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Hallmark Channel is set to strengthen its marketing initiatives for the region. The goal is two-fold: Building awareness about the channel and strengthening the distribution network. The central idea is to stretch the brand identity that one associate
J Walter Thompson Company Ltd (JWT), part of the WPP Group Plc, is understood to be further hiking its stake in its Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Thompson Associates (HTA). JWT currently holds 60 per cent in HTA.
TBWA Anthem has set up a special division to handle healthcare advertising clients. Headed by Mr Amar Urhekar, the division, which will function as a separate profit centre, has made a beginning by bagging three clients: Wockhardt brands Supracare and Immu
The Essel group will divest the equity stakes held in AB Corp and B4U, which was bought from Ketan Parekh. The Essel promoters will also return the money used for the acquisition of the shareholding in these companies to Zee Telefilms before June 30,
To keep the morale of employees high in the times of crises, Mr Subhash Chandra, chairman, Zee Telefilms, addressed a hurriedly-organised ‘‘town meeting’’ in Mumbai on Monday. Any brainstorming session at Zee is referred to as ‘‘town meeting’’. Among
Zee chairman Subhash Chandra said that his company had signed formal agreements with stock broker Ketan Parekh for acquisition of equity stakes in Amitabh Bachchan-promoted AB Corp Ltd and television channel B4U. Zee Telefilms has been repaid Rs 50-60
Sony Entertainment Television has beaten Star TV and Zee TV to acquire multiple telecast rights of all of Yash Chopra’s movies for around Rs 15 crore. The rights will be for a period of five years and will be restricted to the Asian region. This will not i
B4U Multimedia is contemplating another legal notice to Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group seeking further clarification on its claims of acquiring a 15 per cent equity stake in the former. This follows recent statements made by Zee Group chairman Subhash Chand
Pentamedia Graphics Ltd plans to come out with six more animation movies, each with duration of 90 minutes, during this fiscal. It is also planning to aggressively exploit the opportunities available in gaming development by using existing animation c
French agency Publicis’s move of buying out the Delhi ad agency Maadhyam is paying off. The Rs 15-crore Delhi-based Hewlett-Packard account has moved from Mudra to Publicis, because H-P is globally aligned to Publicis.
Hathway Cable & Datacom is launching a co-branded narrow and broadband portal with Star TV and Indya.com. The Hathway.com portal will aggregate content and provide links to the Star group of channels and Indya.com. Broadband content from Star Movies w
Private FM Radio licensees in the four metros are expecting to begin their transmission by September-October, if they’re granted permission to set up independent interim radio stations before they can go for a permanent consortium tower. Although top offic
Sahara TV has laid out a plan of action to keep going in the times of an all-round industry slowdown. To begin with, even as Sahara TV has plans of launching multiple channels, its immediate focus is on consolidation.
In a bid to win back audiences, Zee Telefilms plans to take its soon-to-be-launched reality TV series P.O.W. to regional language channels to make it available to a wider audience. Expected to go on air towards the end of May or early June, it will in
Sony plans to resort to star power in its bid to prop up flagging viewer interest in the Govinda-hosted gameshow Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke. Talks are on with stars such as Raveena Tandon and Kader Khan to make guest appearances on the weekend show to add more
Sony Entertainment Television’s advertising revenue slowed in 2000-’01. The revenue increased to Rs 520 crore, from Rs 380 crore in the previous year. But this rise was made possible with its new channel, SetMax, contributing Rs 60 crore. Sony Network has
Star India has decided to launch Junior Kaun Banega Crorepati on May 6. The game show for kids will be aired between 10 and 11 am every Sunday on Star Plus. This is seen as an attempt by Star to increase viewership in the Sunday morning time band.
<P>In the clarification received by B4U, Zee said that it had `advanced money to financial companies’ for an `intended acquisition’ and not an actual acquisition. </P>
<p> Crest is planning to produce serials and gameshows besides other contents. It has set itself a target of having six to eight programmes on air before the year end. The company had so far been focusing on graphics and 2-D and 3-D animation business
Zee plans to recast its board and bring in an eminent professional to address concerns on corporate governance. The newly constituted board would create the framework for instituting best practices corporate governance, but not limited to, areas such as in
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