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RK Swamy BBDO has won the creative duties for Suzuki Motorcycle and My FM. The collective billings from the two businesses are in the region of Rs 60 crore. The incumbent agency for both the accounts is Grey Worldwide.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2008 2:30 PM

Ogilvy & Mather India CEO, Pratap Bose, has called it quits after 15 years at the agency. He is moving to the Mudra group of companies. Prior to his becoming CEO of O&M, he was President of Ogilvy Activation, and Managing Director, Kinetic (South Asia).

Tasneem Limbdiwala Jun 10, 2008 1:08 PM

Tribal DDB Worldwide announced on Monday the promotion of Paul Gunning, President of Tribal DDB US East, to CEO of the award winning, global digital network. Gunning succeeds Matt Freeman, who has accepted the post of CEO of GoFish, a digital media and entertainment company.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2008 8:11 AM

‘Bones’ is returning on Star World for its second season starting Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at 10 PM. It is a forensic-focused drama. This season’s guest stars are Jessica Capshaw (The Practice), British comedian Stephen Fry and Hollywood veteran Ryan O’Neal.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2008 8:10 AM

Laqshya Media has joined hands with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) as the out-of-home media partner for IIFA Awards 2008, an annual event that promotes Indian cinema globally. It will be a 15-day pan-India campaign across all outdoor platforms.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 10, 2008 8:10 AM

Radio Indigo invited Bangaloreans to apply for the position of a Sales Executive for a Monaco-based company. It created history of sorts by making the candidates go through a stress interview live on-air. The campaign helped create awareness about the company.

exchange4media Bangalore Bureau Jun 10, 2008 8:09 AM

Games2win.com, a popular online gaming destination, has launched ‘Slapster’, its first application on the social network site Orkut. In the first few days of going live, Slapster has already scaled the number one position amongst Orkuteers.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2008 8:08 AM

After nearly three decades of association with Lowe Worldwide, Pranesh Misra, Global Director – Marketing Accountability, has called it quits. Misra plans to launch a KPO venture in the marketing data analytics and insight mining area, servicing Fortune 500 clients in the developed countries.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 10, 2008 8:07 AM

Suvrangsu Mukherjee is joining Total Sports Asia (TSA) as Managing Director. His last stint was with IMG where he was Vice-president, India and South Asia, for four years. TSA is an integrated sports marketing company with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Tokyo. It opened its Indian operations this month.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2008 8:06 AM

Starcom IP has appointed Ambika Tiku as Business Director and Market Leader for India. Tiku is moving from Lowe India where she was Head of Digital. The agency simultaneously announced that current Starcom IP India Leader Hari Shankar will be moving into a product-focused regional role.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 10, 2008 8:05 AM

The industry is keeping a close watch on the result of the creative review of consumer durables giant Videocon. O&M is the agency on board. There have been reports recently that Saatchi & Saatchi is slated to get the business, but company officials have clarified that the decision is yet to be finalised.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Jun 10, 2008 8:04 AM

Close on the heels of winning the Triveni Media business, TME Delhi has now bagged DuPont. The account size is estimated between Rs 5-6 crore. DuPont is expected to launch new products this year for which a multimedia activity has been planned.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 10, 2008 8:03 AM

Indian media major HT Media Ltd, and leading German media group, Hubert Burda, have formed a JV to tap growing media platforms in India and Asia. The JV will leverage HT Media's world-class expertise in printing and publishing, and Burda's large and global multimedia operation.

exchange4media Staff Jun 10, 2008 8:02 AM