Jaman

TiVo Adds Indie, Intl. Films from Jaman to Broadband Offering

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 17, 2008 - 1:20pm.

Alviso, Calif. - TiVo (NASD: TIVO) announced on Thursday that it will add thousands of independent and international film titles from Web distributor Jaman to the offering on its network for owners of broadband-connected digital video recorders. TiVo viewers will be able to both rent and purchase films starting at $1.99.

Jaman and The New Global Niche

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on February 21, 2007 - 1:03pm.

Ethnicity has always been an appealing niche for foreign language newspapers and magazines to local cable television programs. Restaurants, churches and temples are all centers for exploring global cultures in the real world. Yet on the Internet, the most successful ethnically focused sites seem to be the online dating sites such as Shaadi.com, JDate and Corazones.com - as well as online communities targeting ethnicities for networking. The problem with this is that most of these sites are not inviting others outside a particular ethnicity to interact and learn about a culture.