Comments on: I Want My MTV Desi, On Broadband Of Course http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mujtaba-K.com - Of Bollywood, Cricket and Broadband http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104446 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:09:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104446 [...] can (or will soon) get Bollywood fare via digital distribution channels such as iTunes and Hulu. Back in 2005 something like this seemed like a far-fetched theory. Today, it seems so obvious! Post a [...]

]]> By: Of Bollywood, Cricket and Broadband http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104445 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:00:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104445 [...] can (or will soon) get Bollywood fare via digital distribution channels such as iTunes and Hulu. Back in 2005 something like this seemed like a far-fetched theory. Today, it seems so [...]

]]> By: NewTeeVee Broadband Video, Made In India « http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104444 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:01:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104444 [...] introduced MTV Desi, a music channel targeting the South Asians living in America. At the time, I argued that Viacom was barking up the wrong tree. Having started and operated a South Asian-focused site [...]

]]> By: shashi http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104443 Tue, 01 May 2007 01:32:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104443 Om,

I am not sire if your prophecy has come true. Just saw that MTV desi will stop from tomorrow atleast on DirectTV and will be available on the web site.

Any other predictions?

Cheers!

]]> By: mp1926 http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104442 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:56:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104442 om,
lots of desi stuff…:)check this desi…very indian site http://www.indiahotelreview.com

]]> By: thelionking http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104441 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:11:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104441 its just weird to see how mtv is reaching out to the desi americans, most of whom have a superficial connection with all things desi.
i guess now that timbaland and dr dre have flirted with bollywood, desi americans can start to shrug off their inherited inferiority complex of all things indian.

]]> By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » IPTV versus TV-over-IP http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104440 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:34:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104440 [...] Today launch of mtvU Über, a network that allows aspiring student broadband creators to create broadband content is a step in the right direction, but not the final answer. The bottom line is that, the television over broadband needs some sizzling new kind of content in order for folks to go back and click. My feeling is that MTV should have done their MTV Desi channel over broadband, and perhaps used it as a learning experience for other niche channels over broadband. If done right, television over broadband has the potential to pip IPTV to the post. [...]

]]> By: S. Patel http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104439 Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:28:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104439 No, I would have to disagree with Om Malik. Actually, there are thousands of young Desi Americans who would be interested in such a channel. The musical needs of these teens have been dim until recently. Singers like Jay Sean, Raghav, and Faakhir have been growing in popularity and have only proved once again the strength of the South Asian community in America. Besides, it would be interesting to have a nationwide rollout, because people of non-South Asian origin could discover a great music culture full of color and life. This is something that truly excites thousands of young South Asian Americans. There is no better time to introduce a channel like this in the American market.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104438 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:43:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104438 This is a pretty clever idea, and even without too much cash these guys can make it all happen pretty quickly. just streaming videos and soem of that kind of stuff is enough to get them started. perfect idea. lets hope they can execute it!

]]> By: Amardeep http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104437 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:14:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104437 Om,

Any thoughts on “desivision.tv”?

They are trying something along the lines you suggest, only on a much smaller scale and with a rather small budget.

]]> By: *michael parekh on IT* http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104436 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:01:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104436 ON INDIAN “GUJU-BHAI” RAP

COMING AND GOING Colloquially in India, I’d be called a

]]> By: Michael Parekh http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104435 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:58:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104435 good post Om…thanks for sharing that memory lane.

]]> By: Ypulse http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104434 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:35:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104434 Gwen, Desi, Austin, Krumping, Condoms

Yes, these are all stories in Sunday’s New York Times, reg. required, that you should at least scan if you missed them. First up one of my favorite columns in the mag – “Consumed” looks at Gwen Stefani’s (who despite…

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104433 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:20:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104433 nope i did not invent the term and never said i did. or perhaps that was too difficult to understand from the story. what i was saying is that it was used for the first time in context of the second generation south asians, first at desiparty.com and since then has morphed into many diffierent uses.

]]> By: ContentSutra http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104432 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:44:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104432 MTV Desi To Be Launched In The US Targeting Indian Immigrants

New York Times (reg. required): MTV of the US is planning to launch three channels targeting Asian immigrants in the …

]]> By: dufus ranwinkle http://gigaom.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104431 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:35:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/06/19/you-have-come-a-long-way-desi/#comment-104431 You make it sound like you invented the term “desi”. You didnt. My departed grandmother used the term “pure desi ghee” every time she cooked us aloo parathas.

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