India is the fastest growing internet market in the world with over 23 million active Internet users, holding out prospect of a larger growth in the number of netizens.
The top eight metros were driving the growth of internet in India with fast growing adoption in smaller cities, said Manish Agarwal, Vice-President (Marketing) of rediff.Com, one of the leading online community portals.
Kolkata accounted for 1.05 million activer users and was ahead of technology hubs like Bangalore (0.97 million) and Hyderabad (0.95 million).
Kolkata also had the highest percentage of 'innovators' among online users in the country, he said after launch of rediff's new multimedia application 'iShare'.
"iShare comes with a very light and easy to use utility tool which users can install on their PCs and upload multiple files even at a low- speed without having to worry about the source of the file," he said.
For example, he said, users would be able to shoot videos on mobile phones, digicam, digital camcorder and upload it.
Photos and music from any digital camera and MP3 player like ipods could be uploaded on iShare, he added.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
India fastest growing Internet market
July 30, 2007, 11:09 amBBC launches free Internet TV service
July 30, 2007, 11:00 am
Billed as the biggest change in the way viewers watch television in 40 years, British state broadcaster the BBC launched an online service on Friday that allows people to download programmes from the last week.
BBC Director General Mark Thompson says the arrival of the 'on-demand' iPlayer is as important as the first colour television broadcasts in the 1960s.
Viewers can choose from 400 hours of programmes, between 60 and 70 per cent of the total TV output, including hit shows such as EastEnders, Doctor Who and Planet Earth.
It faces competition from similar services provided by Channel 4 and ITV in Britain and from increasingly popular video-sharing sites such as YouTube.
The growth of the Internet, mobiles and hard-drive recorders that save hours of programmes, has destroyed the notion of fixed TV schedules delivered through a TV in the corner of the room.
Broadcasters are under pressure to hold on to viewers by letting them watch programmes when and where they want.
"Our vision is for BBC iPlayer to become a universal service available not just over the Internet, but also on cable and other TV platforms, and eventually on mobiles and smart handheld devices," said the BBC's Ashley Highfield, Director of future media and technology.
The service, at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer, is free, but people will not be allowed to save permanent copies to their computer. It could take 30 minutes to download an hour-long show.
It is only available to people living in Britain with computers that run the Microsoft XP operating system.
Programmes will be automatically deleted after viewing or after 30 days. Copyright protection software will prevent the copying of shows.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
BBC Director General Mark Thompson says the arrival of the 'on-demand' iPlayer is as important as the first colour television broadcasts in the 1960s.
Viewers can choose from 400 hours of programmes, between 60 and 70 per cent of the total TV output, including hit shows such as EastEnders, Doctor Who and Planet Earth.
It faces competition from similar services provided by Channel 4 and ITV in Britain and from increasingly popular video-sharing sites such as YouTube.
The growth of the Internet, mobiles and hard-drive recorders that save hours of programmes, has destroyed the notion of fixed TV schedules delivered through a TV in the corner of the room.
Broadcasters are under pressure to hold on to viewers by letting them watch programmes when and where they want.
"Our vision is for BBC iPlayer to become a universal service available not just over the Internet, but also on cable and other TV platforms, and eventually on mobiles and smart handheld devices," said the BBC's Ashley Highfield, Director of future media and technology.
The service, at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer, is free, but people will not be allowed to save permanent copies to their computer. It could take 30 minutes to download an hour-long show.
It is only available to people living in Britain with computers that run the Microsoft XP operating system.
Programmes will be automatically deleted after viewing or after 30 days. Copyright protection software will prevent the copying of shows.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
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