Portals

First Look At Web18s Horizontal Portal In.com - 10 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 15 May 2008 07:58 AM PST

While some have been saying that the horizontal portal is waning in influence, Web18, the internet company from the Network18 group is set to open its so-called-horizontal portal In.com for…

Financial Chronicle Launches E-Paper - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 13 May 2008 01:17 AM PST

So what all do you have to do to read a Financial Chronicle news report online? First, go to http://www.mydigitalfc.com, click on the story in the e-paper, register for the…

YouTube India Goes Live - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 May 2008 11:59 PM PST

I just checked, and Youtube India has gone live today, with a host of Indian content partners - NDTV, UTVi, Bindass, Zoom and Indiaglitz are broadcast partners, content from Rajshri…

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Hindu Business Line Tries Podcasts And Mobile Version - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 May 2008 09:53 PM PST

Looks like the Hindu Business Line quietly rolled out some new features recently - a mobile site and podcasts. On April 25th, the first podcast went up on their site…

Images Multimedia Group Gets FIPB Approval For Rs. 33.37 Crores - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 02 May 2008 06:29 AM PST

Delhi based Images Multimedia group has received a clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board for bringing in a foreign direct investment (FDI) of Rs. 33.37 crore, for a dilution…

Royal Challengers Tie Up With MSN India For Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 02 May 2008 05:47 AM PST

MSN India has tied up with the Royal Challengers, and is providing the teams site with content, reports the Hindu. Among the tools is an email address for fans -…

UTV Launches Website For Business Channel UTVi - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 01 May 2008 04:14 AM PST

The website for UTVi the business channel from the UTV Group, has gone live, albeit in beta. The site has news, market updates, industry-wise updates; there are ”Guru Blogs”, which…

Campaign India Launches Website - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 21 Apr 2008 10:46 PM PST

The Indian version of the Haymarket group publication Campaign went online earlier this month. Campaign India targets the advertising and marketing community, and the website competes with established players like…

RCOM Launches Education Portal On Mobile; Operator Agnostic Service? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 10 Apr 2008 11:52 PM PST

Over the past couple of years, Reliance Communications (RCOM) executives have often spoken about Cadbury’s promo they did around exam results - students were shown Cadbury’s Dairy Milk advert if…

Plagiarism By MSN India’s Content Partner - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 10 Apr 2008 05:12 AM PST

Content from a post by Melanie Phung on the ”10 Years of Viagra Spam” was allegedly plagiarised by MSN India’s content partner India Syndicate, by “Aditya Mehta”. Phung has a…

Web18 Buys In.com; Is Active18 Being Rebranded? - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 09 Apr 2008 04:39 AM PST

Web18, the online and mobile company from the Network18 group has bought the domain name In.com, contentSutra has learned from multiple sources. At present, while www.in.com remains cloaked, domains like…

India To Finally Get Wired - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 09 Apr 2008 04:26 AM PST

Well, Wired as in the magazine, and (unfortunately) not a growth in fixedline/broadband penetration. Conde Nast will launch the iconic Wired Magazine in India in 2009, Alex Kuruvilla, MD of…

The IPL Media Guidelines - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 06 Apr 2008 11:38 PM PST

Word is expected today regarding changes to the guidelines issued by the Indian Premier League regarding media coverage; both Prem Panicker and an online media publication were kind enough send…

IPL And Media Publications At Loggerheads Over Restrictive New Media Guidelines - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Apr 2008 10:11 PM PST

The Indian Premier League is certainly throwing its weight around, and pushing its luck - the media guidelines issued regarding the much hyped and controversial Twenty20 Cricket tournament, reportedly include…

Kolkata Knight Riders Demo Site Up; Other IPL Sites; On Fandom
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:27 AM PST

Kolkata Knight Riders, the Shah Rukh Khan owned Indian Premier League cricket team, has launched its website, albeit in demo mode. The current website, according to reliable sources, is for…

Airtel Launches Broadband Portal Powered By Google - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 04:37 AM PST

Wow...I didn’t know that there was such a paucity of web developers and designers in the world that India’s largest telco Airtel had to resign itself to having its broadband…

Yet Another Bollywood Site: STAR Launches Starboxoffice.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 03:57 AM PST

This appears to be a day for entertainment websites - and I wonder if we’re headed for a glut of some sort: It appears that STAR TV has launched an…

BAG Launches Bollywood Site; Plans For Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 02:33 AM PST

Another portal from BAG Films: the broadcaster has launched a website for its entertainment news channel E24, reports Agencyfaqs. BAG Convergence also plans to launch mobile sites for their two…

Nimbus Launches Cricketnirvana.com and Video Streaming And Home Video Sites - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:35 PM PST

Nimbus Communications has launched a broadband initiative - CricketNirvana, and two other sites - Filmnirvana.com and Showtime Video. The site will begin streaming rich media content today, to co-incide with…

Agencyfaqs Launches Freelance Exchange; On Online Marketplaces - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 13 Mar 2008 10:31 AM PST

Agencyfaqs, a portal targeting advertising, media and marketing professionals has launched a classifieds marketplace called Freelance Exchange. It’s currently in beta, and by the looks of it, they will be…

Sequoia Capital Funded Apnaloan.com Launches Insurance Portal - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 11 Mar 2008 01:25 AM PST

Sequoia Capital funded company Apnaloan.com is launching a portal - Apnainsurance.com. I think the launch is timely, perhaps a little late, as the financial year is coming to a close.…

Financial Times To Part Ways With India’s Business Standard; Deal With Network18? - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 09 Mar 2008 09:57 PM PST

’Tis the season for breaking and making media partnerships in India—Mint reports that Financial Times is ending its 15 year old content partnership with Indian financial daily Business Standard, while…

ByIndia.com Goes Up For Sale On Ebay; SaffronConnect Shuts Down? - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 20 Feb 2008 09:46 PM PST

It’s Buy ByIndia or Bye ByIndia...the site which was acquired by Web2Corp in August 2006 is on the block, up for sale on ebay, here. Is this India’s first portal…

Seedfund To Invest In Online Publishing And College Info Ventures - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 19 Feb 2008 02:00 AM PST

Two of the businesses that were showcased at an IIM Calcutta business plan competition will receive funding from Seed Fund, reports Mint. Mudranik allows users to publish and sell their…

Jupiter Media To Launch Image Sales Ops In India; Cautious About Media Business; Job Portal - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 17 Feb 2008 11:02 PM PST

Nasdaq listed Jupiter Media is taking a cautious approach to India: the company’s Chairman and CEO Alan Meckler was in India for a couple of days - his first trip…