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Rohit Ohri expected to head Dentsu Branded Agencies APAC?blur=25

Dentsu's Rohit Ohri is slated to be heading to Singapore later this month to head Dentsu Branded agencies for the APAC region, indicate industry insiders

Priyanka Mehra Jun 2, 2015 9:26 AM

Hindi GEC genre recovers with end of IPL??blur=25

The end of IPL season seems to spell good news for the Hindi GEC genre, though the increased GRPs are a result of non-prime time viewing in week 21

Priyanka Mehra Jun 1, 2015 11:01 AM

Hindi GEC genre recovers with end of IPL??blur=25

The end of IPL season seems to spell good news for the Hindi GEC genre, though the increased GRPs are a result of non-prime time viewing in week 21

Priyanka Mehra Jun 1, 2015 9:19 AM

Mediacom wins media duties of SABMiller?blur=25

The agency is handling all the traditional media duties for the brand, confirm industry sources. The account was won after a multi-agency pitch

Priyanka Mehra May 27, 2015 9:12 AM

McCain Foods India scouts for a media agency?blur=25

Madison Media is currently handling the media duties for McCain Foods. The agency won the account in 2013

Priyanka Mehra May 27, 2015 8:50 AM

Snapdeal awards its media mandate to Madison Media?blur=25

The incumbent agency on the account is Omnicom Media. The account will be handled out of the Madison's Delhi office, work on the account will start almost immediately

Priyanka Mehra May 26, 2015 7:19 PM

Mindshare wins new business in excess of Rs 700 crore over last four months?blur=25

The wins include Snapdeal's digital mandate, media mandate for PayU, Saavn, Practo, Housing.com, NewsHunt, Novi Digital Entertainment, TTK Skore among others

Priyanka Mehra May 25, 2015 8:23 AM

Scarecrow's Sarvesh Raikar to join Lowe Lintas?blur=25

Raikar, who was Executive Creative Director at Scarecrow, joins Lowe as Unit Creative Director. He will be reporting to Sagar Kapoor, ECD Lowe Lintas

Priyanka Mehra May 23, 2015 6:14 PM

Hope is the strongest tailwind favouring the government today: Joseph George?blur=25

'Make in India' could well be one of modern India's biggest ideas. Conceptually, though being manufacturing based, this idea has a wider and far reaching remit when interpreted in its fullness, finds Lowe Lintas & Partners CEO Joseph George

Priyanka Mehra May 21, 2015 8:51 AM

1 Year of Modi Govt: Modi masters the art of PR; now time to focus on good governance?blur=25

Perfect Relations' Dilip Cherian, Madison PR's Paresh Chaudhary, LinOpinion's Ameer Ismail and Pitchfork Partners' Jaideep Shergill on Modi’s master PR strokes, the evolution of his public persona and future communication strategies

Priyanka Mehra May 20, 2015 9:55 AM

Sanjay Nayak steps down as President McCann, Govind Pandey takes over as COO?blur=25

Sanjay Nayak, President McCann Worldgroup India, will be moving on join a start-up venture

Priyanka Mehra May 19, 2015 10:46 PM

Total loss for Hindi GECs now stands at 15% compared to pre-IPL week 14?blur=25

The total viewership for television dropped this week by 0.6%, while Hindi GEC viewership saw a drop of 1.5%, according to TAM data

Priyanka Mehra May 18, 2015 9:12 AM

Piyush Pandey and Priyanka Chopra likely to be part of India Today Group's rebranding exercise?blur=25

The India Today Group (ITG) in a mega brand play is likely to be extending its brand name 'India Today' to Headlines Today, which according to reliable resources will bring in an integration of digital, television and print going forward

Priyanka Mehra May 16, 2015 5:38 PM

Deepika Padukone strikes the right chords with Tanishq?blur=25

The actor was roped in by the jewellery brand as she represents the Indian woman who is confident and progressive. Through the narrative woven around the timeless bond between a mother and a daughter, the brand aims to depict its jewellery as timeless as the relationship

Priyanka Mehra May 14, 2015 9:40 AM

Samyak Chakrabarty to exit DDB Mudra as Chief Youth Marketer?blur=25

Going forward he will be setting up Social Quotient - India's first Social Cause Marketing and Communications company. He is also contemplating on collaborating with Pratap Bose to take Youth Marketing as a concept to the next level

Priyanka Mehra May 13, 2015 9:02 AM

Speculation rife about Nike's Avinash Pant joining Red Bull?blur=25

Industry sources indicate that Nike's Marketing Head in South East Asia Avinash Pant could be joining Red Bull in June

Priyanka Mehra May 13, 2015 8:38 AM

Pratap & Mandeep’s upcoming conglomerate attracts talent: Does it spell trouble for DDB Mudra??blur=25

Industry sources indicate that around 30 employees have left the agency across verticals in the last week and another 25 are expected to leave. Pratap Bose confirmed that exits from Mudra would be joining him, Madhukar Kamath maintains the exits have been only from OOH

Priyanka Mehra May 12, 2015 8:41 AM

Hindi GECs show a hint of stabilisation after losing to IPL recently??blur=25

Though the magnitude of drop was just about 1% this week; the genre viewership is down 13% if compared with week 14

Priyanka Mehra May 11, 2015 9:03 AM

Amit Akali launches full service digital agency 'What's Your Problem'?blur=25

Former National Creative Director of Grey, Amit Akali has launched WYP with his brother Praful Akali, who is also Founder and MD of Medulla Communications. The other Founder

Priyanka Mehra May 7, 2015 8:33 AM

We're still in dialogue with MIB and are hopeful of positive outcome soon: Punit Goenka?blur=25

The question that arises now is whether BARC's dialogue (which was initiated with the MIB last night) will be successful in ensuring the release of BARC data today as scheduled

Priyanka Mehra May 6, 2015 10:14 AM

BARC data release to be stalled till MIB registration is complete??blur=25

“This is a discriminatory practice; our application for MIB registration with due diligence is pending since early November of 2014. It has been pending from their end,” said Shashi Sinha, BARC Technical Committee Chairman

Priyanka Mehra May 5, 2015 6:23 PM

Flipkart's latest campaign: Smart shopping an App away?blur=25

Flipkart's new ads stress upon the 'must have' Flipkart app on customers' smartphones for easy and convenient shopping experiences. Campaign is conceptualised by Chapter Five Brand Solutions in association with Grey's former NCD Amit Akali's new venture

Priyanka Mehra May 5, 2015 9:24 AM

Sri Adhikari Brothers elevates Manav Dhanda to CEO of the Group Companies?blur=25

Dhanda had joined the organization in April 2014 as EVP Head Group Business & Strategy

Priyanka Mehra May 5, 2015 8:24 AM

GroupM makes key leadership announcements?blur=25

Lakshmi Narasimhan has been appointed Chief Growth Officer, South Asia, Tushar Vyas has been promoted to the role of Chief Strategy Officer - GroupM South Asia and Sridhar Ramasubramanian, Chief Financial Officer has been promoted as the new Chief Operating Officer of GroupM South Asia

Priyanka Mehra May 5, 2015 7:25 AM

IPL continues to cut into Hindi GEC Ratings?blur=25

This week the Hindi GEC genre declined further losing 5% viewership. Majority of this loss came in prime time when IPL matches are scheduled, taking the loss to 12%, compared to a non-IPL week 14

Priyanka Mehra May 4, 2015 1:32 PM

IPL continues to cut into Hindi GEC Ratings?blur=25

This week the Hindi GEC genre declined further losing 5% viewership. Majority of this loss came in prime time when IPL matches are scheduled, taking the loss to 12%, compared to a non-IPL week 14

Priyanka Mehra May 4, 2015 9:43 AM

Rahul Jauhari appointed as CCO Rediffusion Y&R Group India?blur=25

Komal Bedi Sohal to take charge as Chief Creative Officer Y&R Singapore

Priyanka Mehra May 4, 2015 7:48 AM

Research kills more creativity than it supports: Sir John Hegarty?blur=25

Sir John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director and Founder, Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), expresses his views on the role of research in advertising, what goes into a great pitch, and awards being a curse for the advertising industry

Priyanka Mehra Apr 28, 2015 9:45 AM

As IPL ratings go up; Hindi GEC genre witnesses a drop ?blur=25

Out of 80 million GVTs which the Hindi GEC genre shed this week, 76 million GVTs were lost in weekday prime-time wherein IPL matches are scheduled

Priyanka Mehra Apr 27, 2015 9:01 AM