Here is another desi media network being launched in the US. The site called Desi You basically contains “South Asian themed programming revolving around -€œDesi-€ (South Asian) themed entertainment”. The…

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CNNMoney.com: When there are only two Indian internet stocks being traded in a US stock exchange, they are likely to flare up if the investors are looking to buy into…

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New York-based equity research firm Kaufman Bros. has initiated coverage on Sify Ltd and has recommended a “buy’ rating with a price target of $17. Soon after the analyst’s recommendation,…

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Sci-Tech Today: Intel’s plans for low-cost computers for developing countries is well known. The company is apparently close to announce the details of the project very soon. “Within the next…

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Televisionpoint: Three investors - Indus Capital, Kelusa Capital and Tracer Capital - have invested close to $33 million in Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL) by subscribing to foriegn currency convertible…

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Animation Express: Don’t write off Ronnie Screwvalla from animation business yet. While several others like DQ Entertainment of Hyderabad were hitting the headlines regularly, Screwvalla’s UTV Toons, which has been…

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Business Standard: Triple play is passe. It’s hexa play now! That is what this company claims. Bangalore-based Innomedia Technologies, a division of Reliance Infocomm, is launching a device called Chois…

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Press Release: OpenTV, a leading digital television services provider, is upbeat about its deal with India’s Essel Group. OpenTV’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James A. Chiddix, said, “Looking ahead,…

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Now you may lose count of travel portals. Sabeer Bhatia is relaunching Arzoo.com as a travel and hotel services portal. The man told Techtree in an interview: ...Arzoo.com is going…

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Business Standard: Subhash Chandra is one entrepreneur who thinks big. He is the rice-trader-turned-media baron. He pioneered satellite TV in India when Doordarshan rooled the roost in the country. Here…

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Exchange4media: This is the most important news of the day. STAR TV in India has been spun off into two groups - One is the STAR Group under Peter Mukherjea…

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Agencyfaqs.com: Gujarat University has signed up with Tata Indicom Broadband for wiring up the campus. The Tata Indicom broadband service, offered by a Tata group company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited,…

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Exchange4media.com: Bharti Teletech has launched set top boxes for direct-to-home (DTH) television. It’s called SD 98, under the brand name “Beetel”. Bharti Teletech, a group company of the mobile phone…

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Business Standard: The issue of radio frequency spectrum for mobile phone services still seems to be unresolved. A specially empowered committee of the government on spectrum has maintained a status…

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Business Standard: Telekom Malaysia, which recently picked up 49 per cent stake in Spice Telecom, is looking at expanding in India through the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) route. MVNOs…

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Press Release: UK’s United Business Media plc has acquired an Indian specialty publications house. UBM’s healthcare division, CMPMedica, has acquired Mediworld Publications, an Indian medical publisher for $844,500 (Rs 3.8…

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Reliance Communication Ventures (RCoVL) has re-organised its various businesses under its umbrella. RCoVL will have 100 per cent ownership of operating companies -€” Reliance Infocomm (RIC), its CDMA business; Reliance…

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International Herald Tribune has an article on how Hollywood could increasingly transfer some of their post-production work like visual effects to India. There is already proof that Indians can do…

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Agencyfaqs.com: Leading business daily Business Standard and NDTV Profit, the business channel from NDTV, have formed a content sharing alliance. The agreement between the two was signed on March 9.…

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DNA: This is boom time for Indian the Indian entertainment and media industry. The sector is expected to grow at 19 per cent to Rs 83,740 crore ($18.6 billion) by…

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Who will be Sabeer Bhatia’s partner in developing the web 2.0 products? He has tied up with Pune-based KPIT Cummins Infosystems, which had also collaborated with the Hotmail founder for…

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The Economic Times has some details about Reliance Communications Ventures‘ digital plans. Apparently, Mukesh Ambani’s pet project called Netway (when he owned Reliance Infocomm), which envisaged carrying television, movies and…

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Business Standard: The issue of SMS rights for cricket scores has become a problem again. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has asked all mobile operators to…

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Rajesh Jain’s Netcore has launched a cool web 2.0 product. It is called MyToday.com. It is essentially a public RSS aggregator providing the latest news, views and content on a…

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Online (and offline) travel space is set to get hotter with big boys entering the space. The latest is Sahara India Pariwar which is looking at click-and-mortar business model. The…

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