Indiatimes 58888 ties up with V Rock Mobile to offer mobile contents for IPL 2010

Catch Live the excitement, glamour and analysis of the third season of the world’s largest cricket extravaganza, DLF IPL 2010, with Indiatimes 58888 from Saturday onwards. India’s most popular and single destination mobile value-added services (VAS), Indiatimes 58888, has announced a tie up with V Rock Mobile to offer IPL content to its users.
The tie-up will enable Indiatimes users across India not only to enjoy live IPL action, including live mobile commentary, SMS alerts and interactive voice response, they will also get a chance to participate in contests and win attractive prizes.
The users can subscribe to latest IPL news, take note of match statistics and enjoy cricket gossips . Moreover, there are images, rich MMS multimedia of most exciting moments of the match.
Commenting on the tie-up, Rishi Khiani, CEO,Times Internet Limited, said: "We are proud and excited to be associated with the biggest sporting extravaganza that India has ever seen. The tie-up with v Rock will provide IPL related information and entertainment content to millions of 58888 users. I am sure mobile customers will find it interesting to view, know and enjoy the best moments of matches and their cricketing stars. Moreover, 58888 being India’s only single SMS and IVR shortcode, cricket patrons have only one destination and don’t have to remember multiple numbers circulating today in the market”.
Jatin Ahluwalia, CEO V Rock Mobile, said, “We are very excited to partner with Indiatimes to provide official programming and contents of DLF IPL to millions of cricket loving peoples through 58888. This tie-up will go a long way in extending a complete mobile experience of DLF IPL excitement to 58888 subscribers, commented Ahluwalia. ”
vRock Mobile recently acquired exclusive worldwide rights for mobile contents covering SMS/MMS and IVR of IPL for a period of five years.
Vijay Srinivasan, Director, GCV, said, “The agreement announced today between vRock Mobile and India Times is another example of GCV and its partners commitment to delivering the IPL experience to cricket fans around the world through the use of mobile delivery platforms. This partnership will lead to a wide range of exciting and innovative services becoming accessible to millions of cricket fans through 58888.

So, enjoy the most happening sporting event in India live on Indiatimes 58888.

Madison and Indiatimes create Magic for Airtel at Indian Digital Media Awards 2010

The creative team at Times Internet Limited has done it again, and with aplomb! Laurels for the team came as a pleasant surprise as the creatives for Airtel Digital TV launch on Indiatimes and ET won the award for “Best Use of Online Banner Advertising in Rich Media” at the Indian Digital Media Awards 2010 organized by www.exchnage4media.com. The flash-based shoshkele ad that marked the launch of Airtel Digital TV ran simultaneously on www.indiatimes.com as well as www.economictimes.com, India’s leading infotainment portal and business news website respectively, in August 2009. The winning ad was conceptualized by Madison Advertising and was pitched by them as the participating entry on behalf of Times Internet Limited.
The prestigious Indian Digital Media Awards 2010, organized by Exchange4media and judged by an independent jury, are designed “to recognise, celebrate and encourage the work being done in the ever-growing digital space... specifically, internet, mobile, gaming and social media.” The awards are decidedly the most coveted in the nascent digital media space in India. The Indian Digital Media Awards 2010 “recognise excellence by organisations and individuals for their work in India’s growing digital media sector.” The awards cover various categories including web advertising, microsites, corporate websites and debutante websites besides gaming, mobile VAS, virals, blogs and social media.
The independent jury that gave its verdict on the various entries was headed by Mahendra Swarup of Smile Interactive Technologies Group and comprised industry stalwarts Ms Lynn de Souza of Lintas Media Group, Max Hegerman of Tribal DDB India, Alex Kuruvilla of Conde Nast India, Mahesh Murthy of Pinstorm and Rajesh Sawhney of Reliance Entertainment, among others.
We are delighted to have won this award and this came through as a result of great collaborative work with Indiatimes. We will continue to strive to work with our digital partners to create good digital work which powers our clients’ business. Praveen Sharma , COO , Madison Media Plus

Facebook ties up with ET to offer live budget feeds

The Economic Times, India's largest and most popular business news paper, ET Now – the newly launched business news TV channel and economictimes.com have joined hands with the leading social networking site, Facebook, to let users share their thoughts with the FM regarding the Union Budget for the financial year 2010-11. The new initiative, “ET-Facebook: Talk to FM”, will give users a unique opportunity to post their views/suggestions on the Budget by logging on to www.economictimes.com. ET will then present the same to the FM and take the voice of the nation to the FM.

“ET-Facebook: Talk to FM” initiative, will give users the unique opportunity to not only post their expectations with the budget but also their views/suggestions after the presentation of the Budget by logging on to www.economictimes.com. The users could now reach out to the Finance Minister, expressing what he could do for various sections of the society, including salaried individuals, households, businesses and for the development of Infrastructure. Views expressed by the readers would be displayed on economictimes.com and also show on the user's Facebook Page. All opinions received through this initiative would be summarized and submitting the Finance Minister.

Here's a chance for people from all walks of life - students, working women, salaried people, businessmen and householders – to influence India's policy makers. Experience virtual power while logging on to economictimes.com and posting Budget suggestions to make Budget 2010 work for everyone!

Speaking about the strategic alliance, Rishi Khiani, CEO of Times Internet Limited, said, "We are happy to associate with Facebook – it's a unique win-win association between the most popular social networking site and India's leading business news portal. We are pioneering popular participation in the preparation of the Budget while providing realtime feedback to the Finance Minister from the vox populi. It's democracy at work! We're quite upbeat - it's a great beginning, allowing millions of Indians to participate and provide feedback, in almost real time to the policy makers on the financial decisions regarding the country"

"All over the world, people use Facebook to start and engage in discussions about things that are important to them. By powering this program with Facebook Connect, the Economic Times is helping provide people in India an easy way to take part in and express their views on the National Budget discussions." said Chamath Palihapitiya, VP of Growth, Mobile and International

Shop for valentines at Indiatimes

Roses, choclates, jewellery, teddy...it's that time of the year when love is in the air and you feel like painting the town in red. With Valentine's Day round the corner, are you still searching for a perfect gift for your valentine which will bowl her/him over?

Indiatimes Shoppping, with its exquisite collection of Valentine’s Day Gifts, makes your job of buying gifts easy. With an astounding variety of gift ideas and products, Indiatimes Shoppping gives you such a wide variety of choice that your beloved will just fall in love with you once again. So, don't hold yourself back. Log in and buy a Valentine Gift @ Indiatimes Shopping & lavish your affection & let your emotions flow towards your sweetheart, friends & family.

ET launches online stock market game

EconomicTimes.com, India’s No.1 Business News and Markets website has launched an online virtual stock market game—Sharebaazi (www.sharebaazi.com) - where investors and traders can play the BSE listed companies without risking their money!And what’s more, one can also get a chance to win weekly and monthly prizes such as laptops, home theatres, portable MP3 players and many more for trading in the virtual stock exchange!

Each participant on Sharebaazi.com gets Rs 10 lakh of virtual money to play the game. The virtual game provides real-time trading environment, so that participants can easily understand the dynamics of the stock market and invest in it without any fear of losing their real money. The game is an initiative from economictimes.com to enable its readers to learn the ropes of the stock market without losing their shirt in the bargain.

A virtual stock-exchange not only helps the beginners to get over the apprehension of investing in shares, it also makes the entire process an exciting and fun-filled experience. It helps them understand market lingo and the nuances of building a winning portfolio of stocks in an interactive manner. For the experts, it’s perfect place to test their skills and show their investment wisdom to everyone by earning maximum profits and wining exciting prizes.

Says Indiatimes CEO,Rishi Khiani,”Stock markets have always been a place where informed choices have made people earn fortunes. In order to make it more democratic so that more people get a chance to invest in India growth story, we have launched a virtual game that makes people learn the nuances of the stock market in a thrilling manner. It also gives players of Sharebaazi a chance to encash their knowledge by winning maximum points and prizes.”

"The Indian Fantasy League is delighted to partner with ET on this stocks & shares game. This is a welcome (and slightly different) addition to our existing portfolio of games on cricket, football, tennis & golf and we hope our players will now enjoy a larger play canvas", says Tarun Chaudhry, marketing head of IFL.

So beginners, get over all fears of losing hard-earned money in stock market. And experts, flaunt your investment expertise to the world. Come and play at sharebaazi - a perfect platform to play virtual stock market game.