Chinese electronics company Xiaomiunveiled a smaller and cheaper version of its Mi TV 2.

According to San Francisco- based techcrunch.com website, the new Mi TV 2 is smaller at 40 inches wide and 14.5mm thick thin. Last year's model is 49 inches and 15.5mm thin. A quad-core MStar 6A908 Cortex-A9 CPU and Mali0450 MP4 GPU are integrated this time, alongside 1.5 GB of RAM and 8GB memory.

The new model has a 1080p display, as opposed to last year's 4K screen. The new Mi TV 2 comes in at a cheaper USD 322. Those preferring the 49-inch Mi TV 2 can pay USD 670.

Xiaomi has integrated an Android MIUI based entertainment system. It runs on Android 4.4, but is upgradable to Android 5.0. This is useful for playing games, watching videos and movies and getting on to the web.

The TV goes on sale in China on March 31. Xiaomi has not said whether it will be available in other markets.

Xiaomi is the world's third largest phone maker based on shipments.

Barun Sobit and Esha Deol have been away from their fans for a long time and looks like they won't remain so for longer. Reports say the makers of Nach Baliye have approached Esha and her husband, Bharat Takhtani as well as Barun and his wife, Pashmeen Manchanda for their upcoming season of the dance reality show.

"Nach Baliye will hit the screens in the last week of April or the first week of May. Esha was approached as she is a good dancer and it will be interesting to see with her husband. She is also doing the current season of Roadies, which means she is open to working on TV. However, Esha doesn't wish to be a contestant but a judge the show. Now the makers are mulling about the same and are in a fix,"  reported a source close to the show.

"Barun was last seen in Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and it has been a while since he has been part of any TV show. Barun was approached for the last season of the show too, but he couldn't take it up," the report also said about TV's heartthrob Barun. Barun, as we all know left the super hit TV show to pursue his career in Bollywood. After a difficult movie Barun has not been seen around. The actor is one of the most sort after TV stars who left the small screen in recent times. His decision to whether to take part in the dance reality show will definitely make millions of his fans across the globe happy.

Mumbai: Actor Rohit Roy, who is currently essaying the comic character of Kishori Lal Chadha in the new TV show ‘Peterson Hill’, says that he had to undergo a mental metamorphosis of sorts as his role is very different from his off-screen image.

“I had to undergo a mental metamorphosis of sorts as this character is nothing like me in real life or even like the characters I've played in television or movies,” Rohit said in a statement.

A popular actor since over two decades, Rohit has also featured in movies like ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’, ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’ and ‘LOC Kargil’.

In ‘Peterson Hill’, he is seen as a station manager of a railway station near Simla.

In addition to Apple reportedly working on its own Internet search engine which will compete with Google, it seems the Cupertino Company could soon introduce another new project – its own online TV service.

According to the latest rumors, Apple is in talks with TV stations whose content they want to offer to their customers. Service should be similar to the recently launched Sling TV and Sony PlayStation Vue service. The users will reportedly be offered a variety of TV content, all in Apple’s familiar user interface.

However, it appears that we will have to wait until launch, given that insiders claim that Apple has so far only demonstrated this service to certain TV companies, while some of the big TV companies have yet to see the demo. Possible price and the launch date (of course if all of this is true) are still unknown.

Snake researcher Paul Rosolie is doing everything he can to preserve the Amazon rain forest, including feeding himself to an anaconda in the upcoming TV special, "Eaten Alive."