Football fever among Chennaiites has escalated like never before — thanks to non-stop television coverage of the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and our own Indian Super League. But how does the soccer crazy fan pick his favourite game on TV and online?
Sports packages available on DTH networks have come handy for the football fans glued to television for derby ties apart from every game of their favourite club.
Fans following the Bundesliga, Germany’s football league, often opt for specific channels on television to not miss big Deutsche clubs such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund locking horns.
There is an inflow of club merchandises with the opening of an exclusive store of a top English club for fans in city. Apart from flaunting team jerseys some fans even go to the extent of dressing up in the team’s colours to watch their team’s electrifying game amidst like-minders here.
So what do you when your television channel doesn’t telecast your favourite team in action? Internet seems to be the solution for ardent football lovers.
With sports app and numerous online links especially on social networking sites like Facebook, posted by users in football club groups, the fans today can never miss the kick of the football.
Playing with animation technology
The last time we heard about motion capture technology was when ‘Kochadaiyaan’ hit the screens. Now, kids can enjoy a similar experience on television.
Children who are crazy about Chutti TV channel’s mascot ‘Singoo’ can play with him through a live interactive game show. ‘Run Singoo Run’ is a show based on motion capture control where ‘Singoo’ is transformed into an animation character.
With this technology, children at home can enjoy gaming on television.
‘Singoo’ will be on a constant run to overcome challenges and also collects energy boosting articles strewn on the way.
At this point, viewers get to take part in the show and control Singoo’s speed.
“This is the latest technology taking home gaming through television. All a child need to have is a phone line and use keys as play buttons. They just need to call our number flashed during the show and start playing the game,” said Kavitha Jaubin, cluster head, Kids’ Channel, Sun TV Network.
A similar show was already a hit on Kochu TV, a kids channel in Malayalam. “We launched the first episode on Friday and got over 10,000 callers. We also plan to have interactive programme where children can meet Singoo so that they are not left disappointed,” she said.
The show will be aired during weekends between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
(Reporting by Petlee Peter and K. Lakshmi)
