Top Stories From Last Week

The top story last week was ESPN International’s acquisition of Cricinfo – and both companies were rather cagey about future plans. I was surprised that this move from ESPN wasn’t seen as a significant one, particularly in India. Though ESPN has denied any significant impact to the ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS) joint venture and said that Cricinfo will complement ESS’ online (espnstar.com) and mobile (Mobile ESPN) initiatives – Cricinfo brings with it an experienced bunch of cricket journalists; I’d take Cricinfo editor Sambit Bal’s statement – “some day there might even be Cricinfo TV” – as a serious possibility, though I won’t hazard a timeframe. Bear in mind that there’s been a significant shift in focus for both channels over the last year – Star Sports is more entertainment focused, while ESPN targets the more serious sports fan. On to the top stories from last week, then:

ESPN Buys Cricket Site Cricinfo
Kreeda Games Gets Funding From IDG Ventures And SoftBank
Updated: Motorola India Chairman Firdose Vandrevala Quits
Tips Inks Mobile Content Deal With HandyGo
“Mobile Industry Not Doing Enough To Foster Innovation”
Disney Forms JV With Yash Raj Films For Animated Features
Apple In Talks With Reliance Retail For Apple Store
Tom Gleeson, CEO of Cricinfo On ESPN’s Acquisition Of Cricinfo
Intel Plans To Bring Low Cost PCs To India; PC Installed Base At 22 Million
Some Numbers From India Online 2007 Survey
Moser Baer To Invest $125 Million In Entertainment Business
Smile Interactive Starts Mobile Co Infokarma; Also Plans To Incubate Independent Cos
Sivoo Inks Deals With Optus Media And Madhu Entertainment For Video Content
MMOGs Gunbound And Rakion Launched On Indiagames’ Games On Demand
Billdesk Eyeing The Mobile Payments Space
Web18 Launches Enterprise Tech Portal – BizTech2.com; CIOL Revamped

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