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After empowering more than 55,000 students in 30 cities in North, West and East India, the NIS Academy is planning to expand its operations in South India. The Academy will open educational centres offering employability-linked programmes in key cities in South such as Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Thiruvananthapuram, etc., by March 2008.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 25, 2008 9:00 AM
Entertainment group Pyramid Saimira has acquired a majority stake in Aurona Technologies, a video games and interactive entertainment software company headquartered in London.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 25, 2008 6:56 AM
Raj Network launches Tamil music channel; to roll out music channels in other south Indian languages
Chennai-based Raj Television Network Ltd launched Tamil music channel, Raj Musix, on January 23. Next on the media house’s agenda is to roll out music channels in other south Indian languages – Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada – in the next six months.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 24, 2008 7:01 AM
The 4th edition of Brand Summit will be held in Hyderabad on February 1 and 2, 2008. Organised by the CII, this year’s Summit would have six keynote addresses and 11 case studies, which would be presented during the two-day convention, and highlight the macro and micro issues relevant to building brands.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 23, 2008 7:20 AM
Continuing with its aggressive growth plans, Kalaignar TV is all set to launch two more channels – Isai Aruvi, a music channel, followed by a yet-to-be-named news channel. The test run of Isai Aurvi began on January 20, 2008, while the commercial launch is expected soon.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 21, 2008 7:06 AM
The concept of citizen journalism is gaining ground in India. Following CNN-IBN’s various initiatives around the concept, now Amrita TV is launching a reality show to hunt for the ‘Best Citizen Journalist’ in Kerala. The show, which will premiere on February 4, 2008, would be aired at the primetime slot of 9 pm, Monday to Friday.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 19, 2008 6:42 AM
In a bid to differentiate itself in a cluttered FM market like Chennai, Big FM has repositioned itself as a channel celebrating Tamilian’s pride. Besides integrating the new concept into all its offering, the FM channel would be celebrating ‘Tamilian's pride’ everyday, in every possible way.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 18, 2008 6:46 AM
Thomson’s Technicolor Services division has formed a strategic alliance with DreamWorks Animation to set up a dedicated studio at Paprikaas Animation Studios in Bangalore.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 16, 2008 7:28 AM
Bates David Enterprise, Chennai has shifted to a new location from January 7. The agency’s new address now is Golden Towers, Royapettah High Road, Chennai.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 16, 2008 7:24 AM
Sun Network, one of the largest media houses in India operating satellite television channels in all four South Indian languages, has announced an increase in its advertisement rates ranging from 3 per cent to 30 per cent, with effect from February 1, 2008.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 9, 2008 6:37 AM
Radio One Chennai is turning one on January 10. In order to celebrate the first anniversary, the station has lined up some interesting and entertaining activities for its listeners. The first anniversary celebrations will conclude in early February with an on-ground event titled ‘Radio One Nite’.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 8, 2008 6:54 AM
Telugu daily ‘Andhra Jyothi’ has become the first language newspaper in Andhra Pradesh to introduce all pages colour for its Kakinada edition. The daily is investing Rs 100 crore towards making all of its 19 editions all page colour, and for developing the infrastructure in order to facilitate its expansion plans.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 8, 2008 6:42 AM
Premier Entertainment & Media Pvt Ltd, publishers of English film magazine ‘South Movie Scenes’, recently unveiled another magazine, ‘Bangalore Happenings’. As the name suggests, the magazine is a comprehensive city guide of Bangalore, its hotels, restaurants, resorts, cultural institutes, airport and places of tourist interest.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 5, 2008 6:52 AM
Multi-format mobile advertising platform ZestADZ will now sell ads on the Facebook mobile platform. This will allow Facebook mobile developers to integrate mobile ads with their Facebook mobile applications.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 4, 2008 6:58 AM
Vijay TV is set to launch a third season of its celebrity dance show ‘Jodi No. 1’ on January 4, 2008. With a prize money of Rs 5 lakh along with a ‘Best Performer’ title award for the winner, ‘Garnier Fructis Vijay Jodi No. 1’ would be a 13-episode series to be aired on Fridays and Saturdays in the 8pm time slot.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 4, 2008 6:57 AM
Thomas Xavier, National Creative Director of Orchard Advertising, has been given the added responsibility of Chairman, with effect from January 2, 2008.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jan 3, 2008 6:31 AM
The 29th All India Public Relations Conference was hosted by the Chennai Chapter of the Public Relations Society of India from December 13-15. The theme of the Conference was PR and Infrastructure Development in India and PR Communication and Branding. The event brought together more than 250 PR practitioners from all over India.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 18, 2007 6:28 AM
Owing to the overwhelming following of Amrita TV’s reality shows in the Middle East, the channel has chalked out ‘Amrita TV Super Star Caravan’, a series of live events to be held in the region. The first leg of the Caravan starts in Dubai on December 28 at the Al Nasr Leisureland Ice Rink.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 17, 2007 6:54 AM
Jaya TV Network has recently launched two new channels – Jaya Plus and Jaya Max. While Jaya Plus is a 24-hour news channel, the latter is a music channel. With these launches, Jaya TV hopes to strengthen its offering and hopes to garner more eyeballs with its bouquet of channels.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 14, 2007 6:11 AM
Sulekha.com has introduced classifieds ads on mobile handsets. This latest feature enables users to view classifieds listings, post a classified ad and access them through their mobile handsets.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 12, 2007 6:12 AM
Following the success of the Essel Group-promoted Indian Cricket League (ICL), leading multi-system operators (MSO) of South India – Sun Cable Vision and Polimer – have signed a deal with Zee Turner to telecast Zee Sports in all the TAM cities such as Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tripur Tirunelveli, Salem, Kanchipram and Thiruvannamallai.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 6, 2007 6:45 AM
BharatMatrimony Group has announced a name change of its holding company to Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. The new corporate name has been designed to represent the Group's various business verticals – BharatMatrimony.com, Clickjobs.com , Indiaproperty.com , Indialist.com , Loanwala.com and Indiaautomobile.com , under a common philosophy.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 6, 2007 6:42 AM
To celebrate the birthday of actor Rajnikanth, which falls on December 12, Vijay TV has lined up a lot of activities, and will air a special show ‘Mannadhi Mannan’ from December 3-13, Monday to Thursday, at 10 pm.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 3, 2007 6:22 AM
Chennai chapter of Public Relations Society of India will play host to the 29th All India Public Relations Conference. To be held on December 13-15, the Conference will see the participation of over 250 PR practitioners from all over the country. The core focus would be on ‘Public Relations and Infrastructure Development in India’.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 3, 2007 6:21 AM
24x7guru.com, a provider of online diagnostic and self-assessment tools, has partnered with Tata Sky to offer interactive learning on television. This partnership will enable the website to provide content for Tata Sky’s ‘Actve Learning’, which is a quiz-based educational service covering Mathematics, General Knowledge and Science for children in the age group of seven-11.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 1, 2007 6:24 AM
In a bid to build a greater connect with its youth TG, CavinKare has unveiled a website for its brand Spinz. Spinz, which targets young women with its deodorants, talcum powder and perfumes, aims to interact with its young consumers through this virtual space.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 1, 2007 6:22 AM
Tanla Solutions Ltd, a Hyderabad-based telecommunications software and services provider with worldwide operations, has awarded its branding, creative and digital requirements to RK Swamy BBDO following a multi-agency pitch.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Nov 30, 2007 6:03 AM
Pyramid Saimira Theatres Ltd (PSTL) has announced its strategic acquisition of Mumbai-based Dimples Cine Advertising Pvt. Ltd. PSTL has acquired 51 per cent stake in the company, for an undisclosed sum. Dimples Cine Advertising will continue to be headquartered in Mumbai.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Nov 29, 2007 6:03 AM
Jaya TV has launched yet another reality show, ‘Mrs Homemaker’ that is aimed at bringing to the fore innate talents of young housewives. The hour-long show premiered on November 23, and is being aired on Fridays, at 9.30 pm.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Nov 29, 2007 6:00 AM
Vijay TV, the Tamil entertainment channel from the STAR India, is out to woo audiences from an IT background with ‘Kumaran Silks Paadum Office’. This music competition-based show will premiere on November 24, and will be aired every Saturday at 7 pm.
exchange4media Chennai Bureau Nov 24, 2007 5:59 AM
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