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Less than a week after execs from Google and YouTube pow-wowed at a Silicon Valley Denny’s, and a day after their announced merger, media buyers have already begun to adjust to the new digital landscape that marries the search giant to the online-video leader.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:35 AM

Antonio Perez, the chief executive of Eastman Kodak since May 2005, has a dream. The once-mighty global brand leader in film lost its way, but he wants to transform it into the world's No 1 digital camera company. That would not be by making what he calls today's "filmless cameras" but by investing in mobile phone technology to make what he calls "digital capture devices".

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:34 AM

Online community and networking site Sulekha.com has launched a new and improved version of its classifieds service. This latest version of Classifieds sports additional features such as IP-targeting for better relevance, meta-tags and attribute-driven search in addition to improving overall ease of use and navigation considerably.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:33 AM

Organisers of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Eurobest and Dubai Lynx, have announced the appointment of a new CEO. Philip Thomas, former MD of EMAP Media, succeeds Penny Reid, who had resigned in July. Jonathan Harries and Fred Koblinger have been named jury Presidents for the inaugural Dubai Lynx Awards.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:31 AM

After consolidating its international brands through its joint venture with VF Corp, Arvind Brands is now focusing on its own brands. On the cards is a complete overhaul of the brand image and positioning of Excalibur, Ruf n Tuf, Flying Machine and New Port.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:30 AM

Indian FMCG companies find themselves in a sweet spot after initial years of turbulence in this decade. If FY06 was a good year, then the current year promises to be equally good, with positive GDP growth, rising disposable incomes and jobs leading to an uptrend in FMCG demand.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:29 AM

A massive jump in big ticket purchases by consumers in '06 has helped the Rs 20,000-crore consumer durable industry break the price erosion jinx for the first time since '03, with value growth overtaking volume growth.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:28 AM

CE Info Systems promoted MapmyIndia.com, the online map portal, is in talks with major Internet search engines for a strategic tie-up. The portal announced the launch of a host of new features along with its WAP site for mobile phones on Wednesday.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:27 AM

RJ Corp has signed an exclusive master franchisee agreement with Disney Consumer Products to source and market Disney character branded greeting cards, stationary, arts and crafts and party products through specialty stores under the ‘Disney Artist’ brand in India.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:26 AM

Mobile Asia 2006, being organised by the Indian Cellular Association, is kicking off from October 13-16, 2006 in Delhi. Touted as the largest international exhibition on mobility in India, Mobile Asia 2006 will see participation from international and domestic mobile handset manufacturers, network service providers and value added service providers, including Airtel, Motorola, Nokia, Reliance Communications, etc.

exchange4media Staff Oct 12, 2006 8:25 AM

MTV Networks Asia Pacific has announced a realignment of its Singapore-based operations to advance the company’s on-going localisation strategy throughout the region. The new structure will see regional functions and corporate roles decentralised from Singapore in order to shift the focus of resources to local markets.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 12, 2006 8:24 AM

MTV Networks India's Nick channel is all set for a new channel head. The position left vacant with the departure of Hema Govindan, General Manager and Vice-president of the channel, in August 2006 will be taken over by Nina Jaipuria. Hitherto, Jaipuria was heading the marketing function at Sony Entertainment Television.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 12, 2006 8:24 AM

Mahindra-Renault has signed on Lodestar Universal as its media partner. No pitch process took place before the development. Earlier in the year, Saatchi & Saatchi was announced as the creative partner of the auto major. Though there is no fix on the account size at present, sources estimate it to be much higher than the Rs 10 crore margin.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 12, 2006 8:23 AM

Dentsu Media Palette has announced the appointment of Takashi Koyanagi as Executive Vice-president. Koyanagi is on secondment from Dentsu Inc, Tokyo. He will be based at New Delhi and report to Sharat Jain, CEO, Dentsu Media Palette.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 12, 2006 8:22 AM

The Bombay Ad Club is ready with its Media Review, which is slated for later in the day on Thursday. Addressing the ad industry honchos will be STAR Entertainment’s CEO, Sameer Nair, who will present a broadcast perspective on where media in India is heading.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 12, 2006 8:21 AM

Continuing with its focus on the weekend block, STAR Plus is all set to launch another weekly offering from the first week of November 2006. Playing with the thriller-adventure genre this time, the channel is all set to launch a new show, ‘Lucky’, in its 8.00 pm block on Saturdays.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 12, 2006 8:20 AM

Zee TV had chewed on a tough one when it launched its latest offering, ‘Ghar Ki Lakshmi… Beityann’, in the most difficult 10.00 pm slot, which for almost five years now, has been singularly dominated by STAR Plus. ‘Beityann’s opening numbers have been very positive for the channel.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 12, 2006 8:19 AM

Malayala Manorama Publications, publishers of Malayala Manorama, Manorama Year Book, and Vanitha, among others, is planning to roll out four FM stations before the first quarter of 2007. The Group has roped in Ravi Nair as Content Head.

Judy Franko Oct 12, 2006 8:19 AM