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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…

First Look At Web18s Horizontal Portal In.com - 11 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…

Kolkata Knight Riders Ties Up WIth Contests2Win; Shah Rukh Khan To Blog
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 13 May 2008 09:40 PM PST

Kolkata Knight Riders has tied up with Contests2win.com for its website, Kolkataknightriders.com. According to the release, 6 contests are currently live and another 5 are in the pipeline. I tried…

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Web18 Reorganization: Khiani Appointed COO For Content, Thomas COO For Financial Properties
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 01 May 2008 06:48 AM PST

Web18, the Internet and Mobile company from the Network18 group has reorganization its operations into two separate groups: Financial and Content verticals, contentSutra has learned from sources. Rishi Khiani, who…

Earnings: Web18s Posts Rs. 28.8 Crores Operating Loss, Rs. 57.3 Crores In Revenues In 2007-08 - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 28 Apr 2008 10:39 PM PST

Web18, the Internet and Mobile company of the Network18 group, has reported an operating loss of Rs. 28.8 crores for the financial year 2007-08 (FY08), up Rs. 7.99 crores for…

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…

IBNlive Launches Student Blogs; Not Using Enough Citizen Journalism Content - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 12 Feb 2008 08:31 PM PST

IBNlive, the website for TV channel CNN-IBN, appears to have taken to Citizen Journalism in a big way. The site, which earlier allowed their own journalists and a select few…

Web18 Launches Biztech2tv - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 10 Feb 2008 08:21 PM PST

[By Cerius Shah The enterprise technology sub-brand of Web 18, Biztech2, has launched Biztech2tv. The site already had a text version of the tech B2B industry, including case studies, whitepapers…

Report: Web18 To Dilute 10-15 % Equity Via ADR - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Feb 2008 03:13 AM PST

Web18, the Internet and mobile company of the Network18 group is looking to dilute 10-15 percent equity, reports Indiantelevision.com, quoting a source. The company is planning to file for the…

Earnings: Web18 Reports Rs. 7.19 Crore Q3 Operating Loss On Account Of Increase In Investments - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 01 Feb 2008 11:50 PM PST

Web18, the Internet and Mobile company of the Network18 group, has reported an operating loss of Rs. 7.189 crores for third quarter of 2007 (Q3-07), ending December 31st, compared to…

Web18 Launches E-Commerce Portal Storeguru; What About Homeshop18? - 6 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 24 Jan 2008 02:51 AM PST

Network18 now has two competing e-commerce businesses in the online retail space. Web18, the Internet and Mobile company of the Network18 group, has launched Storeguru.com, while the group already has…

This Portal Launching Frenzy… - 8 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 05 Nov 2007 10:23 PM PST

I just don’t get this portal launching frenzy among media companies - for both NDTV Convergence and Web18. Over the past year or so, Web18 has launched EasyMF.com, cricketnext.com, compareindia.com,…

Web18 Launches Josh18, Revamps CricketNext - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 15 Oct 2007 03:35 AM PST

-- Web18 has launched a Hindi language news and entertainment portal called Josh18. The site features news content sourced from Network18’s two Hindi TV channels - CNBC Awaaz and IBN7,…

Application Roundup: STAR-Yatra; Moneycontrol-Markets On Mobile - 18 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 04 Oct 2007 05:01 AM PST

-- STAR India has signed a 12 month alliance with Online Travel Agent (OTA) Yatra.com to offer air travel reservations, hotel bookings etc on STARs GPRS based mobile platform PLUS.…

Online Film Fest: PassionForCinema; Buzz18 Ties Up With PNC - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 19 Sep 2007 03:49 AM PST

Cinema fansite and blog Passionforcinema (PFC) has announced the launch of PFCOne, an online film festival which will be judged by directors Anurag Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, Nishikant Kamat, Suparn Verma,…

Web 18’s Mantha Not Too Positive About Mobile TV For Now - 7 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Sun 02 Sep 2007 07:22 PM PST

Surya Mantha, CEO of Web 18, writes on agencyfaqs.com that one major hurdle for mobile TV in India will be inadequate battery life. “If people are going to watch a…

Neeraj Sanan Appointed Web18 Marketing Head - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 13 Aug 2007 06:17 AM PST

Neeraj Sanan has been appointed Marketing Head of Web18, TV18’s Internet and Mobile company, reports Indiantelevision. Before joining Web18, Sanan was Deputy General Manager (Marketing) for Dabur’s consumer care division.…

Raghav Bahl Funded Tangerine Digital To Launch Youth Portal - Campus18 - 14 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 03 Aug 2007 07:45 AM PST

You’re reading it here first: Tangerine Digital, a company in which TV18 MD Raghav Bahl has a substantial financial stake, is in the process of launching a youth portal called…

Moneycontrol Provides Financial Information To Hutch Subscribers - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 13 Jul 2007 02:35 AM PST

Web18’s financial news portal Moneycontrol.com has tied up with mobile operator Hutch to provide stock market related information, reports the Hindu. They’ve launched six packages, priced between Rs. 25 -…