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Trigger Apparel Ltd has appointed Tribe 10, Chennai for the creative duties for Trigger Jeans following a multi-agency pitch. The size of the business is estimated to be in the region of Rs 2 to 3 crore. Mudra, Bangalore is the incumbent agency.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 25, 2007 9:12 AM

Shobitha Viswanathan has joined Mudra Chennai as Director-Brand Communications. She will be assisting Vigneshwar Iyer in managing Mudra operations in Chennai.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 23, 2007 9:09 AM

Cartoon Network has roped in South India’s leading playback singer Karthik to sing the title track of ‘Pokemon’ to be aired in Tamil and Telugu. The show is being aired on Cartoon Network in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 19, 2007 9:23 AM

Turner International India Pvt. Ltd has expanded its association with Mobile2win. As part of this initiative, Mobile2win will create a WAP site for Cartoon Network and provide support in content distribution across mobile carriers for the network.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 17, 2007 9:16 AM

After the overwhelming response to its shows ‘Super Star’ and ‘Super Star Junior’, Amrita TV has launched yet another reality show. Called ‘Super Dancer’, the show was launched on May 14 and will be aired from Monday to Friday at 9.30 pm.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 15, 2007 9:02 AM

Chennai-based agency be positive 24 has bagged the creative duties of ‘baby’s day out’, a one-of-its kind children’s daycare and activity centre spread across 5,000 square feet and equipped to handle children as young as eight months to 12 years.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 10, 2007 9:15 AM

Vijay TV is gearing to strengthen its primetime offering with the launch of a slew of new programmes like a dance show ‘Dhool’, a comedy show ‘King Queen Jack’, and a game show called ‘Jillunu Oru Challenge’.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 10, 2007 9:07 AM

www.krishcricket.com, a cricket gaming site launched by former Indian cricket captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth in May 2006, has added two new games – Multi Player & Captain of Captains.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 8, 2007 9:14 AM

Raj Television Network is all set to launch a youth channel in September 2007. Apart from the youth channel that would target the youth across the country, Raj Network is also planning to launch 11 new channels. Additionally, Raj TV has announced the launch of new shows for the primetime slots.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 5, 2007 8:51 AM

Ranju K Mohan, VP (Sales & Marketing), Henkel India, was re-elected President of the Advertising Club Madras at the AGM held last week. R Seshadri, MD, Anugrah Madison, was elected VP, and P Subramanian of Interface Communications as Secretary.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 2, 2007 8:53 AM

Sun Network is now looking at consolidating the regional children’s channel space with the launch of Chutti, a 24-hour children’s channel that hit the airwaves on April 29. The media behemoth is also planning to add three more children’s channels in Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam to its bouquet by 2007 end.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau May 2, 2007 8:47 AM

Radio Indigo 91.9 FM, a Jupiter Capital venture which was launched in Bangalore on September, 2007, is all set to roll out its second station in Panaji in May, 2007. Embracing a mood-based programming approach, the station will play slow, peppy numbers at the start of the day and up the tempo as the day progresses, said, K Sanjay Prabhu, COO, Radio Indigo.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 28, 2007 9:20 AM

Sun TV will be launching its 24-hour children’s channel Chutti TV on April 29 after a month-long on-air promo. Chutti TV would be the only exclusive Tamil children’s channel designed around the lives, loves, hopes and the sense of fun of children. The target audience of Chutti TV is children in the age group of two to 14.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 27, 2007 9:11 AM

Chennai-based FMCG major CavinKare has appointed Mediaedge:cia as its agency on record. The company has earmarked a budget of Rs 30 crore for media spends. Hitherto, the media duties were handled by CavinKare’s in-house agency Hemalata Enterprises.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 27, 2007 9:08 AM

Amrita TV is entering into third year of operation this month. As part of its second anniversary, the channel would be hosting the third edition of the Amrita Film Awards at Chandrasekharan Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on May 5.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 24, 2007 9:19 AM

Oneindia.in networks’ regional portals like ThatsTamil.com, ThatsKannada.com, ThatsTelugu.com and ThatsMalayalam.com are completing seven years of operations in this month. Since their launch in 2000, the regional portals have come a long way in serving a diaspora of online audience.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 18, 2007 9:37 AM

Zee Kannada is coming up a show called ‘Sandhyaaradhane’. This new concept will offer the viewers a chance to conduct ‘pooja’ in their names or for their loved ones, at places of worship, while still in the comfort of their homes.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 14, 2007 9:09 AM

Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd has acquired a stake of close to 17 per cent in Bangalore-based Leisure & Lifestyle Information Services, constituting both equity and convertibles.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 14, 2007 9:06 AM

Raj Television Network Ltd has posted revenues of Rs 386.42 million, an operating profit of Rs 183.19 million, and a profit after tax of Rs 107.17 million for the financial year ended March 31, 2007.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 13, 2007 9:26 AM

Adlabs Films Pvt. Ltd is all set for the launch of BIG 92.7 FM in Tirupati shortly. By mid-2007, the radio station aims to be present across India from Srinagar to Trivandrum, and Surat to Guwahati.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 12, 2007 9:37 AM

The Advertising Club of Cochin is all set for the annual creative awards ceremony on May 11 this year, and this year, it is inviting entries from all over South India for the first time.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 9, 2007 9:13 AM

R Seshadri has taken over as Managing Director of Anugrah Madison Advertising Pvt. Ltd, a leading rural marketing agency, which is a unit of Madison World. He has taken over the post from RV Rajan, who will continue as the non-executive Chairman of the company.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 5, 2007 9:36 AM

Amrita TV is gearing up for yet another reality show. ‘Vanitaratnam’ would provide a platform for the young mothers to bring to the fore their inherent talents that would otherwise go unnoticed. The show will go on air on April 9.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 3, 2007 11:06 AM

Radio Mirchi Bangalore has recently repositioned itself as an FM station playing Kannada music predominantly. The channel would play 80 per cent Kannada music and the rest 20 per cent would comprise Hindi and English music.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Apr 2, 2007 9:45 AM

Global Adjustments, one of the pioneers in cross-cultural education, has launched an educational portal www.globalindian.com. Designed for professionals seeking to function effectively in a global environment, the portal targets Indians going abroad for work.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 22, 2007 10:04 AM

Airtel Super Singer Junior, a recently launched reality component on Vijay TV, has opened with a channel share of 13.6 per cent in Chennai (source: TAM; Week 9; CS ABC 4+; Fri-Sat 8pm).
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 20, 2007 9:41 AM

Global Internet advertising network provider MediosOne, part of the Ybrant family, has associated itself with Integrid Media, a Mumbai-based integrated media solutions provider. This business relationship will place Integrid Media as the exclusive representative of MediosOne in India.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 16, 2007 9:30 AM

Mobility solution provider mobile-worx has launched ZestADZ, a comprehensive mobile advertising platform which will enable advertisers to launch highly targeted keyword-based marketing campaigns that can deliver mobile advertisements across any mobile platform.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 15, 2007 9:53 AM

Sify Ltd has appointed Big Bang Media as their official Hindi content aggregation partner across all genres of entertainment for the various Sify online verticals – viz. Sify.com, Sifymax.com and Samachar.com.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 12, 2007 9:50 AM

Buoyed by ABC’s recent report that puts Malayala Manorama daily’s circulation at 15 lakh copies, the Kerala-based media major is planning to come up with more editions in the state.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Mar 10, 2007 8:33 AM