Date-wise News

Car sales bounced back by 24 per cent in June, after slowing down to single-digit figures in May. A total of 65,046 units were sold in the review month over 52,060 units in June 2003, data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam).

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:13 AM

Marico Industries Limited, would be withdrawing its anti-lice brand Mediker in its present form and replacing it with a new Mediker in the market.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:10 AM

With the regulator all set to submit the FM radio recommendations, the government is pointing at practical problems in the revenue-sharing model. According to sources in the government, assessment of revenue and auditing will be quite tough. Trai, which got the additional responsibility for monitoring the broadcasting sector a few months ago, has already been alerted on this front.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:10 AM

Doordarshan (DD) has started installation and testing of direct-to-home (DTH) sets and service — DD Direct — in Gujarat in co-ordination with the information department of the state.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:08 AM

Dabur Vatika has bagged the title sponsorship for the first Aapla Alpha Award 2004. The event marks the fifth anniversary of Alpha Marathi. The award concept, called ‘Triple A’ has an election theme, where viewers can exercise their choice for the best serial, the most outstanding performer or the favourite character.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:08 AM

Sandeep Goyal, Chairman of the Board of Dentsu Communications and Dentsu Marcom shares his experience over the years in the ad-world – from the days of a young rookie at Goodlass Nerolac to the group chief executive at Zee TV, in his maiden endeavour as an author in ‘The DumDum Bullet – Adventures of a corporate soldier’.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:07 AM

Zee Music, in partnership with White Feather Films, the production house of Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta, has announced a nationwide talent-hunt, ‘Item Bomb’. The winner would star opposite Dutt for an item number in his forthcoming film ‘Musafir’.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:06 AM

Promoter Ronnie Screw-vala is buying out STAR’s remaining 12 per cent stake in UTV Software Communica-tions at Rs 68 per share while acquiring 12 per cent of CDP at Rs 120 per share.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:05 AM

To beat the dearth of original film scripts in the Hindi film industry, the country's top advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson (JWT), is all set to establish Script Shop, a unit exclusively dedicated to developing film scripts.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:04 AM

Srikanth Raman returns to Optimum Media Solutions, the media-buying arm of Mudra Communication. Raman is joining as Director, Business Development at a time when OMS is planning to increase its horizons in a big way.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:03 AM

Even as Disney is poised for a smooth launch and the kids’ space is cramped with increasing number of players, Cartoon Network is confident of holding on to its share of the revenue pie. We took a look to find out what lies beneath the confidence.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 8:00 AM

Manish Bhatt and Raghu Bhat (erstwhile creative directors at the Ambience Publicis, Mumbai) are joining McCann as creative consultants on July 20.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 7:59 AM

Small and medium-sized ad agencies get a fresh boost to business with the software for media buying and planning coming within the affordable reach. A tie-up between Mediaware Infotech and Advertising Agencies Guild (AAG), Delhi, enables smaller players get 25% off on modules of media planning and buying.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 7:57 AM

Mythili Bhusnurmath is quitting The Economic Times to join the Financial Express as Chief Editor. She will be the first woman to ever become the Editor of any of the four financial dailies in the country.

exchange4media Staff Jul 14, 2004 7:56 AM