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Day two of EEMAGINE 2009, the three-day convention by The Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), saw sessions that took on important topics concerning the events industry, such as ‘A Global Perspective of the Event Industry’ and setting up guidelines for the industry.

exchange4media Staff Jul 11, 2009 9:31 AM

Big FM, the radio initiative from Adlabs Films Ltd, on July 10 announced the launch of its FM station in Shimla. This launch marks the completion of Big FM’s Phase II licenses and thus the FM player expands its network to the 45th FM station across India. This also marks the entry of India’s first private FM station in Himachal Pradesh.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 11, 2009 9:18 AM

After consolidating in 2008, be it through an alliance with Zoom TV or Star India, Nautanki.tv this year plans to expand further into Indian languages. The online video network also plans to go mobile significantly in the coming months.

Robin Thomas Jul 11, 2009 9:17 AM

“We are very much dovetailing into the general macro economic indicators, which is the growth of the general electronic segment, retiling more disposable income and more easily accessible different platforms. India is one of the markets where home entertainment is still a growing segment and we don’t see that change for the next mid- to long-term,” say Cartoon Network Enterprise’s Dulce Lim Chen and Jibi George.

exchange4media Staff Jul 11, 2009 9:16 AM

A week after the presentation of the Railway Budget 2009, travel portals offering train bookings are delighted with the response from visitors. The announcement of reduction in the number of days for advance booking and the extra fare charges is bringing more traffic to online travel companies.

exchange4media Staff Jul 11, 2009 9:14 AM

Indian Newspaper Congress 2009, held in the Capital on July 10, saw industry heavyweights discussing wide-ranging topics – from the growth and future of the newspaper industry to content to reinventing the newspaper. This joint initiative of the Indian Newspaper Society and the exchange4media Group provided a platform for the industry to convene and revisit various facets of the Indian newspaper industry.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 11, 2009 9:13 AM

Amit Chaudhery: Text 100 has announced the appointment of Amit Chaudhery to the position of managing director for Text 100 India. Chaudhery joins Text 100 from Motorola India where he was Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs. He will report directly to Rowan Benecke, Text 100 Regional Consultancy Director for APAC. Chaudhery brings in 20 years experience across many communications disciplines and sectors including advertising, journalism, public relations, corporate affairs, television producing and acting. As Managing Director for Text 100 India, Chaudhery will be responsible for the overall leadership, strategy and direction of the business in India incorporating Text 100, GRO and sister agency Vox.

exchange4media Staff Jul 11, 2009 8:34 AM

Nagananda Kumar: Lowe Lintas has announced the appointment of Nagananda Kumar as ‘Corporate Coach’ and HR Director. His responsibilities include leadership coaching, streamlining and automating HR operations, developing and implementing professional development programs. Kumar has worked with companies like companies like Mudra Communications, Exxon Basic Chemicals, Hughes Space and Communications (now Boeing); GM-OnStar, GMAC-RFC, Oracle Corporation and Robert Mondavi.

exchange4media Staff Jul 11, 2009 8:33 AM

Ibibo Web Pvt Ltd, which launched Tradus.in, an auctions platform, on July 8, 2009, has appointed Rahul Sethi as President e-Commerce. Sethi would be responsible for building up and driving all e-commerce properties for the company. Prior to joining, Ibibo, Sethi had founded MobileNXT and was Head of E-commerce at Web18, a part of the Network18 Group. He was a core part of the Baazee.com team (from April 2000 to January 2006), and had worked in various roles of category management and later in marketing at eBay India (eBay bought over Baazee in June 2004). As Head of Marketing and General Manager, Futurebazaar.com (January 2006 – December 2007), Sethi had launched the brand and was instrumental in taking the company among the top three e-commerce websites in the country. In less than a year of launch, Futurebazaar was judged the best shopping website in PC-World Web Awards 2007.

exchange4media Staff Jul 11, 2009 8:32 AM