B4U
B4U may refer to:
In entertainment:
- ATN B4U Movies, the Canadian version of the station
- ATN B4U Music, the Canadian version of the station
- BeForU (album), the first studio album by the group
- BeForU II, the second studio album by the group
- BeForU III, the third studio album by the group
B4U (network)
B4U is one of the world's leading Bollywood television networks that was formed and jointly owned by Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, movie producer Kishore Lulla, Bharat Shah and London-based industrialist Gokul Binani. The network operates the three channels B4U Music, B4U Movies and B4U Mobile which are at present available on more than 8 different satellites, in more than 100 countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. In addition the company operates B4U Films, media and entertainment production subsidiary.
Company history
In 1999 the newly formed network launched B4U Movies and B4U Music in the UK on the Sky Digital platform as a subscription package along with Sony Entertainment Television. The launch was surrounded in controversy, with rival network Zee TV claiming that B4U had stolen its database of subscribers in the UK. The B4U management claimed that they had got hold of the database from ex-employees and has been using it to send mailers promoting its service. The network went on to launch the channels in the USA, Canada and the Middle East by the end of the year.
B4U (TV channel)
B4U also known as B4U Entertainment or B4U TV was an Indian television satellite channel that was launched on 3 September 2000. The channel was launched by Kishore Lulla of Eros Entertainment, and Lakshmi Mittal of Ispat Industries Ltd. The channel was replaced by B4U Movies, which was launched on 2 October 2001 in India after a great success in UK.
B4U Entertainment programming consisted of many genres of television programmes, including family dramas boasting female protagonists, comedy series, and shows starring Bollywood celebrities. The channel spent roughly Rs. 24 crores (Rs. 240 millions) on all the programmes it produced, and once relaunched as B4U Movies, the company had to write-off all the programmes.
Programming
Note:Following is a list of programmes that were broadcast by B4U TV at the time it was on-air. Some of these shows have also been re-aired on other Indian television channels.
Naoki
Naoki is a very common Japanese given name.
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Kazu Naoki
Kazu Naoki (直木 和) is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.
