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Abdul Khan has been appointed as Advisor to the Managing Director and Head - GSM Marketing at Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd (TTML). Khan will report to Dr Mukund Rajan, Managing Director, TTML. He joins TTML from TTSL, where he was Vice President & Head - Brand & Marketing Communications. Khan has over 20 years’ experience in brand marketing and advertising. A graduate of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Ahmedabad, Khan has worked across product markets. His work experience includes Asian Paints and Mudra Communications.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 2:21 PM

Bhaskar Group has appointed Namita Bawa as Head of Product Development. She will be based in Delhi and will be responsible for marketing, development and revenue enhancement of all products, including the flagship products. Besides these, Bawa will also be responsible for the Group’s new launches in the Indian market. She joins Bhaskar Group with a rich experience of 12 years spanning several marketing majors. Prior to joining Bhaskar, Bawa had worked with GPI and McCann Erickson.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 2:20 PM

Ibibo.com has appointed Sanjay Bhasin as Executive Vice President, Revenues and Business Development. In this role, Bhasin will drive advertising sales and business development functions that drive monetisation for all of ibibo.com’s properties. Bhasin has 18 years’ experience and has played a critical role with different media and entertainment houses. He has been part of several founding teams of various businesses like radio and television ventures of The Times of India and Walt Disney’s launch in the country. Before joining ibibo.com, he was VP, Network Sales of UTV channels. Before his stint with UTV, Bhasin was Associate Director at Walt Disney India. Prior to Disney, he had worked with several early stage businesses and launches, such as MTV, Indiatimes.com, Buena Vista (Disney and Lalit Modi’s JV), and Times Group (Times FM and Times TV), among others.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 2:14 PM

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has elevated Anurag Bedi to Business Head of Zee Muzic, ETC Music and Zee Trendz with immediate effect. This position is in addition to his current responsibility of heading Sales for Zee Muzic and ETC Music. Bedi has been heading Zee Music and ETC music channels since February 2007. He had joined Zee as Deputy Vice President - Sales, from Star, where he was looking after the South and West operations of Star Plus and Star One. Meanwhile, Lubna Adam takes charge as Creative Head of Zee Muzic, ETC Music and Zee Trendz. She will be reporting to Bedi. Vishal Malhotra will head Play TV along with his current responsibility as Director of Corner Shop.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 2:13 PM

The effects of the economic slowdown are beginning to reflect on balance sheets. TV Today has joined the media companies reporting dip in profits in the third quarter. TV Today’s Q3 net has dropped 48 per cent to Rs 8.67 crore as against Rs 16.7 crore in the corresponding quarter of FY08.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 7:30 AM

NDTV Ltd has reported a Q3 loss of Rs 120 crore from a loss of Rs 32.02 crore in the corresponding quarter of FY08. The company’s consolidated revenues stood at Rs 131 crores during the quarter compared to Rs. 108.50 crore during the same quarter in the previous year, a growth of 21 per cent year-on-year.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 7:29 AM

India Inc got together to honour the achievements of the best in Corporate India at the CNBC-TV18’s India Business Leader Awards, presented by Accenture and held in Mumbai at a well-attended ceremony on January 22. exchange4media.com was the online media partner for the event, while impact was the trade partner.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 24, 2009 7:28 AM

Mudra’s brand strategy and design consultancy unit Water has bagged the first IAA Creative Lantern Award, announced by the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) at an event in Mumbai on January 23 that saw the presence of the who’s who of marketing, advertising and media fraternity.

Tasneem Limbdiwala Jan 24, 2009 7:27 AM

Nimbus Sport, which has bagged the telecast rights for the India-Sri Lanka series commencing from January 28, 2009, has signed on IDBI Fortis as the title sponsor for the series. Neo Cricket was paid approximately Rs 14 crore by IDBI Fortis for the title sponsorship. The sports channel is eyeing around Rs 80 crore in revenues from the series.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 24, 2009 7:26 AM

The unprecedented success of IPL Season 1 has made everyone – from industrialists to the viewers – expecting more from IPL Season 2. In an exclusive conversation with exchange4media, Sneha Rajani, EVP & Business Head, MAX, asserts that the Season 2 of IPL would be bigger and better.

Robin Thomas Jan 24, 2009 7:25 AM

If I said there is nothing happening in the world, everything is fine, I would be wrong. However, the fact of the matter is we are doing very well. In these kinds of scenarios, leadership plays a very important role. If there was a client who was buying 25-30 channels and is buying 10 today, we are fortunately part of that 10, and because we are part of that 10, we are fine. In any media company, it’s the No. 1 and No. 2 that will make money, the rest will lose.

exchange4media Staff Jan 24, 2009 12:00 AM