Since I have gotten home early from office and since there isn't much to do at home, the devil's workshop is in full gear today. :-)
Here is another startup web2.0 idea exclusively for India ;-). Most of urban India spends at least an hour a day in front of the TV. Most people (including myself) are channel surfers. But this is probably because I don't have an easy way to know what is showing on which channel. I need to hunt for the days paper, and search through the fine print for the program schedule. What I suggest we need is an online TV guide for India, much like this or this or this.
What say ? Will it fly ?
Here is another startup web2.0 idea exclusively for India ;-). Most of urban India spends at least an hour a day in front of the TV. Most people (including myself) are channel surfers. But this is probably because I don't have an easy way to know what is showing on which channel. I need to hunt for the days paper, and search through the fine print for the program schedule. What I suggest we need is an online TV guide for India, much like this or this or this.
What say ? Will it fly ?
4 comments:
Unless you're talking about China, any country-specific dotcom is bound to fail. :-)
How could I forget the USA?
India probably ranks high in Internet user count, but how many people actually live online? As a matter of routine, we don't shop online, don't live a Second Life, and even the social networking is sloppy. The market needs to be mature enough to introduce an India-specific Web 2.0 application.
Atleast they have to start some RSS feeds I think.. :)
Icarus: If China can do it with baidu or alibaba, I think India will get there. Slower than China, but we have the local market to get there. I agree that concepts like Second Life won't click in India (at least short term), but useful (pop) information will bring people, IMO.
Dragonfly: I completely agree. I remember trying to go to websites of some financial weeklys and was suprised to see that they didn't support RSS. Duh!!
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