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GoAir has appointed Edgardo Badiali as CEO. He will report to Jeh Wadia, MD of GoAir. Badiali is a senior aviation professional with over 15 years of senior management experience and 27 years of experience in the aviation sector. Before joining GoAir, he was CEO of Italian low-cost airline MyAir. He is also the co-founder and member of the Executive Committee of the European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA). He has also held various senior positions in leading airlines including Swiss Air and Jet Airways.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 2:44 PM

Iqbal Singh has been appointed as President and CEO, GE Money India. Singh takes charge of the India operations from February 1, 2008. He will be reporting directly to Yoshiaki Fujimori, President and CEO of GE Money Asia. Prior to this new role, Singh was Chief Marketing Officer for GE Money Asia and CEO of the Singapore business. He brings over two decades of experience in marketing and P&L leadership, of which over 13 years were spent with GE Money. After 10 years in Unilever in India, Singh began his GE career in India in 1994 overseeing Retail Marketing and Business Development.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 2:43 PM

CNN Worldwide has appointed Reza Sayah as an international correspondent based in Pakistan. Sayah moves from WXYZ/ Channel 7 in Detroit, USA. Through his 12-year career, Sayah has covered a variety of high-profile national and international stories including Hurricane Katrina and the sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C., area. Sayah's appointment is part of the biggest expansion of international newsgathering resources in CNN's 27-year history.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 2:42 PM

Diwakar Sharma has joined Vaartha, the second most-widely read Telugu daily, as General Manager, Marketing. He will be responsible for Delhi, NCR and the North market. Sharma moves from Rajasthan Patrika Group where he had spent a year and a half as State Head, Marketing. Prior to joining Rajasthan Patrika, Sharma was with Amar Ujala as Chief Manager, Marketing. Sharma, who has spent more than 19 years in the media industry, began his career in 1989 with Amar Ujala, Mumbai, as an executive. He quit Amar Ujala in 1995 as Manager and joined Sahara India Mass Communications, Mumbai, as Senior Manager.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 2:41 PM

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Making a play to reach more environmentally-conscious consumers, Publicis Groupe today announced its acquisition of green consultancy Act Now Productions.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:12 AM

With marketers finding it increasingly difficult to break through the clutter to reach the consumers, it has become important to refine strategies to achieve long-term success in the market. Keeping this is mind, The Economic Times organised ‘Compass 2008’ where business leaders shared their experiences in building brands. The event was presented by Starcom MediaVest Group and FutureWorks.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:08 AM

Summer is still a few months away, but beverage companies have already sharpened their advertising claws. The focus for now is on juice drinks rather than cola drinks. Coca-Cola India has rolled out a new campaign for its Minute Maid Pulpy Orange drink that stresses on its freshness appeal and real orange content.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:07 AM

Tarun Rai has put in his papers at JWT India, where he has been Managing Partner and National Business Development Head, thus bringing to an end a 17-year old relationship. With the recent changes in his role, Rai had been moved to a corporate role, working closely with JWT India CEO Colvyn Harris.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Feb 1, 2008 7:06 AM

IDG Media Pvt Lts has launched a specialist magazine for IT Managers working on the Windows platform. Titled ‘Windows World’, the magazine would be published once every two months, and provide comprehensive information on the management and deployment of Microsoft operating systems, applications and related topics.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:05 AM

Adlabs Films Ltd, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has announced its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. The consolidated revenues have grown by 23 per cent at Rs 129.5 crore, while profit after tax stood at Rs 22 crore.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 1, 2008 7:04 AM

Network18 Media & Investments Ltd has reported third quarter net profit of Rs 27 crore. The consolidated net sales were up 60 per cent QoQ at Rs 185.4 crore. Television Eighteen India, a listed subsidiary of Network18, recorded a net profit of Rs 21 crore (after deferred tax), up 42.3 per cent from the Rs 14.6 crore in Q3 of the last fiscal.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:03 AM

Global Broadcast News (GBN) Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 1.78 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to a loss of Rs 9.01 crore during the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:02 AM

BAG Films & Media Ltd has reported a 48 per cent increase in its net profit at Rs 1.8 crore for the third quarter ending December 31, 2007. BAG Films’ net income from sales and operations was up 20 per cent at Rs 13 crore for the third quarter.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 7:01 AM

UTV Software Communications Ltd has reported a whopping 1050 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit for the third quarter at Rs 23.1 crore as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The company’s operating revenues grew 183 per cent at Rs 123.2 crore during Q3.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 1, 2008 7:00 AM

Shashi Kalathil, CEO, Neo Sports, has put in his papers. He will be with the company till the end of February 2008. An official communiqué from Neo Sports said, “Shashi will be leaving to pursue interests outside the Group and will be remembered by us fondly for his valued contribution to the growth of the business as well as the integrity and intellectual bandwidth he possesses.”

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 1, 2008 6:59 AM

After four years in India as CEO of Worldwide Media Ltd (WWM), the BBC-Times of India joint venture, Devashish Sarkar is moving back overseas to take up a new assignment. January 31, 2008, was his last day at WWM. Details on his replacement were not available at the time of filing the report.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 1, 2008 6:58 AM

Lintas Media Group has put together a team that would be at the helm of a new structure that is planned around ‘Collectives’. Each ‘Collective’ is focused on key clients or regional growth. Sudha Natrajan and NP Sathyamurty have been appointed as Joint Presidents, LMG, to head specific ‘Client Collectives’ and also ‘Regional Collectives’ for business in the South-East and West, respectively. Premjeet Sodhi has been appointed EVP, LMG, with a mandate to head the North ‘Collectives’.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 1, 2008 6:57 AM

The mixture of scripted and format shows decides whether the viewer has enough to stay on the primetime of any channel. The advent of ‘American Gladiators’ rekindled the conversation on how much format shows can deliver for a channel, and what should be done right in this alternative realm of programming.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 1, 2008 6:56 AM

Various sessions on the second day at the NATPE Conference 2008 looked closely at what is seen as the re-emergence of branded content and how the rules of the game change with more advertisers and channels looking at this option closely. The key thought was educating and not tricking the consumers, and talent that could understand advertising and content equally well.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 1, 2008 6:55 AM

The television content creators at NATPE 2008 had a word of advice from Renetta McCann, CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG). McCann spoke on SMG research that showed the need to focus on the emerging multi-cultural audience, the buying spends of whom are slated to reach $1.7 trillion by 2010. McCann stated that following the money was following the consumer, not the marketer.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 1, 2008 6:54 AM

The second day of NATPE Conference 2008 began on the need for the creative brains and brand custodians – agencies and television content creators – to collaborate more than what has been seen so far in the new age, when consumers are actively avoiding commercial messages. In the keynote address, Shelly Lazarus, Chairperson and CEO, O&M Worldwide, also spoke on the need for creative and channel planning to work together.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 1, 2008 6:53 AM

Firangi, the new entertainment channel from Sahara One, has assigned its creative mandate to PerceptH. The channel is slated to launch on February 25, 2008. In an exclusive conversation with exchange4media, Rajeev Chakrabarti, Business Head of Firangi, shares the channel’s plans and other programming initiatives.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Feb 1, 2008 6:52 AM

The consumer is fragmenting between the different channels of communication. We have to know what the consumer is doing, rather than know what the media is doing. The trick for us is to stay a step ahead of the consumer; not too ahead, as then we would get it wrong. But you have to be a step head, and you adapt and build your business in that way then.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 12:00 AM

All the money that’s spent on your ATL and BTL converges at retail. In India, marketers are just waking up to the fact that the shop is where it all matters. The fact is that many still look towards London or the US for solutions to retail design. While the work done in London and the US in the retail space is phenomenal, we need to understand that the purchase path of Indian consumers is quite unique.

exchange4media Staff Feb 1, 2008 12:00 AM