MUMBAI: MultiScreenMedia?s (MSM) sports channel Six has won the exclusive broadcasting rights for the European Qualifiers to the Uefa Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup across the Indian Sub-Continent. Earlier Six had announced that it had bagged the rights for Euro 2016. It has thus now extended its agreement with Uefa. Neo had aired the previous edition of euro last year.

The new arrangement with Uefa provides Six with coverage of 546 international matches in total, over three years, starting with Uefa Europ 2016 qualifiers in September 2014 to November 2015 with 10 matches of each national team across 12 match weeks. In addition to this, Six will also broadcast the 2018 Fifa World Cup (European) Qualifiers starting September 2016 to November 2017.

MSM India CEO Man Jit Singh said, "The Qualifiers starting from 2014 through 2017 will set the stage for two of the biggest tournaments in World Football - the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup. These are exciting times for all sports fans and we are delighted to bring such world class sporting events to their homes."

MSM India COO NP Singh said, "We at Sony Six reiterate our commitment to give the audiences the best of International football. The Qualifiers for both Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup (European Nations) will complete the exciting qualifying journey for the fans to set up two of football?s biggest tournaments."

Uefa marketing director Guy-Laurent Epstein said, "We are delighted to have extended our partnership with Sony Six on Uefa Euro 2016 to the European Qualifiers to the Uefa Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup. Sony Six will be offering to football fans in India a comprehensive platform and an extensive coverage of European national team football".

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Mumbai: Sony Entertainment Television (Set) is launching a new show that aims to bring forth to its viewers the various facets of a progressive Indian woman.

Titled ?Chhanchhan?, the show will air every Monday to Thursday at 9 pm, starting 25 March.

Produced by Optimystix Entertainment, ?Chhanchhan? is replacing Shri Adhikari Brothers? Hongey Juda Na Hum which will go off-air after six months of airing.

?Chhanchhan? is the story of a girl named Chhanchhan (played by Sanaya Irani) who is by profession a dog trainer. She is an independent young woman, modern in her thought who stands up for what is right and raises her voice against all that is wrong.

Set in Ahmedabad, the show explores how the lead character Chhanchhan applies her intelligence, plays her cards well and sets a dysfunctional family that she marries into, back on track.

Set chief creative director Vivek Bahl said, "Chhanchhan is a powerful story of self-reliance, determination and family values told in a simplistic, real and light-hearted manner. The show captures every emotion of a young very fun loving who has been brought up with modern and ethnic values and she loves to practice them in her day to day life in her own way."

Talking about the performance of other shows on Set, Bahl said, "We have taken a curve with Anaamika. Amita Ka Amit didn?t start well but its picking up now and it?s too early to talk about Khoobsurat, which has just launched at 7.30 slot which is a very tough one. We are optimistic that the audience will accept Chhanchhan into their lives just the way they have embraced all the other Sony Entertainment Television characters before."

Optimystix producer Vipul Shah said, "We have had a long and fruitful relationship with Set, working on some landmark shows together. Chhanchhan is a young feisty woman of substance, who is modern in her outlook towards life yet deeply connected and rooted to her core values. She is very much the Indian woman of today and we hope that our viewers will love every bit of her character and welcome her into their homes."

The cast of the show includes Supriya Pathak, Sanaya Irani, Anang Desai, Arvind Vaidya, Shraman Jain and Arshima Thapar.

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Starz have inked a new, multi-year agreement that extends their exclusive first-run output premium pay TV deal.

As a result, Starz will have the exclusive pay television rights to Sony Pictures? theatrical releases through 2021. The previous agreement between the two companies had covered motion pictures released theatrically through 2016.

Commencing with 2005 theatrical releases, Starz has been the exclusive first-run pay television home for the exhibition of Sony Pictures? films including titles from Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, TriStar, and Screen Gems.

Starz had recently renewed its exclusive long-term licensing agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television, a division of The Walt Disney Company, for theatrical releases from The Walt Disney Studios through 2015.

The new SPE-Starz agreement provides movie content for all Starz platforms including its linear STARZ and ENCORE channels in standard definition and HD, subscription VOD services in standard definition, HD On Demand and 3D On Demand, and online streaming services, including the recently launched Starz Play and Encore Play.

Big, hit Sony titles coming in 2013 exclusively on pay television to the STARZ channels and services include: The Amazing Spider-Man, 21 Jump Street, Zero Dark Thirty, The Vow, Men In Black 3, and Resident Evil: Retribution.

"Starz and Encore subscribers have enjoyed the consistently stellar theatrical product from Sony, and we are thrilled to extend our exclusive partnership into the next decade," said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht.

"Starz will continue to offer the richest premium TV viewing experience for our subscribers and distributors for years to come thanks to Starz? growing original programming slate, along with the robust lineup of new blockbuster Sony releases and our deep movie library."

"Starz has been a terrific partner and we are excited to be extending our relationship with them through the 2021 slate," said SPT President, U.S. John Weiser.

MUMBAI: Sportainment channel Sony Six has bagged the broadcast rights for the newly franchised-based Golf Premier League in association with Aamby Valley City.

Six will provide live coverage for GPL which saw Rs 38.3 million being pumped in by teams on buying players. The inaugural edition of the tournament will be held from 8-10 February.

Speaking on the occasion, Golf Premier League Co-founders Shiv Kapur & Neeraj Sareen said, ?We are extremely pleased to join hands with Sony Six which is one of the most credible channels for sports in India. We believe that the format of play during the GPL will be interesting for live viewing and are confident of the reach that Sony Six can provide as a platform to help us take golf to a larger audience in India.?

Pearls is the title sponsor of the tournament, which will see eight teams lock horn to bag the top honours.

MSM CEO Man Jit Singh said, ?The Golf Premier League is an important step towards the evolution of golf as a popular spectator sport in India. I am sure that the unique format, coming together of world-class players and other exciting aspects including day and night golf will make for a compelling viewing for our audience."

MSM COO NP Singh said, ?The Golf Premier league will bring together some of the top golfers from Asia including the cream talent of Indian golfers for the first time in India .We are proud to announce our association with Golf Premier League as the official broadcast partner."

Sony Six will telecast live play across all three days of the event to be hosted by the Aamby Valley City to showcase some of the world?s top players including Darren Clarke, Angel Cabrera and Michael Campbell competing with local and Asian champions including Shiv Kapur himself.

The format will include three rounds with two day-night rounds of stroke play and the final round being on the best-ball format. Each round will be played over a 14 holes shorter format. This is the first time day-night competition has been adopted in professional golf in Asia. The telecast will also include live commentary by Vijay Amritraj, Shaili Chopra and Brandon de Souza and will be played at the picturesque Aamby Valley Golf Course.

MUMBAI: Sony Six, the sports and entertainment channel from MSM stable, will exclusively televise The Race of Champions (ROC) for the first time on Indian television screens.

The race will air live on 15 and 16 December at 6.30 pm on Six.

The Race of Champions is an annual international racing event that features as a knockout tournament. The championship will happen in Bangkok this year.

This will be the first time in the history of the race where an Indian racing team comprising Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok will be participating in the event.

The two will feature together as team-mates after almost eight years making history at the event representing India against fellow international drivers like multiple Formula 1 World Champions Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher and Moto GP multiple World Champion Jorge Lorenzo.

The event starts with a group stage to ensure that fans get to see plenty of action from every driver. The racers face up against all the other drivers in their group, with cars swapped round between heats so they all have to prove themselves in a variety of machinery. The most successful drivers move on to the quarter finals.

Multi Screen Media COO NP Singh said, ?We are extremely thrilled to bring The Race of champions for the Indian audience exclusively on SONY SIX, it is an absolute moment of pride that this is also the first time a team from India will be represented in the race along with racing champions from across the world, we wish them all the best.?