deserted island. Having already aired in 70 countries, the show's Indian edition tagline says it all - Jo tikega woh itihaas likhega - and only the fittest and most ruthless will survive and win.Nitin Vaidya, Business Head, Hindi Channels at Star India, says, "The series will see contestants battling for survival in do-or-die situations. We believe our viewers will live every moment of this exciting journey with our participants."ActressPayal Rohatgi, multi-millionaire hotelier Rohit 'Timmy' Narang and TV actressShilpa Saklaniare some well-known faces that will feature on the show, where they will be expected to wash clothes, clean ramps, eat plain food and live in the open, come rain or sunshine.To promote the opening season, the channel is replicating the Survivor experience live at Inorbit Mall, Malad today. The show airs tonight at 9 on Star Plus.

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Star India enters into partnership with International Hockey Federation

Nitin Kukreja, head of sports business, Star India said, “Hockey is a priority sport for us and we are thrilled that India will host one key event every year during the eight year term. We believe that hosting an international event each year, which is produced innovatively, will significantly boost the popularity of hockey in India.”

STAR Sports to invest Rs 100 cr in hockey league

Nitin Kukreja, head of sports business, says, “This time we will be airing 24 matches in the prime time band at 8 pm. This is a learning from the previous season. Also, we had added some new features in the live telecast that should make for better and more interesting viewing.”

Star bags rights for hockey league

Star India has bagged the broadcasts rights from International Hockey Federation (FIH) in an eight-year deal.

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