Consim Info’s BharatMatrimony and People Interactive’s Shaadi.com have launched matrimony services on DTH via Dish TV and Tata Sky respectively. The Bharatmatrimony and Tata Sky property is called Actve Matrimony while the Dish and Shaadi venture is called Shaadi Active. For those that missed the bus, there is still DDdirect,…

People Group, which includes web properties Shaadi, Makaan and Fropper.com besides mVAS company Mauj, has launched an ad network called ‘People Online’ that aims to target South Asian users in the UK. Brand Republic reports the network will represent a number of Asian websites and will have its own sales…

I just noticed that Fropper.com, the social networking site from the People Group now allows users to scrap in nine languages - English, Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. I just signed up for Fropper, and gave the scrapping a go. Here’s a screencap of the first…

People Group’s real estate property, Makaan.com, has launched an SMS based mobile application, developed by sister concern, Mauj Mobile. The difference being that while those like Magicbricks have apps that require GPRS connectivity, ‘Makaan Mobile’ is purely SMS based. The release quotes Aditya Verma, Business Head, Makaan.com, stating “With the…

Fropper.com, the social networking site from the People Group (Shaadi.com) has launched a free online radio service. They have around 15,000 songs available online, sourced from labels like Venus, Saregama and Tips, as well as regional content providers like Aditya Music, Krunal Music and Sagarika Audio. Fropper has set itself…

Fropper.com, the social networking venture from the People Group, has launched ezMoney, leveraging Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) Adsense, reports Tech2. Bloggers using Fropper’s blog platform ezBlogs will have to sign up for an AdSense account, and once activated, ads will be displayed on their ezBlog pages. A Fropper spokesperson just confirmed…

Rediff (NSDQ: REDF) and Sify are mandated to list in the Indian stock exchanges, reports Reuters; this is primarily because of a government rule that requires that they list locally within three years of reporting profits. Both companies reported profits in the 2006-07 fiscal. Last July, CNBC-TV18 had claimed that…

Mauj, the People Groups mobile value added services company, has released mobile content around the film Dus Kahaniyan, as a part of its ongoing deal with Eros Multimedia, which involved a minimum guarantee. Mauj has made available ringtones, video ringtones, wallpapers, themes, and animation. Dus Kahaniyan is a Bollywood with…

People Interactive, the Shaadi.com group, has received $12-13 million from Goldman Sachs, reports VCCircle. The group, which owns the matrimonial portal Shaadi.com, social networking site Fropper.com, and the recently launched real estate classifieds Makaan.com, had earlier received $8 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India in 2006. The company was…

“There’s no game deck management guru around today”, said Krishna Durba, Head VAS, Business & Marketing for Reliance Infocomm, responding to my questions on deck management - what kind of experience do their deck managers have in content development or gaming. On further prodding, he suggested that he’s open to…

People Interactive (Shaadi Group) is planning to spend Rs. 40 crores over the next two years on portal Makaan.com, the real estate portal it had launched recently [via BS]. Other real estate classifieds portals like Magic Bricks (Times Group) and 99Acres (Naukri Group) have been around for a while now,…

The People Group, which runs the matrimonial portal Shaadi.com, has launched Shaadi Pages - an online directory listing for resources for wedding planning. The company claims to have 10,000 listings related to Astrology, Events, Music & Entertainment, Beauty & Grooming, Fashion & Clothing, Decorations, Food & Beverages, Travel & Tours,…

Mobile value-added-services provider Mauj Mobile launched Gita Shloka Service with 108 shlokas or prayers at a subscription rate of Rs. 30 a month for Airtel subscribers. [via indiantelevision.com]   Mobile Users can opt for their favourite shloka to set as their background music, ringtone, caller tune or alarm alert. Also,…

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced new content partnerships for its on-device NSeries Video Centre, including one with Indian media company GBN for IBN News. Other partnerships announced include CNN, Jamba, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures, RooftopComedy, ROK (LSE: ROK) and Versaly Entertainment. Nokia already has partnerships with Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) and…

Anupam Mittal, Founder and CMD of the People (Shaadi) Group has told Mint that they’re considering listing on Naddaq or in the Indian markets in 2009, in order to finance acquisitions in online classifieds and communities spaces. The group had raised $18 million from Sequoia Capital - $8 million for…

Mauj has tied up with Ram Gopal Verma and Adlabs Films for mobile content for the Bollywood film Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag, reports Indiainfoline. Mauj will create customized downloads - ringtones, wallpapers and games. They’ve created two games The First Attack and The Last Chase using Java and BREW.…

People Interactive (the Shaadi Group) has launched a real estate portal called Makaan.com, and there’s a review up at ReviewSaurus (via WATBlog). Others in this classifieds space include MagicBricks (Times Group), 99acres (Naukri Group), Indiaproperty (Bharatmatrimony Group) and Jaaydaad. WATBlog has compared some of these sites, here. Notice how Naukri,…