Videos on the Web Advertising and Technology Industry in India

Well In.com the horizontal portal from web18 whose expensive domain name was talk of the town has been very active offlate making upteen number of changes not only on In.com but also on other sister sites of Web18 which are being integrated as a part of In.com.
So which are the Web18 sites that are now [...]

We were at the Zoom Tv office in mumbai yesterday and was attending a conference jointly hosted by Zoom Tv and the Neeraj Roy from Hungama as well as Sunil Nair from Nautanki.tv which is now owned by Hungama.com.
The conference was on online video and its potential.

Not too long ago zoom had tied [...]

Recently BigAdda tied up with Jivox a video advertising platform to both power and monetize its videos. And as promised we got in touch with Jivox Managing Director Naren Nachiappan to know more on the strategy behind the tie ups, the revenue shares and on the future of online video advertising in India.

Q) How do [...]

After the 1st session on standards and norms and 2nd session on performance vs branding the third session was centred around video adverising online and whether it needs to be taken seriously. Again most of the speakers came from a video advertising background and hence most of the session was pro video advertising. Would have [...]

We caught up with Amitabh Pandey the President of the Ebiz at Thomascook prior to their launch of an eticketing portal under the thomascook.in domain name and quizzed him on Online Travel’s competitive price model, usage of the ‘Thomas Cook’ brand name and many more!

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways is known for bringing a change in Indian Railway Ticketing model; from pioneering online train ticket booking to mobile phone and SMS platforms.

Recently, at Proto.in Delhi Chapter, we caught up with Sanjay Aggarwal, GM, IRCTC who shared some insights of IRCTC [...]

WATShow.com caught up with Zarik Ansari - Head Rediff Platforms at Proto.in where Rediff.com announced its developer platform. We asked him the following probing questions right after the announcement:

1) What is this platform that rediff has launched for developers?

2) What mark up languages can developers use for developing for rediff?

3) Is Rediff building apps of its own to start with?

4) How does the developer benefit?

5) How will rediff make money?

6) Will there be a separate page for apps on Rediff.com?

7) Will rediff allow its competitors to create apps for its platform?

8 ) How do you plan to help an Indian App Developer?

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WATShow.com caught up with GlobalScholar.com CEO Kal Raman who prior to joining GlobalScholar.com, he was the SVP of WW hardlines at amazon.com since Aug 2004. At amazon.com, Kal was in charge of the world wide hardlines business and also in charge of retail technology and online marketing for the entire company. Kal held variety of jobs at drugstore.com from 1998-2004. He was the CEO of drugstore.com from 2001-04 and also served as COO and CIO.

He shares his views on importance of education, raising funds for a business, competition and his success mantra

Do stay tuned to WATShow.com for part 2. Also check out the other interviews here.

 
Founded in 2000, MouthShut.com is an User Generated Content Company. It has evolved into an online community where consumers come together to write and read reviews and compare hundreds of products and services. It is also a repository which offers consumers the option of recording and posting video reviews.
 
WATShow recently met up with Faisal [...]

AskLaila, an Indian local search engine, has come a long way since its inception back in August, 2007. After being able to woo venture capitalists for pumping in 10 million dollars, it spruced up its services,

We had recently met up IM Swaminathan, Director, Communications & Community Products, Yahoo India, at the 3rd Yahoo Groups Moderators’ Union in Mumbai. In this interview, we asked him questions on a few key topics.

WATShow happened to catch up with Rohan Verma, Director of MapMyIndia, some time ago and we had quizzed him on their monetization strategies, navigation services and also about their future plans.

After a relatively long Siesta, WATShow decided to WAKE UP! This week, we bring to you Mr. Sanjay Trehan, the head of NDTV Convergence.
  
We asked Mr. Tehan a Couple of Questions Related To:
-       NDTV’s Online Video Strategy
-       User Generated Content Strategy
-       The Next Step for NDTVJobs.com
-       How can Users Contribute to the NDTV News Portal?
 
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WATShow is Back! This week we catch up with Prashant Mehta - VP and Head of the Advertiser and Partner Group for Emerging Markets at Yahoo!
 
Prashant was in India to launch Yahoo! Search Marketing recently and we caught up with him to ask him about a couple of things:
 
Yahoo! recently acquired a stake in Tyroo. How does the New [...]

We recently caught up with Prashant, the VP & Head of the Advertiser and Partner Group for Emerging Markets at Yahoo! and quizzed him on a lot of things.
With the Microsoft Yahoo Deal reaching an inflexion point, we think it would be a great time to use WATShow and lend some insights to our readers. [...]