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YouTube Officially Begins Its Live Streaming Services On An Experimental Format

YouTube Officially Begins Its Live Streaming Services On An Experimental Format

One of the most cherished and most widely accessed online video service, YouTube, has finally decided to begin its long awaited and much anticipated live streaming service on an experimental four day trail basis, where in the live streaming service will be introduced on a preview two day trial basis on from Monday onwards. Google Inc. has collaborated [...]
Katrina and Akon had Fun Time in IPL

Katrina and Akon had Fun Time in IPL

Katrina Kaif, the Bollywood actress has already won loads of accolades for her success in the Indian film industry. She turned out to be quite an entertainer in the closing ceremony of IPL series as well. Together with the R&B singer Akon, the dou managed to create an air of excitement amidst the dance and music. Katrina danced to the Oscar winning [...]
Chargers look to steam ahead with a stampede over Bangalore

Chargers look to steam ahead with a stampede over Bangalore

It is the battle of the South with the Deccan Chargers taking on the Bangalore Royal Challengers in their second encounter of IPL Season 2 and while the performance of the two teams will be keenly witnessed, the twin factors of rain and pitch seem toe be the taking points of this T20 fest so far. It will be interesting to see how the Newlands track [...]
Rain plays spoilsport at Durban: Rajasthan and Mumbai share a point each

Rain plays spoilsport at Durban: Rajasthan and Mumbai share a point each

At this point it seems frustratingly ironic that the major reason why South Africa was picked over England for its ‘sunnier’ weather and yet we have been forced to see more highlights packages waiting for skies to clear and covers to come off rather than LIVE action. Not just for television viewers who were hotly anticipating another mini tussle [...]
Knight Riders open account: Gayle and rain blow away the Kings XI

Knight Riders open account: Gayle and rain blow away the Kings XI

Brendon McCullum’s boys did a fine job of initially restricting the King XI Punjab for a par total of 158 and then Chris Gayle brought out his big golf swing to put matters to rest at Kingsmead. With both the teams not having a winning start this crucial encounter was not just a battle on the field but a Bollywood face-off in the stands as both Shah [...]
Time-Out: Dancing to the tunes of bags of cash

Time-Out: Dancing to the tunes of bags of cash

Lalit Modi and BCCI are already minting big bucks with the IPL and it seems that the change of host nation seems to have just got them a bit more worrying about losing the stake in all those rolls of green. That is exactly why the headless thinkers on top of the tournament’s decision making team decided to put in a seven and a half minute break after [...]
IPL 2 in South Africa: Indian show changes with vibrant African flavor!

IPL 2 in South Africa: Indian show changes with vibrant African flavor!

The player of the match after the first two contests on day one of the IPL second edition that made a hasty exit from the sub-continent to the rainbow nation seems to be a pretty good indicator of what we can expect from the rest of the tournament. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid stole the show on the first day with Warne, Kumble, Hayden, Vettori [...]
Battle of the Titans: Tendulkar and Warne face-off at Durban

Battle of the Titans: Tendulkar and Warne face-off at Durban

Old rivalry will be revived and the two greatest exponents of their respective crafts will once again tee-off as hopefully the clocks will be turned 13 years back to the first time Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne came face to face. One of the beauties of the commercial bandwagon that has been the IPL is the fact that it is giving us moments on [...]
Sprite Campaign for IPL

Sprite Campaign for IPL

Soft drink giant, Coca-Cola, India announced its plans for the advertisement campaign for the IPL series starting on April 18. The campaign is for its sparkling drink brand Sprite, and the company has managed to rope in Bollywood star and the owner of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Shah Rukh Khan. Sourav Ganguly, the captain of the team will [...]
South Africa Chosen as the IPL Venue

South Africa Chosen as the IPL Venue

After the security issues, IPL chief Lalit Modi along with other members of the committee had to decide on a venue, England and South Africa being the shortlisted options. The alternative host for the IPL series will be South Africa, with the tournament to begin on 17 April till 24 th May. The matches are to be staged in the following six centres, [...]