Other than emerging as the frontrunner in providing the thousands of movie buffs with a huge array of fantastic movies from around the world and enabling them to get entertained and also to know the range of variety that exists in the world of film making, the movie channel UTV World Movies has made a giant leap by grabbing an impressive contract.

UTV World Movies has become the first Indian channel to get the exclusive rights to telecast the prestigious Golden Globe Awards for the next three years in the SAARC region excluding Pakistan.

This agreement starts with the live transmission of this year's 66^th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The award ceremony will be beamed on January 12 at 6.30am. and a repeat telecast will be done at 8 p.m. on the same day.

For a channel which was launched just 10 months ago, the contract is a great achievement.

The presence of the highly acclaimed movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' which has a great connection with the Bollywood as well as with the city of Mumbai as a top contender for the coveted awards is also going to make this live transmission a widely watched programe in India.

A movie from the UTV World Movies Library titled as 'Waltz With Bashir' is also there in the fray for this year's Golden Globe Awards.

The movie's story is about two friends who while talking with each other in a bar goes back to a part of their life in which both were participants.

The old friend of director Ari tells him about a frightening nightmare in which 26 dangerous dogs chase him every night and that it has been coming and haunting him for long.

Ari while thinking about their days together during the Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties is rattled that he is not able to remember anything anymore about the time.

The friends come to the conclusion that both of their problems must surely have some connection with the war.

Due to this thought Ari decides to meet and talk to his old friends and comrades around the world to discover the ultimate truth about that period of time and also about his own life.

The executive director of UGBL (UTV Global Broadcasting Limited) Shantonu Aditya said "kicking off 2009 in our own exclusive style, we are hosting the year's most dazzling event and saluting the world's most favorite movies and television programs. Showcasing the event live on the television screens, we are bringing the stars and the best of movies closer to our viewers. They can enjoy this one-of-a-kind offering as the best in the entertainment business get awarded and celebrate the success of their favourite stars".