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The chairmanship of the world’s magazine association was passed to Pierre Lamunière after Chris Llewellyn, Managing Director,

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 5:53 PM

Amrutanjan Ltd has roped in Chennai-based creative shop blueprint 360 as its creative partner to handle the entire range of products of Amrutanjan.

Judy Franko May 15, 2007 4:32 PM

National Geographic Channel is presenting the third season of its hugely popular series ‘Nat Geo Investigates: Seconds from Disaster’. The ten-part series revisits history’s most tragic disasters to investigate the reasons that triggered each calamity, through a second-by-second analysis of the critical chain of events that led to the tragedy.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 9:13 AM

Media Direction, the media services group of RK Swamy BBDO, has won the media AOR of Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories, New Delhi. The business is worth Rs 20 crore, according to estimates. The advertising services were till now handled under the full service umbrella. Mudra and Triton will continue to be their creative agencies.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 9:11 AM

Starcom Delhi has won the media duties for Masterstroke Deluxe Whisky, which is a tie-up between Diageo and Radico, and prepared by master distiller Peter J Warren. The account size is Rs 18-20 crore.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 9:08 AM

Dentsu has announced the India launch of its global media brand Dentsu Media. Dentsu Media will control group-wide media buying, as well as act as custodian of Dentsu’s proprietary media tools and database in India. This will significantly enhance the media value creation for the clients of the three Dentsu agencies in India -- Dentsu Communications, Dentsu Marcom, and Dentsu Creative Impact.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 9:06 AM

Lowe India has announced the appointment of Brent Gosling as Chief Strategic Officer for the agency’s Unilever brands. He will be based in Mumbai and will be responsible for providing strategic planning for global Unilever brands.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 15, 2007 9:05 AM

O&M’s new creatives for the promotion of the ongoing India and Bangladesh cricket series on Neo Sports urges the Indian cricket team to bounce back after the ICC World Cup loss.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 9:04 AM

After the overwhelming response to its shows ‘Super Star’ and ‘Super Star Junior’, Amrita TV has launched yet another reality show. Called ‘Super Dancer’, the show was launched on May 14 and will be aired from Monday to Friday at 9.30 pm.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 15, 2007 9:02 AM

Following the announcement of the Indian Cricket league (ICL) a month ago, Essel Group has announced the appointment of the Executive Board of the ICL. The board comprises Kapil Dev, Kiran More, Tony Greig and Dean Jones.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 15, 2007 9:01 AM

Anurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief, exchange4media group, brings you exclusive coverage of the 36th FIPP World Magazine Congress in Beijing.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 9:00 AM

Harrish Bhatia, Vice President-Sales and Marketing, Bhaskar Group, has moved to MYFM as Senior Vice-President and Business Group Head of Synergy Media, a Bhaskar Group company. Bikash Banerjee has joined the Bhaskar Group as Business Head-West and South India, replacing Bhatia.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 15, 2007 8:58 AM

Neeraj Roy, MD and CEO, Hungama Mobile, has been chosen as one of the speakers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Roy will be sharing his thoughts on the digital economy at the opening forum -- ‘Cinema: towards the audiences of tomorrow’.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 15, 2007 8:57 AM

CyberMedia has announced a new organisational structure to prepare the organisation for the next level of growth. It has decided to appoint three group heads to lead the print publishing, online and life sciences, and the CyberMedia Services group. These three group heads will have the profit centre responsibility and will report to the Executive Board.

exchange4media Staff May 15, 2007 8:56 AM

Star Plus recently launched two new shows in its 9 pm block, replacing KBC-SRK. Sony Entertainment Television has introduced the third season of its big-ticket property ‘Indian Idol’. Zee TV saw two new launches with ‘Teen Bahuraaniyaan’ and ‘Saregama Challenge 2007’. Data shows that the soaps have not thrown high numbers, especially for STAR, but the format shows have something to write about.

Noor Fathima Warsia May 15, 2007 8:54 AM