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Ad Agencies Sprucing Up Interactive Divisions - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 28 Mar 2006 07:04 PM PST

The Financial Express: Indian ad agencies like Ogilvy & Mather India, Group M (part of WPP), Mudra and Lintas India are are sprucing up their interactive divisions. As online advertising…

Apple Launches A Slew Of Products In Indian Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 28 Mar 2006 07:03 PM PST

DNA: Apple has launched its best selling iPods in Indian market at “Indian” prices. The 1 GB iPod nano will cost Rs 9,700, while the iPod Shuffle , a flash…

The Naukri Story - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 28 Mar 2006 06:03 PM PST

I am sure most of you know the Naukri.com story. From Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 100 crore in 10 years, Sanjeev Bikhchandani has built India’s most cash-rich dotcom company.…

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Crowding Classifieds - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 28 Mar 2006 10:03 AM PST

Here is India’s own ”Craigslist” - Localindya.com - at least that what is the CEO of Indore-based IndyaTech Solutions, claims. Ajay Khandelwal, who divides his time between Los Angeles and…

India Sleeping On Mobile TV Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 28 Mar 2006 09:03 AM PST

The Financial Express: This article makes a point that India is still sleeping on its 3G policy which will make its mobile TV adoption slower, while the world at large…

Nimbus May Buy A Regional TV Network For Sports Telecast - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 07:03 PM PST

Business Standard: Nimbus Communications, which shot into limelight recently after acquiring the four year Indian cricket rights for $612 million, is now close to buying a regional TV channel in…

Ficci-Frames 2006: Full Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 07:03 PM PST

Ficci-Frames 2006 is India’s largest entertainment business event. Our full coverage is here: -- Frames 2006 In Pictures -- “Munna Bhai MBBS II Will Be Better Than Munna Bhai I”:…

Conde Nast Plans To Launch Vogue And Glamour In India; Acquires Local Printer - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 11:04 AM PST

Business Standard: The Conde Nast group of the US plans to launch its two of its best-selling magazines - Vogue and Glamour - in Indian market. The company is looking…

Walt Disney Plans Digital Content Initiatives In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 11:03 AM PST

The Financial Express: The Walt Disney Company, which ventured into India a little more than a year ago with kids channels Toon Disney and The Disney Channel, plans digital content…

E-City Digital Cinemas To Invest Rs 1 billion By 2007-08 - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 09:04 AM PST

Indiantelevision.com: E-City Digital Cinemas, part of the Essel Group, plans to invest Rs 1 billion ($22.2 million) in digitising 500 cinema theatres by 2007-’08. “We are investing Rs 1 billion…

M&A In Bollywood - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 08:03 AM PST

It seems M&A interest is picking up in the bollywood space. Business Standard reports that Bertelsmann AG, a German media conglomerate, has initiated talks “for acquiring a sizeable stake in…

Record Companies Seek Ad Revenue Share From Free Music Downloads - 10 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 06:04 AM PST

The Hindu: South Indian film music industry is seriously looking at digital distribution as an additional revenue generator. According to the South India Music Companies Association (SIMCA), record companies earned…

“Munna Bhai MBBS II Will Be Better Than Munna Bhai I”: Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 27 Mar 2006 06:03 AM PST

Prashant Sethi, our contributing writer, caught up with bollywood’s one of the most successful producer-directors, Vidhu Vinodh Chopra, at the Ficci-Frames 2006 conference in Mumbai last week. He says: “I…

Frames 2006: Challenges Of Digital Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Sat 25 Mar 2006 06:03 AM PST

By Prashant Sethi, reporting from Ficci-Frames 2006, Mumbai. Viren Popli, Senior Vice President, Star India Pvt Ltd There are three models to be looked at for the digitisation of content.…

Frames 2006: The Future Of Television And Advertising - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Sat 25 Mar 2006 06:03 AM PST

By Prashant Sethi, reporting from Ficci-Frames 2006, Mumbai. Robert L McCann, Chairman, Nielsen Media Resech, International There have been some major changes in the past year or two and the…

Frames 2006: Digitisation of Cinema - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Sat 25 Mar 2006 05:04 AM PST

By Prashant Sethi, reporting from Ficci-Frames 2006, Mumbai. Atul Goel, CEO, E-City Entertainment E-City Entertainment has currently launched 22 digital theatres in Gujarat. Most of the planning goes into deciding…

Frames 2006: What Do They Think Of Young India - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Sat 25 Mar 2006 05:03 AM PST

There is more. Here is the Day Three coverage of Frames 2006 by Prashant Sethi. Is India young? Well, just to put things into perspective, 65% of the total Indian…

Metroblogging Launches Chennai Blog - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 09:04 PM PST

Metroblogging has added another Indian city blog to their portfolio - Chennai. It’s their 44th city. In December, they had launched Mumbai blog. Metroblogging is an online local media project…

Timesjobs.com Launches In Middle East - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 11:04 AM PST

The Economic Times: Timesjobs.com, an online recruitment portal from The Times of India group, has ventured aborad. They have launched their maiden overseas operations in the Middle East, which has…

Indian Animation Companies Win A Slew Of Overseas Projects - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 11:03 AM PST

The Financial Express: Indian animation companies are getting huge amount of work. Here are some recently won projects. Toonz Animation India director (operations) Hari Verma said, “We’re going to be…

Frames 2006: Day One & Two Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 09:03 AM PST

-- Frames 2006 In Pictures -- “Content Producers To Benefit:” Kiran Karnik -- Opportunity In Digital Content Outsourcing: John McClure, Intel Technologies -- Koffee With Amritraj - Karan Johar Chats…

Frames 2006: “Content Producers To Benefit:” Kiran Karnik - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 08:03 AM PST

By Prashant Sethi from Ficci-Frames 2006 in Mumbai: Kiran Karnik (left in the pic), President, NASSCOM The new emerging revenue options that are coming up for the Indian entertainment Industry…

Frames 2006: Opportunity In Digital Content Outsourcing - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 08:03 AM PST

By Prashant Sethi, our contributing correspondent, from Ficci-Frames 2006 in Mumbai: John McClure, country head, Intel technologies India Pvt Ltd. Technology and the entertainment industry have converged. Media companies are…

Updated: Industry Moves: UTV Gets New COO; Ashish Bagga CEO Of India Today Group - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 07:03 AM PST

Exchange4media.com: UTV Software Communications has appointed Ronald D’Mello, currently Director-Operations & Finance, as the new Chief Operating Officer. Zarina Mehta, Founder Director of UTV and Head of Programming, Hungama TV,…

Frames 2006: Koffee With Amritraj - 2 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 24 Mar 2006 07:03 AM PST

Prashant Sethi brings his impressions of the Day Two of the Ficci-Frames 2006 Conference: The second day of FICCI- Frames 2006. Well, was it just another conference? No-€¦it was one…