Date-wise News

In addition to digital, a major theme of Day 2 (May 15) at FIPP's 36th World Magazine Conference held in Beijing was advertising.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 8:20 PM

A clear message came from Day 1 (May 14, 2007) of FIPP's 36th World Magazine Conference held in Beijing.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 7:59 PM

IAMAI has appointed Bharatmatrimony’s Murugavel Janakiraman and MSN’s Jaspreet Bindra as the association’s new Chairman and Vice-chairman respectively.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 16, 2007 2:55 PM

MUMBAI: Asif Adil, the managing director of Diageo India, the Indian subsidiary of the world's biggest liquor company, Diageo Plc, which owns big brands such as Smirnoff (vodka), Johnnie Walker (whiskey) and Guinness (beer), is a man who has worn my hats.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:26 AM

NEW DELHI: Sale of radio sets has failed to pick up in line with the ongoing boom in radio channels. While urban customers may be using cell phones and car stereos to access radio programmes, high prices of radio sets and unreliable grey market products seem to hold back the rural consumer. As a result, sale of radio sets has been stagnant for nearly four years.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:23 AM

After a stint of two years, Vikas Bahl has called it a day at SAB. He has joined UTV to head the media major’s second brand in the motion picture space, ‘Spotboy’ as EVP. He will report to Ronnie Screwvala, CEO, UTV Communications.

Tasneem Limbdiwala May 16, 2007 9:19 AM

MTV has announced a new career based reality show, ‘MTV on the Job’. The show premieres on May 19 at 7 pm, and will air for 13 weeks, focussing on different alternate off-centre careers.

Tasneem Limbdiwala May 16, 2007 9:17 AM

Zapak.com has announced the launch of Zuma, one of the world’s most popular games, through its partnership with the publisher of casual games, PopCap Games. Zapak has launched this game in the free-to-play and downloadable category.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:16 AM

The I&B Ministry is yet to finalise on the notification dates for the rollout of the second, third and fourth phases of CAS. In fact, the Ministry is awaiting a report from TRAI before it decides on this schedule.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:15 AM

Zone Reality has launched an interesting line of shows that cut across many genres including rescue and survival, crime and human interest. The four new shows launched are ‘Treasure Island: Couples at War’, ‘Weirdest Phobias’, ‘Saving Life and Limb’, and ‘Prison Week’.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:13 AM

Rajasthan Patrika’s ‘Indian Festival’ was inaugurated on May 12 at the World Trade Centre in Dubai. The five-day festival has been organised to promote the investment and export opportunities in Rajasthan.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:11 AM

CF Moses has joined Radio Dhamaal as President-Sales and Marketing. He will look after the existing channels of Radio Dhamaal and also the launch of new channels. Moses will be reporting to Anurradha Prasad, Managing Director, BAG Films & Media Ltd. His last stint was at Janmat as President-Sales and Marketing, where he worked for a year.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:10 AM

Those who remember Hindi movie genre as a battle of titles are witnessing a new story in 2007. Occupants of slots have steady graphs to show and the only change in position was that of MAX from No. 2 in the first two months to No. 1 in the third and fourth month, replacing Zee Cinema.

Noor Fathima Warsia May 16, 2007 9:09 AM

Amrutanjan Ltd has roped in Chennai-based creative shop blueprint 360 as its creative partner to handle the entire range of products of Amrutanjan. There was no formal pitch involved for the business. The size of the account is estimated to be in the region of Rs 6 to 8 crore.

Judy Franko May 16, 2007 9:07 AM

Around eight Indian agencies have found a place among the finalists at the 2007 Promax and BDA World Gold Awards. Star India, MCCS and FILMY have managed to bag the highest number of finalist positions.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:05 AM

Debashis Das has joined Perspectrum, the integrated marketing consultancy (IMC) of Percept, as CEO. He has moved on from Lintas Group of companies and will be reporting to the Directors of Percept Holdings.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 16, 2007 9:04 AM

The chairmanship of the world’s magazine association was passed to Pierre Lamunière after Chris Llewellyn, Managing Director, Emap International, completed his two-year term. Anurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief, exchange4media Group, reports from Beijing.

exchange4media Staff May 16, 2007 9:03 AM