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As per the deal, during the four days of the tournament which will
be played in Holland, Aaj Tak will have a special section on their
cricket based show - Runbhoomi which will air at 1 pm; wherein
Max's commentators like Charu Sharma, Mandira Bedi, Arun Lal, Barry
Richards, Rameez Raja, Michael Slater and Sanjay Manjrekar will
come on the show in an exclusive interview with the Aaj Tak anchor.
On Aaj Tak the special guests on Runbhoomi will include Sourav
Ganguly, Arun Lal, Saba Karim, Yashpal Sharma and Madan Lal. When
the show will be towards completion (i.e. 1:30 pm, which is also
the time the matches start on Max); the Aaj Tak anchor will ask
viewers to log on to Max to catch the match live.
Speaking about the same, Max vice-president marketing and commercial
Tushar Shah said, "This marks the beginning of a new era in
marketing in the television domain. Max is known for innovation,
creativity and attitude, and this tie-up is an example of all three
are coming together to create a win-win situation for both Aaj Tak
and Max."
Also notable is the fact that some time back, Aaj Tak had tied
up with sister channel SET for their show Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahi
wherein Jassi gave an exclusive interview to Aaj Tak and also for
Saaksshi wherein during a scene in the serial, an Aaj Tak
reporter was shown and also the protagonist of the show was shown
watching some 'breaking news' on Aaj Tak. So while SET already had
a working relationship with the Aroon Purie owned news channel,
this tie up with Max for the Videocon Cup doesn't come as much of
a surprise.
Speaking on the same, Aaj Tak senior manager marketing Rajesh Sheshadri
said, "Cricket rules the hearts of millions of Indians. This
association is in line with our objective of providing value-added
programming to our viewers."
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