During the holiday week here, some links to catch up on:

—Deccan Chronicle unit sees NYT deal rev at 1.5 bln rupee: Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd expects its unit Sieger Solutions Ltd to get 1.5 billion rupees in revenue through an outsourcing deal with the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co..Sieger, which runs internet properties, posted a net profit of 350 million rupees on a revenue of 720 million rupees in FY08.

—IAMAI seeks level playing field between telcos and MVAS players: Only after this is achieved would the market and the normal commercial channels be sufficiently poised to address other issues such as revenue share, quality of content, quality of services etc, says IAMAI.

—Webdunia dons a new look: Webdunia has unveiled a new homepage in all the nine languages. The portal has also added features like blogs, games and quest.

—iPhone’s cost in India: The 3G iPhone is likely to cost a fortune in India, unlike in global markets, with Indian service providers unlikely to subsidise the gadget, like AT&T (NYSE: T) in the US and O2 in Germany, says this story. The 8-gb version of the gizmo is likely to be priced between Rs 16,000 and 18,000, while the 16-gb would cost around Rs 24,000 to Rs 28,000 in the country.

—UTV’s Channels on IPTV Abroad: UTV’s broadcasting unit has entered a deal with IPTV service provider, The New Media Group, to launch two channels on the latter’s IPTV platform..Hindi movie channel UTV Movies, and English business news channel UTVi, will be launched in Japan, Australia and New Zealand on the ‘World On-Demand’ IPTV platform on August 1.