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Bangalore-based fruit, vegetable and dairy health drinks company Balan Natural Foods, has announced the launch of 1-litre packs of its B Natural range of fruit drinks. The company is now looking at a total revenue of Rs 10 crore by March 31, 2006, and is looking to double this figure y-o-y for the next five years.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:48 AM

Samsung India expects to garner Rs 250 crore this Diwali festive season compared to Rs 200 crore last year in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Samsung India clocked a turnover of Rs 4,900 crore in 2004.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:47 AM

Did you brush your teeth today? Probably the only time we worry about dental health is when we are saddled with an excruciating toothache. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd, in association with Indian Dental Association, has launched an intensive month-long campaign in October to encourage people to take care of their pearly whites.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:46 AM

The Indian radio industry, after years of being neglected during the television and Internet boom, is now on the verge of a renaissance. The I&B ministry recently floated a tender for new radio stations under the second phase of the FM policy. Aware of the potential of the radio, Big River Radio India, a production and services company, is planning to start a subscription based radio news service.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:45 AM

Popularly known as the creative powerhouse for its innovative ideas, music channel, Channel [V] has once again reaffirmed its commitment to provide the viewers with something inimitable and refreshing even during ad breaks.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:44 AM

The latest PAX data shows that BBC World’s monthly audience has gone up by 34 per cent year-on-year among affluent and influential viewers in Asia-Pacific. This apart, a new ‘Asian Media Brand Values Study’, issued for the first time, sees respondents praising BBC World for the quality of its output and the trust they have in the channel.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:42 AM

The revenue department today clarified that service tax on subscription fees collected by broadcasters from multisystem operators (MSOs) and cable TV operators for permitting the right to receive signals would be applicable only from June 2005 and not with retrospective effect from 2001.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:41 AM

Madura Garments, home to brands like Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England and SF Jeans, has entered into a strategic tie-up with Esprit to strengthen its brand portfolio in key segments (women’s segment/premium relaxed clothes segment/accessories) and to capture the buoyancy in premium retail business in India.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:40 AM

Well-known BBC Television host, Sir David Frost, has joined the line-up of key on-air talent at the new 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera International. Sir David will also continue with his BBC work, the upcoming Frost Interview specials as well as Through the Keyhole.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:39 AM

In its latest survey report on what it calls the ‘Cyber window shoppers,’ the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has found that 81 per cent of the respondents visit online shopping sites regularly and there is an opportunity to convert 69 per cent of these window shoppers into online buyers in the near future.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:38 AM

Tata Mutual Fund has completed its silent shopping and has decided on Initiative as its media partner. The business is estimated to be in the region of Rs 12-15 crore. The account moves from Lodestar Media.

exchange4media Staff Oct 8, 2005 7:37 AM