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MUMBAI: Amrita TV has launched a 30-minute show, Showtime News, every Sunday
at 11 am. The show will focus on news and analysis of movies, performing arts,
fashion trends and theatre. The
'Audience Choice' of the show will determine 'Movie of the Week', `Star of the
Week', `Song of the Week' and `Scene of the Week'.
In each of the segment, viewers will be urged to nominate their favourites via
sms-web poll. The most popular nominations will be played in the programme. Each
item will be supported by snippets and information nuggets culled through research
which will complement as scrolls and clips. The
segment 'Celebrity Choice' of the show will have bytes from an accomplished person
from any of these fields who will share personal favourites by way of books, hobbies,
movies, wardrobe, icon and works of art. Musicians, artists, directors, lyricists
and performers visiting Kerala will be interviewed and their choice of song will
be telecast
While the segment, 'Chitrashala' will feature the week's
art exhibitions, painting galleries and sculpture shows, 'Thiruvarangu' will provide
a bird's eyeview of performing arts staged in the State, and 'Lifestyle' will
take a peek at emerging trends in fashions, wardrobes, make-up and lifestyle trends
. An
invited critic will rate the top five movies released in Kerala which will include
Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and English. Showtime
News will
be hosted by news anchors of Amrita TV who have been specially groomed for this
programme. | 
