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MetLife Insurance Company (MetLife) has appointed Rajesh Relan as Country Manager and Managing Director for India. He succeeds Venky Mysore, who will take on expanded responsibilities in a role supporting MetLife’s International business. Relan is expected to take over by July 1, 2006. He was formerly with Aviva Plc.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 9:14 AM

Dimple Bhatia has moved to MPG as Planning Director. Her last assignment was with MindShare, Bangalore, as Business Head on the Lenovo account. She will report to Ruby Bana, head of MPG South. In an earlier stint with Maxus, Bhatia had worked with Bana. She began her career in a sales function with Sony Entertainment Television. Subsequently, she moved to O&M, and, after that, to Maxus, Bangalore.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 9:12 AM

M.S. Ashok has joined DIREM Marketing Services (Mumbai) Pvt. Ltd. Ashok was formerly AVP & Head - Customer Retention, with Reliance Industries Limited's Petroleum Retail Division. He has joined DIREM Marketing as VP - CRM & Promotions. Prior to RIL, Ashok was with Bharat Petroleum where he was involved in the launch of the PetroBonus and SmartFleet programmes, two of the country's largest loyalty programmes.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 9:11 AM

Avinash Pillai, who was Turner Entertainment India’s National Sales Head, has joined Radio One (erstwhile Go 92.5 FM) as Vice-President, Advertising & Sales. Prior to joining Turner, Pillai was with MindShare as Business Director. He had joined Turner in February last year. At Radio One Pillai has been entrusted with the responsibility of handling sales and advertising.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 9:10 AM

ACNielsen ORG-Marg has adjudged Remit2India as ‘world’s No. 1 online money transfer portal for NRIs’. Six websites, including Western Union, Pay Pal and Xoom, were the other contenders in this study. With a market of $23 billion annually and a growing Indian diaspora of over 20 million across the globe, Remit2India has emerged the clear leader in this segment.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:28 AM

Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of Intel Corporation, will invest in Real Image Media Technologies. Real Image intends to utilise this investment to scale-up the R&D efforts for its Qube platforms.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jun 10, 2006 7:27 AM

Reality TV has an interesting line-up of shows throughout June. ‘The Great Shark Hunt’, ‘The Repossessors’, ‘Video Vigilantes’ are some of the shows that are on the anvil. Shows like ‘Cheaters Series 4’, ‘Daring Capers’, ‘Dr G Medical Examiner’ and ‘Patient Files’, which were launched in May, will continue this month as well.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:26 AM

Cellebrum.com, India’s leading integrated telecom VAS solutions provider, and ICE 365, UK’s premier mobile interactive community service provider, have entered into an alliance to offer community VAS services to global markets.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:25 AM

Lintas IMAG has bagged the Indian Army business, in a multi-agency pitch. The year-long campaign comprises a series of activities, including effectively used mass media, besides the through-the-line activities.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:23 AM

The medium may not give the frame by frame close ups of a Beckham bender or a Ronaldino goal, but All India Radio and Mid Day-promoted Radio One FM are all laced up to drum up some football fever during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, especially for people on the move.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:21 AM

The FIFA World Cup is a marketing dream for multinationals such as Adidas and Coca Cola, who pour in millions of dollars in advertising and sponsorship. Well, when you have almost a billion prospective customers watching every match of the tournament, the dollars are being spent well. Right? Well, not exactly.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:20 AM

India Brand Equity Foundation, responsible for promoting ‘Brand India’ across the world, has chosen Showtime, one of the leading event management agencies, as its partner to showcase the larger-than-life image of India at the World Economic Forum’s East Asia Summit, which is slated to be held in Tokyo on June 15, 2006.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:18 AM

The Indian Express Group has appointed Sandipan Deb as Editor of its business daily, Financial Express, with immediate effect, while present Editor, Mythili Bhusnurmath, has reportedly been offered the position of Consulting Editor.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:17 AM

Spenta Multimedia has signed a formal deal with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for ‘Chartered Accountant’ magazine. ICAI has been publishing the magazine for the last 49 years. The contract for the publication was formalised recently, even though Spenta has been involved with the publication of the magazine since July 2005.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:16 AM

HT Media is strengthening its brand and marketing team for its proposed business daily and also its foray into radio and magazines. Rajan Bhalla, EVP – Consumer Insights, Pepsico, is joining as Business Head for the business daily. Peter McCann, a marketing expert from Australia, is also joining to work across various brands, including radio.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:15 AM

The afternoon session of the OAC 2006 saw some interesting discussions on creativity, corporate involvement and an outdoor advertising quiz. While there are a number of issues that the OOH industry needs to solve, the panel agreed that the OOH industry is consolidated and there exists a certain level of professionalism that was absent earlier.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2006 7:14 AM

The second edition of the Outdoor Advertising Convention (OAC) was held in Mumbai on June 9, 2006. The first half of day one of OAC 2006 brought under the scanner some of the burning issues that are facing the outdoor industry in India at present, ranging from regulations to the need to be more innovative and creative with the medium.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jun 10, 2006 7:13 AM