Date-wise News

Zee Network has announced the appointment of Bharat Ranga as the Business Head of Zee Cinema, Zee Music, Premier Cinema, Action Cinema & Classic Cinema.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 6:08 PM

OMS has just bagged the Rs 12-15 crore media planning account of Dabur-South. It won the account in a final round of pitching against Maxus.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 10:26 AM

Hyundai Electronics, the latest entrant to consumer durables market, seems to have started off on the wrong foot by stepping on its namesake Hyundai Motor India’s (HMIL) toes.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:12 AM

After a hike in the price of Surf Excel Quick Wash, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) is now training its guns on the anti-dandruff shampoo brand, Clinic All Clear. The company will be re-launching Clinic All Clear in a new formulation and with about 10 per cent higher price within a fortnight, industry sources said here today.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:11 AM

Milk product major Amul has entered the margarine segment with its new product called ‘Delicious Table Margarine’, available currently in select locations. The 100 gm pack is priced at Rs 11 and the 500 gm pack at Rs 54.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:11 AM

The cabinet today decided to constitute a group of ministers (GoM) to review the government’s print media policies, including foreign direct investment (FDI). The policies that the GoM would review are the previous government’s decision to allow 26 per cent FDI in news and current affairs publications and 74 per cent FDI in non-news, scientific, technical and specialty magazines.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:10 AM

Cricket lovers in the country may get to watch India-Australia and India-South Africa series on Sony Entertainment Television (SET) if the Supreme Court allows it. The lowest bidder for the four-year cricket telecast rights, Ten Sports, has got an offer from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to produce the first two cricket series in the new season, and Sony has been approached for showing the matches on its channel. Both parties have said “yes” to BCCI.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:09 AM

Superbrands India paid tribute to the excellence in branding, honouring the most successful 101 Indian consumer brands on Wednesday in Mumbai. The group chose the Top 101 Consumer Brands of India and felicitated by judging them as Superbrands in their respective categories – a status considered equivalent to the Oscars in branding.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:08 AM

The recent round of programming initiatives and restructured news coverage beginning first week of August have paid off for Zee News as the channel regains the top slot in the Hindi news genre, say the latest TAM data.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:07 AM

Global fast-food major McDonald’s will open the doors of its first outlet in Bangalore on October 14, informed Vikram Bakshi, joint venture partner and managing director, McDonald’s (Northern India). He also hinted that the fast food chain was contemplating on an eastward venture.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:06 AM

The Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) has unanimously re-elected KS Sarma, CEO, Prasar Bharti, as its President for 2004-05. At the Annual General Meeting held in New Delhi on Wednesday, the IBF board members also unanimously retained Jawahar Goel of Siticable as Vice-president, and I Venkat of Eenadu Group as Treasurer.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:06 AM

Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd (RSIL), the Ruchi Group flagship company, has awarded its media responsibilities to MediaCom, subsequent to a multi-agency pitch. The account is pegged at Rs 10 crore. For the record, O&M handles the creative responsibility for the Ruchi brands.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:05 AM

Channel News Asia, a telly channel under the banner of Media Corp News Intl Pte, has appointed Siddharth Srivastava as its Country Manager. Based in India, Srivastava would be responsible for marketing and distributing the channel in South Asia and the Middle East.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:04 AM

Effective October 1, Kartik Iyer returns to Initiative as President. As is known, Iyer left the organisation a couple of months back to join Rediffusion, where his area of work was in the realm of strategy, and not media.

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 7:02 AM

“Normally PR is perceived as a media related activity. However, in our case the canvas of PR is much larger. It’s not only about relationship with media persons, it’s also about relationship with every guest since it is they who are giving us business every day.”

exchange4media Staff Sep 30, 2004 12:00 AM