Date-wise News

The much-awaited ruling from Madras High Court is out. The telecast rights in this interim ruling have been assigned to Prasar Bharti and the Indo–Pak series would be telecast only on terrestrial Doordarshan channels. BCCI has been given the freedom to avail the services of any producer for the live feed. However, Zee Telefilms and ESPN- Star Sports cannot be assigned production responsibilities.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 11:35 AM

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) on Wednesday announced a 51:49 joint venture with Renault, to produce and sell the latter's car, Logan, in India.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:39 AM

Mobile service provider Airtel has launched a video service for non-video phones for pre-paid and post-paid GPRS customers nationally. The service has been made possible because of the Oplayo Vidlet software.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:38 AM

Emami Ltd, positioning itself in the high margins healthcare product market, is planning to introduce a range of over-the-counter products on the ayurveda platform.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:37 AM

Dubai Media City announced a new initiative called Dubai Studio City that seeks to foster the growth of the broadcast and film production industry in the region. To be built within the Dubai land complex, Dubai Studio City will offer a complete technical and community infrastructure for the film, TV and music production sectors to flourish.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:36 AM

The IT sector’s advertising in the Print media grew only 31 per cent in 2004 compared to the previous year. While Desktops contributed the largest chunk of advertising with a 29 per cent share, HP was the biggest advertiser in Print, followed by PCS.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:35 AM

ESPN Star Sports has offered to provide production services to BCCI for the forthcoming Indo-Pak cricket series. The offer has been made following doubt over the telecast of the series because of the ongoing proceedings in the Chennai High Court between BCCI and Zee Telefilms Limited.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:35 AM

On February 26, Walt Disney's classic storytelling heritage comes alive with animated feature - Aladdin. The film will be aired in Hindi featuring Sonu Nigam as the voice of Aladdin.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:34 AM

At the 7th Retail Summit organised by KSA Technopak on the theme "Delighting the Consumer Profitably," which kicked off in the Capital on Wednesday, speakers highlighted the role of brands in the retailing sector.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:31 AM

Shivani Raina Ghosh, Media Controller at Lodestar, is moving to FBC Media, an international television production company, where she will be Head of Media Planning and Strategy.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:30 AM

In India, movie marketing is just coming of age with the success of films like Kyun Ho Gaya Na, Black and Bride and Prejudice. The latest in line is Page 3, a box office hit, with a per print average of Rs.3.45 lakh.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:28 AM

The Union Budget sure is one topic that is hot in the news circles and the expectations from the media industry are high. While some in the industry believe that the coverage of the budget will give more eyeballs, others feel that it is the kind of viewers that the channels attract would benefit advertisers. All the channels have ensured that they have enough and more to lure the Indian viewers - from Yashwant Sinha on Zee Business to Kumar Mangalam Birla on STAR News.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:27 AM

TBWA India has won the creative duties of PlayTV worth around Rs 5 crore. This was confirmed by Amit Goenka, Director, Essel Group, who is heading the gaming channel slotted for a mid-March launch. The other agencies in the fray were Enterprise Nexus and St Lukes.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:26 AM

Bank of India has invited advertising/media agencies to provide total solutions for its corporate and financial advertising services. The financial major is looking at empanelling six agencies for the same. Industry sources peg the account at Rs 35 crore.

exchange4media Staff Feb 24, 2005 7:25 AM