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Google Adwords Launches Netbanking; Ties Up With DirecPay - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 01:03 PM PST

Just when you thought you knew all the usual suspects. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Adwords has launched its netbanking service and tied up with DirecPay, a subsidary of BCCL’s Timesofmoney. The…

Times/BCCL Takes Stake in Travel Portal TravelChaCha - 6 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Jun 2008 07:12 AM PST

BCCL, the parent company of Times of India, has taken an undisclosed stake in Culture Holiday, the parent company of online travel portal TravelChaCha.com, adding to more crush in the…

Times Bought Virgin Radio For The Convergence; Will Not Use Virgin Brand - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 06 Jun 2008 04:07 AM PST

Why did Times of India buy Virgin Radio? Because of the internet, A.P. Parigi, CEO of its TIML unit, suggested to FT. “‘Now is the time, Parigi,’ (group CEO Vineet…

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Virgin Radio Sold To Times of India Publisher For $106 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 01 Jun 2008 12:29 AM PST

Indian media company Bennett, Coleman & Co, owner of Times of India newspaper, has made its biggest international buy: it has bought out UK’s Virgin Radio for about $106 million.…

Economic Times, Times Of India Block Google News, In.com - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 May 2008 09:07 PM PST

Update: The robots.txt files have been updated, and crawlers are now being allowed. Update: Mohit Hira, Director of Marketing at Indiatimes, informs us that the company was in the midst…

Times Business To Launch Professional Networking Site - Peer Power - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 May 2008 01:40 AM PST

You’re probably reading his here first - BCCL owned Times Business Solutions is preparing to launch a professional networking site called Peer Power. The DNS points to Indiatimes servers and…

Updated: Nautanki.tv Gets Content From Zoom, FTV And Bollywood Hungama - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 21 May 2008 11:44 PM PST

Video distribution startup Nautanki.tv has recently inked deals for three channels - with Zoom TV (BCCL Group), and with Hungama for FTV and Bollywood Hungama (earlier known as IndiaFM). All…

Private Treaties Acquires Stake In ApnaCircle.com; MouthShut Doing PT Deal For Dekhona? - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 13 May 2008 08:50 PM PST

Two announcements from Private Treaties, the investment arm of the Times Group. The first, it has acquired a minority stake (rumored to be in the 20-30% range) in social network…

Times Of India Group Planning An IPO: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 11 May 2008 09:59 PM PST

This is big news: Bennett, Coleman & Co - better known as the Time of India group - is planning for an IPO, reports Business Standard. Ravi Dhariwal, CEO of…

Zoom Sells 25 Percent To Merrill Lynch For $30 Million; IPO, More Video Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 20 Apr 2008 08:53 PM PST

Mint reports that Zoom Entertainment Television, the entertainment and lifestyle channel from BCCL (Times of India Group) is going to sell 25 percent stake to a private equity fund owned…

Kotak Buys FT Stake In Business Standard; FT To Launch Financial Daily With Network 18 - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sat 19 Apr 2008 03:50 PM PST

Like we predicted, Network 18 is all set to launch a financial daily in partnership with Financial Times, the new title is expected to hit stands by 2008 end. Mint…

Indiatimes Launches Social Networking Site - itimes.com - 35 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 08 Apr 2008 08:21 AM PST

So it’s been well over a year and a half in the making, and the in the meantime the bloom appears to have gone off the social networking boom in…

Airtel, Reliance, Zee, BCCL, NDTV And Mobile2Win On FDI Limits In Media And Telecom - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Apr 2008 12:28 AM PST

In response to queries regarding foreign investment in Broadcast and Telecom sectors - with an eye on convergence - stakeholders have submitted their comments to the TRAI. On the key…

Indiatimes Launches Voice Portal And SMS On Single Numer - 58888; Number Busy? - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 30 Mar 2008 10:46 PM PST

Times Internet (Indiatimes) claims to have launched India’s first “Mobile Voice” service; by the looks of it, it’s a voice portal service using their short code 58888, given a new…

Remit2Home-less Times Gets Stay Order In Domain Case - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Mar 2008 02:08 AM PST

It ain’t over till...there’s no higher authority to appeal to: Times of Money Ltd has got a stay order from the District Court in Noida on the transfer of domains…

Times Now To Launch Business News Channel - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 13 Mar 2008 02:18 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Finally BCCL has got around to it. Word has it that before the launch of Times Now, the Group was in advanced stages for a business news…

CVL Srinivas Joins BCCL’s Private Treaties - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 05 Mar 2008 05:54 AM PST

CVL Srinivas, formerly the CEO of media convergence co SureWaves has joined BCCL’s Times Private Treaties as Director, reports Exchange4media. Prior to joining SureWaves, Srinivas was the CEO for Asia…

Why Did BCCL Hive Off Times Business Solutions? Interview With CEO R. Sundar - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 25 Feb 2008 04:47 AM PST

The Times Group (BCCL), had hived off its classifieds business into a separate entity called Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL), and appointed R. Sundar as CEO and Rajiv Gaur as…

Reuters To Sell Its Stake In Times Global Broadcasting To BCCL - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 14 Feb 2008 08:14 PM PST

We’ve written earlier about the Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) planning to exit Times Global Broadcasting, it’s joint venture with BCCL (Times of India Group), that owns the channel Times Now. Now…

Indiatimes Launches Ad-Supported Mobile Gaming Powered by Hovr - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 04 Feb 2008 05:05 AM PST

Times Internet Ltd (Indiatimes) has launched GameZone, a free ad-supported gaming portal on the mobile powered by mobile gaming company Hovr. This is similar (if not identical) to the Greystripe-Anand…

TIL Launches Mobile Application; App To Work Independently Of 58888 - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 23 Jan 2008 11:58 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Close at heels of the launch of NDTV Active, Indiatimes has launched its own mobile application. Content appears to be ported from the site, so expect economictimes.com,…

Reuters-BCCL Partnership Headed For A Split? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 23 Jan 2008 07:52 AM PST

Well, the rumour has been around for a while now - I first heard about it in December, but was unable to confirm it; “Why break off a successful partnership?”…

Times Of India Launches Kolkata Mirror Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:01 AM PST

Any idea on how Sify’s city specific portals - chennailive.in, hyderabadlive.in, bangalorelive.in and delhilive.in - have done? Now the TImes of India has launched a city specific site for its…

Indiatimes Re-launches Gaming: Same Old Stuff, New Skin - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 16 Jan 2008 08:00 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] So they come out of the woodwork. Everyone’s favourite punching bang has re-launched its gaming section. I noticed they had dedicated gaming servers and tried them out.…

STAR, BCCL To Launch Home Shopping Business: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:26 PM PST

After Network18’s HomeShop18, another home shopping network is reportedly in the works. Business Standard reports that STAR India and the Times of India group (BCCL) are tying up with a…