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R Rammohan has joined Hindustan Lever as Manager, Corporate Communications. Ram will be working on all external communications with a focus on media relations. He has 11 years of experience in diverse areas of communication including advertising, publishing, journalism and corporate communication. Prior to joining HLL, he was the Corporate Communications Head at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 10:09 AM

Bhaskar Majumdar, who was Senior Manager-Client Servicing, with Vaishnavi Communications, has joined ESPN Star Sports as Manager, Corporate Communications. He has eight years’ experience. Prior to Vaishnavi, he was with Genesis PR.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 10:05 AM

Minal Kasturia has put in his papers at Business Standard as DGM-North and is joining Zee TV in September. At BS, he was responsible for the entire space-marketing operations of the group in the North. At Zee, too, he will be the North Sales Head for their new niche channel, Zee-Smile, and report to Gautam Sen Gupta, Business Head. Prior to BS, Minal had a fairly long stint with The Indian Express. Minal is moving to the electronic media after a decade in print advertising.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 10:00 AM

In a survey commissioned by Asian Integrated Media and conducted by Synovate, Sony has been named as the top brand in Asia. In addition, two of the top three rankings and nearly half of the top 20 slots in the survey have been captured by Asian brands.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:30 AM

The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on the appeals of Coca-Cola and Pepsi Foods against the Rajasthan High Court judgment against them. This was in view of the introduction of the Food Safety and Standards Bill in Parliament today.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:29 AM

BBC Tamizhosai, the Tamil Service of BBC World Service, is sharing its programming in support of education with community radio stations in India. As a pilot, Anna FM, India’s first community radio station, has been treated to an eight-part series on nuclear science.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:28 AM

A pioneer in e-commerce, Fabmall.com is a perfect example of reliable and safe online shopping. Leveraging the advantages of the Internet to create an unrivalled shopping experience, Fabmall.com is "actually in the business of changing people's habits", says Vaitheeswaran, COO.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:27 AM

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has issued a notice to Rediff.com, threatening to terminate the agreement it has with the portal for providing the Indian National Anthem to BSNL subscribers as a ringtone, thus violating the terms and conditions of the agreement.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:26 AM

The airing of HBO Original Movie ‘Undefeated’, which premieres on September 6 at 9.00 pm, will have a sponsorship environment that has been especially created for the sole premium sponsor – Maruti Suzuki.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:24 AM

After the successful evaluation of the UPA Government, Channel 7 will now conduct a ‘state-check’ on Uttar Pradesh, following the completion of two years of the Mulayam Singh Yadav government.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:23 AM

Rakesh Thukral has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Comma. He will take charge from September 1. His previous assignment was as at IPAN, where he had served for 14 years.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:22 AM

YES, in all probability, will be name of Indiavision’s second channel, after it is re-launched as a full-fledged youth channel later this year. The channel is not sure of the date of launch, but is optimistic that the launch would happen in October.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:20 AM

With India faring poorly on the field, cricket's lustre is also fast fading with advertisers and viewers. Compared to last year, ad rates are down by about Rs 2 lakh per ten seconds and television rating points (TRPs) have dropped by half.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:18 AM

The US-based SC Johnson’s takeover of Karamchand Appliances has come as a bounty for FCB Ulka and Lodestar Media because of SC Johnson’s global relationship with FCB. The creative and media business in India is worth Rs 22-25 crore.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:17 AM

Aditya Ray has joined The Times of India’s Response department as Vice-President, East from August 1. He will head Response (East), Brand TOI Kolkata as well as the branch administration.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:16 AM

AIR and Doordarshan have entered the digital age with the commissioning of the first ever fully digital broadcasting facility in New Delhi, the biggest in the Asia-Pacific region.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:14 AM

While there are several media options and ways to promote a product, what is scarce, however, is consumer attention. With high fragmentation and clutter, the need has become even more intense to get one’s brand engage the consumer.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:13 AM

In a bid to offer unique promotions to its clients, Wunderman India, a direct marketing communications company, has entered into an exclusive alliance with UK-based TLC Marketing.

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 8:12 AM

<p align=justify>“There is fragmentation and market proliferation now with growth in media, which makes our task complicated, but these are positive trends. Earlier, there was no way of achieving reach unless you did business with all the channels. But now we can reach objectives through dispersion. The trade dynamics also change with this. There is no one that you have to do business with, so no one holds you to pricing. It does mean a lot more work for us, but that is what we are paid for.”

exchange4media Staff Aug 26, 2005 12:00 AM