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DVD is dead: India’s BigFlix now stream-only service

By Sriram Vadlamani Mon, Nov 21, 2011 1:20AM UTC View Comments

Reliance-owned BigFlix has announced this week that it will start streaming only, abandoning its DVD rental service. BigFlix had closed its brick and mortar stores a few months back and is positioning itself as India’s premier online streaming service. BigFlix’s move comes right after Netflix, the pioneer of DVD rentals and online streaming, which has...

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UNFCC approves controversial Reliance power project in Jharkhand

By Subir Ghosh Mon, Oct 10, 2011 3:40AM UTC View Comments

Jharkhand Integrated Power Ltd, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Reliance Power Ltd, is implementing a 3,960 MW project activity using ‘higher efficiency super-critical technology’, near Tilaiya village in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.

The CDM Executive Board has approved two controversial Indian mega projects: a new coal fired power plant and a hydro power plant which had recently made headlines because of its non‐additionality and the harm reportedly caused to the local population. The CDM Executive Board once again ignored criticism of the environmental integrity of coal projects...

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India: Reliance goes overboard to curb ‘Bodyguard’ piracy

By Subir Ghosh Sat, Sep 03, 2011 10:27AM UTC View Comments

Reliance Entertainment has gone overboard after obtaining a John Doe order from the Delhi High Court to prevent piracy of its film Bodyguard, that was released this week. The company has sent over two thousand notices to internet service providers, seeking bans on file-sharing websites, and website owners, requesting them to find and remove all...

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Reliance loses 1 mn customers to mobile number portability

By Subir Ghosh Thu, Aug 11, 2011 7:08PM UTC View Comments

Anal Ambani has been questioned in 2G spectrum probe. Pic: AP.

The Reliance Communications website describes itself as India’s number one network. It certainly isn’t if you consider the number of subscribers it has lost in the first five months since the mobile number portability (MNP) facility was introduced in India – it lost a whopping 1,166,643 net subscribers till June 30. Reliance’s loss is more...

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