Ziva Software, a startup based out of IIM Bangalore’s NSR-GIV Center run by the NSRCEL has launched a mobile content search service called Zook, accessible via SMS (they’re using One97’s…

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You have already heard that sports broadcasting company Nimbus Communications is entering DVD rental business. Now hear how much the company wants to invest in the business. The company, which…

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More and more global mobile content companies are setting up shop in India. Silicon Valley-based publisher and distributor of mobile content Mobifusion has announced the establishment of its India office…

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Bennett & Coleman Company Ltd (BCCL) continues its investment spree: the Times of India reports that BCCL has acquired 5 percent stake in broadband Internet Service Provider YOU Telecom. The…

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Reliance ADA Group company Reliance Captital has acquired 6.27 percent stake in TV18 controlled Global Broadcast News through open market operations, the Bombay Stock Exchange has been informed. The company…

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Paprikaas Animation Studios, a gaming and animation outsourcing company, has received an undisclosed sum of investment from Technicolor Content Services, a Thomson company. Paprikaas produces 3D computer animation for feature…

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MobME, a mobile entertainment related business venture of Kerala based student startup Torque has received $1 million in funding. Torque is a 17 member operation which was started by students…

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Some telecom M&A and JV updates: - Verizon has formed a joint venture with Leo Communications, a part of the Videocon group, reports the Economic Times. The JV, called Verizon…

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Mukesh Ambani and private equity fund Temasek Holdings may back a TV broadcasting company which is expected to be set up by a group of media professionals including former Star…

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India Today Group’s new radio initiative Radio Today Broadcasting plans to rope in a foreign investor, reports Indiantelevision.com. The company may sell about 20 per cent stake to a foreign…

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The Economic Times reports that UTV Software intends to raise around $100 million from Nasdaq. The company has also entered into a binding term sheet, for six channels, with a…

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Microsoft intends to open offices in six more cities in India - Ahmedabad, Indore, Nagpur, Chandigarh Cochin, and Coimbatore. That takes the total to thirteen cities. The move will allow…

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Speculations rife around the Tata group: The Virgin Group could be tie-ing up with Tata Teleservices to launch Virgin Mobile in April 2007 in India, reports the Times of India.…

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IOL Broadband, an IPTV content provider, has raised Rs. 39 crores by means of a preferential allotment of shares to Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs). The company has allocated 19,50,000 equity…

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The highly successful online payment company PayPal is setting up shop in India. The company is establishing up a development centre in Chennai and plans to recruit hundreds of technology…

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GV Films has started the new year with new deals. The company has informed the BSE that they intend to launch their webcasting division on the 19th of January, 2007.…

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NTT DoCoMo is to launch is mobile content/applications/Internet service i-Mode in India by next year, through a tie-up with Hutchison Essar, the companies announced Friday. DoCoMo will license the technologies…

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Here are the latest two global magazines making their entry into India. The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company will be launching an Indian edition of Disney Adventures in India. Disney…

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Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV and Malaysian DTH and Pay TV co Astro All Asia Networks Plc. have planned a 50:50 joint venture that will launch a TV channel, gaming solutions, a…

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Indian Express Online has tied up with MakeMyTrip.com to power the new travel channel at ExpressIndia.com [source: exchange4media]. The travel channel is going to be promoted using expressindia.com and properties…

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The Hindu Business Line: After AT&T set up operations for national and long distance telephony in India, British Telecom has tied up with the Jubilant Group. BT has approached the…

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Reuters quotes MakeMyTrip founder and CEO Deep Kalra as valuing MMT at $50 million. Kalra also mentions that MakeMyTrip is planning offline acquisitions, and is looking to raise funds before…

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More and more specialist magazines are heading to India. UK’s Haymarket plans to launch the India edition of its successful gadget magazine Stuff, reports Exchange4Media.com. Stuff sells about one million…

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Indian Express Group is busy striking international strategic partnership deals. Close on the heels of a wide ranging content tie-up with The Economist, Indian Express has now formed a strategic…

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Remember, Yahoo India had recently got Foreign Investment Promotion Board’s (FIPB is a body under the Ministry of Commerce which approves foreign direct investment proposals) approval to acquire a internet…

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