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10AM Communications, a Singapore-based creative agency, has partnered with Bates 141. 10AM will continue to work independently, yet collaborate closely with Bates 141.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 2, 2008 8:56 AM
CNBC-TV18 has launched new weekend shows that aim to deliver power-packed content featuring a host of topics, from business to entertainment to luxury and current affairs. The shows will be aired only on Saturdays and Sundays.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 2, 2008 8:54 AM
PR agency Blue Lotus Communications has bagged nine new accounts across India over the last two months. The new clients signed on include Nasscom Foundation, Parle 20-20, Chennai Live, and Omnia BPO Services, among others. The agency has a core focus on healthcare, technology, brands and finance.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 2, 2008 8:53 AM
UTV Software Communications Ltd has announced a 176 per cent jump in its net profit for the first quarter of FY 09 to Rs 251 million. Its revenues for the said period has also grown by 154 per cent to Rs 1.45 billion.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 30, 2008 8:47 AM
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) on July 29 announced its newly-instituted ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ as the highest honour to be given to an individual in India for his/her outstanding contribution to the advertising industry. The first recipient of this Award is Ranjan Kapur, Country Manager-India, WPP.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 30, 2008 8:41 AM
Big FM has promoted Nirupam Sonu as Vice President, Programming. Sonu will be overseeing the entire programming function of Big FM stations across India. He will be reporting to COO Tarun Katial.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 29, 2008 8:14 AM
Vispy Doctor, Managing Director of Ormax Consultants Pvt Ltd, and Shailesh Kapoor, former Business Head of Filmy channel, have come together to launch a new venture, Ormax Media. The consumer knowledge and consulting firm will specialise in entertainment business.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 29, 2008 8:14 AM
PerceptH has been assigned the creative mandate for premium personal care brands, Yardley and Finesse, from the Lornamead Group. The win comes following a pitch involving four agencies. The Yardley portfolio will include soaps, deodorants, talc and shower cream, while Finesse will have shampoo and conditioners.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 29, 2008 8:13 AM
Even as there is still time for the TAM Media Research data to be released on the UPA Government’s Trust Vote that had created quite a stir across the country, aMap data shows that Hindi news genre grew by 48 per cent during the Trust Vote coverage, while English news genre had grown by 17 per cent when compared to the previous week. Aaj Tak and Times Now led in their respective TGs.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 28, 2008 8:09 AM
BPL Mobile has launched a single platform to explore a variety of infotainment with mobile, with TV, cricket updates, Bollywood content, astrology, ring tones, wallpapers, movie clips, chat, exciting games, movie/airline ticket booking, railway PNR status enquiry, etc.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 26, 2008 8:37 AM
SAB is all set to bring popular journalist and columnist Taarak Mehta’s humour to the small screen in a new family show ‘Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah’. The show premieres on July 28 and will be aired Monday to Thursday at 8.30 pm. It revolves around the members of a single housing society who face common real life situations.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 26, 2008 8:32 AM
Harmeet Singh has joined mKhoj as Head of Ad Sales. He moves from Zapak (a Reliance Big Entertainment company), where he had helped set up the sales team and was also instrumental in getting some of the largest strategic alliances and sales deals with Pepsi, Domino’s and McDonald’s.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 26, 2008 8:31 AM
Chandamama, the 61-year old children’s magazine, is now going ahead in its cyber avatar. The publication has launched its online portals in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. It already has a portal in English and will soon launch websites in Marathi and Oriya languages.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 26, 2008 8:30 AM
Umesh Shrikhande has been promoted as CEO of Contract India. With this, Contract has completed changes in its top management, following the appointment of Ravi Deshpande as Chairman and Chief Creative officer, and Jagdip Bakshi moving on to a global role at JWT. Shrikhande has spent more than a decade with Contract.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 25, 2008 8:16 AM
WPP has announced that Miles Young, Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Asia, has been named as Global CEO of The Ogilvy Group, succeeding Shelly Lazarus who has led the company for 11 years. Lazarus would remain Chairman of The Ogilvy Group. The changes are effective January 1, 2009. Young’s successor for APAC would be Tim Isaac. Simultaneously, Paul Heath has been designated to the new post of CEO.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 24, 2008 8:41 AM
CNBC-TV18, which is celebrating the seventh successful year of its award winning show ‘Storyboard’, has embarked on StoryRoad, an on-ground event to engage with India’s marketing and advertising community. The first StoryRoad event was held in Delhi on June 27. Mumbai played host to the event on July 23 and saw enthusiastic participation from the industry.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 24, 2008 8:37 AM
WPP has announced that Miles Young, Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Asia, has been named as Global CEO of The Ogilvy Group,
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 23, 2008 1:28 PM
No, the Jetix Premier League (JPL) is not a cricket tournament for kids, but a one-of-a-kind initiative where viewers will form their individual on-air teams to compete in the Jetix Premier League played on the channel. The channel will tour 600 schools and engage four lakh kids across six metros.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 23, 2008 8:47 AM
In a bid to infuse some more life into Parle Hide & Seek biscuits, Everest Brand Solutions has come up with a multimedia campaign based on the platform of temptation with the tagline ‘Tasty Itna Ki Dil Aa Jaye’. A TVC featuring Hrithik Roshan recently broke on major channels.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 23, 2008 8:39 AM
Madhukar Kamath, Managing Director & CEO, Mudra Communications, has been unanimously re-elected President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2008-09 at the Annual General Body meeting of the AAAI held in Mumbai on July 22. Colvyn Harris, CEO, JWT, has been elected Vice-President.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 23, 2008 8:37 AM
Social networking site MySpace has announced the launch of ‘TheGame08’, a Pan-Asian game applications competition. TheGame08, which began on July 17, would culminate on September 14, and is open to developers who are legal residents of China, India, Japan and Korea, and are at least 18 years of age.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 22, 2008 8:20 AM
Times Now recently added a new show on wellness, ‘No Full Stops!’, to its weekend line-up. Keeping in mind the rising stress levels due to modern day living, the show aims to provide solutions on how to cope with everyday stress. The show would be aired on Saturdays at 7.30 pm, with repeat telecasts on Sundays at 12.30 pm and 6.30 pm.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 22, 2008 8:16 AM
Mudra Connext has been recently appointed as the integrated media AOR for Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd. This is the second major win for Mudra Connext in less than a month, and the cumulative value of the businesses won by the agency in the past five months would be well over Rs 700 million.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 22, 2008 8:14 AM
WPP has announced the appointment of John O’Keeffe, former Executive Creative Director of BBH, as Worldwide Creative Director. He will be reporting directly to Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP. In this new full time role, John O’Keeffe will work with WPP companies globally to help raise creative standards. He will be based in London.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 18, 2008 8:34 AM
Radio Audience Measurement, the radio listenership service from TAM Media Research, is completing one year of industry service. In keeping with expansion plans, RAM on July 17 announced the launch of its service in the Kolkata market.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 18, 2008 8:27 AM
Kartik Iyer has been appointed as Managing Director of Carat India. He is taking over from PV Narayanmoorthy. Iyer’s last assignment was to bring in corporate trading company Active International to India.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 18, 2008 8:26 AM
Concept Communication has taken a strategic stake in the public relations business of Zzebra. This strategic partnership with Concept Communication would result in a stronger team and a wider footprint for Zzebra PR, which will now cover 12 cities and 36 other major centres across India, as also in the UK, Middle East and Singapore.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 17, 2008 8:34 AM
STAR has announced some key appointments to enhance its programming and content function. Jyotsna Viriyala has been appointed as VP-Programming for STAR World India and Star Movies India. Bonny Yu has been named VP-Programming for Xing Kong, STAR’s flagship Mandarin GEC for Mainland China, while Jennifer Batty has been appointed as VP-Programming, Star World.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 17, 2008 8:32 AM
INX Media has made two senior appointments in its sales team. Rahul Shaw has come on board as Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales, for INX News. He would be responsible for driving the revenue function of NewsX and the other upcoming channels of INX News. Pawan Jailkhani has been appointed Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales, for INX Media. He will drive the revenue function for Hindi GEC 9X.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 17, 2008 8:31 AM
Business Bhaskar, the pink daily from Dainik Bhaskar, has launched two new editions in Indore and Raipur on July 12. On the same day, Bhaskar also unveild its multi-media pan India campaign, ‘Zidd Karo’.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 16, 2008 9:55 AM
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