Category Archives: News

InMobi Partners Indonesian News Portal Detik.com

PT Agranet Multicitra Sibercom, publisher of Detik.com, an Indonesian news portal, has inked a two year deal with mobile ad network, InMobi, for implementing digital advertising on the portal’s mobile platform, reports The Jakarta Post. Following the partnership, InMobi will enable rich media mobile ads incorporating moving graphics, videos and interactive games, on Detik’s mobile

Debashish Ghosh To Take Over From R. Sundar As CEO Of Times Business Solutions

There’s a change at the top at Times Business Solutions, the online classifieds business of the Times of India group (BCCL): R. Sundar, the founding CEO of the company is moving within the group to the Response department, and Debashish Ghosh will be the new man at the helm, MediaNama has learned from reliable BCCL

Industry Moves: HushBabies, Ozone Media & Affle

- Sridhar Seshadhri has joined HushBabies.com and its sister site BabyBox.in as CEO, reports Techcircle. Prior to this, he was serving as the Country Head of Online Sales and Operations, India, at Google. Sridhar has also been associated with ICICI Bank for 10 years and has played multiple executive roles. HushBabies is an ecommerce venture focusing

Funding Digest: BrizzTV Media Lab, TwoMangoes

BrizzTV Media Lab, a digital media technology company that offers interactive applications on DTH (Direct to home) platforms, has raised an undisclosed amount in a series-A funding from Ojas Venture Partners, reports TechCircle. The company had earlier received a debt grant of Rs 25 lakh from NSRCEL (Nadathur S. Raghavan Center for Entrepreneurial Learning) – an incubation centre set

Ibibo Claims Its Mobile Browser Clocked 6M Downloads

An year after the launch of its mobile browser ‘iBrowser‘, Naspers and TenCent owned social networking site Ibibo has announced that its mobile browser has crossed the 6 million download mark with 50% monthly active users. (Interestingly, the company claims that the browser was launched in Dec 2011). We’ve also sent some additional queries to Ibibo,on usage patterns among users,

Aakash Tablet Project – Govt Dumps Datawind; MediaNama’s RTI

As expected, the Indian Government is reportedly booting out Datawind from the Aakash tablet project, and is planning to assemble the tablet on its own, while retaining the same price tag of Rs 2250, reports Livemint. The report quotes Communications & IT Minister Kapil Sibal, who told PTI that the government has now roped in others including PSUs

Gaana.com & Saavn Launch Open Graph Apps On Facebook

After Facebook announced the launch of open graph apps offering real time sharing, with Spotify as the first music app to demonstrate it, we had expected Indian music services to follow suit. Gaana.com, the online music streaming site from Indiatimes*, has now launched an open graph app on Facebook enabling integration with Facebook’s new Timeline. Following

The Chinese Olympic Team Premieres with Champions on 23rd Feb at 9 PM only on MOVIES NOW

Mumbai, 14thFebruary 2012: Champions – MOVIES NOW the channel responsible for revolutionizing the way we consumed English movies last year kick-started the trend of showcasing films based on martial arts! With the popular Shaolin blockbuster movie festivals – Shaolin Masters & Shaolin Master Level 1, MOVIES NOW brought some of the most entertaining martial art

Shubh Vivaah The Latest Show on Sony Entertainment Television Has Already Become Talk of The Town

Eijaz Khan Mobbed! Shubh Vivaah The Latest Show on Sony Entertainment Television Has Already Become Talk of The Town. The show is set in present day Agra and Vrindavan. Recently Eijaz Khan along with rest of the cast of show including Neha Janpandit and Rakesh Bedi were shooting in Agra. Apparently, Eijaz is has a

Team Mirchi Took Chutti, Leaving Behind a Giant Storybook For Listeners

Mumbai, February 20, 2010: In a unique, never done before and exciting concept, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM’s LISTENERS got the exclusive chance to enjoy some thrilling stories left behind by the Mirchi team as they went on a vacation! From romance-tinted stories to scary thrillers, virtual relationships to the nuances of multicoloured Mumbai, there was