Date-wise News

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 10:44 AM

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 10:42 AM

B. N. Srivastav, whose last assignment was as GM, The New Indian Express (Express Publication Madurai Ltd.), has joined Ad Space Mart as GM – Business. He will be responsible for business resourcing for Ad Space Mart and ad sales generation from All-India except Delhi & Mumbai. Srivastav has a rich experience of 27 years in consumer durables and print media. At Indian Express he headed Tamil Nadu Operations. Prior to Express, he has worked with Dainik Bhaskar as GM.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 9:16 AM

Sanjay Samson, Business Head of Lokmat Group, has resigned. He is moving to Divya Bhaskar as Deputy General Manager, Marketing. Samson has been associated with Lokmat Group for the last 11 years. Prior to that, he was with The Indian Express, Mumbai. The Lokmat Group is the largest Marathi newspaper group and Divya Bhaskar is the Bhaskar Group’s Gujarati daily which was launched in 2003.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 9:13 AM

Srinivas Palakodeti, a senior finance professional, has joined Sahara One as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Palakodeti will supervise and control all financial affairs of all businesses of Sahara One, and will report to CEO Shantonu Aditya. Prior to joining Sahara One, Palakodeti was COO and CFO of IndusInd Media & Communications. He has previously worked with SBI Capital Markets, Ashok Leyland Investment Services, and KJMC Financial Services.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 9:11 AM

Rajendra Joshi, General Manager-Marketing, GM Pens (Reynolds India), has put in his papers. He will join Watanmal, a Hong Kong-based foods major with a presence in 24 countries, as Country Manager, Nigeria. He joined GM Pens in 2001, prior to which he had worked with BPL Batteries and Gillette. His last day at GM Pens was August 25, and he takes charge at Nigeria on Monday, September 12, 2005.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 9:04 AM

How does India's long line-up of bikes stack up in the power and torque rankings? And will the cruise crowd currently ruling the roads morph into real, big-ticket superbikes some time soon?

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 7:06 AM

Bharti Televentures and IBM have joined hands to provide Information Communication Technology (ICT) solutions to India Inc at a single window platform. The agreement is a first of its kind, where a telecom leader and a leading IT company have come together to address the needs of the ICT market in India.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 7:05 AM

For cinema lovers this is as good as it gets. Cinemax Cinemas has launched, what it calls, the biggest multiplex in Mumbai. The Cinemax Infinity Mall aims to give cine goers a movie viewing experience amid luxurious surroundings.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 7:04 AM

After venturing into nearly 100 countries, Zee TV will now be available in Australia and New Zealand to woo the South Asian audience. Zee Network on Thursday announced tie-up with Sydney based PanGlobal TV to this effect to transmit a bouquet of five channels.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 7:03 AM

The Great Indian Laughter Challenge has been a great success for STAR One. The reality show’s finale will air on Friday, but STAR One is not really letting the property end. In place of Laughter Challenge, One is bringing in ‘The Great Indian Laughter Champion’.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 7:03 AM

Ifra, a 40-year old international association for newspaper and media publishing, is organising ICONS – an event for advertising agencies on September 24 – to introduce to them a common printing profile.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 7:02 AM

STAR ko ‘Krrish’ mil gaya. The sequel to the monster hit ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ has STAR and Rakesh and Hrithik Roshan all excited. The channel has tied up with Filmkraft to promote ‘Krrish’ in a big way leading up to its launch mid-2006.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:55 AM

Lycra MTV Style Awards is back and in its third year, MTV has planned quite a lot around the property. The show, which will be held on October 14, blends fashion, music and style in a heady mix.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:54 AM

The spotlight is back on Indian cinema at the Toronto and Montreal film festivals. Every autumn, as trees in Canada change colour, you have one of the most spectacular visual treats in the world. This year, however, nature’s eye-catching pageant faces stiff competition from the silver screen.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:54 AM

Superbrands India Ltd has announced its first Business Superbrands in the B2B domain. These were selected out of 92 categories and 834 corporate entities. ACC, Bennett Coleman & Co, Bharti Tele-Ventures, CNBC-TV 18, IndianOil, NSE, and TV Today Network are among those that have made it to the 60 Indian Business Superbrands list.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:52 AM

Post Sonny Deenadayalan’s exit, Wunderman Chennai now has a new boss in Kaushik Tiwari, who moves in from Grey’s Chennai office. He will head operations at the integrated office of Rediffusion DYR and Wunderman in Chennai, as Vice-President, Wunderman.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:52 AM

Zee Telefilms Ltd has effected some key changes again. The most significant, and already effective, is that of Puneet Goenka taking over the flagship channel, Zee TV, as Business Head.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:51 AM

Mudra, Delhi has been awarded the creative account of real estate construction major Unitech following a multi-agency pitch called by the company a couple of months back. The account size is pegged in the region of Rs 7-8 crore.

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 6:50 AM

“The year has been extremely good. We became a Rs 100-crore brand last year. This year, with Awaaz kicking in and the IBN news channel launching, we hope to become a fairly significant news network and that we will have two of the most influential channels in India in our network.”

e4m Desk Sep 9, 2005 12:00 AM