Rishi Khiani’s Ant Farm rolls out advertising venture Fork Media

Fork Media Pvt Ltd, an advertising venture incubated at Mumbai-based Ant Farm, a startup platform set up by former Indiatimes CEO Rishi Khiani, has gone off beta. Incorporated in February 2013 by Samar Verma (founder & CEO) and Upen Roop Rai (co-founder & MD ), Fork Media creates properties ...

Sonam Gulati

Ex-Indiatimes CEO Rishi Khiani launches startup platform Ant Farm; 5 startups under its fold

Former Times Internet CEO Rishi Khiani, who had quit the firm three months ago, has launched his own venture called Ant Farm (not to be confused with The Ant Farm, a US-based creative agency) – a kind of hybrid startup platform that brings together people, helps in ideation or scaling up an existi...

Anand Rai

One97 ropes in Indiatimes exec Sandeep Amar as VP, mobile marketing

Mobile internet firm One97 Communications has appointed Sandeep Amar as vice-president, mobile marketing. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of One97 Communications, confirmed the appointment to Techcircle.in, adding that Amar will look after the marketing of various mobile internet products of the compa...

Sonam Gulati

Times Internet’s online video portal BoxTV up in Alpha

Times Internet (TIL) has quietly unveiled its new venture called BoxTV which is an online video service. The service, which is currently in Alpha phase, is positioned as a premium video service which will allow the viewers to watch movies and TV shows whenever and wherever they want it. Times Intern...

Nandana Das

Satyan Gajwani to replace Rishi Khiani as CEO of Times Internet; Khiani to start his own venture

Satyan Gajwani, director, new media at The Times of India Group, has been appointed CEO of Times Internet Ltd (TIL) with immediate effect. He will replace Rishi Khiani, who has put in his papers to pursue his entrepreneurial endeavours. As per the internal mail circulated in the company, Khiani will...

Anand Rai, Nandana Das & Sonam Gulati

Digirati: Top 25 powerful people in Indian digital business

They provide smart insights into hot trends and create strategies that redefine businesses. They innovate opportunities for themselves and others – writing some success stories that inspire awe. Meet the homegrown Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerbergs and Warren Buffetts who have made waves in the digital ...

Nandana Das

We Want To Merge Commerce With Content: Rishi Khiani, CEO, Times Internet Ltd

For Times Internet Ltd, a subsidiary of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, the year 2011 was a year of collaborations and a plethora of product launches. But the digital arm of the media conglomerate seems to keep a live dashboard handy to keep track of its fast-evolving growth plans. Over the next 12...

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IndiaTimes Shrugs Off Marketplace Model; Site Re-launch Soon; To Launch Vertical Sites

Indiatimes Shopping, the e-commerce portal from Times Internet Limited, is planning a slew of changes as it attempts to establish itself as a horizontal e-commerce portal. A long-pending redesign is in the works as it plans to re-launch its website with a new user interface, a recommendation engine ...