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Rajshri Media Launches Tamil Content - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:04 PM PST

Video content portal Rajshri Media has added Tamil films and TV shows to its bouquet of content. The service was launched on Jan 14th, around the festive season of Pongal.…

Shemaroo And B4U Provide Content To Tinselvision; Non-Exclusive Content As A Differentiator - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 25 Nov 2007 09:16 PM PST

After a tie-up with Yash Raj Films, video-on-demand startup Tinselvision has inked a distribution deal with Shemaroo Entertainment. The deal gives Tinselvision non-exclusive rights to distribute around 100 films (including…

Tinselvision Gets Second Round Funding Of Over $3 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 19 Nov 2007 09:08 PM PST

A fresh influx of more than $3 million in funding for Tinselvision, a video-on-demand (VoD) service targeting South Asian communities in the US, UK and Canada, has been led by…

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SingTel’s mioTV adds EROS Movies To Its On Demand Portfolio - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 Nov 2007 10:21 PM PST

We’d written a few days ago about the deal between SingTel’s mio TV and Indian broadcaster NDTV. mio TV has also just announced a content deal with EROS International for…

Indian Content Sold Overseas Valued At $200 Mln - E&Y - 3 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 09 Oct 2007 08:14 PM PST

The total value of Indian content sold outside India is about $200 million and it could grow over 20 percent every year, according to Ernst & Young’s latest report titled…

Zee Provides Digital Content To Singtel - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 30 Aug 2007 05:10 AM PST

Zee group company Digital Media Convergence Ltd (DMCL) has inked a deal with Singapore based telecom company Singtel. Zee will make its library of digital content available to Singtel subscribers…

WatchIndia Adds Three Zee Channels To Its Portfolio - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 16 Aug 2007 11:23 PM PST

WatchIndia, a online TV service, has launched three new Zee channels - Zee Cinema, Zee Punjabi and Zee Gujarati. The release claims that the service had over 1 lakh unique…

WatchIndia Launches News, Entertainment Channels Web Site For NRIs - 6 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 18 Jul 2007 02:23 AM PST

Ethnic Internet TV company WatchIndia launched its Web site, allowing non resident Indians access to Bollywood movies and channels such as Zoom, Times Now, Aastha, IOL, Zee TV, and Zee…

Indya.com Launches Broadband Portal For NRIs; Download-To-Own For $0.99 An Episode - 2 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 01 May 2007 10:46 PM PST

Indya.com, the internet portal of the STAR Group, has launched its digital entertainment on-demand online service—indyaondemand.com - for the NRI audiences. The service is available worldwide and is targeted at…

US Entertainment Portal Desi Hits Gets $1 Million From Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Trident Capital - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 01 Feb 2007 09:45 AM PST

San Francisco-based South Asian entertainment channel Desi Hits has received $1 million in Series A round funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Trident Capital (read release). Desi Hits has…

How Attractive Is US Market For Bollywood Content - 3 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 09 Jan 2007 08:37 PM PST

Here is why US is an attractive market for bollywood content. Vinod Bhat, co-founder of on-demand video service BODVOD, says in an interview: “The South Asian market in the country…

Reliance To Distribute Indian Mobile Content Globally; Ties Up With Telus - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 29 Nov 2006 08:14 PM PST

Reliance Communications has signed up with Canadian telco Telus and is in talks with others for the distribution of mobile content across the globe, reports Business Standard. Reliance will offer…

Etisalat Provides News In Malayalam In The UAE Using Mobile App - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 23 Nov 2006 06:53 AM PST

When Indi5566 was launched, I’d mentioned that city or state specific content from India would target the expatriate community better. A service from UAE telecom operator etisalat’s infotainment and community…

Nirvana Woman Targets South Asians In The US - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 18 May 2006 12:05 PM PST

Here is magazine targeting Indian woman in the US - Nirvana Woman. They also have an online edition. A podcast session with the magazine’s VP Ankur Srivastava is here. The…