July 2009

 Simulcast of the live budget feed for ET Now and Times Now carried out through Times Audience Network, the online video arm of the Times Group. This was a never-done-before event in the Indian electronic medium's history with TAN coming together with Microsoft, Facebook, Akamai and the television properties of the Times Group.

Users experienced unique features such as on-demand videos, picture-in-picture feature to watch highlights while watching the live stream, powered by Silverlight.

Users got live coverage of both ET Now and Times Now as well as on-demand videos, live news feeds, special updates and will also be able to interact with Facebook friends-all from a single show window. And with Facebook Connect and Live Stream Box, they will be able to take part in real-time conversations with their favourite TV anchors. The event was hosted at http://budgetlive.economictimes.com .

About Microsoft

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About TIMES NOW
TIMES Now & ET NOW are Leading 24-hour English News channel that provides the Urbane viewers the complete picture of the news that is relevant, presented in a vivid and insightful manner, which enables them to widen their horizons & stay ahead.

About Quadwave
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