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  • Airbnb in strategic partnership with Times Group hopes to help Indian travelers discover more

    Airbnb in strategic partnership with Times Group hopes to help Indian travelers discover more

    NEW DELHI: Community driven hospitality company Airbnb has joined with The Times of India Group to help Airbnb create a truly localized presence for India, leveraging the media group’s vast network of media and operational resources.

    The strategic partnership comes as part of Airbnb’s plans to focus on developing the Indian travel market. As a part of the partnership, The Times Group will drive awareness of Airbnb accommodations.

    This is a key partnership for Times Global Partners that supports the launch and expansion of emerging global digital companies in India. Previously, Times Global Partners has partnered with Huffington Post, Coursera, as well as other digital companies.

    Times Internet MD Satyan Gajwani said, “We are excited to partner with Airbnb to transform the way Indians travel. As a personal user, I’ve found that Airbnb has brought a new dimension of convenience, value, and uniqueness to travel. We look forward to working closely with Airbnb to evangelize community driven hospitality.”

    Commenting on the partnership, Airbnb Chief Technology Officer & CoFounder Nathan Blecharczyk said, “We are excited about the opportunity that India presents, and to have one of the most respected partners in The Times Group. We are working on adapting our product for the Indian market so that Indian travelers can live like a local anywhere in the world.”

  • Airbnb in strategic partnership with Times Group hopes to help Indian travelers discover more

    Airbnb in strategic partnership with Times Group hopes to help Indian travelers discover more

    NEW DELHI: Community driven hospitality company Airbnb has joined with The Times of India Group to help Airbnb create a truly localized presence for India, leveraging the media group’s vast network of media and operational resources.

    The strategic partnership comes as part of Airbnb’s plans to focus on developing the Indian travel market. As a part of the partnership, The Times Group will drive awareness of Airbnb accommodations.

    This is a key partnership for Times Global Partners that supports the launch and expansion of emerging global digital companies in India. Previously, Times Global Partners has partnered with Huffington Post, Coursera, as well as other digital companies.

    Times Internet MD Satyan Gajwani said, “We are excited to partner with Airbnb to transform the way Indians travel. As a personal user, I’ve found that Airbnb has brought a new dimension of convenience, value, and uniqueness to travel. We look forward to working closely with Airbnb to evangelize community driven hospitality.”

    Commenting on the partnership, Airbnb Chief Technology Officer & CoFounder Nathan Blecharczyk said, “We are excited about the opportunity that India presents, and to have one of the most respected partners in The Times Group. We are working on adapting our product for the Indian market so that Indian travelers can live like a local anywhere in the world.”

  • Manveer Singh Malhi joins Digital Marketing and Technology Company iGenero as Partner

    Manveer Singh Malhi joins Digital Marketing and Technology Company iGenero as Partner

    NEW DELHI: Experienced brand strategist Manveer Singh Malhi has come on board Hyderabad-based digital interaction agency iGenero to focus on scaling up the business, expand the team and ensure the teams stays up to date on the latest digital and technological innovations and initiations. 

    Singh, trained in creating online strategies for businesses and entertainment houses, has in the recent past been  awarded as Top Social Media Professional of India by CMO Asia in 2015 and Digital Marketing Professional of the Year in 2016 by Global Youth Marketing Forum.

    In his career of more than eight years he has conceptualized and devised online media strategies and solutions for brands like Zapak, BigFlix, MTV, Reliance, Imagine TV, Iproperty.com, PIX Television, Fun Cinemas, Costa Cruises India, Everest Entertainment and many more. Manveer has efficiently helped more than 100+ brands adopt new media to derive strong and trackable business results. He was also the faculty for digital at SAE Institute and was invited to speak at various digital media workshops. 

    iGenero Co-Founder Karan S Kumar said, “We have been able to provide vital and measureable digital marketing plans and web development solutions to our clients. Manveer’s in depth knowledge and experience in digital marketing will enable us to enrich our delivery to existing clients and also serve exceptional plans to future clients.”

    “Manveer will be able to manoeuvre the team towards increasing their capacity to achieving robust business results for our clients. He has worked with us at SocialSamosa.com as business head in past where he helped to scale the business within a short span of one year”, added iGenero co-founder Aditya Gupta.

    Malhi said: “I’m delighted to join iGenero and am looking forward to sharing my expertise with the team. Digital has now become an integral part of all marketing and business initiatives for brands, it is no longer a secondary choice. At such a crucial stage of the digital industry’s growth, by using iGenero’s technological strength I hope to contribute in amplifying the output for all the clients. “

  • Manveer Singh Malhi joins Digital Marketing and Technology Company iGenero as Partner

    Manveer Singh Malhi joins Digital Marketing and Technology Company iGenero as Partner

    NEW DELHI: Experienced brand strategist Manveer Singh Malhi has come on board Hyderabad-based digital interaction agency iGenero to focus on scaling up the business, expand the team and ensure the teams stays up to date on the latest digital and technological innovations and initiations. 

    Singh, trained in creating online strategies for businesses and entertainment houses, has in the recent past been  awarded as Top Social Media Professional of India by CMO Asia in 2015 and Digital Marketing Professional of the Year in 2016 by Global Youth Marketing Forum.

    In his career of more than eight years he has conceptualized and devised online media strategies and solutions for brands like Zapak, BigFlix, MTV, Reliance, Imagine TV, Iproperty.com, PIX Television, Fun Cinemas, Costa Cruises India, Everest Entertainment and many more. Manveer has efficiently helped more than 100+ brands adopt new media to derive strong and trackable business results. He was also the faculty for digital at SAE Institute and was invited to speak at various digital media workshops. 

    iGenero Co-Founder Karan S Kumar said, “We have been able to provide vital and measureable digital marketing plans and web development solutions to our clients. Manveer’s in depth knowledge and experience in digital marketing will enable us to enrich our delivery to existing clients and also serve exceptional plans to future clients.”

    “Manveer will be able to manoeuvre the team towards increasing their capacity to achieving robust business results for our clients. He has worked with us at SocialSamosa.com as business head in past where he helped to scale the business within a short span of one year”, added iGenero co-founder Aditya Gupta.

    Malhi said: “I’m delighted to join iGenero and am looking forward to sharing my expertise with the team. Digital has now become an integral part of all marketing and business initiatives for brands, it is no longer a secondary choice. At such a crucial stage of the digital industry’s growth, by using iGenero’s technological strength I hope to contribute in amplifying the output for all the clients. “

  • Reliance Jio expands India’s connectivity to the world through BBG

    Reliance Jio expands India’s connectivity to the world through BBG

    MUMBAI: Reliance Jio announced the launch of a new, state of the art 8,100 km cable system, the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG). 

    BBG provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia through seamless interconnection with existing cable systems. 

    Reliance Jio owns and operates the strategically important undersea cable landing facility in Chennai, providing a high-speed, high-capacity, low latency route connecting India to the rest of the world.“

    “We are excited about the launch of BBG as it offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but also acts as a state-of-the-art 100 Gbps extension of Jio’s 100 Gbps core network,” said Reliance Jio president Mathew Oommen. 

    He further added, “This global connectivity brings key international content hubs closer to our customers, delivering a much richer experience as an important part of driving India’s broadband adoption, enabling consumers to shift away from the current high-cost low value propositions.”

    Providing robust, reliable, low latency connectivity, BBG strengthens one of the fastest growing global internet routes. BBG has deployed the latest submarine cable 100Gbps transmission technology, utilizing wavelength add/drop branching units along the route, with an initial equipped capacity of 9 terabits per second. In addition to Reliance Jio, the BBG partners include: Dialog Axiata, Etisalat, Omantel, Telecom Malaysia, and Vodafone.

  • Reliance Jio expands India’s connectivity to the world through BBG

    Reliance Jio expands India’s connectivity to the world through BBG

    MUMBAI: Reliance Jio announced the launch of a new, state of the art 8,100 km cable system, the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG). 

    BBG provides direct connectivity to South East Asia and the Middle East, then onward to Europe, Africa and Far East Asia through seamless interconnection with existing cable systems. 

    Reliance Jio owns and operates the strategically important undersea cable landing facility in Chennai, providing a high-speed, high-capacity, low latency route connecting India to the rest of the world.“

    “We are excited about the launch of BBG as it offers not just direct connectivity in and out of India through Chennai and Mumbai but also acts as a state-of-the-art 100 Gbps extension of Jio’s 100 Gbps core network,” said Reliance Jio president Mathew Oommen. 

    He further added, “This global connectivity brings key international content hubs closer to our customers, delivering a much richer experience as an important part of driving India’s broadband adoption, enabling consumers to shift away from the current high-cost low value propositions.”

    Providing robust, reliable, low latency connectivity, BBG strengthens one of the fastest growing global internet routes. BBG has deployed the latest submarine cable 100Gbps transmission technology, utilizing wavelength add/drop branching units along the route, with an initial equipped capacity of 9 terabits per second. In addition to Reliance Jio, the BBG partners include: Dialog Axiata, Etisalat, Omantel, Telecom Malaysia, and Vodafone.

  • nexGTv adds more ‘flavour’ to its global content catalogue with Chardikala TV

    nexGTv adds more ‘flavour’ to its global content catalogue with Chardikala TV

    MUMBAI: nexGTv, the subscription-driven video entertainment app from Digivive Services, which recently announced its expansion in more than 140 countries, has further strengthened its global entertainment catalogue with the entire bouquet of channels from the Chardikala TV Network on its entertainment platform. With the partnership in place, nexGTv users across the globe can access these channels as part of their regular subscription, available across platforms including web and mobile.

    As a part of the move, channels of the Chardikala Network including its musical hits such as Desi Beats and PBN Music, Devotional offering – Gurbaani TV, as well as Lifestyle and GEC channels such as Desi Channel, Shangh TV, Aone Punjabi and Hamdard TV will be available to subscribers of nexGTv globally.

    The ‘pure-play’ mobile TV/ OTT video streaming player says that this latest initiative not only complements its already strong ‘Punjabi’ entertainment content on its app but also boosts its credentials as a global player of repute, vying for appeal and increasing adoption from the growing tribe of ethnic Indian and South Asian communities, who’re increasingly connecting with everything ‘Indian’. nexGTv recently enabled its Live TV content offering of more than 150 plus channels along with 1000 plus movies as well as a huge inventory of VoD and television show for viewers around the world.

    Speaking on the association, nexGTv COO Abhesh Verma said, “The time when geographical boundaries prevented viewers from accessing their favorite entertainment content is now passé! It’s exactly with that thought that we’ve made available more than 11500 hours of India-centric programming from our extensive catalogue to our Indian-origin and global subscribers. Our partnership with Chardikala TV Network and worldwide rights of their most renowned and well-known TV properties across multiple genres will undoubtedly bolster our content offering. We are confident that the enhanced variety and diversified offerings on nexGTv will serve as a strong pull for our international viewers.”

     

  • nexGTv adds more ‘flavour’ to its global content catalogue with Chardikala TV

    nexGTv adds more ‘flavour’ to its global content catalogue with Chardikala TV

    MUMBAI: nexGTv, the subscription-driven video entertainment app from Digivive Services, which recently announced its expansion in more than 140 countries, has further strengthened its global entertainment catalogue with the entire bouquet of channels from the Chardikala TV Network on its entertainment platform. With the partnership in place, nexGTv users across the globe can access these channels as part of their regular subscription, available across platforms including web and mobile.

    As a part of the move, channels of the Chardikala Network including its musical hits such as Desi Beats and PBN Music, Devotional offering – Gurbaani TV, as well as Lifestyle and GEC channels such as Desi Channel, Shangh TV, Aone Punjabi and Hamdard TV will be available to subscribers of nexGTv globally.

    The ‘pure-play’ mobile TV/ OTT video streaming player says that this latest initiative not only complements its already strong ‘Punjabi’ entertainment content on its app but also boosts its credentials as a global player of repute, vying for appeal and increasing adoption from the growing tribe of ethnic Indian and South Asian communities, who’re increasingly connecting with everything ‘Indian’. nexGTv recently enabled its Live TV content offering of more than 150 plus channels along with 1000 plus movies as well as a huge inventory of VoD and television show for viewers around the world.

    Speaking on the association, nexGTv COO Abhesh Verma said, “The time when geographical boundaries prevented viewers from accessing their favorite entertainment content is now passé! It’s exactly with that thought that we’ve made available more than 11500 hours of India-centric programming from our extensive catalogue to our Indian-origin and global subscribers. Our partnership with Chardikala TV Network and worldwide rights of their most renowned and well-known TV properties across multiple genres will undoubtedly bolster our content offering. We are confident that the enhanced variety and diversified offerings on nexGTv will serve as a strong pull for our international viewers.”

     

  • Brightcove OTT Flow to democratize OTT services

    Brightcove OTT Flow to democratize OTT services

    MUMBAI – Brightcove Inc.  has launched Brightcove OTT Flow, a turnkey OTT solution for media companies and content owners everywhere to rapidly deploy high-quality, direct-to-consumer, live and on-demand video services across platforms. Developed in partnership with Accedo, OTT Flow offers an end-to-end technology solution via a simple, cost effective commercial model. With OTT Flow, Brightcove and Accedo dramatically lower the barrier to entry to starting a multi-platform OTT service, allowing organizations to take their content over-the-top in weeks rather than months.

    OTT solutions to date have often required multiple vendors and bespoke solution development for each platform, resulting in high upfront development costs, time-consuming implementations, and challenges maintaining and upgrading applications and platforms.

    “There is seemingly insatiable demand around the world for new video programming choices and the industry is rushing to meet that demand with new service launches. IHS is actively tracking well over 2,000 different OTT video and multi-screen deployments in 70-plus countries. With new players entering the market on almost a weekly basis, the timing has never been better for solutions that accelerate these service introductions,” said IHS Technology Consumer, Media, Telecoms & Displays, chief analyst and VP, Ben Keen.

    At its core, OTT Flow   will allow video content delivery with a consistent UX across multiple platforms, including desktop, iOS (smartphone & tablet), Android (smartphone & tablet) and Google Cast.  It will also provide support for ad-supported (AVOD) and subscription (SVOD) video on demand models with ecommerce, CRM, and billing engine interfaces.  Subtitle and caption support would be other added advantages. When it comes to pricing, companies setting up an ad-supported OTT video service can get started with OTT Flow at $0,000 per month. Organizations seeking to launch a subscription-based OTT service can begin at $15,000 per month.

    “Brightcove OTT Flow dramatically changes the dynamics of launching new OTT services, making OTT accessible to nearly any content owner. Combining Accedo’s multi-platform application expertise with our video platform and solutions capabilities, we are bringing to market  a turnkey solution that eliminates technical barriers  and simplifies the OTT cost structure for anyone seeking to take their content over-the-top. As media companies around the world seek to engage their audiences  and drive revenue, they can take advantage of OTT Flow as an easy and affordable path to quickly launch beautiful OTT services,” Brightcove medoia SVP and GM Anil Jain said.

    Brightcove Video Cloud integrated with Accedo App Grid® and VIA® GO with a  subscription management and payment processing for SVOD. It comes with   pre-integrated ad-serving support from Google DFP.

    “Consumer demand for great content available across multiple devices has been increasing dramatically over recent years. With that demand set to rise even further, media companies are looking for solutions to launch new OTT services easily and effectively while providing an attractive user experience. This joint solution enables them to meet that consumer demand and launch compelling services in a much shorter timeframe than ever before,” Accedo CEO Michael Lantz had commented.

    OTT Flow is priced to make setting up and operating OTT services an economic proposition that any serious content owner can embrace. By eliminating the need to invest significant capital in upfront development and platform costs, OTT Flow’s pricing model is designed to fit a customer’s operating model.

  • Brightcove OTT Flow to democratize OTT services

    Brightcove OTT Flow to democratize OTT services

    MUMBAI – Brightcove Inc.  has launched Brightcove OTT Flow, a turnkey OTT solution for media companies and content owners everywhere to rapidly deploy high-quality, direct-to-consumer, live and on-demand video services across platforms. Developed in partnership with Accedo, OTT Flow offers an end-to-end technology solution via a simple, cost effective commercial model. With OTT Flow, Brightcove and Accedo dramatically lower the barrier to entry to starting a multi-platform OTT service, allowing organizations to take their content over-the-top in weeks rather than months.

    OTT solutions to date have often required multiple vendors and bespoke solution development for each platform, resulting in high upfront development costs, time-consuming implementations, and challenges maintaining and upgrading applications and platforms.

    “There is seemingly insatiable demand around the world for new video programming choices and the industry is rushing to meet that demand with new service launches. IHS is actively tracking well over 2,000 different OTT video and multi-screen deployments in 70-plus countries. With new players entering the market on almost a weekly basis, the timing has never been better for solutions that accelerate these service introductions,” said IHS Technology Consumer, Media, Telecoms & Displays, chief analyst and VP, Ben Keen.

    At its core, OTT Flow   will allow video content delivery with a consistent UX across multiple platforms, including desktop, iOS (smartphone & tablet), Android (smartphone & tablet) and Google Cast.  It will also provide support for ad-supported (AVOD) and subscription (SVOD) video on demand models with ecommerce, CRM, and billing engine interfaces.  Subtitle and caption support would be other added advantages. When it comes to pricing, companies setting up an ad-supported OTT video service can get started with OTT Flow at $0,000 per month. Organizations seeking to launch a subscription-based OTT service can begin at $15,000 per month.

    “Brightcove OTT Flow dramatically changes the dynamics of launching new OTT services, making OTT accessible to nearly any content owner. Combining Accedo’s multi-platform application expertise with our video platform and solutions capabilities, we are bringing to market  a turnkey solution that eliminates technical barriers  and simplifies the OTT cost structure for anyone seeking to take their content over-the-top. As media companies around the world seek to engage their audiences  and drive revenue, they can take advantage of OTT Flow as an easy and affordable path to quickly launch beautiful OTT services,” Brightcove medoia SVP and GM Anil Jain said.

    Brightcove Video Cloud integrated with Accedo App Grid® and VIA® GO with a  subscription management and payment processing for SVOD. It comes with   pre-integrated ad-serving support from Google DFP.

    “Consumer demand for great content available across multiple devices has been increasing dramatically over recent years. With that demand set to rise even further, media companies are looking for solutions to launch new OTT services easily and effectively while providing an attractive user experience. This joint solution enables them to meet that consumer demand and launch compelling services in a much shorter timeframe than ever before,” Accedo CEO Michael Lantz had commented.

    OTT Flow is priced to make setting up and operating OTT services an economic proposition that any serious content owner can embrace. By eliminating the need to invest significant capital in upfront development and platform costs, OTT Flow’s pricing model is designed to fit a customer’s operating model.