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Good Relations (India) has appointed Meenakshi Sachdev Varma as its Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. GRI also announced several new business acquisitions in each of its offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 7:47 PM

SAB TV has set the ball rolling to launch a Current Affairs channel in April-May this year. Confirming this to exchange4media, Markand Adhikari, Vice-chairman and MD, said the new channel will be different from a conventional news channel. Umesh Upadhyay has been appointed as the channel head.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 2:53 PM

From board games to board rooms, management is essential. This was the essence of the seminar, ‘Reverse Flick,’ which was held in New Delhi. Sports champions, Geet Sethi, Ashwini Nachappa, Sanjay Manjrekar and Anil Kumble, had a tete-a-tete with corporates on how “management is a different ballgame”.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:46 AM

CTBUZZ, a project of TV Asia, US, is India’s first Broadband television channel. Test signals are already available on Hindu, Hathway and Seven Star and will soon be available on all networks across Mumbai. Delhi and Bangalore are the next destinations.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:44 AM

Monster India has announced an exclusive alliance with Shaadi.com by which it will host Shaadi.com’s job channel and drive job seekers to the hosted site with banner advertisements and an exclusive career newsletter to their subscribers.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:42 AM

ETC Channel Punjabi has announced the second annual music awards, Punjabi Music Awards 2005 on February 27 at PAP Grounds, Jalandhar. The event will be telecast live on both ETC Channel Punjabi and on Alpha TV Punjabi.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:41 AM

PrimeOutdoors, a division of Primetime-IP Media Pvt. Ltd , has won the outdoor activities for Tata Teleservices in Himachal Pradesh and MP-Chattisgarh circle. This account was won in a multi-agency pitch and the incumbent was RMG David.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:40 AM

It’s been over a week since his joining and the new Chief Operating Officer of B4U, B L Gautam has commenced some action for the movie channel from the group. The channel has started offering film producers a differentiated way to promote their movies.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:40 AM

The American Teleservices Association (ATA), a not-for-profit organisation for the teleservices industry, has announced the creation of chapters in Mumbai and Bangalore, giving the ATA its first international presence.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:38 AM

The Market Research Society of India (MRSI), a non-profit organisation, has announced that its second Market Research Symposium will be held in, Mumbai on Friday, February 4, 2005

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:37 AM

Friday has turned to be one of the better days for Sony Entertainment Television. The channel is registering a rating soar for its present shows with ‘Indian Idol’ reaching an all time high of 8.11 TVR in the Hindi speaking markets. While all other shows do seem to throw better numbers, ‘Dance Dance’ on the flip side, has dipped from the opening numbers.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:35 AM

Programming initiatives on English entertainment channels may be mushrooming this season but ratings still don’t spell much. Yet, in spite of the negligible numbers, planners and buyers continue to bank on English entertainment.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:35 AM

Mudra Communications Pvt Ltd., one of India’s largest advertising agencies, on Monday announced the acquisition of Kidstuff Promos and Events Company (KPE), the leading promotional agency in the country.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:33 AM

A brand is the ultimate relationship between a product and the consumer, Shelly Lazarus, Chairman & CEO, O&M Worldwide, said at the O&M Brand Forum on ‘The fine art of building brands’. Other speakers included Peter Mukerjea, CEO, Star India; Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & NCD, O&M India; and Dr Xavier Dreze, Professor of Marketing Strategy, Wharton School, USA.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2005 8:32 AM