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Kailash Bhatia has joined the Board of Directors of Lee Cooper India Pvt. Ltd, a 50:50 JV between Lee Cooper International Ltd and Future Group. Lee Cooper is a global player in the manufacture and marketing of jeans and casual wear. Bhatia is also the CEO-Integrated Merchandising Group, Fashion, at Pantaloon Retail India. Bhatia brings with him over 25 years of valuable experience – having been the Founder & Director of Color Plus Fashions. Prior to Color Plus, he has worked with Arvind Mills and Weekender.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:07 PM

Saurindra Kumar Barua (Raj) has been elevated to the position of Regional CFO and Vice-President for Discovery Networks Asia and India. In his new role, Raj will oversee financial management and help drive profitability for both the regions by leading improved internal controls and ensuring the integrity of all accounting and financial reporting and budgeting activities for all lines of business in Asia and India. Raj has been an integral part of the Discovery Networks India management team for many years now and has served in a variety of senior roles.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:06 PM

One97 Communications (P) Limited, a telecom VAS player, has appointed Rahul Guha as VP, Products. Rahul joins One97 from Times Internet. Guha brings vast experience in the new economy sectors and mobile VAS. At One97 Communications, Guha will be responsible for complete product development life cycle for telcos as well as enterprise clients.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:05 PM

Avijit Bakshi has joined RK Swamy BBDO, Mumbai, as Creative Director. Prior to this, he has worked with agencies like Enterprise, Euro RSCG, Interface and IBD India. In his 13 years of advertising experience, he has worked on brands like Scorpio, Nerolac, Bank of India and Birla White among others.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:04 PM

Hozefa Alibhai has joined Publicis Ambience as head of film division in Mumbai. Prior to this, Alibhai was a Producer in the film division of McCann Erickson. He will be reporting to Ramanuj Shastry, NCD, Publicis Ambience. He has worked on Coca-Cola, Saffola, Chlormint, Happydent among many others. Alibhai started his career with O&M in 1997 as a film executive. He was with Ogilvy for more than three years. He then moved to McCann Erickson, where he spent six years. He won the Best Short Film Award along with Naren Multani at McCann for a film titled ‘9 Minutes of Nirvana’ at the Barcelona International Film Festival.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:02 PM

Mudra Communications has won the creative mandate for the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) Group’s DTH venture Reliance Blue Magic.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 12:26 PM

South Korean Company Has Seen Sales Increase 22% Over Past Five Years

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 10:09 AM

India has now become the second largest market for Nokia in terms of sales - ahead of even the US. Over the last three years, India has been gaining significant ground year-on-year moving from fourth position in 2005 to third position in 2006, and is today poised right behind China.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 10:07 AM

Opposition to big retail grew stronger today with the government in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, ordering a statewide closure on all large-format retail stores. This comes a day after stores run by Reliance and the RPG Group’s Spencer’s were attacked by members of the UP Udyog Vyapar Mandal, a trader organisation affiliated to the Samajwadi Party and headed by Rajya Sabha MP Banwari Lal Kanchal.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 10:05 AM

Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick has become the first PR agency in India to receive the prestigious UN Grand Award for excellence in public relations for the Condom Bindaas Bol campaign. The agency had associated with PSP-One Project for USAID (India) for ‘Condoms: Changing the Perception of the Contraception'. The campaign is also supported by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and ICICI Bank.

Tuhina Anand Aug 24, 2007 10:00 AM

Close on the heels of winning the MAX account, TBWA\India has bagged the creative duties for Suvidhaa, the soon-to-be-launched service retail venture from the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. The win is following a multi-agency pitch. The account size is pegged at around Rs 10 crore.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 9:57 AM

STAR Group has announced a multi-year subscription relationship with Times Now and Zoom. STAR will now strengthen its offering with the induction of these two channels.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 9:54 AM

Which are the top brands of India? CNBC Consumer Awards 2007 will answer the question at a ceremony in Mumbai on August 24. The special event will also feature a panel discussion on ‘Is Consumer the King?’ and a presentation by a Mckinsey official on ‘The Bird of Gold Consumer Report’.

Rishi Vora Aug 24, 2007 9:53 AM

BBC has announced the appointment of Sanjay Nazerali as Controller of Marketing, Communications & Audiences for its Global News Division. Nazerali, former Senior VP, Marketing, at MTV Europe, would be reporting to Richard Sambrook, Director of BBC Global News.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 9:51 AM

In a bid to further strengthen its business news offering, NDTV Profit is adding three new shows – ‘Major Gainz’, ‘Profit Palette’, which will go on air from August 26, and ‘Reality of Realty’ on air from August 25.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:49 AM

Luminelle Solar Technologies Ltd, a Delhi-based OOH company, has bought the entire advertising rights of Signature Signs Media Service, an eight-year old OOH company.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:47 AM

After an increase in ad rates for all its channels in March 2007, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has decided to hike its ad rates again. The new rates are with immediate effect, wherein flagship channel Zee TV would see an increase of up to 20 per cent in primetime, as would the likes of Zee Cinema, Zee Marathi and Zee Bangla.

Noor Fathima Warsia Aug 24, 2007 9:45 AM

Zee TV is bringing in a new show, ‘Rakhi - Atoot rishtey ki dor’, in the 1.30 pm slot that was hitherto housing the repeat of ‘Teen Bahuraaniya’. The half-hour serial would air from Monday to Thursday. The show premiers on September 27, 2007.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 9:44 AM

Among the wide-ranging elevations, S Yesudas has been elevated as CEO, RK Swamy Media Group. The other key elevations include that of Ajit Shah as President (North), Sangeetha Shetty as President (West) and V V Vijay Gopal as President (South). Shailen Sohoni has been designated COO for Mumbai.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:42 AM

Hello FM, Malar Publications’ FM venture, has appointed Chennai-based Fifth Estate Communications as its creative and strategy agency following a multi-agency pitch. The incumbent agency is TBWA\India. The account size is pegged at Rs 5 crore.

Judy Franko Aug 24, 2007 9:39 AM

Dentsu Marcom has bagged the media mandate for Japanese airline ANA. The account size is pegged at Rs 3-4 crore and the campaign involves the launch of the airline in the country, which commences its operations from September 1, 2007.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 9:37 AM

Karl Gomes has been appointed as Executive Creative Director-Digital with Arc Worldwide. He moves from Tribal DDB, where he was National Creative Director.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 24, 2007 9:36 AM

One of the greatest musical wizards in the country, AR Rahman is as selective about the brands he is associated with as his is about his musical projects. So far, Rahman has been brand ambassador for Airtel and WorldSpace. Rahman shares with exchange4media.com his preferences for signing up with a brand.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:34 AM

The impact of the sudden exit of Pramath Sinha, MD and CEO of ABP Group, earlier this month is beginning to be felt with at least three senior managers who had joined the company during his tenure reportedly putting in their papers. This includes Vikas Gupta, CMO and President, Ad Sales.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:33 AM

IPTV service PIO TV has been launched on August 23. The channel has partnered with CNN as broadcast affiliate to use audio, visual and text for its news as well as with PTI for text and photo content. It has also partnered with Sanchar Bharti, one of the leading producers of audio content, for PIO Radio section.

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 9:28 AM

"Five years ago, there was no search advertising and now it is beginning to take the lion's share. We are on the verge of launching adver-gaming and in-content advertising and that is what we are trying to launch in Zapak, where we are pioneering this concept. Now with Big Adda, we want to pioneer the concept of in-video advertising. Those are the new value propositions that we need to educate the advertising fraternity about."

exchange4media Staff Aug 24, 2007 12:00 AM