Date-wise News

Anil Srivatsa of ‘Anil Ki Awaaz’ fame, the largest syndicated South Asian radio show in the US, will be joining India Today Group’s radio venture as COO. Srivatsa is currently Executive Vice-president of ImaginAsian Entertainment Inc, a US-based entertainment company.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 6:39 PM

Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Wednesday directed Zee-Turner, distributors of Zee and other channels, to provide its signals to Tata Sky, an 80:20 Tata-STAR DTH venture. Consequently, Zee-Turner will be providing all 32 channels to Tata Sky for Rs 75.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 5:40 PM

Dabur Foods Ltd has embarked on an aggressive growth strategy to boost its performance in the various processed foods categories where it has a presence, with special focus on beverages.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:38 AM

Internet users in India have reached 37 million this September - up from 33 million in March 2006. During the same period, the number of "active users" moved up to 25 million in September from 21.1 million in March.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:37 AM

Jet Airways and Qantas Airways have bagged the Jet Airways wins three Avion Awards for Best In-flight Entertainment. Sponsored by the World Airline Entertainment Association, the Avion Awards, now in its 18th year, honours excellence in several categories of airline in-flight entertainment.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:36 AM

Realising the immense potential of smaller towns, which can be a growth driver in the future, PVR Cinemas is now foraying into the tier II and tier III cities with the launch of PVR Talkies in India.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:35 AM

Lycra MTV Style Awards is back in its fourth year. Brought in association with Brylcreem, Magic Moments Cassettes & CDs and L’Oreal, the Awards ceremony will be held on October 14 in Mumbai.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:34 AM

Big 92.7 FM intends to be planned in its approach – be it content or marketing. In the process, the radio network has conducted an Audience Research Analysis, which has done mood mapping of a sample audience and the findings have guided various functions and strategies of the station.

Noor Fathima Warsia Sep 20, 2006 8:33 AM

Manorama News, which went on air on August 17, is gearing up to launch a weekly news programme on the lines of ‘News You Can Demand’. Viewers can request any story, segment or moment that they would like to view again through phone, SMS and email and the channel would replay the requested story.

Judy Franko Sep 20, 2006 8:32 AM

Who has the longest arm in the media world? Television? Print? Wrong, says Rohit Barker of Radio Indigo, Bangalore. It’s radio. You cannot take the TV set everywhere, nor would one like a newspaper always under the arm. But radio plugs into a person’s mind and takes them where television and print can’t.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:31 AM

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has asked InCableNet to deposit a sum of Rs 20 lakh with the Registrar and also directed Zee Turner, the distribution arm for Zee and Turner channels, to restore the signal of Zee Sports to the MSO.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:30 AM

Starcom and WorldSpace have tied up for in film promotion and marketing initiatives for the latest hit from Bollywood ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’. WorldSpace is the integral part of the film and the brand has been scripted into the film.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:29 AM

The spat with STAR Entertainment over, Zee TV has now busied itself with its new offering, ‘Ghar ki Lakshmi Betiyaan’. In sync with Zee TV’s strategy of daypart concentration to secure and grow its position in Hindi mass channels, the channel has embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign for its new 10 pm property.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Sep 20, 2006 8:28 AM

Roy Joseph, COO, Radaan Mediaworks, has left the organisation. He had joined the Chennai-based production house a little over a year ago. He was VP-Operations at Zee News prior to joining Radaan. Details of his next assignment are not known.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Sep 20, 2006 8:27 AM

MIH India has hired Satish Kadu from Yahoo! India as Vice-president and Business Head for one of its product divisions. Kadu was with Yahoo! India as Product Head for a couple of its products for 20 months.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:26 AM

ACNielsen and Percept D’Mark (PDM) have got together for ‘ACN and PDM Star Power Track’, a tool to assess the true value and ‘brand-fit’ of Indian celebrities. The product will provide advertisers, marketers and brand custodians the information they require before signing on a campaign.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:24 AM

JWT President Michael Maedel will relocate from London to Singapore in mid-October. Among other things, acquisitions in China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia are on Maedel’s agenda.

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2006 8:23 AM