Archive for March, 2008

Google’s Content Acquitions Head Talks About Youtube’s India Strategy

Monday, March 31st, 2008

We are back!

Internationally Youtube is raising the bar but what is its India strategy?

Well WATShow.com caught up with Harbinder Narula Content Acquisitions Head of Google who spoke to us about the following:

 

1) Youtube’s India Strategy?

2) Integration of Youtube with Other Google Services?

Check the video below:

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Jai Maroo - Director Shemaroo Entertainment On Online Video Growth

Monday, March 24th, 2008

After a looong weekend WATShow is back! We caught up with someone who would primarily be associated with the offline media industry but who is well versed with the online video and its potential.

We spoke to Jai Maroo the Director of Shemaroo and posed the following questions to him..

1) Do you think video entertainment is the next big thing online?

2) Do you think Indians will take to the concept of video sharing?

3) How will bandwidth constraints affect the growth of videos online?

 Below is the latest WATShow:

 

 

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Exclusive Interview With Hrush Bhatt - Founder Cleartrip.com

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Cleartrip recently got funding of 18.5 Million Dollars but just before they got that we were lucky enough to catch up with Hrush Bhatt for an exclusive interview with  WATShow.

We questioned Hrush on the following:

1) What’s the differentiation between Cleartrip and other Online Travel Portals?

2) How important is logistics in online travel business?

3) Why did Cleartrip launch Rail Search?

4) What’s the idea behind the blog?

Watch his answer in the WATShow below:

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“Ad Supported Online Videos Will Be The Norm” - Sunil Nair, Nautanki.tv Founder

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

We is back and this time we are doing something different. We are showcasing a startup founder instead of the bigwigs of the industry. This week we are in conversation with Nautanki.tv founder on the issues concerning online video its monetisation, mobile video and whether or not like facebook they plan to have an application on the soon to open orkut platform.

Check the WATShow Below: (Turn On Your Speakers)

We shall be back soon with another WATShow. Till then do check out exclusive videos with the who’s who in the WAT Space (Web, Advertising & Technology Space.) on this site.

Rajesh Sahwney - President Reliance Entertainment On Online Piracy

Friday, March 7th, 2008

We are back this month (A lil late though.. But we are back none the less :) ) And we have for you the head honcho of Reliance Entertainment Mr.Rajesh Sahwney who is President of the Reliance ADAG’s Entertainment arm that owns the Big family i.e. BigFM, BigAdda, BigFlicks, Zapak and the soon to launchBigTV.

 

We questioned Mr.Sahwney on the following:

 

1) What does Reliance Entertainment think of Piracy and plan to combat it? (Given the fact that they own Big Adda and BigFlicks.com)

2) Is there a possibility of syndication/integration of content among separate platforms like BigAdda, BigFlicks and Reliance Communications (Mobile)?

3) Will BigAdda Open Its API in the near future?

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this weeks WATShow. We will be back with another WATShow sooner than you think :D