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Mid Day Multimedia has got yet another stakeholder. This time it is the Indian Express that has picked a 10 per cent stake in the organisation. A similar development was seen last year when Bennett, Coleman & Co bought a 6.15 per cent taking its stake in the publication to 7.82 per cent.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 8:40 PM

JWT has won the UNICEF’s polio immunization programme worth around Rs 20 crore from O&M, confirmed Rohit Ohri, General Manager and Branch Head, JWT, Delhi. Five agencies were short listed by Unicef—O&M, Publicis, Lowe, JWT Delhi and JWT Kolkata as per sources.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 11:56 AM

The market for luxury brands in our country has expanded in recent times. With income levels going up, customers prepared to buy such brands are growing in numbers. Retail management company KSA Technopak estimates the market for luxury and high-end clothing in India at Rs 1,000 crore and for accessories at another Rs 1,000 crore.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:45 AM

The department of posts (DoP) is poised to tie up with a host of fast-moving consumer goods companies to offer the public daily household items like hair oils, skin-care products, food products.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:44 AM

Ten Sports, the world's number one sports channel for South Asians, will telecast live the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, including Sania Mirza's quarter-final match, as well as full delayed coverage of her brilliant straight sets win over World No. 6 and defending US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:43 AM

The advent of wireless communication has given a fillip to the television interactivity in India and Mobile2win, a wireless marketing solutions provider, has been quite active in this field. Started with Sony Entertainment Television in 2003, the company has so far successfully rolled out wireless services for SAB TV, India TV and HBO.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:42 AM

The Scottish imagery has been captured into a film by Contract for Mason & Summers, a travel company that has launched luxury tours to Scotland, and a player in the malt industry in India.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:41 AM

The end of 2004 didn't see Zee Cinema on high spirits with the channel taking a beat from rival MAX but 2005 has a different picture to present. TAM Media Research numbers show that the channel has shown a week-on-week increase and has gone on to displace number two channel Sony for the past four weeks.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:40 AM

Media 24*7 has bagged the exclusive in-stadia rights for the India-Pakistan cricket match in Bangalore. An important in-stadia innovation for the match will be 25 feet by 20 feet huge LCD screen. It will offer crystal clear clarity and will showcase commercials, trivia, scores, live contests etc.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:39 AM

Experimental programming seems to have reached a new frontier with India's business channel CNBC TV 18 teaming up with the youth channel MTV for a co-production titled 'Budget Fundas 2005.' The idea was to analyse the Budget from the youngsters' point of the view and to build a co-relation between abstract economic policy and tangible monetary returns.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:38 AM

Sudershan Banerjee, CEO, Dalmia Consumer Care, and founder Chairman, Global Sehat Foundation, is stepping down from both the posts. Karthik Raina, COO, Dalmia Consumer Care, will take over as CEO. Dr Murali will take charge as Chairman, Global Sehat Foundation.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:37 AM

Sumantra Dutta has been the face of Radio City in his capacity as CEO. However, he is now moving on, and Radio City is in the process of identifying a new head for the station. The new ownership of Radio City also means new leadership.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:34 AM

Are clients buying into 360-degree branding solutions? Some like Harit Nagpal, Chief Marketing Officer, Hutch, think that they are, while others like H.K. Press of Godrej Consumer Products raise the issue of accountability. Chlorophyll's Kiran Khalap urges some caution before falling for a 360-degree solution..

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:33 AM

Classic Knits, of the Rs 220-crore Royal Classic Group of companies based in Tirupur, has entrusted Hakuhodo Percept with handling its new brand 'Smash'. The undergarments range from Smash will be introduced in the Indian market by the end of the month.

exchange4media Staff Mar 3, 2005 7:33 AM