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SOME YEARS ago, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) spoke of growth engines as its main focus. At that time it achieved double-digit topline growth. Today the company has returned to similar growth rates, but its focus is on cost reductions, maintaining and growing market share and thereby upping its advertising spend.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:51 AM

The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), proprietors of India Fashion Week, and Percept D’Mark, have announced that ITC’s premium fashion brand ‘Wills Lifestyle’ will be the title sponsor of the country’s premier fashion event.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:50 AM

Diamonds are indeed turning out to be the consumer’s best friend. It is fast replacing the traditional gold as the preferred jewellery choice with several factors leading to its rapid rise in India – growing buying clout, changing tastes, organised branded jewellery market – among others.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:49 AM

With the unveiling of the ‘Incredible India’ outdoor campaign in London, Paris and New York from December 2005, Indian tourism has ventured abroad. The Ministry of Tourism is considering a leg of the outdoor campaign in India later this year. While Grey Worldwide handles the creative and media duties, Media Mindscapes handles the OOH duties.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Feb 16, 2006 7:48 AM

Giving viewers a peek into the transformation that world will witness in the coming years is Discovery Channel’s new programme, ‘Beyond Tomorrow’, which will showcase several dream innovations that are destined to change human lives. The 18-episode series premieres on the channel from February 20 at 8 pm.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:47 AM

Emart India Ltd has appointed Mumbai-based AMO Communications as its advertising agency for its retail brand NEXT. While AMO will have the complete creative responsibilities, the media function will be a collaborated effort between AMO and Emart India’s in-house media team. The account size is estimated to be Rs 5 crore.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 16, 2006 7:46 AM

After taking a significant portion of the sites in Delhi Metro, Times OOH has emerged as the largest winner in Kolkata Metro with 80 sites, giving it 40 per cent share of the property.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 16, 2006 7:45 AM

Lintas Media Group is launching Media Futures, which would offer consultancy services for publications and TV channels in the non-traditional space, on February 24. Insight President, Raj Gupta, would also be President of Media Futures.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 16, 2006 7:43 AM

Continuing with the trend of the last three years and widening the gap with other companies, Infosys maintains its top position in the Corporate Reputation Index, according to the ACNielsen Corporate Image Monitor (CIM) 2005. ICICI Bank, which was in the ninth position last year, has climbed up to the fourth position in 2005.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 16, 2006 7:43 AM

After receiving a renewed proposal from the Prasar Bharati for upcoming cricket series, ESPN has signed an agreement with the public broadcaster to provide the terrestrial telecast rights to Doordarshan for the ODI matches on a 75:25 revenue sharing basis.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:42 AM

Khushboo has sent a legal notice to Media Transasia, the Indian publisher of men’s lifestyle magazine Maxim as well as its editor, seeking Rs 3 crore in damages. The actress has also asked for an apology to be rendered before the media at Chennai, for damages caused by a morphed picture and accompanying text, in the magazine’s inaugural issue in India.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Feb 16, 2006 7:41 AM

Ashish Chakravorty has taken over as Business Head, ETC, with immediate effect. The position was left vacant following Vikas Gupta’s exit from the channel a few months back.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 16, 2006 7:40 AM

Rediffusion DYR Delhi has won the creative duties of Taneja Developers Infrastructure Ltd. The account size is pegged at Rs 5 crore. The incumbent agency was Centrum. Taneja Developers & Infrastructure Ltd is a flagship company of the Taneja Group and is in the core area of real estate development along with construction activities.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:38 AM

What did Dronacharya say when his pupil Arjun raised his bow at him in the Mahabharata? We don’t know, at least we don’t remember. But when Prannoy Roy was asked about the new channels from his previous ‘shishyas’ threatening his dominance, we know what he said without bowing his head, ‘Welcome’.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:37 AM

The government on Wednesday announced that the proposed Broadcasting Regulatory Act was finally ready and the inter-ministerial process was on before the Bill was placed before Parliament. This was revealed by S K Arora, Secretary, I&B Ministry, at the 26th Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s General Conference.

exchange4media Staff Feb 16, 2006 7:36 AM