With the Sixth anniversary celebrations of MSN India under way, MSN India has announced the launch of five new portals, MSN Hindi, MSN Tamil, MSN Telugu, MSN Kannada and MSN Malayalam apart from unveiling Windows Live Messenger in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. MSN India also unveiled the new MSN India Homepage and Windows Live Domains. Prominent amongst these announcements is the launch of its new language portal homepage on http://in.msn.com along with launching Windows Live Messenger in the Hindi and the other regional languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam). This new introduction enables MSN users to now chat in their regional language with their friends and family on MSN Messenger. The MSN Hindi and Regional language portals was launched by renowned singer Shubha Mudgal.

The Hindi and other regional languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam) feature on Windows Live Messenger is extremely user friendly, and would provide the same user experience. The Windows Live Messenger platform would be the same as before but the additional feature available is the facility to use Hindi other regional languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam) by users on Windows Live Messenger. For this, there are multiple keyboards options available with the language packages at: http://www.bhashaindia.com with Windows Live Spaces, which allows weblogging, sharing pictures and music.

“With the launch of MSN Hindi other regional languages (MSN Tamil, MSN Telugu, MSN Kannada and MSN Malayalam) and the new languages feature on Windows Live Messenger, MSN India continues its drive to provide MSN services and products to its users in their regional languages. This initiative is just the beginning in providing users with features which bring them closer to their loved ones” said, Mr. Jaspreet Bindra, Country Head, MSN India and Windows Live.

The new MSN Hindi other regional languages (MSN Tamil, MSN Telugu, MSN Kannada and MSN Malayalam) feature of Windows Live Messenger is also integrated with the MSN portal and has plenty of content which is of desi flavor such as Movies featuring film previews and interviews with the stars. The MSN Language portals (MSN Hindi, MSN Tamil, MSN Telugu, MSN Kannada and MSN Malayalam) also has the latest news with a special focus on local news, Infotech, Astrology, Sports, Recipes and Humour.

“A large number of users of the online medium would love to have an interface that allows them to communicate as they would face to face. MSN Hindi other regional languages (MSN Tamil, MSN Telugu, MSN Kannada and MSN Malayalam), every user will have quality content in their choice of language as well as communicate in their mother tongue through Windows Live Messenger”, said Mr. Raj Nayak, CEO , NDTV Media.

Another key announcement was the new and improved look of the MSN India home page http://in.msn.com featuring a more vibrant and user friendly interface. The new MSN India homepage is a reflection of MSN’s creativity and has all the features required to enchant the users, such as better graphics, the desktop TV portrays images of better quality, there is more value added content in the form of language editions and additional channels and to top it all off there are intelligently integrated advertisements as well.

To add to the spirit of celebration MSN India also announced the launch of the Windows Live Domains. Now users can have their own domain names such as yourname@yourdomain.in and create an unlimited amount of accounts in the respected domain. Everyone on the users domain will get a hotmail account and these can be upgraded to Windows Live Mail Beta for free. Email addresses on the domain can be used to access the services on the Windows Live network such as instant messenger and spaces.

Speaking on the new MSN India home page and Windows Live Domains Mr. Krishna Prasad Head of MSN India and Windows Live Programming said,”In lieu of MSN’s six year anniversary celebrations we wanted to provide our users with a new and more user friendly MSN India homepage with its 2.0 web platform equipped with additional channels and a host of other features. We are also gifting to our users a chance to get a customized mail id, supported by Windows Live Mail and which also gives them access to the Windows Live network. All in all, we want to enhance the users experience as best as we can”.

MSN India also unveiled the Munnabhai Bot on Windows Live Messenger; users can now add Munnabhai on their Windows Live Messenger! The interaction promises to be hilarious in the typical Munnabhai ishtyle. MSN India is dedicated to providing its users with best online experience and looks at constantly innovating its products and services to meet this commitment. MSN India will be bringing out more products and services in the future all aimed to maximize user satisfaction.

The new portals are:
www.msn.co.in/hindi
www.msn.co.in/tamil
www.msn.co.in/telegu
www.msn.co.in/kannada
www.msn.co.in/malayalam

About MSN and Windows Live
MSN attracts more than 465 million unique users worldwide per month. With localized versions available globally in 42 markets and 21 languages, MSN is a world leader in delivering compelling programmed content experiences to consumers and online advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide. Windows Live, a new set of personal Internet services and software, is designed to bring together in one place all the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with enhanced safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web. MSN and Windows Live will be offered alongside each other as complementary services. Some Windows Live services entered an early beta phase on Nov. 1, 2005; these and future beta updates can be found at http://ideas.live.com. Windows Live is available at http://www.live.com. MSN is located on the Web at http://www.msn.com. MSN worldwide sites are located at http://www.msn.com/worldwide.ashx.