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Sony Entertainment Television has announced some major changes in its top management. NP Singh, currently CFO, has been appointed as COO, making him second in command to CEO Kunal Dasgupta.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 2:24 PM

Sony Corp. denied a newspaper report on Monday that it would quit the plasma television business and focus its efforts in the flat-screen TV market on liquid crystal display and rear-projection models, but analysts said it would make sense to pull out.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:27 AM

Is globalisation of India imposing challenges before the corporate sector and their communication force? Are we ready to face the plethora of changes thrown before us? The PRCAI (Public Relations Consultants Association of India) looked into many such issues in their mini summit held in Bangalore recently.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:26 AM

The latest TNS study on four-wheeler brand health and need segmentation, released yesterday, said emotive needs such as potency, prestige, and status account for over 50 per cent of the car buyers in India.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:25 AM

The Business Today Best Bank Awards were presented in Mumbai yesterday. HDFC Bank has won the India’s Best Bank Award 2004. State Bank of India was reckoned as India’s Biggest Bank, while Citibank NA was honoured as the Most Productive Bank.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:25 AM

The government is considering a legislation to regulate the broadcasting sector, information and broadcasting minister S Jaipal Reddy told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Introduction of DTH broadcasting had prompted the standing committee on information technology to pull up the government.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:23 AM

Malaysia's leading broadcaster, Astro All Asia Networks plc has entered into an agreement with Sun TV for setting up a joint venture to originate, aggregate and distribute television programming and channels for the global audience.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:22 AM

Independent News & Media, the newspaper publisher led by Sir Tony O’Reilly, is on Tuesday expected to announce an important expansion in India by taking a near 30 per cent stake in Jagran, one of the country’s leading media groups.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:20 AM

TAM figures for the 9 am to 12 noon slot on Sundays for three metros in the Hindi-speaking market show that Zee TV has a channel share of 25 per cent and Star Plus has 33 per cent. Among the others, Sony Entertainment Television comes in at No. 3 with 24 per cent, while SAB TV has 9 per cent.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:20 AM

Following the recent headlines it made with the Titan win, Maxus Bangalore has effected a change in its top management with the appointment of a new General Manager, Anil George. He will oversee clients like Britannia, Titan, Himalaya and MTR Foods.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:19 AM

Span Communications has bagged the Ministry of Tourism’s promotional contract for celebrating ‘350 years of the Taj Mahal’. The ministry will spend Rs 2.5 crore in the current financial year and Rs 5 crore in the next fiscal on this campaign.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:15 AM

After making its mark in the English news space with CNBC TV-18, the group is all set to introduce its Hindi channel, ‘Awaaz’ on Indian television in the New Year. The channel explores a new genre with content geared to address consumer related issues. ‘Awaaz’ would be on-air in the first week of January but the commercial launch is slated for mid–January, 2005.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:14 AM

After bagging ICICI’s corporate business, Ambience has now picked up the financial major’s global money transfer business. The account was won following a multi-agency pitch and is pegged in the region of Rs 7-8 crore.

exchange4media Staff Dec 21, 2004 7:13 AM