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SN Bhaduri, who quit HT Media recently as VP, e-Business, is set to join Reuters India as Country Manager, Consumer Media group. Bhaduri will be responsible for setting up this new division of Reuters as well as on the digital IPTV and mobile platform.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 4:42 PM

Call it growth pangs or can you? After years of complete dominance over all categories of consumer durables, LG is facing more than just topline growth pressures.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:51 AM

According to estimates, the CTV industry is expected to end 2006 with sales of 11.5 million units, a growth of 12-15 per cent over the previous year. But more significantly, much of this growth is driven by the higher end of the segment.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:51 AM

The latest annual TNS CellTrack 2006 study highlights the growth of the mobile telephony sector in India and the performance of the service providers in meeting the customer expectations. As per the study, Airtel is the number one player with the TRIM Index score up from 82 in 2005 to 90 this year.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:50 AM

Big FM has announced its plan to search for the next Bollywood star through a reality hunt over its airwaves. The show, titled ‘Big Break’, would be on-air exclusively on Big FM and the station has invited entries from various cities across the country.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 28, 2006 8:48 AM

Email service providers are on the lookout to provide innovative and useful features to their users all the time. Rediff.com has brought out a novel method of delivering emails irrespective of a GPRS connection through its ‘Access Mails Anywhere’ service.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 28, 2006 8:47 AM

Radio One has been trying to connect with its audience through various novel marketing strategies over the months. In an exclusive conversation with exchange4media, Shariq Patel, VP-Operations, talks about the channel’s various marketing initiatives and also sheds some light on the various programming content planned over the next few months.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:45 AM

Shweta Rathee, AVP-Ad Sales for Sony Entertainment Television’s three channels – AXN, SET PIX and Animax – has put in her papers. She had joined the company in March this year and was looking after the sales of the three channels in the Northern region.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:43 AM

Union Bank of India has finalised its media agency following a multi-agency pitch and the decision has gone in favour of Motivator. The bank had empanelled five creative agencies – Mudra, SSC&B Lintas, JWT, Interpublicity and Pressman Advertising – in May 2006. The account size is estimated to be around Rs 25 crore.

Noor Fathima Warsia Dec 28, 2006 8:42 AM

Prasar Bharat has made some key appointments starting with Baljit Singh Lalli, a 1971 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, who has been appointed as the CEO. A K Jain, a 1977 batch IAS officer as been appointed the Member (Finance).

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:40 AM

Media Direction, the specialist media services group of RK Swamy BBDO, has been appointed as the media AoR for Godfrey Phillips India. The incumbent is The Media Edge (TME).

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:38 AM

The Bombay Ad Club is all geared up for its annual quizzing event, M.Ad Quiz, which sees a change this year with the media element included in it. The event is planned for January 12, 2007 and the Club has announced the rules for participating in the quiz.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 28, 2006 8:35 AM

Big 92.7 FM has appointed Sampark PR as its PR consultancy. The incumbent agency was Hanmer & Partners. Sources close to the development said that the relationship with Hanmer & Partners was on a project basis and Big 92.7 FM was looking for a longtime relationship and decided to partner with Sampark PR.

Judy Franko Dec 28, 2006 8:34 AM

Wire and Wireless India Ltd, formerly Siti Cable Network Ltd, has launched its CAS services under the brand name Galaxzee in CAS designated areas of South Delhi, South Mumbai and South Kolkata.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:30 AM

Sumon Chattopadhyay is set to rejoin Kolkata TV as Chief Editor. It may be recalled that Chattopadhyay had quit from the same position in the Bengali news channel in June this year following some legal differences with the management. He is slated to join the channel from January 2007.

exchange4media Staff Dec 28, 2006 8:28 AM

Interact Vision, Delhi, the second agency of Mudra, has bagged the communication duties for Rhino, an MUV belonging to International Cars & Motors Ltd (ICML). Other Mudra divisions – Primesite, Tribal DDB, OMS, Mudra PR and Kidstuff – will also partner Interact Vision in providing solutions to ICML.

Tuhina Anand Dec 28, 2006 8:25 AM

STAR One has managed a coup by roping in Zee TV’s well-known director Gajendrra Singh to produce ‘Antakshari – The Great Challenge’ for the channel. Not to be left behind, Zee TV, too, is all set to launch its own Antakshari, called ‘Titan Antakshri’. This reminds one of the case of ‘Betiyaan…’, when the two channels locked horns a year back.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 28, 2006 8:24 AM