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| Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| Controversial Gandhi Video - YouTube, Google Get Notice |
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 The Karnataka High Court in Bangalore just a while ago have issued notices to YouTube and Google for hosting the controversial hate video of the Father of the Nation - Mahatama Gandhi. Gautham Prasad, the creator of the video has already apologized but has failed to remove it from the site.
Digital Society Foundation had filed a Public Interest Litigation. The High Court bench that heard the petition has urged the Central Government of India to block such videos and take necessary steps by issuing instructions to ISPs and follow up the case with the concerned companies.
In yet another online controversy involving hate messages and defaming of individuals on Google's Social Networking site - Orkut, the Mumbai Police have gained a backdoor access to the Orkut's log files and other information required for the purpose of investigation. |
Published on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 11:02 PM  |
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| Friday, May 25, 2007 |
| MTNL IPTV and Broadband Contract |
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MTNL the first IPTV provider in India had mere 1,000 customers for the previous fiscal. This fiscal they expect the subscribers to grow to more than 40,000. MTNL currently offers 50 channels and Video on Demand. They want to offer 150 by the end of this fiscal.
In order to expand their reach, MTNL had a global tender to rollout broadband infrastructure. Sterlite Optic has bagged the order worth Rs 170 crore which will help MTNL add 500,000 lines in Mumbai and Delhi. MTNL currently has 300,000 broadband users. Currently, MTNL has a waiting Queue of 18,000 in Mumbai and 8,000 in Delhi. |
| Published on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 7:31 AM |
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| Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| Reliance WiMax in Bangalore and Pune |
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 BroadbandIndia has learnt that Reliance Communications will be launching its broadband services on the WiMax platform in Bangalore and Pune within the next two months. Airtel, BSNl and Tata Indicom have also tested and are weighing options to introduce service in the city.
Reliance official said,
RCOM can launch the unlicensed version of WiMax service anytime as it has completed all the tests. The initial launch will be in Pune and Bangalore and later move to other cities. BSNL is also looking to launch its WiMax service in Pune.
Sify and You telecom have already deployed Wimax for business customers in few cities in India. Bangalore Wi-Max was live for a short period last year during BangaloreIT.In.
We have used and tested Tata Indicom Broadband and Reliance NetConnect [Wireless Internet using data card, a.k.a Discover Reliance Internet] are terrible services. Claims of 144Kbps speed on Reliance Wireless Internet is a straightforward lie.
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| Published on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 7:41 AM |
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| Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| Eros Entertainment Deal with YouTube |
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 According to a Press Release by U.K based Eros Entertainment, the company has joined hands with Google's YouTube instead of involving in litigation like T-Series. YouTube will host an exclusive Eros Entertainment channel and is available here.
Eros Entertainment has agreed for a revenue sharing agreement with YouTube. Neat Deal. However, the Eros channel doesn't have much content in there compared to user uploaded content elsewhere on YouTube for which Eros holds the rights. What Eros must do is, dump poor quality content distributors like Rajshri and use YouTube as the medium.
Very soon their will be a Paid Viewing channel on YouTube :-) |
| Published on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 2:04 PM |
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| Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| You Telecom acquires IceNet |
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Just days after directives from TRAI to flush out inactive ISPs, You Telecom funded by Citigrouphas announced that it has acquired IceNet ISP in Gujarat. You Telecom is a National level Broadband ISP with 0.15 Million subscribers. IceNet which offered services using cable [just like Sify] had mere 3,500 subscribers.
Chirag Mehta of IceNet said,
I am very happy that Icenet is merging into a larger entity having a national footprint and larger resource pool. I am confident that IceNet and You Telecom will take the business to new heights. With the acquisition of IceNet, You Telecom get to establish its presence in Ahmedabad, Baroda and Rajkot. |
| Published on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 5:02 PM |
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| Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| SantaBanta told to stop illegal Music Streaming |
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 The High Court of Delhi has granted a stay on T-Series petition seeking SantaBanta.com to stop illegal streaming of T-Series Audio and Video content.
SantaBanta which started as a popular humor portal is now all about glamour, pirated content and pop-ups which makes it one of the worst websites in India. T-Series is proactively trying to protect its content and has even sent legal notices to Google to remove pirated Video Songs from YouTube for which it holds exclusive rights. |
| Published on Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:03 AM |
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| Thursday, May 03, 2007 |
| Download STAR TV Content from IndyaOnDemand |
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 IndyaOnDemand is a Star TV group company that has taken its content online to entertain the Indian diaspora around the world.
IndyaOnDemand.com is offering Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge etc for yout to download at a price. An episode of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii will pinch your pocket $1.99 which is extremely expensive. Come on guys talk in cents [less than a quarter] and watch your cash register ring.
Star has earlier offered mobisodes [Mobile Episodes / Clippings] of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi but wasn't very popular, once again due to expensive pricing. |
| Published on Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 8:16 AM |
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