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As a stopgap arrangement, Brijeshwar Singh, DG, All India Radio, has been given additional charge as CEO of Prasar Bharati. He succeeds Navin Kumar whose term ended on August 23, 2006.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 1:52 PM

Monster has appointed Dhruv Shenoy as Country Manager for its Middle East business. He will be responsible for all of Monster’s Middle East sales and marketing. This is in addition to his existing function as VP-Marketing for Monster India.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 1:18 PM

HT Media Ltd. and The Wall Street Journal today announced an agreement under which HT’s proposed business newspaper and its website will publish WSJ branded pages containing business and business of life news and information from the Journal, The Wall Street Journal Online and Marketwatch.com.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 11:01 AM

This may very well be a case-study on how not to handle crisis communication. Though the health ministry has given the cola giants a clean chit, their corporate reputations have taken a huge hit, if one were to analyse media reports in the wake of CSE-led Coke-Pepsi pesticide imbroglio.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:09 AM

LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, South Korea, expects microfinance to increasingly drive sales of products like colour televisions (CTV) in rural markets.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:08 AM

Departmental store chain Shoppers’ Stop and its fully owned bookstore chain subsidiary, Crossword is on the verge of nationwide expansion. The expansion plan comes after the company signed an MoU with the Nuance Group from Switzerland to enter the Indian airport retail market.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:07 AM

Samsung India has gone into bullish mode as the festive season draws near. The company is eyeing 70 per cent growth in its digital media business by the year-end. And is pegging this growth on the Mini World Cup to be held in October 2006, apart from festive season sales and new product launches.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:07 AM

ESPN-STAR Sports has extended its multi-year agreement with Spanish Primera to deliver full and exclusive broadcast rights of Spanish soccer league in India till 2009. With this, the channel further strengthens its coverage of international football in India.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:06 AM

AC Nielsen’s Global Online Consumer Opinion Survey reveals that Indians along with half the world’s online consumers buy into globalisation and the value it adds to various aspects of their lives.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:05 AM

Exposure Media Marketing, publishers of ‘Xpressions’ and ‘Asia Spa’, is gearing up to launch its fashion magazine, ‘The Designer Mode’, at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. ‘The Designer Mode’ will be the official magazine of the Fashion Design Council of India.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:04 AM

Saregama India has appointed Initiative as its media AoR following a multi-agency pitch. This is the first time that Saregama has appointed a media agency. Gavin D’Abreo, Head-Marketing, Saregama, informed that the media spend this year is set to be higher than last year’s Rs 11 crore plus.

Noor Fathima Warsia Aug 25, 2006 8:03 AM

TRAI has fixed October 15, 2006 as the date by which all broadcasters, MSOs and cable operators have to sign interconnection agreement in the areas where Conditional Access System (CAS) has to be implemented.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:02 AM

ABC has issued a certificate to Deccan Chronicle’s Chennai edition, putting the circulation for Jan-June 2006 at 295,326 copies. Pointing out that the same reasons that resulted in DC’s certification being withheld for the July-Dec period (commissions being higher than 40 per cent) held up true in April 2006, N Murali of The Hindu says that “ABC has lost its credibility”.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:01 AM

Taking forward the debate regarding the proposed Broadcast Bill, speakers raised concerns ranging from questioning the need for a broadcast regulator to the conflict of the IT Act with the Broadcast Bill at a roundtable discussion organised by the Centre for Media Studies in the Capital on August 24.

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 8:00 AM

McCann Erickson Bangalore has bagged the creative duties for Titan’s new business venture into prescription eyewear. Though the exact size of the business could not be ascertained, a source in Titan Industries disclosed that it would be a tad less than Rs 10 crore.

Tuhina Anand Aug 25, 2006 7:59 AM

<p align=justify>The clients want to partner with an agency who has domain knowledge but how can I have domain knowledge if I don't handle your competitor? Do you really believe that agencies go around leaking information? Look at the people movements from client organisation as well as agencies, so where is the secrecy? The junior people are moving anyways and there is no rule to say that competitive organisation would not hire them. It happens all the time, so much for confidentiality!

exchange4media Staff Aug 25, 2006 12:00 AM