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No. 3 Holding Company Had Been on Upswing Before Losing GM, J&J Accounts

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 5:20 PM

No. 2 Pizza Chain Puts $152 Million Creative Account In Review

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 5:19 PM

Videocon has relaunched the ‘Bazoomba’ range of TVs, and has a new TVC campaign titled ‘SoundStation’. The campaign, devised by O&M, features the insight of reactions to different pitches of sounds.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 27, 2007 5:17 PM

WPP has announced that its wholly owned operating company GroupM has agreed to acquire, subject to regulatory approval, a majority stake in Interactive Television Pvt Ltd, an out-of-home marketing agency.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 27, 2007 5:15 PM

Walt Disney has announced the elevation of Aparna Bhosle as Director-Programming and Production, Walt Disney Television International (India). She will spearhead the production and programming for The Walt Disney bouquet of channels -- Disney Channel, Jetix and Hungama TV.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Jun 27, 2007 5:13 PM

StarSight India, the out-of-home media solutions unit of Starcom MediaVest Group, has announced that it will be re-christened and re-branded as Navia Asia. The logo and graphics have been designed by Starcom MediaVest Group’s retail branding unit called Enhance India.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 27, 2007 5:10 PM

These days it’s very difficult to distinguish while surfing whether you are on an entertainment channel or a 24-hour news channel. What do you say when the top five programmes on news TV are based on crime, sex and sleaze? MD and Editor-in-Chief, exchange4media, Anurag Batra takes a look at where the news channels are headed.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 5:05 PM

Luxury watch brand Timond has announced filmmaker Karan Johar as its worldwide brand ambassador. The association with Johar commences from July 2007.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:59 PM

Anil Verma will join Mudra Mumbai as Executive Creative Director and will work closely with Mudra’s NCD Bobby Pawar. Verma’s last assignment was with Contract Advertising, New Delhi, where he was Creative Director.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:57 PM

Commonwealth Games 2010 has called for a creative pitch. Thirteen agencies have been shortlisted for the pitch in India, which includes JWT and O&M, among others. These agencies were shortlisted on basis of a tender which was floated two months’ back. The account size has been pegged upwards of Rs 100 crore.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:53 PM

After being in the news for several announcements on Kalaignar TV, DMK launched a daily newspaper named ‘Dinasari’ on June 22. Ramakrisnan has been roped in as News Editor. Earlier, Ramakrisnan was News Editor of Dinakaran, which is Sun Network’s language daily.

Judy Franko Jun 27, 2007 4:51 PM

Radio City has taken forward its ‘Whatte Fun’ campaign onto the online world with its microsite Whattefun.com. The radio player has broken its new TVC titled ‘King’ over the week.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 27, 2007 4:48 PM

Reliance ADAG has launched its new initiative in music and home entertainment, called BIG Music and Home Entertainment. The company has further plans of expansion and is planning more regional launches to create, acquire and distribute regionally or locally relevant content and artistes.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:46 PM

The radio industry in India is poised to grow from about 2 per cent of advertising spends to about 5 per cent in the next three to five years. That's not bad for a medium that is only seven years old as an industry in its new private FM avatar. Radio's challenge in India is to be sexy and active.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:43 PM

ESPN STAR Sports has announced the acquisition of the mobile rights of Wimbledon. The Mobile ESPN service will offer a comprehensive range of mobile content from the tennis event to consumers in India.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:34 PM

BAG Films and Media Ltd has declared that its net income has appreciated by 68 per cent, making it Rs 126.62 million. The company announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

exchange4media Staff Jun 27, 2007 4:25 PM