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McCain Foods India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian food major McCain Foods, is setting up operations in India. It has plans to invest Rs 700 million in a potato processing plant in Gujarat. Following the good response for the product, McCain, which has been importing Smiles brand in the country, has decided to set up base here.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:18 AM

Global media company, First Serve International LLC, and award winning animation studio, Toonz Animation India, have formed a joint venture – First Serve Toonz (FST) – to produce and distribute world-class animation programming.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:17 AM

HLL has scored a double whammy by associating itself with popular reality show ‘Fame Gurukul’ and John Abraham and Bipasha Basu for the launch of its new shampoo, Clinic All Clear Hair Fall Defense.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:16 AM

For those night birds looking for some exciting late night fare, Zee Muzic has launched ‘Midnite Manual’, an all-new music show anchored by well-known model Nina Manuel. The programme went on air from October 3.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:15 AM

Southern Spice Music has announced the launch of VJ Factor 2, a hunt for channel VJs in South India. The annual talent hunt kicks off in Coimbatore on October 5 and 6. The road show will then travel across Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Trivandrum and Vishakhapatnam, before the finals at Chennai in mid-November.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:14 AM

A little bit of self-promotion never hurt anyone. Public relations firm Clea is out to dispel all rumours of being ‘dead and gone’ with a new TV commercial on the completion of 10 years. And by doing so, it has become the first PR agency ever to advertise and release a commercial on itself.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:13 AM

Advertising by new and flashy auto brands has got so aggressive that they are not limiting themselves to their traditional promotional platform, the print media, anymore. They are now increasingly visible on television as well.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:12 AM

Zee Telefilms has appointed Jagjit Singh Kohli as CEO of its subsidiary, Siticable Network Ltd. Kohli will have the overall responsibility of all revenues and territories of Siticable with a view to develop business and maximise the revenue and collection from each territory.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:11 AM

Suman Chattopadhay, a well-known name in the Bengali media, has put in his papers as Executive Producer of STAR Ananda, the 24-hour Bengali news channel that went on air from June this year.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:09 AM

The Indian Express newspaper group is coming out with a bouquet of specialised magazines by the year-end. The paper will also hold a summit around the third week of October to debate the idea of empowering India, which will see the culmination of its ‘India Empowered’ campaign.

exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2005 7:08 AM