Date-wise News

The Bhaskar Group has bought out the Gujarati daily, Saurashtra Samachar, the leading newspaper of the Saurashtra region. Girish Agarwal, Director, Marketing, Dainik Bhaskar, said the deal was struck at Rs 7 crore.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 5:11 PM

Orchard Advertising, Bangalore, has bagged the ‘Manhattan Card’ account of Standard Chartered Bank. Confirming this to exchange4media, Sugato Banerji, Head-Marketing, Consumer Banking, Standard Chartered, said the budget for this account is upwards of Rs 10 crore.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 3:16 PM

Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel has signed an agreement today with Rajat Sharma’s India TV. Al Jazeera will provide its main news bulletin dubbed in Hindi for airing on India TV, while Sharma’s channel will provide India-related news to the Arabic channel.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 1:33 PM

Interpublic Group of Cos.' Lowe Worldwide has named Ogilvy & Mather executive Tony Wright its new president and CEO following weeks of negotiations, according to executives close to the matter. He takes over for current agency CEO Jerry Judge, who will continue as CEO of the Partnership division of Interpublic.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 9:00 AM

HLL is reworking its Surf Laundry Services in a new format. The company is in dialogue with the marketing savvy oil company, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) to relaunch its services at the latter’s retail outlet.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:59 AM

Nestle India is taking yet another step to move closer to the Indian consumer. The food major, in an innovative localisation move, has decided to lend a desi touch to its chocolate health food drink (HFD) Milo by re-energising it with ‘badam shakti’ and launching it in 15-gm single serve sachets.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:59 AM

To further boost its India’s programming, CNN International has decided to launch a special feature for the country titled ‘Eye on India’. The weeklong programming beginning September 4 will focus on the changing role of India in the global business environment.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:57 AM

Rupak Agarwal has joined Bharti Cellular as Vice-president, Kolkata Circle. He quit Hindustan Times last week after a 51-month stint as its General Manager, Strategic Marketing.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:56 AM

Chateau Indage Ltd, the leading player in the Asian wine market, has appointed the creative agency Saatchi & Saatchi India to launch its advertising and marketing campaign. Chateau Indage will spend about Rs 12 crore on marketing and advertising this year.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:55 AM

LIC Housing Finance has decided to have a roster of agencies to cater to its growing business. In spite of having Mudra as its advertising agency for the past two years, the housing finance company has recently roped in Radeus Advertising, the sister agency of TBWA India.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:54 AM

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday it will not allow broadcasters to carry on-screen advertising during the upcoming ICC Super Series in Australia and would sign contracts with them specifying strict advertising codes.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:53 AM

Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India is set to acquire majority control in the television channel of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network (SABTN). The channel, popularly known as SAB TV, was spun off into a separate company recently.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:53 AM

Prakash Iyer has quit Pepsi and joined as Managing Director of Infomedia India (earlier known as Tata Infomedia), the yellow pages company that was acquired by ICICI Venture Fund Management Company in a management buyout in 2003. He takes over from Hoshang Billimoria.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:49 AM

BCCI has invited Zee Telefilms — the highest bidder for the four-year cricket telecast rights, and ESPN Star Sports — the second highest bidder— for a final round of discussions. The meeting will be held on September 4 at Chennai and the final winner will be announced on September 5.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:48 AM

Max has mega plans up its sleeves for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2004. With this mega event, the channel looks to further strengthen its positioning as a leader in cricket presentation with enhanced viewer interactivity and engagement.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:47 AM

Walt Disney might be getting all set to compete in the Indian market but it isn’t prepared to share most of its activities – people, programming or other plans. Industry sources, however, inform that the company has taken its claim on the present resources and as far as programming is concerned, work has begun in full swing.

exchange4media Staff Sep 2, 2004 8:46 AM