May 2006

A series of exciting and appealing shows will be premiered all this month on Reality TV, a 24-hour entertainment channel that showcases programmes on real people with true stories May brings an interesting line-up of shows like Cheaters Season 4, Daring Capers, Patient Files, Campus Vets, Dr G, Exhibit A and Special Events.

Reality TV has been captivating audiences worldwide through an eclectic mix of real life programmes that portray a myriad of experiences, feats, idiosyncrasies, aspirations and sentiments. Each programme captures events as they actually happened.

Announcing the new shows, Flecka Picardo, Marketing Manager of Reality TV - Asia, said, “It has been Reality TV’s conscious attempt to provide meaningful, real life entertainment filled programmes to our Indian viewers. We are confident that these new programmes will further strengthen the position of the channel in India and will be appreciated by our viewers.”

Cheaters, a popular part of the Reality TV schedule returns with new episodes in May, with yet more infidelity uncovered by presenter, Joey Greco. Cheaters follows Joey and his team of private investigators as they sneak their way into suspects’ houses and plant surveillance cameras to keep a beady eye on what the mice get up to when the cat’s away. Discretion and tact are never allowed to get in the way of a good cat fight on this show, and Grand’s clients are always shown the steamy evidence against their naughtier halves before being led by the crew to confront them.

Enticingly dangerous and devilishly clever…From con artists to cat burglars, tiptoe through the high-stakes world of the cunning crooks that mastermind the world's most daring capers. Daring Capers reveals a rogue's gallery of bank robbers, art thieves and debonair con artists who tried to steal their way to wealth through brilliant ploys and slick transactions.

Patient Files is a dramatic documentary series that explores the world of an emerging generation of medical pioneers and their patients. The stories are set in North America’s renowned Sunnybrook & Women’s College Hospital -- one of the first hospitals in the world geared towards the research and treatment of women’s health. Each episode will feature patients as they make critical journeys from illness and treatment to recovery - all at the hands of courageous and compassionate medical teams dedicated to women's medicine. It will portray the challenges patients and medical professionals face in receiving and delivering care differently. The series will draw audiences into the dramatic stories of women facing everything from cardiovascular disease to cervical cancer; from high-risk pregnancy to facial reconstruction and more. Campus Vets continues to tell the dramatic stories of student veterinarians at one of the most renowned veterinary schools in North America: the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon).

The series features an amazingly diverse range of animals, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. There are stories about companion pets and exotics, such as dogs, cats, ferrets, guinea pigs, iguanas, rabbits and budgies. There are also stories about large animals, such as horses, sheep, cows, oxen, alpacas and llamas. Then there are some really unique creatures, such as the hairless albino rat with the bad complexion, the arctic musk ox with the bad molar or the psycho Chihuahua with the bad attitude.

One of America's most respected and charismatic forensic pathologists, Dr. Jan Garavaglia, takes viewers on an unprecedented look behind-the scenes at the world of science, mystery and justice in Dr G: Medical Examiner. Each programme features fascinating, dramatic, in-depth examinations of several deaths, including actual autopsies and exploring the investigative process.

EXHIBIT "A" combines documentary truth with the emotional power of dramatic recreation. It takes a fascinating look into forensic science and how it is used to solve crimes that might otherwise remain unsolved. It's the science with the power to put suspects behind bars or to set them free. Each program follows real detectives and forensic scientists as they unravel the mysteries of a chilling criminal case. Through its innovative story-telling, EXHIBIT "A" explores the science of crime including the biology of DNA, the toxicology of poisons, the entomology of bugs, the anthropological analysis of bones and the behavioural and geographic profiling of criminal activity.

This month Reality TV Channel offers its viewers with Special Events: “Medical Miracle Day”. Programmes like Conjoined at the Head, Medical Miracles, No Arms Needed, Miracle Steps, Joined for Life and Born Against The Odds will be exclusively featured.

Reality TV has a viewership of over 15 million Indian households across the country. The channel is distributed by Zee Turner and is also available on the DTH platform, Dish TV. Reality TV is an entertainment channel that tells stories of real people in real life situations and events as they actually happened. Reality TV is successfully reaching all corners of the globe providing thrills, spills and unbeatable round-the-clock entertainment value 365 days a year.

In addition to its operating group in London and international headquarters in Amsterdam, Zone Vision also has 16 regional offices. With over 250 specialist personnel, the company's commitment to understanding and addressing the unique business needs of international broadcasting is unparalleled. Activities conducted by the Group include channel creation and management, channel representation and program sales.

Reality TV

Zone Vision’s Reality TV channel was first launched in Europe in late 1999 and has gained distribution in more than 120 territories in just four years. The most significant recent launches were in the UK, where the channel is now available to more than 8 million cable and satellite subscribers and consistently rates in the top 50 channels in a 300+ channel market, and in the US where the channel launched in December 2003 on the Dish Network satellite platform. Worldwide, Reality TV is now broadcast in 16 different languages and is available to over 35 million subscribers.