Ranjan Srivastava : Articles

BY Ranjan Srivastava| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |14/07/2007

The second wave of the Internet is throwing up a whole new range of business opportunities that will open up fresh avenues for organizations.

Ask guruji

BY Ranjan Srivastava| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |30/10/2006

Launched just a fortnight ago, it is the first crawler based search engine for India and India-related content.

Internet taking root in India

BY Ranjan Srivastava| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |06/07/2006

Fifty one per cent Indian users come from low-middle class. Checking blogs is the second most preferred online activity.

Online India

BY Ranjan Srivastava| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |03/06/2006

This report breaks many myths related to Internet usage. The first is about what people do on the Net. Porn is not the most popular activity.

The death of TV

BY Ranjan Srivastava| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |11/05/2006

Digital entertainment has given us two things broadcast could not: personalisation and empowerment.

The future of Hindi on the Internet

BY Ranjan Srivastava| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |28/04/2006

The spread of Internet in India today is constrained by the fact that it is based essentially on the use of the English language.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.