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MPG Delhi has brought in Nalini Ravishankar from MPG New York as Managing Director. She will be based in New Delhi and report to Vishnu Mohan, MPG’s CEO, Asia-Pacific.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 4:56 PM

Haier India is on overdrive as it plans to launch an India-specific range of products by mid-'07. This is as per its strategy of capturing the low-end of the consumer durables market.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:38 AM

Aditya Birla Group's Madura Garments is making a slew of changes in its brand portfolio to push its share in the market. The garment maker is repositioning one of its brands, setting up more retail outlets and launching a new women's range as part of its brand extension strategy.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:37 AM

Advertising in Sports Magazines got a push of 3% in 2005 over 2004. 'Publication/Books' constituted the top category in advertisements in Sports Magazines. However, 'Add-on Promotions' in Sales Promotions took up the largest chunk of advertising in this category with 53% share.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:36 AM

Indiatimes is all set to launch, what it calls, the world’s first interactive, multi-media enabled Chatisode, in early August. The portal is currently under a test run at phatchicks.indiatimes.com.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:35 AM

DHL’s new tagline in the Asia Pacific region is ‘All The Way’, which encapsulates the company’s belief in its can-do attitude and how DHL would always go the extra mile for its customers. With the world in the grip of soccer mania, DHL has shown a human side to its customers and employees through a newly released Asia Pacific Global TVC

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:34 AM

Putting to rest all speculation about his moving to the booming radio business, Nandu Narasimhan has finally decided to remain in the advertising industry. He is joining Saatchi & Saatchi as Creative Head of the Delhi Branch from July 3, where he will partner Alok Lall, EVP and Head, Delhi, Saatchi & Saatchi.

Tuhina Anand Jul 3, 2006 7:33 AM

Zee Café has seen significant changes in the past few months with the channel adding a band of original Indian content, keeping the taste of its viewers in mind. The channel has also seen as many as 15 launches in the past few months and is in the process of adding more.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 3, 2006 7:32 AM

MediaTurf has added 10 new hands to its task force. The agency has also placed Praveen Varshney as Head of its Bangalore office. V Ramani, CEO, MediaTurf, believes that with the kind of growth that Internet and Online advertising is seeing, the new expertise will allow MediaTurf to continue its quest to ride the second wave of the Internet age.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 3, 2006 7:31 AM

Euro RSCG Delhi has beefed up its senior creative team. Besides roping in two Group Account Directors – Sandeep Handa and Sumit Kishore – the agency has also appointed Gurdev Singh Sidhu as Group Head and Ajay Saini as Creative Supervisor.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:30 AM

After launching its Indore edition, Dainik Jagran has now forayed into Siliguri. The paper launched its Siliguri edition on July 1, 2006. The new offering is the 30th edition from the Jagran stable.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:29 AM

Rediffusion DY&R Delhi is witnessing major action as the agency is looking at restructuring its workforce. Anil Madan joins the agency in Delhi as Executive Creative Director, Tathagata Chatterjee moves from Rediffusion Kolkata to join as GM Delhi. He replaces Ayan Chakraborty who has moved to Saatchi & Saatchi.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:27 AM

Like in its first season, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya (TGILC-D) has done its job for STAR One again. Though the second season has not delivered like the first in terms of numbers or word of mouth, but a rating of 8 for its finale is seen as positive by media experts. With the Mumbai distribution problem out of the way, STAR One promises to take its share of news space in days to come.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 3, 2006 7:26 AM

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a letter to Tata Sky, the yet-to-be-launched DTH service from Tata and STAR, appealing it not to carry MTV, Nickelodeon or any such channel which has refused access to any DTH service provider in a non-discriminatory manner.

exchange4media Staff Jul 3, 2006 7:25 AM