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GODREJ and Boyce Manufacturing Company has signed an agreement with HMT Watches to be its national distributor and help boost the brand's falling sales.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 8:09 AM

Entertainment Network (India) Ltd, which operates its FM radio broadcast business under the Radio Mirchi brand, is entering the capital market with its initial public offering of 12 million shares priced at Rs 144 to Rs 162 per share. With this ENIL plans to raise Rs 194 crore at the upper end of the price band.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 8:08 AM

Rajat Basra, former Business Director, Team LG, GroupM, who put in his papers recently, has joined MPG Delhi as Associate Vice-President. Basra will be reporting to Maushami Kar, Vice-President, MPG, and Jeffrey Crasto, President, MPG.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 8:08 AM

Following the huge success of Futuristix Media Communication Center’s previous workshop on Ad Sales, the institute is conducting yet another workshop on Media Operations on January 20 and 21.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 8:06 AM

The afternoon session of Digital Summit 2006 began with a stimulating expert guest session on ‘Unleashing the retail power of the web’ by Captain G R Gopinath, MD, Air Deccan, who shared Air Deccan’s legendary success and how its online sales and marketing channel increased customer loyalty and made air travel a reality for all Indians.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 8:06 AM

The first day of the Digital Summit 2006, being held in Mumbai, primarily concentrated on topics such as Internet on mobile and e-commerce. The morning session discussed the role of the Internet in the Indian economy, potential of Internet access through mobile phones, and the business opportunities of broadband.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 8:05 AM

George Zacharias has been appointed Yahoo! India, Managing Director. He will be reporting to John Marcom, Senior Vice-President, International Operations, from January 30, 2006.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 18, 2006 8:04 AM

Sunil Sahjwani has returned to the Times of India Group and this time he will play a role across the Bennett, Coleman and Company (BCCL) products for creative inputs. Confirming the development, BCCL, President, Arun Arora informed that Sahjwani would take on his new responsibility in the organisation this week.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jan 18, 2006 8:02 AM

Sri Lanka has emerged as a hot destination for media agencies with media majors Starcom MediaVest Group and MindShare all set to commence operations there around February this year. While Nimbus’ Sunil Manocha is spearheading the MindShare operations, Sushruta Samanta has been appointed as CEO for Starcom Sri Lanka.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jan 18, 2006 8:01 AM

Global Broadcast News has raised Rs 400 million in partnership with IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd for the recently launched general news channel, CNN-IBN. IL&FS has announced the conclusion of a Rs 400 million private equity-financing round through its Leverage India Fund for CNN-IBN.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 18, 2006 8:00 AM

Developing different day parts can be beneficial and this is proving true for Zee TV. The channel has been giving Sony Entertainment Television a tough fight for the past 10 weeks and has beaten Sony to be the number two player in the past four weeks on the all day count. Sony TV still has a lead in primetime, but media experts state that Hindi GEC doesn’t have a distinct number two player any more.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jan 18, 2006 7:59 AM

Rajasthan Patrika founder, Karpoor Chand Kulish, passed away on the morning of January 17. Kulish has left behind him a flourishing business, which today symbolises the spirit of righteous and purposeful journalism.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 7:58 AM

David Verklin, Chairman of Carat Asia and CEO of Carat Americas, will address Mumbai’s media, advertising and marketing fraternity on January 19 as he takes centrestage to talk on ‘What’s your favourite future?’ at Impact One-on-One.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 7:48 AM

We have just stepped into another year; and expectations are high. But it may be worth our while to turn the clock back a little. 2005 was a great year: the economy remained strong, the government kept pushing the globalisation bandwagon, marketers made merry in the festive season, the media grew healthily across all platforms, and ad agencies showed robustness. The e4m team recaptures the highlights.

exchange4media Staff Jan 18, 2006 7:42 AM