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IPL Season 3 will be available Streaming Live on Youtube !

by Arun Prabhudesai on January 19, 2010

It is not yet official, but if reports appearing in mainstream media are to be believed, Cricket Fans worldwide will be able to watch IPL Season III streaming live on their computers !

It is speculated that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will partner with Google India to stream live matches of its [...]

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Special Sunday: India News Digest

by Arun Prabhudesai

Its time for Special Sunday, where I write about anything and everything that I have found interesting over last week, and trust me this week I did come across something that I really wanted to share with readers. Animal becomes Human and Human becomes Animal. Last week on 2 consecutive [...]

1 comment July 26, 2009 Continue Reading →

Innovation on a Shoestring

by Arun Prabhudesai

WOW ! one of the better 10 minutes I spent in last few days – and it was spent watching and listening to a video Interview of Scott Anthony, president of Innosight, created by Harvard Business. I got to get my hands on that recently released Book – “The Silver Lining”, An innovation playbook for [...]

0 comments June 8, 2009 Continue Reading →

Internet on the bus, courtesy – Google

by Sriram Vadlamani

Euphoria over Google Ocean an addition from Google where you can see what’s on the seabed hasn’t died yet. Google is out with yet another innovation of its own. This innovation is not a software or a new addition to the already feature rich Gmail. It is a bus, equipped with stuff to educate people [...]

0 comments February 3, 2009 Continue Reading →

Instablogs global report: Citizen Journalism with Videos

by Arun Prabhudesai

I first met Ankit (CEO of Instablogs) at proto.in early this year. I have been following Instablogs closely since. One of the biggest positives that I see with them is that they have managed to create a vibrant loyal community through-out the world. Probably one of the most important factors of success for a startup.

Now that Instablogs is on its way to become a success, they recently launched “Instablogs Ground Report” or a video site for citizen journalism.

I sat with Ankit and his team (offcourse virtually) to find out more about Instablogs Ground Report.

Arun: Instablogs has done quite well with citizen journalism with your site getting around 3 million hits and growing, what prompted you to get into "video citizen journalism" with instablogs tv

Prince Campbell: Not everyone has the time or inclination to read all the great stuff written here. That is why we decided to highlight certain stories and opinions in a short daily video show you can watch anytime. Everyday will be actual stories from you and people like you from all over the world. We do not hate mainstream media. And this show is not designed to replace your regular reading and watching of the news.

1 comment July 2, 2008 Continue Reading →

Buzzar.tv: Virtual Exhibition space for Brands

by Arun Prabhudesai

Last November I had written about Indibiz.tv, which was an online directory for brands showcasing their ad commercials on the net. Now, Pixelkraft Media solutions, company behind indibiz have launched another site – Buzzar.tv – which is again very similar to what indibiz.tv is offering.

Here is how Pixelkraft differentiates Buzzar from Indibiz:

3 comments May 31, 2008 Continue Reading →

myPOPKORN.com – Videos that cannot be seen !

by Arun Prabhudesai

Thanks to bad broadband connections in India, watching streaming videos on the net can be one of the most frustrating things. But most of us beat the problem by pausing the video and seeing it after it is fully buffered.

But how about a video site that presents with you hundreds of videos but they can never be streamed. Introducing myPOPKORN.com, a video site that launched recently and promises you lot of video goodies but never delivers anything.

MyPopkorn.com is owned by Digital Media Convergence Ltd (DMCL), a part of the Essel Group, which also owns Zee Turner Ltd and DishTV. It is a website which showcases three minute videos of soap operas and other TV shows, news and movie clips.

The idea and concept behind the site is actually quite good. If you have missed any of the Soap Operas or want to watch the latest news headlines it (supposedly) brings to you the content in condensed format enough for you to get the gist of the whole thing.

8 comments May 19, 2008 Continue Reading →

Youtube India! What should you expect from it?

by Arun Prabhudesai

ContentSutra has just reported that YouTube is planning to launch an India site on the 7th of May. Although, the news does not seem to be formally confirmed, there are strong chances that it might be true. Youtube had bought out (through dispute resolution) youtube.in domain from one Mr. Rohit Kohli who had registered the domain.

Currently, youtube.in has a blank page, but what makes me believe this news is that even a blank page is showing youtube favicon.

Last year, youtube launched 9 country specific sites – Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ireland and they currently have around 18 country specific sites.

2 comments April 30, 2008 Continue Reading →

Virgin Mobile sets foot in India with 2 great TV advertisments

by Arun Prabhudesai

Image from WikipediaI have said this repeatedly earlier and I am saying it again. I love Indian TV advertisements. They not only pass across the message in those limited 10 seconds, but the fun element in it keeps the viewers wanting for more.

The 2 recent addtions to my favorite list are 2 maiden ads released by Virgin [...]

2 comments March 30, 2008 Continue Reading →

The new era of mobile content broadcasting and distribution

by Arun Prabhudesai

It is amazing to see how television broadcasting has changed over past 10-15 years. Earlier, we used to watch anything that was dished out to us on Doordarshan, be it Nukkad, be it films division cartoons (do you remember those?) or Sunday serials and bland evening movies. And today, even with 100 channels beaming on our TV sets, we crib about lack of choices. And to fulfill this demand (do we really need more channels?) there are hundreds of new channels slated to be launched.

2 comments November 24, 2007 Continue Reading →

Broadband in India: Is it going to ever improve?

by Arun Prabhudesai

One of the major problems that I face during my travel to India is the speed and reliability of broadband connections. In US, majority of users have 4 to 6 mbps lines at their home and reliability problems are next to none. Downloading a gigabyte files or watching a movie online is never a problem.

13 comments October 11, 2007 Continue Reading →

Interesting links from the Indian Blogosphere

by Arun Prabhudesai

Indian Blogosphere is growing. Infact, just in last 6 months, there are quite a few quality Indian blogs that have come up. I now have more than 200 feeds in my Google Feed Reader, majority of which are Indian blogs (mostly Business and Technology oriented blogs).

0 comments October 5, 2007 Continue Reading →

Indian TV advertisements: Very Creative and funny?

by Arun Prabhudesai

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know my love Indian advertisements. Yes, they can get on your nerves sometimes, especially during cricket matches, but at the same time, some ads just amaze you with their creativity and presentation.

21 comments September 28, 2007 Continue Reading →

Meet like minded people…urrr..no.. Rikshawvalas !

by Arun Prabhudesai

Aint you surprised at the number of new social networking sites that have crop up in recent times? I can count atleast 10 at the top of my head. Each one claims to have something unique and different that will make them the top networking site in India.

5 comments September 26, 2007 Continue Reading →

Sunday fun: It can happen only in India

by Arun Prabhudesai

Indian roads are legendary and Traffic on it, even bigger. It is a shock for any foreign national traveling. They are always amazed at how does Indian traffic system work.

But it sure works ! Best way to describe the traffic would be “Organized Chaos”

Now, this video goes one step further. Have a look at these daredevils (aka foolish people) doing stunts on a busy delhi highway overflowing with traffic.

4 comments September 22, 2007 Continue Reading →

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