Date-wise News

Going by Harish Manwani, president, Unilever (Asia/Africa)'s insistence on looking at market share as a strong performance indicator, HLL's numbers for the quarter ending June '06 should be a cause for concern.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:51 AM

Railway stations will soon have dispensing kiosks serviced by Café Coffee Day, Coca Cola, Fresh & Honest Café and HLL. These four firms have bagged the projects for providing vending machines at 245 sites.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:51 AM

Positioned as a fully-loaded travel portal, Yatra.com, which is backed by big names including Reliance Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and TV18 Group, was officially launched on July 31, 2006.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:49 AM

Starcom Worldwide, a part of Starcom MediaVest Group, has released a research that attempts to measure and monitor the experience of retail investors with the broking community and other related issues. The India Investor Experience Survey was conceptualised by Starcom as part of its ongoing efforts to create new knowledge about consumer attitude and behaviour.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 1, 2006 7:49 AM

Venkatesh Kini has been appointed Vice-President, Coca Cola India. He replaces Vikas Gupta, who had quit as VP-Marketing, Coca Cola India, on June 30, 2006. The appointment is effective from September 1, 2006. Kini moves from Atlanta, where he was VP, Sprite and Flavors Brand Business Unit in Coca-Cola North America.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:48 AM

Television Eighteen has appointed Sundeep Malhotra as Chief Executive Officer for its newly launched Home Shopping Network. Prior to this, Malhotra was serving as Executive Vice-President–Sales at Pepsi Foods Ltd.

Noor Fathima Warsia Aug 1, 2006 7:47 AM

Radio One FM 94.3 kicks off in Bangalore from August 1, 2006 as a local station. The FM station would be the first to offer a mix of Kannada and Hindi music, with the entire programming package celebrating the spirit of young Bangalore with Kannada roots.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 1, 2006 7:46 AM

Bangalore-based Media Mindscapes has bagged the OOH business of the soon-to-be-launched 125cc bike from the Suzuki stable. The size of the business has been pegged in the region of Rs 5 crore. The creative and media duties of the new bike are being handled by Grey Worldwide, Delhi.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:45 AM

Radio Mirchi listeners now have all the more reason to be “khush” as the popular FM station will now be available on a common frequency – 98.3 FM – across Bangalore, Jaipur and Hyderabad with effect from August 1, 2006. The station is already available on the 98.3 frequency across Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:44 AM

BCCI has called for three tenders following the marketing sub-committee’s meeting held in Delhi last week. The three tenders are for appointment of official provider of formal wear for the Indian Team; an event management partner to produce the BCCI Ratings and Awards; and a partner to market and sell ground rights at all overseas neutral venue matches.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:43 AM

Expanding its reach, Financial Express is launching its 10th edition from Pune on August 1, 2006. The new edition will cover not just Pune city, but areas such as Baramati, Satara, Sangli, Kohlapur, Sholapur, and Aurangabad. This is the third launch by Financial Express in a span of two months.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:42 AM

One year after its launch, the Daily News & Analysis (DNA) has proved its mettle and has some good numbers to show as far as readership and circulation are concerned. The paper did much to celebrate completion of one year, placing all initiatives under the umbrella ‘Future Sense’.

Noor Fathima Warsia Aug 1, 2006 7:41 AM

It was a judicious mix of old school journalism and new media savviness that came forth at the editorial workshop held by exchange4media on July 31, 2006. Media stalwarts like Rajdeep Sardesai, Tarun Tejpal, Vinod Mehta, and Anuradha Sengupta, gave their valuable inputs at the workshop.

exchange4media Staff Aug 1, 2006 7:41 AM