J. Walter Thompson has named Craig Davis as its worldwide Chief Creative Officer, a move that's part of a repositioning and rebranding for the world's oldest advertising agency. He will work in tandem with Bob Jeffrey, CEO of the global network, to move the agency to a new focus on creativity and strategy.
Masterline has announced the commencement of Mobiletek 2005 at CII Convention Centre, Chandigarh on April 15-16. The event specialises strictly in the mobile industry and will showcase emerging mobile technologies.
The customer base of Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited, owners of the Airtel brand, has crossed the 10-million mark and it has also joined a select group of companies in India to achieve the distinction of reaching the Rs 1,000-crore net profit mark.
The Rs 1,300-crore fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) major Dabur India announced the acquisition of the Mumbai-based Balsara Hygiene and Home Products in a Rs 143 crore all-cash deal. Dabur now has a passel of new products --- Balsara's oral care and household care products, including Promise, Babool, Sanifresh and Odonil.
Mudra Communications has assigned Mumbai-based public relations firm Hanmer & Partners to handle its media communications. Mudra had shut down its public relations wing, Horizon, over a year back.
Mudra Advertising has won the advertising and marketing effectiveness AME Awards (New York Festivals) for 2005. The judges bestowed the award on Mudra Communications, New Delhi, for the creativity and balance, together with the platform presented with the message, which signifies the total concept. Mudra is the only advertising agency in India to win this award this year.
Zee Telefilms on Thursday reported third quarter consolidated revenues of Rs 3,550 million excluding Padmalaya, representing one per cent growth over the corresponding period in the previous year. Profit before tax was Rs 1,103 million, a decline of five per cent compared to the corresponding quarter last year, while net profit at Rs 865 million was higher by one per cent.
Kumar Katra has been appointed COO of Shringar Cinemas. He has over 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry.
January 29th is going to be observed every year as ‘Indian Newspaper Day,’ as per the summons of the Indian Newspaper Society. This is the day when the first newspaper was born and spun into print.
Explosion in the number of channels has shown its effect on other frontiers as well. Not only are new channels like Hungama TV, Zoom and STAROne screaming at the audience about the increase in choice, but wary of competition, older players too are ensuring that they retain, if not increase, their viewers. In the whole bid, Outdoor medium has turned to be a silent accomplisher.
Bhaskar Group has announced some changes in its senior squad. In the process of reassigning duties, Harish Bhatia moves from Ahmedabad to Delhi and Sudhir Vohra is given the charge of Divya Bhaskar Operation in North Zone. Sharing more on these, Girish Agarwal, Director, Marketing, Bhaskar Group elaborates the changes made in the organisation.
With the buzz that shows like ‘Zee Cinestars Ki Khoj’, ‘Indian Idol’ and ‘Super Singer’ created, reality programming has finally been accepted in India. Programmers, however, have decided that it’s time to test this acceptance some more and have taken the genre a level ahead of studio and talent hunts formats. Arrive generation next of reality programming with shows like ‘Business Baazigar’, ‘Figure it Out’ and ‘Lakme Fashion House’
Fairbrother Lenz Eley, the world’s leading media auditing and consultancy company, and Mumbai-based Spatial Access, India’s first media auditing company, have announced an agreement to work together in India and around the world.
“We are an Internet company that connects the progressive companies with most qualified individuals. And it is a self-service model. Job seekers go on to the site, post their resumes and apply for jobs. On the other hand, employers buy our services (offline); we train them to use the product and how to get the best profiles. We also train them on search technologies and once that’s done, they are on their own.”