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Walt Disney Co. is close to a deal to acquire the global children's-programming business, Fox Family Worldwide Inc., for $3.2 billion. Disney plans to convert the venture's main U.S. channel, Fox Family, into a new entity called ABC Family that will rely g

exchange4media Staff Jul 26, 2001 7:52 AM

Hindustan Lever, India's top company by market value, reported net profit increase by 62.7 per cent in April-June from a year earlier, far surpassing expectations. Net profit rose to Rs 467 crores from Rs 287 crores in the same period a year earlier. Net s

exchange4media Staff Jul 26, 2001 7:51 AM

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) will invest Rs 100 crores to expand its Internet services in 20 cities by end of this fiscal. Most of the investment would be made by way of revamping the infrastructure including the availability of bandwidth with one giga

exchange4media Staff Jul 26, 2001 7:48 AM

Starcom MediaVest Group(SMG), announced the operational media merger of three Indian advertising agencies namely Leo Burnett India, Ambience D’Arcy and Orchard Advertising, all BCOM3 member-agencies in India. The merger will enable Starcom India to consoli

exchange4media Staff Jul 26, 2001 7:47 AM

Major FMCG firms have either doubled or trebled their ad spend on Star Network this year as compared to last year. With Doordarshan not doing so well the FMCG firms shifted their entire focus on to the Star Network.

exchange4media Staff Jul 26, 2001 7:46 AM

Zee English will be starting a new programme ‘Brand Champs’, on advertising, showcasing case studies on the most successful advertising campaigns in India by August end. It will be telecast once a week, with each episode lasting 30 minutes. Sunil Gupta, ex

exchange4media Staff Jul 26, 2001 7:45 AM