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The US clothing giant Philips-Van Heusen (PVH) has started negotiations with leading Indian apparel companies to put its global designer brand, Calvin Klein, and premium lifestyle brand IZOD, on domestic shelves through a licensing arrangement.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:11 AM

Global agribusiness and food major Bunge Limited plans to grow through a combination of acquisitions and alliances in India. “We plan to invest about $200 to 300 million over the next five years,” Bunge’s regional GM-Asia, Christopher S White told after announcing the entry into the Rs 70,000 crore edible oil market.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:10 AM

With domestic demand growing fast and attractive export opportunities on the horizon, the Indian consumer durables industry has lined up investments of more than Rs 7,000 crore over the next five years to ramp up capacity.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:09 AM

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) service providers added about 436,000 subscribers, including 264,000 digital mobile subscribers in September. The overall growth percentage of CDMA-based telecom services declined to 3.63 per cent from 4 per cent witnessed in August.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:08 AM

Balle Balle, the popular Punjabi Music Channel from Punjab Today Group is all set to go global. The channel, according to its CEO and President, Upinder Nayar, has tied up with a new satellite and will be available across the US, the UK and Canada in a month’s time.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:07 AM

Athens Olympics TV viewership in India has been in sync with the global pattern. While International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has announced that 3.9 billion people watched the 2004 Olympics (up from 3.6 billion in 2000) all over the world, the TV reach in India increased 300% from Sydney to Athens.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:07 AM

In a bid to grab a bigger pie of the prime time slot, Zee TV plans to launch two new entertainment shows this month with a strong focus on comedy. The channel is planning to promote both the serials aggressively through print and electronic media.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:06 AM

HBO is planning to rule the airwaves with an exhilarating line-up of movies in the last quarter of 2004. Adding sparkles to your Diwali celebrations there will be the star-studded HBO Diwali Blockbuster and a blockbuster marathon in the year-end.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:05 AM

The beginning of Navratris is when the adrenalin of marketers starts flowing. This is the time to make a beeline for customers’ purse strings. While LG has come up with ‘Dhoom Macha De’, arch rival Samsung has come out with ‘Pinning Toh Winning Offer’.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:04 AM

Cyber Media plans to raise Rs 17 crore through an IPO by November-end. The share will be offered in the price band of Rs 50-60. The firm is planning to launch two international publications, and also bring out Business Week in India.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:03 AM

With successive completion of the nationwide on-ground activities, ‘Indian Idols’, Sony’s big-ticket reality show is all set to finally hit the tube on October 28. The channel has placed the show in the Thursday, 9.30 pm slot. The promotions planned are big and the channel’s EVP, Programming and Response, Tarun Katial informs that every property on the channel will be leveraged to promote the show.

exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 9:00 AM

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exchange4media Staff Oct 14, 2004 12:00 AM