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Home entertainment company Excel Home Videos has announced Roby Abraham as its new CEO. The appointment is part of the expansion plans at Excel Productions Audio Visuals, which also owns Excel Interactive (a leading gaming company and India licensee for Electronic Arts and Disney Interactive Studios), My Baby Excels (recently launched premium toy brand) and Movie Retail. Abraham has more then 11 years of work experience in the entertainment industry in senior management positions at Megastar Home Entertainment, Excel Productions Audio Visuals Pvt Ltd, Thakral Home Entertainment and BMG Crescendo (India) Pvt Ltd. Excel Home Videos is a division of Excel Productions Audio Visuals and an exclusive home entertainment licensee to Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, Walt Disney Studios, HIT Entertainment, Aamir Khan Productions and Merchant Ivory Films.

exchange4media Staff Jan 9, 2009 8:25 AM

Titus Upputuru, Senior Creative Director, O&M Delhi, has put in his papers at the agency. Upputuru has been with Ogilvy for the last six years. Since then he has been working on brands like Afghan Telecom, the Hutch Delhi Marathon, Sprite, Kinley, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Fanta, Grasim Suitings, WWF, Dabur, Seagram's and some brands of Perfetti Van Melle. Prior to Ogilvy, Upputuru had worked agencies like Grey Worldwide (then Trikaya Grey) and TBWA India (then TBWA Anthem). As of now, Upputuru has not decided his next move.

exchange4media Staff Jan 9, 2009 8:23 AM

For Percept Ltd, the year 2009 marks the completion of 25 years in entertainment, media and communications. The company is celebrating the anniversary with a special website that would showcase Percept’s achievements and milestones.

exchange4media Staff Jan 9, 2009 7:51 AM

Triveni Media Ltd, the fully-owned subsidiary of real estate and infrastructure group Triveni Infrastructure Development Co Ltd, is foraying further into the regional news space with the launch of VOI Uttar Pradesh. The launch follows VOI Rajasthan and VOI MP/Chhattisgarh channels, which were launched in September 2008.

exchange4media Staff Jan 9, 2009 7:32 AM

Ad Club Bombay has commenced its activities for 2009 with its ‘Competence Building Program’. The workshop, being held in Mumbai on January 9, will have Priti Nair, Managing Partner, BBH, and Abhijit Avasthi, ECD-South Asia, O&M India, holding sessions on ‘Think Global, Act Local’ and ‘Thank God, I’m in Advertising’, respectively.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Jan 9, 2009 7:31 AM

The Advertising Club Bangalore has elected Malavika R Harita, CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Focus, as its new President for the year 2009-10. Harita takes over from PR Satheesh, COO, Tag Media Network, who is the outgoing President.

Tuhina Anand Jan 9, 2009 7:29 AM

The first week’s ratings of the new TAM panel are here. The industry is still grappling with what the overall impact of the new panel would be, given the fact that the second phase of this update would be active only by week 6. Hindi GECs have scored better than what the ratings of the last week were, even though the two panel numbers cannot be compared directly.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jan 9, 2009 7:28 AM

TV9 Mumbai, a 24x7 Hindi news and current affairs urban channel from ABCL group of companies, is hitting airwaves on January 9. Chandramohan Puppala has been roped in as Channel Head. TV9 Mumbai will target the big cities of Maharashtra with a primary focus on Mumbai. According to sources, Rs 22 crore had been spent on the channel.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 9, 2009 7:28 AM

Businessworld's Editor Jehangir Pocha, who had taken charge in March 2007, has decided to move on. Even though speculation on this had been rife for some months now, it is understood that Pocha has now put in his papers. Details on his replacement at Businessworld are not known as yet. It is learnt that Businessworld would make an announcement on this today.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jan 9, 2009 7:26 AM