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To tap India’s potentially large market for air travel (which is expected to grow at about 25-30 per cent over the next five years in the wake of liberalised FDI norms for domestic air transport services), Dr. Vijay Mallya’s UB Group has invested Rs 1.6 billion in Kingfisher Airlines (KA). There are plans to have an initial public offering (IPO) in the next year or two.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 5:41 PM

Non-cricket sports and sports personalities seem to be attracting a lot of monies from traditional advertisers. Jumping on to the bandwagon are companies such as Maruti Udyog, Mercedes Benz, Britannia, Nike, ING Vysya, Parle Agro, Vizag Steel, ITC Hotels, Reebok, Tata Group, Indian Oil, and the Andhra Pradesh Government. Upcoming young talent such as Sania Mirza (tennis), Virat Bhadwar (golf) and Pankaj Advani (billiards) have been attracting the eyeballs of advertisers.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 5:37 PM

To strengthen its position beyond the web, Macromedia, the software powerhouse, has decided to make a foray into the mobile and enterprise market with Flash Lite, Flex and Breeze.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 8:00 AM

Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company, is targeting a turnover of Rs 100 crore from its retailing division by fiscal 2008. The division, which posted a turnover of Rs 42 crore in the previous fiscal, is eyeing a larger share of the home furnishings and appliances market by promoting company-run showrooms and using its network of dealers and franchisees.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:58 AM

PepsiCo will invest $300-500 million in India over the next three to five years and take Kurkure, the snack food it has developed in India, to overseas markets, PepsiCo President and Chief Financial Officer Indra Nooyi said.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:58 AM

Samsung Electronics has launched the SGH-D 500, which has been selected as the world's best mobile handset at 3GSM Association World Congress at Cannes in February 2005 among 480 initial entries, in Kolkata on Tuesday.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:57 AM

Philips India, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics, has launched a new brand campaign evolving around the concept of 'Sense and Simplicity,' in Mumbai on Tuesday.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:56 AM

JWT has appointed Tay Guan Hin, who moves from Grey Global Group, as Regional Executive Creative Director for South East Asia.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:55 AM

Euro RSCG India has appointed Pradeep Chak as Vice President, Client Servicing, Mumbai. In addition, he will also support all-India new business initiatives.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:53 AM

Radio Advertising has emerged out of the 'By the way, I am around' phase and what better way to illuminate this fact than through the Mirchi Kaan Awards. Radio Mirchi has invited entries for the calendar year 2005 and is confident of receiving over 350 entries this year, compared to 245 entries received last year.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:50 AM

Dina Thanthi, the leading Tamil daily, has extended its lead over Dina Malar to touch an average net paid sales of 7,96,900 copies in the July-December 2004 period, according to ABC.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:49 AM

Media companies will have to move to a truly open environment allowing consumers access to protected media content by 2010, IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS) said in its report, Media & Entertainment 2010.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:48 AM

SSC&B Lintas has added one more account to its kitty. Following the MTNL account win, the agency has now added the advertising and marketing communications account of Essar Oil Limited. The win comes in the wake of a multi-agency pitch involving most of the leading agencies. Industry sources peg the business in the region of Rs 30-35 crore.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:47 AM

Sai Nagesh is joining the Lintas Media Group in a senior position with Insight -- its youngest brand that was launched last year -- from April 2005. Nagesh will be working closely with Insight President Raj Gupta in its next phase of growth.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:46 AM

With the advertising contract between Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and FCB Ulka nearing its termination date (March 31), the financial major is in talks with agencies again for its advertising business. Industry sources peg the business in the region of Rs 35 - 40 crore.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 7:45 AM

We are a very dominant player for handycams and we command a major chunk of the market. We would like to repeat this achievement for digital cameras also. Currently, we are at the second position but we would like to take the number one position as soon as possible.

e4m Desk Mar 30, 2005 12:00 AM