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There are 4 new posts in "WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India" Ibibo Announces iHunkSo the beginning of 2009 seems to be keeping ibibo.com busy as it did towards the end of 2008. They announced the launch of a new application - iHunk, for young men across India to showcase their talent, and create their audience and fan club in order to enter the business of modeling. Ashish Kashyap, CEO of Ibibo says,"Seeing the success and recognition achieved for the young women through ibibo iFreshFace, we wanted to extend a similar platform for the young men in the country. All these initiatives are part of our vision to provide a platform to the ibibo community to showcase their talent and get recognition. We will continue to incubate such applications across various genres." Ibibo is banking on what has worked for it in the past and its own unique model of tie up and integrated contests. It had launched similar efforts like iVideostar, iFreshface, SingurDil and iFashion Photographer earlier. WATBlog had also reviewed this model back when iVideostar was launched in December. Rajiv had concluded then that Ibibo is focusing on being a talent showcase platform via these contests and has a strong focus on entertainment. And not to forget the word of mouth that such endeavors can generate. However, clearly as the earlier initiatives now suggest, there isn’t enough sustainability compared to other new media apps that we hear. It is not a big problem really, and the silver lining is fresher content. The January contest has ended and the users have picked a winner ( Sanjay Khan is the most popular iHunk of the month) while the February contest is still going on. Every month, the community will vote for their favourites and one young man will be named iHunk of the month and will win a two-year modeling contract with Elite Model Management and also get an exclusive portfolio shot by photographer, Subi Samuel.
Related Posts Also Check Out: MakeMyTrip.com Travels to Airtel DTHMakeMyTrip.com and Airtel DTH announced earlier this week that the travel portal will provide information about its holiday packages to Airtel’s DTH users. The packages will be available on the iTravel interactive channel of Airtel Digital TV. To buy a package, viewers can send an SMS to a particular code and will be contacted by the MMT sales team to complete the purchase. Afaqs makes a fine point when it says that DTH operators can only differentiate themselves through their channel packages and interactive content. Therefore, content alliances, such as this, help in retaining viewers. And we have seen this earlier as well with the online matrimony space tying up with DTH providers. Makemytrip has been in pursuit of other avenues since deciding to move out of its core business of air ticketing. We had covered them claiming the largest bus ticket inventory for instance a while back. The itneresting point to note in this news is that the service is for users to buy holiday packages, again anon core business that Makemytrip has been focussing on since some while. Deep Karla had mentioned about these revenue streams in his WATShow with us. However, I actually have doubts on how far this media could work to build revenues for Makemytrip. To me it just seems an added marketign line that Airtel can use to sell it’s DTH package. Holiday is usually a planned affair and can’t be decided on a whim looking at a TV channel no matter how alluring a package they display..it’s not grocery after all. On the brighter side however, this can drive more people to Makemytrip’s site to make the booking or find more information, perhaps housewives or the college crowd ( i.e. segments yet to digitise themselves completely). The chances of hearing news like this is something we had predicted in one of our analysis of the OTA and Travel space: “…The situation also calls for aggressive marketing tactics which can be expected in a highly competitive market. While the downside of course is the dwindling pie, on the other hand it can drive up growth of the online segment which will be good for the entire Indian e-commerce industry in general. Aggressive marketing will also bring in VAS into play with added dangling carrots for the user. So one can expect travel discounts, combined holiday packages, convenient booking systems and perhaps more intuitive and hassle free interfaces….” And there is still scope to hear more stuff on these lines this year. Related PostsAlso Check Out: Panel Discussion On Blogs Vs Mainstream Media @ Wordcamp DelhiWell we had blogged about the fact that we shall be heading to Wordcamp delhi happening tomorrow. We have another update for you! I shall be moderating a panel at Wordcamp on Sunday which would be on “Will blogs replace mainstream media - US vs India perspective”
The panelists for this panel are:
Im looking forward to moderating such an elite panel and bringing out key insights that might impact the new media scene in India and US. This panel is scheduled to take place on Sunday 22nd of February at 4pm. So be there as the registrations are still open. Register here Related PostsAlso Check Out: Today Is WATBlog Panel Mumbai - Check Who All Are Attending!Our second panel in mumbai has seen a tremendous response. Over 275 registrations and Im still getting emails and calls for more registrations. Well we are looking forward to seeing those who registered and are looking ahead for a great engaging and insightful panel discussion today. The reason to conduct this panel in collaboration with NMIMS Ecell is go beyond just the Industry and reach out to students who would form tomorrow’s digital media entrepreneurs and employees. WATMedia is in the business of connecting Web, Advertising and Technology and such panel discussions are onground exercises to build those connections among people especially in these times. For those who couldn’t register do track WATBlog for pictures, analysis and Video soon. Here is the list of people who have registered: * Shantesh A, Student, NMIMS * Prasad Abhanave, Branch head [Chembur], Sutra services Pvt Ltd(Sutra HR & Sutrajobs.com) * Rohit Agarwal, Senior Consultant, PricewatehouseCoopers * Anand Ajantiwale, Sr. Executive, Info edge India Ltd. * Gulrez Alam, MD, Resultrix Media * Faiyaz Ali, Online PR, Id8Labs * Sunny Amlani, Marketing Manager, Globosport Digital * Richa Anand, Asst. Manager- Sales, Tagg Cybertech * Riya Anand, Creative Controller, Ogilvy * Rashi Arora, student, NMIMS * Saurabh Arora, student, NMIMS * Sourabh Arora, student, nmims“` * Jai Awatramani, Student, MBA(Tech.), NMIMS * kamal awatramani, New Media, Ad Sales - Naukri, Jeevansathi & 99acre, Info Edge (I) Ltd * waqar azmi, Founder & CEO, Sutra services Pvt Ltd(Sutra HR & Sutrajobs.com) * Rohan Babu, Sr.Manager, Media2win * Rohit Bagad, Product Manager, Tata Consultancy Services * Aditya Bagarka, Student, NMIMS * Bhushan Bagwe, Engineer, not working * Jayesh Bajaj, Entrepreneur, Volgatech * Madhu Balakrishnan, SEM/SEO Analyst, Rupeetalk Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. * Kirthana Balasundaram, Student, NMIMS * Pankaj Balchandani, deputy manager, HDFC Bank * Tushar Bangera, Management Trainee, Media2Win * Ashish Bansal, Student, NMIMS * shreyas barve, student, A.V.C.O.E * Sumeet Batra, Student, NMIMS * Garima Baweja, student, NMIMS * Rishabh Beria, Executive Director, janus Consultrix Pvt. 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