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Indian roads are revving up to the sound of new launches. And the best yardstick to measure this is the MUV/SUV sector. These rugged vehicles have also morphed as family vehicles, used as much as ferrying BPO executives as well as taking family and friends for a picnic. And what's more this sector is getting a touch of the femme.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:07 AM

After crossing the 10-crore mark of telephone connections, India’s teledensity touched 9.6 per cent by the end of July 2005. On March 31, 2005, the figure stood at 8.95 per cent.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:06 AM

Ten Sports has inked a deal with MotoGP, acquiring the rights to telecast the Moto Grand Prix for the next three years. As part of the deal, all the 18 races in 2006 season as well as the complete 2007 and 2008 seasons will now be available live on the India and Pakistan beam of Ten Sports.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:05 AM

Madison Public Relations has won four new accounts in multi-agency pitches – Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network, VVF Ltd, Elecon Engineering and Ms Krishna Mehta. Madison PR will ideate and strategise innovative PR solutions on these accounts.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:04 AM

Discovery Channel will present a compelling two-hour special programme, ‘The Flight That Fought Back’, chronicling the heroism of the 33 passengers and seven crew members on the United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked, re-routed toward Washington, D.C., and crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:03 AM

Sania Mirza may have been knocked out of the US Open but who cares? Her value in the dog-eat-dog world of marketing is going up every minute. It is believed that she has become the second highest paid sporting personality in the country, at par with Dravid and next only to Sachin.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:02 AM

In order to drive the assets business communication, which is one of the key businesses for the HDFC Bank, it has awarded the creative account to Mumbai based Umbrella advertising.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:01 AM

After 18 years with MTV Networks, Frank Brown has decided to leave his post as President, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, to relocate to Australia and join his family’s business, the international investment and consultancy company, The Laura Group.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:01 AM

Rediffusion DYR has bagged the creative account of ETA Star Property Developers. ETA Star is the property development arm of well-known conglomerate ETA Ascon Group (Dubai) with a turnover of over $5 billion.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 8:00 AM

DC Interactive is venturing into the FM segment from October 1 with ‘Radio Biryani’, in a tie-up with AIR Hyderabad. The division has taken up the 5 pm to 7 pm slot on AIR’s FM station. A five-hour slot in a similar arrangement is being planned with an FM station in Dubai, which will go on air from December.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 7:58 AM

The ITC Group has taken a decision on its media agency following a pitch that it completed in June this year. The blue-chip company will continue with the incumbent on the business, Interactions. With this development, Interactions will work across the entire portfolio of ITC Group. The estimated size of the business is in excess of Rs 100 crore.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 7:56 AM

Nestle India is not yet in a mood to move its media business away from Universal McCann. “We have tremendous confidence in Universal McCann and are very satisfied with the work they have been doing for us,” said Ritu Raizada, Manager, Media Services, Nestle India.

exchange4media Staff Sep 6, 2005 7:54 AM