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NexPress Solutions Inc, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Kodak, launched its range of innovative digital printing solutions in India by middle of the year. Kodak NexPress 2100 digital production colour press and Kodak Digimaster print systems will be introduced in the Indian market by mid-2005.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:55 AM

Shringar Cinemas, a movie exhibition company, floated by the Shroff family is entering the capital market with a public issue of 81,50,000 equity shares of a face value of Rs 10 each, which will constitute around 25.82 per cent of the new equity of Shringar Cinemas. The group is aiming to mop up around Rs 50 crore from the issue.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:54 AM

Zoom is all set to experiment some more with entertainment news with a new show ‘Popkorn’. The show is going on-air today, positioned in the daily 8.00 pm slot. ‘Popkorn’ would be a daily round-up of the latest happenings from the television and cinema.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:53 AM

Star Movies was the most chosen one, among the English entertainment channels on the New Year Eve. Even during the festive week, from December 26, 2004 to January 1, 2005, Star Movies dominated in the competition doubling up the channel share.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:52 AM

Hyundai Motor India has awarded the advertising accounts of the Accent, Sonata, Elantra and Terracan to Cheil Communications. While the Sonata and Elantra accounts have moved from Saatchi & Saatchi, the Accent and Terracan accounts move from Grey Worldwide.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:51 AM

In 2000, in-film advertising was small and insignificant, whereas after four years, today the market is estimated in the region of Rs 75-100 crore. This kind of advertising format has a dual benefit: for film producers, looking for film-related promotions, it is a viable revenue source, while advertisers benefit from an attentive, clutter-free environment at a reasonable price.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:50 AM

After being with the Turner International India Pvt Limited group for 13 months, Shankar B has put in his papers to join Raj TV as national sales and marketing head. At Turner, Shankar was the ad sales head – west, handling accounts like Cartoon Network, Pogo, CNN, ZMZ and Zee English.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:49 AM

Walt Disney Television International (India) has appointed Amitabh Srivastava as Director, Affiliate Relations for Disney Channel and Toon Disney. In his new role, Srivastava will work closely with Disney’s distribution partner, STAR India, to manage all aspects of cable and satellite distribution and network development in the country.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:47 AM

The quiet shopping of ICICI Personal Loans has culminated and the brand has chosen the agency to take care of its creative needs. In the wake of a multi-agency pitch, the account moves to Bates India. The ads spends are pegged at around Rs 10 crore.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:46 AM

Rediffusion DY&R Chennai has bagged the creative and media account of business space provider Ascendas Pvt Ltd, known for developing IT Parks in India. The account size is worth Rs 3 crore, said official sources.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:45 AM

Rajiv Desai, President of IPAN, has put in his papers. After a 17-year stint with the PR firm, Desai decided that ‘it was time to move on’. Now, Desai is upbeat about his next venture, a consultancy firm, named ‘Comma’.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:44 AM

Media-buying scene at Hindustan Lever Limited is changing with the Group Media Manager, B Venkataramanan moving to the United Kingdom to assume higher responsibilities as the VP–Media Buying, Unilever, UK, and Rahul Welde taking over his position.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:44 AM

Coca-Cola India is in the middle of an upheaval in the senior echelon, presently. Shripad Nadkarni, VP–Marketing and Sharda Agarwal, Director–Marketing, have put in their papers. The two have teamed up to set up a consultancy firm.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 8:42 AM

<p align=justify>“How is a radio station supposed to pay the overwhelming license fee if its collections don’t add up to the dues? The political leaders are too busy making money for themselves, even if it means killing a medium as effective as this one. As a result, you don’t have any new stations coming up, and those that exist are on the verge of closing shop. Stations are also averse to experimenting with new formats because they feel completely bogged down by the financial constraints.”

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2005 12:00 AM