UTV, Astro in venture to float multi-platform youth brand
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
--A new joint venture was announced on Tuesday, which will operate across multiple planks to include a Hindi TV channel, gaming, mobile, licensing and merchandising activities, ground events and the Internet within its ambit. Earlier in the year, UTV and Astro had entered into a business co-operation arrangement to set up a kids channel in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Govt to test children's IQ/EQ
Bangkok Post - Thailand
--Thailand's Department of Mental Health survey over 8,400 primary and secondary students nationwide to determine the median levels of their intelligence quotients (IQ) and emotional quotients (EQ), according to the agency's chief.

TV still bigger problem than Net for children
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
--In a study to be released today by the University of Southern California, 21 percent of adult Internet users with children believe the kids are online too long, compared with 11 percent in 2000. Still, that's less than the 49 percent who say their children watch too much television.

Aids children able to dream of future
Bangkok Post - Thailand
--Phu, 11, wants to be a piano player, Hong, 12, wants to be a Thai language teacher, Mook and Wai, both 13, want to be air hostesses, Ben, 15, dreams of becoming a designer, Gau, 12, hopes to become a pilot and Dream, 10, wants to be a banana.

Two Indians win global youth award
Zee News - Noida,India
--Two Indians are among 20 "dynamic leaders" from 16 countries to have received this year's Youth Action Net Award by the US-based International Youth Foundation for their contribution to social change.