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Update: It’s official - Rishi Khiani has confirmed to MediaNama that he has joined Times Internet Ltd as CEO.
Original Story: Just a quick note: several people had raised doubts about a story we had done a month and a half ago about Rishi Khiani joining as CEO of Indiatimes. Note that we’re yet to receive any [...]
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Indian ExpressNet a habitat for metro kids: TCS studyEconomic Times“The TCS Generation Web 2.0 survey confirms that today's students are shifting their academic and social life online and embracing the digital world as true ...Bangalore kids dominate Web 2.0Daily News & AnalysisTech-savvy with a global outlook.Express BuzzKolkata has highest mobile, PC penetration among studentsBusiness StandardCXOToday.com -MediaMughals | Technology First -Siliconindia.comall 63 news articles »
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No agreement yet between Bharti Airtel and MTN, with the deadline having passed for exclusive talks, the two companies have decided to extend exclusive discussions until August 31st 2009. We’ve just received a statement from the company:
This is further to our media statement dated May 25, 2009 on renewal of discussions regarding a potential transaction [...]
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Notes from the OnMobile Global Q1-10 Conference Call:
Indian VAS Market Outlook: “The Rural market is value conscious. People have around Rs. 50 balance on an average. Challenge is in pricing and packaging. Ad-RBT is an example of a product for that market, where users have limited revenue. You have to look for wallets beyond the consumer. Is there [...]
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Recently 9.9 Media Pvt. Ltd said that they would launch Indian version of Inc. magazine in October. India Inc hence will be the second foreign magazine targeting Indian Business segment, the first being Fortune launched by Network 18 in May.
While Fortune targets business enthusiasts of India by putting up short articles with strong focus [...]
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If web traffic is an indication of Twitter’s rage, it surely is making news in India as well. The growth is accelerated by the fact that mainstream media is readily embracing the mirco-blogging site to engage readers on their portals. One media major that has gone the Twitter way with much enthusiasm is India Today, only it prefers to call it News Buzzer on its website.
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Media and Entertainment sector always gives the best outlook of any economy as this is the only place where all different types of Industries come together.
Though, we kept on listening that India is untouched of the recession around the world, reality is that the overall growth of Media and Entertainment industry is halved to 8% this year (from a very decent CAGR growth rate of 16.6% from 2004 to 2008).
PWC, recently released - Indian Media & Entertainment Outlook 2009 Report - which however is optimistic of a double digit growth rate for Media & Entertainment sector from next year onwards.
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Adlabs
31 July 2009:Adlabs Films Limited has informed the Exchange regarding the revised press release, dated July 31, 2009
31 July 2009:Adlabs Films Limited has informed the Exchange regarding a press release dated July 31, 2009
Aksh Optifibre
29 July 2009:Updates
Bharti Airtel
28 July 2009:AGM on Aug 21, 2009
Deccan Chronicle
31 July 2009:Financial Results for Jun 30, 2009
31 July 2009:Board [...]
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impact Roundtable: 'There is need for innovation in gaming, and ...exchange4media.comOn a slightly different note, Garg of Komli Media said, “To me, gaming is still a substance of digital, and for digital to grow, the industry needs to look ...
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Another Quarter of increasing content and royalty costs for BSE listed mobile Value Added Services company OnMobile Global, as the company reported, on a standalone basis, an 8.2% increase in cost of content quarter on quarter, and a 166.4% increase year on year.
The company also suggests that the TRAI directive on subscription services has resulted in [...]
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