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Sony Entertainment Television has decided to elevate Rohit Gupta to be President, Network Sales, Licensing and Telephony.

Noor Fathima Warsia May 23, 2007 8:52 PM

OP Thomas has moved on from his position as Consultant for Vyas Giannetti Creative, Mumbai, to return to journalism. Thomas has joined The Financial Express as Deputy Editor from May 15, 2007. He had worked previously with FE as Senior Assistant Editor. Before VGC, Thomas had worked as a journalist with The Times of India, Dow Jones Telerate, Knight-Ridder Financial News, Business Standard, The Economic Times and UNI.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 3:04 PM

Anurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media Group, recently back from the FIPP Magazine Congress in Beijing, brings out a few learnings on why and in what manner magazines will continue to be a part of our lives.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:22 AM

MUMBAI: It could be one of the biggest tie-ups in Indian retail if it were to go through. According to sources, talks are on between India's oldest retailer, Bata and the most ambitious entrant into the retail space, Reliance Retail.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:20 AM

NEW DELHI: Office Depot, the world's leading stationery and office goods retailer, plans to enter India via the franchisee route. A high-level delegation from the US-based retailer's international division was in India recently to initiate talks with possible partners.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:18 AM

Webaroo has launched its group messaging service called ‘GhupShup’ in India on May 22. With this, the company has also come up with a unique mode of generating revenue through advertising.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:16 AM

Futuristix Media Communication Centre (FMCC) will conduct a ‘Mobile Marketing and Advertising Workshop’ on May 25 in the Capital. Powered by Active Media Technology, the workshop would stress on the mobile marketing trends.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:15 AM

Bharat Bhushan, who was Editor-Delhi of The Telegraph, has joined the India Today Group as Editor for its proposed English daily in tie-up with Daily Mail of UK. Prior to that, he was Executive Editor of Hindustan Times. Kingshuk Mukherjee, who was Editor of Today, the afternoon tabloid, has been designated as Managing Editor for the morninger.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:14 AM

BBC World has tied up with Credit Suisse, the banking sector company, to fund a new series on the channel, which explores some of history’s greatest visionaries.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 23, 2007 9:12 AM

The Bhaskar Group has launched the ‘Script It Contest’ and participants have been invited to send in TVC scripts. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and the last date for sending in entries is June 11.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 23, 2007 9:11 AM

Shobitha Viswanathan has joined Mudra Chennai as Director-Brand Communications. She will be assisting Vigneshwar Iyer in managing Mudra operations in Chennai.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 23, 2007 9:09 AM

Even as news about Kalaignar TV continues to hog the headlines, Raju Easwaran, COO, Creative, Raj TV, disclosed that Raj Network would be launching a Tamil news channel, a music channel as well as a youth channel. All the four channels, including Kalaignar TV, would be rolled out by August 15, 2007.

Judy Franko May 23, 2007 9:08 AM

Zapak and ZOD! Club Wear have tied up for a promotional campaign that will be taken online by the gaming portal, with the contest winner driving home in a QUAD bike.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 23, 2007 9:06 AM

TV 18’s The Cell has announced a contest called ‘A Film Without Film!’ that will be hosted at the Promax|BDA India 2007 Conference on May 29 and 30 in Mumbai.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 23, 2007 9:05 AM

The recent industry research estimates that the weekend radio listenership is growing, and even the radio players have consciously made an effort to differentiate the programming content based on the day of the week.

exchange4media Staff May 23, 2007 9:04 AM

Viacom and TV 18 Group have announced the launch of a joint venture called Viacom-18. This 50:50 strategic alliance will include the launch of a new Hindi general entertainment channel this year, in addition to film production and distribution and growth of MTV Networks India’s multi-platform services.

Noor Fathima Warsia May 23, 2007 9:03 AM