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Walt Disney Co. will award its $500 million media business to Bcom3 Group's Starcom Worldwide. Starcom beat out longtime incumbent Interpublic Group of Cos.' Initiative Media North America. Zenith Media Services, New York was also in the pitch.

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:49 AM

Publicis India has lost the Rs 10 crore advertising business of Alliance Capital Asset Management to Equus Advertising.

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:48 AM

Madura Garments is all set to launch T-shirts as part of its sub-brand 'Elements' in the coming summer. The company is also planning to launch womenswear, which is being test marketed in Bangalore, under its Allen Solly brand in the next three months.

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:47 AM

The Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC), the oldest turf club of India, is talking to domestic and international sports channels and local Bengali television companies for live telecasts of the tradition-bound Derby race in Kolkata. The objective of the move i

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:46 AM

Reebok has gone to the Delhi High Court over the breach of agreement and has secured an injunction restraining International Management Company from covering the Reebok’s logo on the shirts of the Indian cricketers.

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:46 AM

The Working Group of the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07) in its approach paper on Information and Broadcasting said that the Prasar Bharati must be free from State control and be manned by professionals. The report added that for Prasar Bharati to be autono

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:45 AM

Mr. Tarun Rai, senior vice president and general manager and currently heading HTA in Kolkata, has been made head of HTA Mumbai. He will be moving to Mumbai in January after completing the handing over process to his successor to be named shortly. Rai’s de

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:44 AM

With the Indian Broadcasting Foundation planning to take the issue of 5 per cent service tax with the I&B and Finance minister, TV channels like Aaj Tak, Zee News, Star News, CNBC India and Sahara TV plans to air shows and promos to highlight the channels’

exchange4media Staff Dec 22, 2001 9:43 AM