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Obeying the TRAI deadline to declare pricing of pay channels for CAS areas within the maximum retail price of Rs 5, most of the broadcasters have submitted their price structure to the telecom regulator. Not surprisingly, all the channels – from news to sports – have priced their channels at the MRP ceiling of Rs 5.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 9:40 PM

Sony Entertainment Television has appointed Aseem Kapoor as Senior VP, Marketing, for its flagship channel Sony TV. Kapoor is replacing Nina Jaipuria, who recently joined Nick as GM and VP. He will be reporting to Albert Almeida, who has recently taken over as Business Head of the channel.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 13, 2006 5:28 PM

BBC News has appointed Damian Grammaticas as South Asia Correspondent. He will be based in Delhi and reporting on news stories from South Asia across BBC World television, BBC World Service radio and the BBC News website. Grammaticas has over a decade’s experience reporting for the BBC from various parts of the world. In his previous assignment as the BBC’s Moscow Correspondent, Grammaticas has reported extensively from the countries of the former Soviet Union. Prior to that, he was the BBC’s Hong Kong Correspondent, when he covered stories from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 11:56 AM

Sudha Sadanand, who has been anchoring the news show ‘Upfront’ on Times Now news channel, has resigned to join as Programming Head of the newly launched Big FM’s Delhi station. Sadanand, who has over 12 years’ experience, began her career as a non-fiction book editor with Penguin and later went to join TVI, a bi-lingual television news channel from the Business India group in 1994. She has also done programmes for DD Metro with a production house called APCA (in 1997), managed by former editors of The Times of India, Dileep Padgaonkar and Anikendranath Sen.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 11:55 AM

Big 92.7 FM has roped in popular radio jockey Simran Kohli to host their flagship show, ‘Nau Baje Ki Setting’. Kohli began her career in 1995 at All India Radio, Delhi with ‘Street Talk 10 show’, which she did for five years. Following that she joined Radio Mirchi Delhi as Programming Head in 2002. After spending three years with the station, Kohli moved to Red FM as Creative Head and as an RJ hosting with the ‘Breakfast Show’. She has also set up a Radio Management Academy.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 11:53 AM

Francis Eames has been appointed as TNS Group Marketing Director. Based in London, he will play a central role in strengthening the TNS global brand, driving awareness of the TNS offer amongst existing and potential clients, and in the broader business world. Eames will be responsible for the further development of the TNS marketing and brand strategy to position the TNS brand to meet the needs of our clients who are central to the growth of the business. Eames has been instrumental in delivering global marketing strategies for blue chip companies, including Diageo and Unilever.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 11:51 AM

Times Online, the website of the Times and Sunday Times, is planning a major redesign and relaunch. The overhaul, scheduled to happen within the next few weeks, follows a recent revamp of the website's travel section to include a search engine that readers use to create tailored web pages on selected holiday destinations.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:13 AM

As they struggle to stay relevant to readers and advertisers, magazines have spun off Web sites, podcasts, books, events and other media properties. Having gone beyond the printed page, many publishers now face the question: How do they extend the magazine while staying true to its image? For several titles, the answer has been to appoint a brand steward.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:12 AM

Many of the country's major FMCG brands are seeking to move out of the shadow of malls and create a presence of their own on the high street.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:11 AM

BBC World Service is to launch a television news and information service in the Farsi (Persian) language for Iran. The service, is expected to launch early in 2008, will complement the BBC’s existing Persian radio and online services for Iran.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:09 AM

Achuthan Kutty, former founder of Bridge Over TW, has joined Media2win in Bangalore. He will be heading Business Development in the south market. Media2win is a leading full service interactive agency promoted by the contests2win group.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:08 AM

CII’s Leadership Summit delving on the theme of ‘Winning through Inclusion: India leading the Way’ opened to a packed house in the Capital on October 12. The two-day Summit has been conceived to highlight companies/governments and NGOs who have innovated their enterprise models to drive their own performance.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:07 AM

Luxury Marketing Council Worldwide, the apex body for luxury goods and service providers across the globe, has launched its India chapter – the Luxury Marketing Council of India (LMCI). The organisation will perform the role of a nodal body for the industry.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:06 AM

The Tamil satellite television market will soon have another channel. Brindavan Television, a 24-hour religious channel, is slated to go on air by the last week of November.

Judy Franko Oct 13, 2006 8:05 AM

Delhi will soon have its first niche radio station playing pure English music, courtesy the tie-up between HT Music and Virgin Radio. HT Music, the FM radio division of the Hindustan Times Group which acquired licenses to operate radio stations in the four metros, has started technical transmission of its station in Delhi on 104 FM.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:04 AM

Indian Listenership Track (ILT) 2006 shows that even as radio listenership has increased for both Mumbai and Delhi, Delhi has registered a significant increase of 9 per cent.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 13, 2006 8:03 AM

Indian Listenership Track (ILT) 2006, a syndicated radio research by MRUC and its partner agency, ACNielsen ORG-MARG, was unveiled on Thursday. The top-line shows Radio Mirchi leading in Mumbai and Delhi, followed by Radio City. Radio One and Red FM have also shown growth.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 13, 2006 8:02 AM

GMR Group, which has in its stable GMR Infrastructure, GMR Energy, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, and GMR Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd, among others, has appointed Prem Associates to handle all their creative, media, public relations and other publicity related assignments.

exchange4media Staff Oct 13, 2006 8:02 AM

Where the industry is moving between media extinction and evolution, STAR Entertainment’s CEO, Sameer Nair, believes that media is mutating. Speaking at the Media Review, organised by the Bombay Ad Club, on October 12, Nair threw light on the new pressures and new solutions in Media.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 13, 2006 8:00 AM