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Extra
Extra, Xtra, or The Extra may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''The Extra'' (1962 film), a Mexican film * ''The Extra'' (2005 film), an Australian film Literature * ''Extra'' (newspaper), a Brazilian newspaper * ''Extra!'', an American media criticism magazine * ''Diario Extra'' (Costa Rica), a newspaper * '' Extra Magazine'', an Italian weekly magazine * Newspaper extra, a supplemental issue * ''Xtra'' (newspaper), by the Norwegian Young Conservatives, 1922-2010 * ''Xtra Magazine'', a Canadian website and former newspaper Music * ''Extra'' (Gilberto Gil album), 1983, and the title track * ''Extra, Vol. 1'', an album by KMFDM * "Extra", a 2019 song by Future from ''Save Me (EP)'' * "Extra", a 1966 song by Tages from their album ''Extra Extra'' * ''Xtra'' (EP), a 2022 extended play by Oh Land Television and radio * Extra (Australian TV channel) * ''Extra'' (Australian TV program), 1991–2009 * ''Extra'' (American TV program), since 1994 * ''extra'' (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Extra (1962 Film)
''The Extra'' (Spanish: ''El extra'') is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas and Alma Delia Fuentes. In the film, Cantinflas plays a man who works as an Extra (acting), extra through several films. This was the last Cantinflas film whose art direction was made by long-time set designer Gunther Gerzso. Plot Rogaciano (Cantinflas) is the modest worker of a Mexican film studio, who performs several roles as an Extra (acting), extra in the films shot there. His excessive zeal at work causes the antipathy of successive directors who do not support his forays into their films. After his run-ins into film sets, he dreams that he is the protagonist of each of the productions of which he has participated, such as him playing a ''Sans-culottes, sans-culotte'' and saving Marie Antoinette in a film about the French Revolution, being the lover of Marguerite Gautier in a retelling of ''La Dame aux Camélias'' in which she survives, and saving a maiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (franchise)
''Extra'' (stylized as "extr@") is a language education television program franchise that was scripted in the format of a ''Friends''-esque sitcom. It was in production from 2002 to 2004, and is mainly marketed to the instructional television market for middle school and high school language classes. Four versions were made, each in a different language; English, French, German, and Spanish. The English version was co-produced by Channel 4 Learning and RAI CPTO (Production Centre of Turin) for RAI Educational. All of the episodes were written by Louise Clover. Plot The English version has 30 episodes, and the other three languages have 13 episodes each. The plot of the 13 episodes is nearly the same in all the language variants. Hector/Sam, with only a very basic grasp of the featured language, comes to stay with his pen pal, Bridget/Sacha/Sascha/Lola. Living with Bridget/Sacha/Sascha/Lola is roommate Anna/Annie/Ana. Sleazy and sly neighbor Nick/Nico/Nic/Pablo lives across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiendas Extra
Extra is a Mexican convenience store chain owned by Grupo Modelo, which started operations in 1993. In 2007 the chain closed 650 storesCerrará Grupo Modelo 650 Tiendas Súper Extra Tabasco Hoy, October 23, 2007. and in 2009 started another restructuring plan.Grupo Modelo reinventa las Tiendas Extra CNN Expansion, June 4, 2009. It competes fiercely with from , |
Pibb Xtra
Pibb Xtra is a reformulation of Mr. Pibb (sometimes styled as Mr. PiBB), a soft drink created and marketed by The Coca-Cola Company. It has several variants. As of 2020, it is sold in bottles, cans, and two-liter bottles, and is available in most Coca-Cola Freestyle machines. It has a subtle cherry undertone. History First introduced as "Peppo" to compete against Dr Pepper, the name was changed to "Mr. Pibb" after Dr Pepper sued The Coca-Cola Company for trademark infringement. The original test markets for Mr. Pibb in 1972 were located in Waco, Texas, the birthplace of Dr Pepper, before the company moved to Dallas, Texas. In 1980, Mr. Pibb was reformulated and marketed with the words "New Taste" printed prominently on the products. In 2001, a cinnamon-forward "spicy cherry" flavor replaced the original formula in many parts of the United States, marketed as a bolder version of original Mr. Pibb. As recently as 2020, Pibb Xtra has been marketed as a "refreshing, spicy cherry al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (retail Chain)
Extra Hipermercados, commonly referred to as just Extra, is a Brazilian hypermarket and supermarket chains owned by grupo Pão de Açúcar. As of December 2005, Extra has 76 stores. Some of these stores came from the acquisitions of Paes Mendonça (smaller stores were converted to Pão de Açúcar and CompreBem) and Sendas (Sendas' Bon Marché hypermarkets were rebranded to Extra Bon Marché) by the group. Extra Eletro Grupo Pão de Açúcar also operates electronics and appliance stores under the Extra Eletro banner. These stores are mostly located in major commerce streets and shopping malls A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe .... This banner was known as Jumbo Eletro (after the purchase of Eletroradiobraz in the 1980s) and later Eletro. Minimercado Extra Grupo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SmarTone
SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited, trading as SmarTone (), is a telecommunications company headquartered in Hong Kong. The company is a subsidiary of conglomerate Sun Hung Kai Properties. The company provides voice, multimedia, plain SIM card, and mobile broadband services through its 4G and 3G networks, as well as fixed fibre broadband services for consumer and corporate markets, via their operating subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Macau. SmarTone also owns and operates Birdie Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator in Hong Kong. Company overview The company is a mobile phone operator in Hong Kong. It provides service on GSM-900, GSM-1800, W-CDMA (on the 2100 MHz frequency) and LTE-2600 with the brand SmarTone. The holding company of the SmarTone group, SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited, is 70.98% owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties. SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings is incorporated in Bermuda as an offshore company. SmarTone Mobile Communicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (Coop)
Extra is a Norwegian discount supermarket chain of 535 stores as of 2021. It is part of the Coop Norge cooperative and was until late 2015 named Coop Extra. The chain markets itself as being low-cost while maintaining large stores with a wide selection of items. The chain director of Extra is Daniel Kyrre Pedersen. Coop Extra was established in 2006, with its first store opening on 15 September in Halden. The chain expanded rapidly, much of it by rebranding other Coop stores such as Coop Prix. Many Rimi and ICA stores were rebranded to Extra in 2015 when Coop Norge bought up most of ICA AB's Norwegian operations. The chain competes mainly on offering lower prices. A price test by VG in 2015 found Extra to be the cheapest chain in Norway overall, albeit only trivially less than REMA 1000 REMA 1000 (Bokmål: Rema tusen) is a multinational no-frills soft-discount grocery chain owned entirely by the Reitan Group (Reitangruppen). REMA is a short for ' (Reitan Food), referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (supermarket)
Extra was a retail store chain in the German food sector that belonged to the REWE Group since July 1, 2008. The company was formerly part of Metro Group. Company history The first extra store was opened by the Schaper-Group in Düren in 1970. In the early years, the main part of the branch network was in Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia. extra was integrated into the Asko-Group in 1987, which in turn has been part of Metro Group since 1986. The two sales lines real,- and extra had been merged by Metro Group in 2004, though they continued to appear as two separate brands in the market. The Metro Group sold Extra to the REWE Group on 1. July 2008. The brand name Extra was announced to be phased out in 2009 and the stores renamed REWE. The franchise markets Comet and Bolle that belong to Extra kept their names initially. To facilitate the sale of Extra, the Metro Group split the two companies Real,- and Extra. The entity's name was then changed to ''extra Objektgesellsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (service Areas)
Extra MSA Services Ltd is a company which operates nine motorway service stations in England, mainly on primary routes. It is based at Beaconsfield services, previously being in the centre of Lincoln. It is also known as Extra MSA Forecourts Ltd. Many of the brands at Extra locations including M&S Simply Food, Costa Coffee and Greggs are operated by Moto, the UK's largest service area operator and Extra's biggest competitor. Market position Extra is the fourth largest service station operator in the UK behind Moto (1st), Welcome Break (2nd) and RoadChef (3rd). It came into operation after the government deregulated motorway services to encourage more competition and its first site opened in December 2000, at Cambridge. Peterborough opened in January 2001 and Baldock in July 2001. Outlets Service stations Extra developed its first three service stations at a cost of £60 million. The parent company was set up in 1992 by Stephen Spouge, who is now Chairman. Its ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (gum)
Extra is a brand of sugarfree chewing gum produced by the Wrigley Company in North America, Europe, Australia and some parts of Africa and Asia. Brand history Extra was launched in 1984 as the Wrigley Company's Orbit (gum), first ever sugarfree product, and became one of the most popular brands of chewing gum in the United States within a few years. It was also the first sugarfree gum not to use saccharin, instead using the NutraSweet brand, a sweetener developed by G.D. Searle & Co. that had less bitterness and was believed to be safer in humans and laboratory animals; it was later reformulated with aspartame in 1997. The brand identity of Extra gum varies considerably in different markets, often having completely different flavours, logos and slogans for each country. Extra is currently the sponsor of the Mexico national football team. In 2011, Extra Oral Healthcare Program partnered with the Chinese Ministry of Health to launch a three-year community oral care education pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Media & Entertainment
Global Media & Entertainment Limited, trading as Global, is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysalis Radio, GCap Media and GMG Radio. Global owns and operates seven core radio brands, all employing a national network strategy. Global also owns and operates one of the leading out-of-home advertising (OOH) companies in the UK through its Outdoor Division. History Global was founded by Ashley Tabor-King in 2007, with financial backing from his father Michael Tabor, and purchased Chrysalis Radio, where Global took control of the radio brands Heart, Galaxy, LBC and The Arrow. A year later on 31 October 2008 Global Radio officially took control of all GCap Media and its brands. The GCap Media name was dropped at this time. The GCap purchase gave Global the network of FM stations which GCap had operated as The One Network (many of which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Xtra
Capital XTRA (formerly Choice FM) is a Global Media & Entertainment, Global-owned radio station that broadcasts on 96.9 FM broadcasting, FM and 107.1 FM in Greater London. Nationally, it is heard on Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB Digital Radio, Freesat, Sky UK, Sky, Virgin Media and Global Player. It specialises in hip hop music, hip hop, grime (music genre), grime and Contemporary R&B, R&B music, and is a commercial competitor to BBC Radio 1Xtra. History Choice 96.9 Choice Digital, Choice 96.9 began as an independent company in March 1990, broadcasting from studios in Trinity Gardens, Brixton. It was Britain’s first 24-hour black music radio station with a licence, covering South London. The group won a second licence (see Buzz FM) in 1995, bringing a local version of their London offering to Birmingham, on 102.2 FM - in place of Buzz FM. The advent of digital radio in the UK saw Choice, which already had an active webstream, joining the new MXR consortium and launching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
