MediaNama had learnt from sources that Times Internet Limited (Indiatimes) has bought back Seqioua Capital India’s stake in the company. When contacted, Indiatimes CEO Rishi Khiani declined to confirm or ... Continue_Reading

It’s about cashflows. The Indian Internet Industry has been plagued for long by issues of delayed payments, with payment cycles going well beyond the usual 60 day period. For online ... Continue_Reading

The Indian telecom regulatory body TRAI has released the quarterly report for the quarter ending September, 2009  on the statistics and performance of service providers in the telecommunications and internet markets. Wireless In the ... Continue_Reading

Google India MD Shailesh Rao has said in an interview with the Economic Times that 2009 was a breakthrough year for the company, with double digit advertising revenue growth, despite ... Continue_Reading

“The worst is behind us” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, as the company announced a 7% year on year growth in revenues. Google has reported gross revenues of $5.94 billion for ... Continue_Reading

Viacom18 is a joint venture between Viacom and IBN18 Broadcast (IBN18 has a 50% stake in Viacom18), and in India, it manages MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and Colors. Earlier, we’d spoken ... Continue_Reading

Update: Rediff Chairman and CEO Ajit Balakrishnan, in an emailed response, has told MediaNama that the company cannot comment on products under development; we’ll update with details when the company is ... Continue_Reading

Taking cue from Aircel Cellular, which launched and promoted the Pocket Internet as a differentiator, Bharti Airtel has launched two mobile internet recharge vouchers for its Prepaid users in Delhi ... Continue_Reading

Nokia’s navigation subsidiary Navteq has added 44 Indian cities to its maps, enabling street-level details, turn-by-turn navigation and directions for users. It now covers a total of 84 Indian ... Continue_Reading

Online ad network company Komli Media will enable the distribution of video ads across its entire publisher inventory, targeting brand advertisers. The enablement of video ads should allow the company to ... Continue_Reading

Tata Communications Internet Services‘ latest launch Tata Indicom Extra is strikingly similar to what Sify started in 2007 with ePort Express and Sify Broadband VAS. It offered e-learning courses, ... Continue_Reading

Astrology is the ‘A’ in the ‘ABC’ of online content in India, with B representing Bollywood, and C, Cricket. Astrology portals appear to be looking to increase their distribution of ... Continue_Reading