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Sunder Gopal has joined TV9, Bangalore as Senior Manager-Ad Sales. Prior to joining TV9, he was Regional Manager-South of Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati daily from the Dainik Bhaskar Group. He had also spent close to 16 years with The Times of India. He had joined TOI as an executive and was a senior manager when he quit.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:46 PM

The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd, publishers of Deccan Herald, Prajavani, Sudha and Mayura magazines, has promoted Tony Doulton as Assistant General Manager-Ad Sales. Doulton joined the company almost three years ago as Senior Manager. His previous stints include those at Indian Express (Bombay) Group and Explocity Pvt. Ltd, a niche media and online publishing company. He has 12 years of media selling experience.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:44 PM

Supriya Prasad joins BAG Films Ltd as Director-Hindi news. He will be reporting to Ajit Anjum, Managing Editor-Hindi News. Prasad’s last stint was with TV Today where he was a part of the core team that launched the Aaj Tak channel, and has played a pivotal role in the making of the 20-minute news bulletins Aajtak, Gaon Aajtak and Subah Aajtak.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:42 PM

After spending around a year at TV18, Sanjay Sindhwani has returned to Times Internet Ltd (Indiatimes) as the Vice President (Corporate Group). Confirming the move, an Indiatimes spokesperson informed that Sindhwani would be reporting to Dinesh Wadhawan, MD and CEO, Times Internet Ltd. He will be handling affairs related to current properties, all new initiatives and monetisation opportunities. At TV18, Sindhwani was Head of New Initiatives (Internet and Mobile).

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:41 PM

Ashwini Chawla, Director and CEO, Nova Advertising, Mumbai, has decided to move out. He has decided to join television, but he is yet undecided about what his next move will be. He initially wanted to start something on his own, but thought against it and is now weighing his options.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:39 PM

Baiju Kalesh, Corporate Editor, The Times of India, and Dinesh Narayanan, who was also a part of TOI’s editorial team, are moving out. The duo is expected to be joining the Business World, Mumbai office.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:38 PM

Ananda Ray has joined Rediffusion DY&R Kolkata as Creative Group Head. While his last assignment was as Creative Director of Genesis Advertising, Kolkata, over the years, Ray has worked with O&M and Mudra in Mumbai, and Bates Kolkata.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:35 PM

Antoine Villeneuve has been appointed as Senior VP and MD for Walt Disney Television India. Villeneuve will assume his role from June 1, 2007. He will report to Rich Ross, President, Disney Channel Worldwide and to the MD for Walt Disney Company, India, which at present is Rajat Jain.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:41 AM

Motivator has bagged the Monsanto India account. In the wake of a multi-agency pitch, Motivator has been assigned the media duties of this business. The account is pegged in the region of Rs 5 to 8 crore.

Noor Fathima Warsia May 11, 2007 9:40 AM

Motorola has recently launched a campaign with three 15-second ads for Motorokr E6. The campaign is aimed at bringing about the unique features of the new handset.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:38 AM

FTV has urged the government to lift the ban imposed on it for airing the show ‘Midnight Hot’.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:37 AM

Crayons Delhi has bagged the creative duties for Wigan & Leigh College. In November 2006, the creative duties from Crayons were shifted to Lowe. The size of the account is Rs 10 crore. Crayons will continue to handle the media duties.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:35 AM

‘Zindagi Live’ is a show on lifestyle, shopping, careers, informed spending and infotainment. ‘Mobiles & More’ is dedicated to the growing mobile handset market, and seeks to inform viewers and help them choose a handset of their choice within their budget.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:34 AM

ClickJobs.com has appointed Jose Felix as Senior Vice President-Sales. He is responsible for sales at the national level and has already set up six branches across the country to support the recruitment needs of corporate clients and search firms.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:33 AM

Dish TV has announced its summer initiative ‘Summer Holiday Bonanza’, through which the it will carry a special movie on-demand season ticket along with 24 movies in English, Hindi, and other animated films.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:31 AM

Kulmeet Makkar has joined Reliance ADAG as CEO for its new Music and Home Entertainment division. He assumed his new role from May 2007.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:30 AM

Radio City has unveiled its new avatar ‘Whatte Fun’. The idea is to offer a differentiated listening experience to the consumer. From a broad target, the station has fine-tuned its core TG through focussed segmentation to SEC AB 25-35.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:28 AM

Mudra has re-oriented its Chennai office with various new appointments and responsibilities being shuffled. Vigneshwar Iyer will head the Chennai office and play a key role in the business growth of the operation there. He will take over from Milind Jadhav who moved out earlier.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 11, 2007 9:26 AM

This year, despite seven agencies having been nominated at The One Show 2007 Awards in the US, India hasn’t won a single title. None of the nominated Indian agencies have won a single award. exchange4media tries to find out what went wrong.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:25 AM

Jaya TV’s game show ‘Jack Pot’ would be nearing its 250th episode in June. Buoyed by the success of the game show and the potential of the genre, the Tamil entertainment channel is all set to unveil an array of game shows in the near future.

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 9:23 AM

After having launched a campaign for its children’s brand Lic Lolleez, Mother Dairy is now turning its attention to Chillz with a new campaign, which is targetted at young adults.

Tuhina Anand May 11, 2007 9:21 AM

"There are also a lot of training programmes that we are conducting for doctors. Earlier, the only knowledge that doctors received was from medical schools. But with times changing so rapidly, today adding to their knowledge has become a necessity. Probably 10 years ago, many doctors who had graduated from medical school did not know about AIDS. Training nurses, doctors and providing medical understanding to our clients' customers is an important step for us. Our educational programmes and campaigns are trying to bring the consumer to a level of awareness such that he or she is at par in the understanding of medicine, just the way manufacturers are."

exchange4media Staff May 11, 2007 12:00 AM