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  • JainHITS signs Ingram Micro as logistics partner

    JainHITS signs Ingram Micro as logistics partner

    BENGALURU: Headend in the sky (HITS) service provider JainHITS has got another aspect of its business piece in place. It has forged a strategic alliance with marketing and logistics company Ingram Micro which has come on board as its logistics partner.

    “Our goal is to reach and partner 60,000 cable operators and help them not only survive but also maintain their entrepreneurial business and grow further. In the first year, JainHITS will do transactions across India with 2000 local cable operators. JainHITS believes that 20 per cent of this would turn to be the market for broadband and 10 per cent for Cloud Broadband, Gaming etc,” says JainHITS managing director Ankur Jain. “Ingram Micro is one of the leaders in providing Logistics Solutions on pan India basis. Through this partnership, Ingram Micro will provide an effective and efficient solution to JainHITS to reach a large number of cable operators across India.”

    “We are proud to be chosen by JainHITS as logistics partner. The partnership will enable JainHITS to leverage our pan India network” says Ingram Micro senior director – mobility business Atul Gaur.” We provide a very strong value bridge between customers and vendors, bringing the latest products and services to market in least possible time. For JainHITS, we will ensure quick delivery of products to the customers.”

    JainHITS has promised to offer broadband, connected homes, multi-screen, and other value added services along with some innovative consumer products such as cloud broadband, hybrid broadband TV (HBB TV) etc, besides offering digital Cable TV which can carry up to 1000 TV channels.

  • Broadband TV network dedicated to romance launches in the US on Valentine’s Day

    Broadband TV network dedicated to romance launches in the US on Valentine’s Day

    MUMBAI: Every five seconds a reader buys a romance novel. Now that same person can learn more about the novel’s author, the place where it is set and other behind-the-scenes goodies on romancenovel.tv.

    This broadband television network will launch in the US on 14 February 2007 and will aim to bring readers closer to the world of romance novels.

    Romance Novel TV (romancenovel.tv) launches with an array of original programming that will feature best-selling authors like Nora Roberts, Christina Dodd, Eloisa James, Mary Jo Putney and JR Ward.

    Romance Novel TV president Maria Lokken, says, “I am a big fan of romance novels and I was always curious about the authors’ lives and what inspires them. Romance Novel TV lets readers connect with their favorite writers.”

    Romance Novel TV is working with several publishing houses, which are excited about adding another layer to a market that earned $1.2 billion in sales last year.

    Shows will include:

    On Camera Author Interviews – Fans want to learn more about their favorite authors, who will be the subjects of in-depth interviews. The network will also speak with rising stars as it promotes their books and offers a rare inside look into an author’s life.

    Let’s Talk – Filmed in a living room setting, this monthly feature catches three romance novel authors talking about everything from movie stars — to shopping, housing hunting or finding the perfect man.

    Romancenovel.tv will also feature new book releases every week and offer links to the publishing houses where readers can make purchases. This page will also be home to the “Editor/Publisher” of the week where fans get the inside track on the latest industry trends from the most important people in the business.

    Romance Novel Virgin – Here one can follow a new author in this soap opera style drama as she meets with her editor, makes revisions, examines cover art and finally sees her novel hit bookshelves. One can expect a bit of angst, a little drama and a weekly cliffhanger.

  • Homing in on broadband TV

    Homing in on broadband TV

    The San Jose based Homeland Networks is gearing up for the broadband era in India and across the Asian continent. The venture promoted by ex-Intelite and broadband expert Ron Victor has unleashed three sites www.tvofindia.com, www.radioofindia.com and www.pressofindia.com. The company believes in “interactivity by ethnicity and geography”.

    Tvofindia.com is a project for the broadband world and already has a bit of broadband programming which can be viewed as streaming video. UTV has signed on as a content provider and has picked up a 10 per cent stake, apart from providing infrastructure. Ron is in talks with several media companies for providing interactive content and he wants tvofindia to be a platform for interactive programmes in all genres. The site claims to generate 1,000 viewers a day.

    Says Ron, “We’d like to work with every single media company in India to provide exciting interactive content to the viewers. Our ambition is to make the whole world into a single studio. We want our viewers to get an incredible experience which cannot be felt on regular television or radio, and interactivity will be a key component.”

    Homeland Networks has already struck a deal with a media company for content. Talks are on with a couple of television channels.

    The company is also looking at archived programming from different media companies and providing them with a medium to showcase them.

    Currently tvofindia.com focusses on the NRI community due to the availability of broadband abroad. But Ron Victor is confident of it gathering pace in India within a year and half to three years and would then focus on the resident Indian community.

    The revenue model of the company is sponsorships and advertising apart from e-commerce which will take some time. Pay-per-view and video-on-demand will also generate revenues. The global viewership will be backed by local advertising and e-commerce and will additionally have global branding opportunities for advertisers. The difference between traditional Internet advertising and advertising on Homeland sites would be the feedback and the possibility of monitoring the actual effectiveness of the ads, reveals Victor.

    The company is backed Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia who has picked up a 5% stake in the company, KB Chandrashekhar of Exodus fame having 5% stake, Ronnie Screwvala of UTV who holds 10% stake. The company is in talks with a couple of Venture Capitalists for the second round of funding.

    Victor plans to focus on the China market after the India and to replicate his India model for Internetters there.

  • Bloomberg Television increases distribution in Asia by 47 per cent

    Bloomberg Television increases distribution in Asia by 47 per cent

    MUMBAI: Financial news service Bloomberg has announced that distribution of Bloomberg Television Asia Pacific service has expanded by 47 per cent in the region during the past year. It recently launched in South Korea.

    The company says that the growing availability of the channel throughout Asia reflects the region’s surging demand for high-quality, real-time business news. Through alliances with premier global media companies, Bloomberg Television says that it is broadening distribution, reaching a wider audience and solidifying Bloomberg’s position as the leading provider of global news and data.

    In Seoul, the channel is now available on the major cable TV systems operated by CJ Cablenet and Areum Broadcasting, and on Korea Telecom’s Mobile PDA video service known as KT Netspot Swing, which is available to 120,000 of its mobile users. Bloomberg’s James Ross says, “Bloomberg Television is the best vehicle for delivering global business TV news to Korean financial professionals. We are working closely with many of the major cable, satellite, and mobile companies to help this market benefit from new technological developments and the gradual change in broadcast regulation in Korea.”

    Within the last 12 months, the channel has expanded its reach with additional cable, satellite and mobile systems in Thailand (UBC), Hong Kong (now Broadband TV / Smartone-Vodafone), Vietnam (VCTV), Australia, (Optus TV), Cambodia (PPCTV), Indonesia (Astro), Singapore (Singtel), Malaysia (Celcom) and South Korea (CJ Cablenet, Areum Broadcasting, Korea Telecom).