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Shortly after the announcement of Yahoo Inc.’s and Canaan Partners’ investment of $8.65 million in the group, BharatMatrimony has called on creative and media agencies to pitch for its businesses. The combined size of the business is estimated to be in the region of Rs 25 crore. The account will be driven out of Chennai, and the group may also consider an exclusive agency to handle the BTL mandate.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 3:42 PM

Divya Pall has joined DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, India as Senior Manager-Marketing Communications. DTZ is a leading global real estate advisory and consultancy firm. She has six years of brand, marketing communications and strategy experience. Her previous assignment was as Manager-Corporate Communications with The Radisson MBD Hotel, Noida. She was responsible for internal & external corporate communications for the hotel as well as the MBD Group’s real estate and food court business ventures. Divya started her career with Bharti Telecom (Airtel) as Assistant Manager-Marketing.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 9:42 AM

BBC News has appointed Sanjoy Majumder as its India Correspondent. Based in New Delhi, Majumdar will be reporting for various outputs of the BBC including BBC World television, BBC World Service radio and the BBC News website. He started his career with the BBC in 1999 when he joined its online operations in London. He was later posted to the BBC’s South Asia Bureau in New Delhi in 2001 as the first overseas correspondent for the BBC News website. Since then he has been heading the BBC’s online operations in the region.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 9:39 AM

Ashok Barat, Director-Finance & CFO, Heinz India, is joining Forbes Gokak Limited (The Forbes Group), part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, as Chief Operating Officer from September1, 2006. He has been with Heinz since Sept 2003. A Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary by profession, Barat has previously been Business Controller with Electrolux India, and Country Manager, Telstra India. He began his career as a Management Trainee with Hindustan Lever in 1979. Barat has been a member of committees of Assocham, Bengal Chamber and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 9:36 AM

Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing is set to undertake a corporate makeover, as part of an overall brand re-positioning exercise to be taken up by the group shortly. As part of this initiative, Godrej & Boyce's most public face, its appliances division, has set aside a hefty Rs 50 crore to unleash a communications blitzkrieg.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 8:02 AM

While most Indian consumers are value-conscious and their loyalty towards a particular brand depends a lot on pricing, there is a large proportion that remains strongly bonded towards brands by virtue of their leadership in the marketplace or because of intense faith in them. This facet of the Indian consumers was revealed by a recent study titled Brand Relationship Style Monitor Study (BRSM) conducted by advertising agency FCB Ulka's research arm, Cogito Consulting.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 8:00 AM

FMCG companies found the going good in the June'06 quarter. This is the fifth consecutive quarter in which industry sales growth has been above 10%. Operating profit margins, however, are showing signs of being under pressure.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 7:58 AM

Aircel Cellular has introduced an external Phone Book facility for their customer base in Tamil Nadu. The new facility, launched on August 3, 2006 in Chennai will offer subscribers inexhaustible memory to store their contact addresses.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Aug 5, 2006 7:57 AM

Given the importance of the visual element in any news presentation, Global News Network has launched a news and sports image agency to cater to the needs of newspapers and magazines in India. Two experienced photojournalists – Vino John and Leonard Aarons – have been roped in to head the agency.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Aug 5, 2006 7:56 AM

Tribe 10 Advertising has signed an MoU with Poorman Production, under which the latter will handle all production requirements of Tribe 10’s clients. The MoU was signed recently, marking the fifth Anniversary celebrations of Tribe 10. Poorman Production is a creative production house owned by ad film maker Pradeep Kalipurayath.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Aug 5, 2006 7:54 AM

AXN is seeking to up the thrill ante with a new show called ‘Supernatural’ and the third season of the popular series ‘World’s Most Amazing Videos’. While ‘Supernatural’ will air on Thurdays at 11 pm, ‘Amazing Videos’ will air on Mondays at 9 pm.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 5, 2006 7:50 AM

The third edition of EM2, an entertainment, media and marketing forum of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India will be held in Mumbai on August 17-18, 2006. The forum will have experts discussing the current entertainment, media and marketing scenario in India and sharing their views on the industry’s future.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 5, 2006 7:48 AM

The Board of Directors of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group controlled Adlabs Films Ltd has approved the demerger of the company’s radio business into Reliance Unicorn Ltd. The demerger will be effective from March 1, 2006 instead of the previously decided date of April 1, 2006.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 7:47 AM

be positive 24, the Chennai-based agency that was launched around six months back, has added two new businesses to its kitty – Areeba, which is into menswear, and Kitchen World. The cumulative size of the business is worth Rs 2 crore.

Tuhina Anand Aug 5, 2006 7:44 AM

BSNL is reviewing its creative and media duties. The corporation plans to split its advertising business into three categories: a creative agency to handle its basic telephony and corporate business; a separate agency to service its mobile business; and a media agency to handle the media duties. The size of the business is estimated to be Rs 60-70 crore.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 7:42 AM

The Supreme Court on August 4, 2006, while admitting STAR India’s appeal against TDSAT’s order which states STAR has to share all its channels on Zee’s Dish TV platform at Rs 27, rejected STAR’s plea to grant an interim stay on the order.

exchange4media Staff Aug 5, 2006 7:40 AM