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Cisco Systems has appointed Amit Sinha Roy as Vice-President, Marketing, for India & SAARC region. Roy takes over from Ranajoy Punja, who moves to his new role as VP, Business Development - Advanced Technologies, Cisco Systems, India & SAARC. Roy brings with him over 16 years of global sales and marketing experience in the Asia Pacific and US geographies. Prior to joining Cisco, he was heading various marketing functions at Hewlett Packard (India, APAC & Japan), Syntel (US), Compaq India and HCL India. He holds a MMS degree from BITS, Pilani.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 4:10 PM

Convergys has appointed Brigit Neumann as Vice-President, Customer Care Operations, in India. Neumann will be responsible for overseeing the operations of Convergys’ seven contact centres and approximately 10,000 customer care employees in India. She joined the company as a customer service representative in 1997, rising steadily through the ranks to become Senior Director of Operations before being appointed to her current role.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 4:09 PM

KLM-Northwest has appointed Tony Dryden as Marketing Manager for India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka & The Maldives. He will be responsible for Marketing, Revenue Management and Customer Services including the Flying Blue (Air France-KLM’s frequent flyer programme) Customer Service Centre in India. Dryden has been with KLM-Northwest since November 1989. In 1995, he moved to Amsterdam from London, where he worked on aligning the pricing structure for Northwest and KLM’s JV operations in The Netherlands, UK and India.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 4:08 PM

Media Content and Communication Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS) has appointed Rajiv Tyagi as AVP – Special Projects, a newly established division of the company. Tyagi is a seasoned media sales veteran with a career spanning two decades. He moves from the India Today Group where he handled Key Accounts Management, Sponsorship Revenue and Promotion of International Publications. The Special Projects team will aim for successful creation, funding and execution of revenue generating properties to enhance MCCS’ existing brands. MCCS, a JV between ABP TV and Star News Broadcasting, runs STAR News and STAR Ananda.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 4:07 PM

Parag Kamani has joined Cornershop Entertainment, an Essel Group enterprise, as Business Head-Wireless. He will be reporting to Chirag Shah, Director, Cornershop, and will be handling the entire wireless entertainment and enterprise business, including the management of Short Code 7575 among various new initiatives that are in the pipeline. “7575” was the first to launch voting and polling for Reality television and enables all Zee Network channels. He has previously worked for Magnasound, BMG Crescendo, Virgin Records (now EMI India), Saregama India (erstwhile HMV), and the Dubai-based Vanilla Group (now known as Viva Entertainment).

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 4:04 PM

Reliance Retail, the retail initiative of Reliance Industries, plans to establish this network of pharmacies with a substantial rural presence to provide a gamut of medical services including blood tests, medical insurance, health-related and veterinary consultancy, besides selling medicines across villages and towns.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:24 AM

The OPA, whose members are the medium-sized web content providers such as NYTimes.com, Condenet and CBS Digital Media, released research to back up its claim that its members, and not portals, reach the most desirable web audience.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:23 AM

Cartoon Network Enterprises has announced the launch of consumer products featuring the classic ‘Galli Galli Sim Sim’ characters targeting the 2-8 year olds. With this, the company plans to expand its hold on the kids segment by providing them a complete Cartoon Network experience even outside their television sets.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 20, 2006 9:22 AM

Motorola is gunning big and aggressive for the India handsets market. The global giant has unveiled its hottest portfolio to date with a kaleidoscope of must-have mobile devices and accessories that will set new standards in style for Indian consumers.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:21 AM

Next Gen Publishing announces the launch of ‘CV – Commercial Vehicle’, a magazine dedicated exclusively to the commercial vehicle industry. With this launch, the publication now has three titles in India, the other two being ‘Car India’ and ‘Bike India’.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 20, 2006 9:20 AM

The Miss Zee Punjabi contest, which Zee Punjabi had kicked off sometime in July this year, has reached the finale. Twenty Punjabi beauties vied for the title of Lux Miss Zee Punjabi 2006, the beauty and talent pageant organised by Zee Punjabi and ETC Channel Punjabi. The finale was held on October 18 in Jalandhar.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:17 AM

Sahara is trying to woo the female audience with two brand new serials – ‘Solhah Singaarr’ and ‘Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye’. The serials will go on air from October 30 and November 13, respectively. Both the serials are family based serials with the female characters playing important roles.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 20, 2006 9:16 AM

HT Media Ltd announced its financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2006. The company has reported a 30 per cent increase in revenues for the quarter under review to Rs 2,575 million, compared to the corresponding quarter last year, driven primarily by contributions from the Mumbai operations and Hindi business.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:15 AM

At a time when all FM channels in Chennai are heavily relying on Tamil programming content to capture the market, Hello FM’s ‘Sundown on Sunday’, a three-hour programme in English aimed at the non-Tamil listeners, is already a hit.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Oct 20, 2006 9:14 AM

Tamil entertainment channel Jaya TV will be launching a 24-hour news and infotainment channel, Jaya Plus, shortly. The channel would be offering news and news based programmes round the clock. Jaya TV would be also launching a 24-hour music channel, Jaya Max, around the same time. The channel has already begun the test run.

Judy Franko Oct 20, 2006 9:12 AM

Premjeet Sodhi, the Senior Vice-President and Head of Intellect, has been elevated to the position of Head of Initiative and will be relocating to Delhi. The development follows Initiative President, Kartik Iyer’s decision to move to Active International India.

Tuhina Anand Oct 20, 2006 9:11 AM

Amar Ujala is betting big on tapping new markets. In a bid to strengthen its presence in Uttar Pradesh, the paper is planning to launch its Gorakhpur and Aligarh editions. While the Aligarh edition is slated for launch in the first week of November, the Gorakhpur edition will be launched in December.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:10 AM

Neo Sports, the newest sports channel to hit the airwaves, has managed to garner the number one position among the sports channels in India within first week of its launch, leaving behind Ten Sports, ESPN, STAR Sports and Zee Sports.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:09 AM

Close on the heels of D Rajappa’s appointment as President of Everest Brand Solutions, its COO, Aniruddha Banerjee, has decided to move on. However, his next destination is not known yet. Senior sources close to the development have confirmed the news and said that he was expected to join the advertising domain.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:08 AM

Bob Jeffrey, Chairman and CEO, JWT Worldwide was in Mumbai on October 19 to announce the appointment of Guy Murphy as JWT Worldwide’s Global Planning Director. He also discussed about the agency’s prospects in India and stressed on the importance of creating effective advertisements for the clients.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 9:07 AM

<p align=justify>It is easy to say that bringing companies together will give you size, class and other values. The critical thing, however, is that the two companies should be culturally the same. Both Universal McCann and Lodestar have culturally strong connections. Universal McCann has a phenomenal global client list, while Lodestar has a phenomenal local client list. Lodestar brings in the infrastructure, while Universal McCann brings its global experience to India.

exchange4media Staff Oct 20, 2006 12:00 AM