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Bhuvanesh Khanna, the Durables Business head at Reliance Retail’s corporate in Mumbai for their Reliance Digital business, is moving. Khanna is headed back to Delhi after three years.

exchange4media Staff Apr 25, 2009 4:41 PM

Neo Cricket has roped in Idea Cellular as title sponsor for their sports show ‘Dial ‘C’ for Cricket’. Neo Sports has revamped the show, which now sports a new look, and has worked on making it more interactive, mainly keeping in mind the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) Season 2.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 25, 2009 8:47 AM

Sify Technologies has launched its online search services powered by Sprice.com, which would allow Sify users to compare offers on various hotels, check the customer reviews and make bookings from a host of travel products available on the Internet.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 25, 2009 8:45 AM

Y&R’s Global Chairman and CEO, Hamish McLennan, will be bringing to Cannes Lions 2009 Roger Daltrey and Harvey Goldsmith. The two music industry giants will talk on their on-stage to behind-the-scenes experiences. The seminar will take place at the Debussy auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes at 4 pm on June 25, 2009.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 25, 2009 8:45 AM

INX News has announced that Arup Ghosh, Head of News Room, would be exiting the company with immediate effect. Also, the transition period, where Vynsley Fernandes was working with the INX News management, is over and Fernandes, too, would head out of the organisation. NewsX is currently in the process of working on its new identity.

exchange4media Staff Apr 25, 2009 8:44 AM

OgilvAction, OgilvyOne and Ogilvy Public Relations have joined hands for a brand activation project for Lipton Yellow Label. The online project claimed to be the ‘World’s Largest Online Collaborated Jigsaw Challenge’, aims to put India in the record books as the sharpest thinkers in the world.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 25, 2009 8:42 AM

“There are too many scam ads! When creative people don’t care about doing real work well, then the real work is never going to be done well enough. If you want to do scam, it is fine, but when you enter in a creative show, the show should have a separate category for it, called ‘Scam’. So, let’s not pretend,” says Simon Sherwood, Group CEO, BBH Worldwide.

exchange4media Staff Apr 25, 2009 8:41 AM

Raymond Ltd has announced the appointment of S Raghunathan as President - Finance for the group. Raghunathan has over two decades of experience in the field of finance and has spent the last 16 years with Hindustan Unilever Ltd in the capacity of Vice-President, Finance Home & Personal Care. He has also worked with other leading corporate entities like Sundaram Finance. Commenting on the appointment, Deepak Khetrapal, COO, Raymond Ltd, said, “We are very excited about S Raghunathan joining us. His extensive experience and positive outlook will benefit Raymond. Together we are confident of taking the Raymond Group to the next level very quickly.”

exchange4media Staff Apr 25, 2009 7:55 AM

Solutions | Digitas has appointed Vivek Ballabh as Associate Vice-President - Digital Media. Ballabh will lead the Digital Media strategy and planning function for Solutions | Digitas. He moves from Webchutney where he worked as Head of Media Planning. On Ballabh’s appointment, Kanika Mathur, President & Co-founder, Solutions | Digitas, said, “We are elated to have Vivek in our team. He will spearhead the newly-constituted media strategy and planning division, which will synchronise the efforts of our digital and direct marketing divisions.” Ballabh brings with him more than seven years of experience in online marketing and branding. He has worked with several Fortune 500 brands like AMD, Fritolays, 7Up, Microsoft, Makemytrip.com and Airtel. He began his career in the online marketing domain with CareerCommunity.com.

exchange4media Staff Apr 25, 2009 7:54 AM