Date-wise News

The chip giant has taken over Times Square's bookend video billboards -- the Reuters and Nasdaq signs -- and is allowing people to upload photos of themselves that will appear sometime before the end of the campaign on Jan. 7. Each photo first appears as one image and then begins to multiply into hundreds of smaller ones in a display that lasts about a minute.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:27 AM

Chinese PC major Lenovo is looking at targeting consumers in non-metro and small town areas in India. The company is expanding its retail network of exclusive outlets in the next three months. Lenovo has around 61 exclusive outlets in India, which it is expanding to 100 by March 2007.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:24 AM

Cola and detergent wars are passé. With technology brands becoming increasingly consumer-centric, mobile phones, laptops, gaming consoles and iPods are now set to fight for mindspace with your good old fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:23 AM

Reliance Communications has announced significant plans to expand its arm, FLAG Telecom’s, global optic fibre network. Over the next 36 months, FLAG Telecom will build the world’s largest IP network over submarine cable systems, which will cater to the fast-growing telecom needs of over five billion customers across the globe.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:22 AM

MagnaQuest Technologies Pvt Lts, a global billing solution provider, has signed a deal with Wire and Wireless India Ltd (WWIL) to deploy its flagship product ‘MQSubscribe’ for subscriber management, rating and billing of its triple play services.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:21 AM

Amrita TV is gearing up to celebrate the New Year with much fanfare. The Malayalam satellite channel plans to keep its viewers glued to their TV sets with a three-hour long programme ‘Amrita Golden Moments’ starting from 9 pm on December 31 to usher in the New Year.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 29, 2006 9:20 AM

Jump Games and Reliance Communications have announced the launch of a nationwide mega mobile contest – ‘Don Kaun’ – on the Reliance Mobile World platform. Gamers will have to play select 10 games available at R World and upload the scores from which the winners would be selected.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 29, 2006 9:20 AM

Winners of the first ever M S Oberoi Gold Awards, instituted by the NGO Transparency International India, have been announced. The winners include Varghese K George of the Indian Express, Rohit Khanna of CNN-IBN, L Narsimha Reddy of Eenadu, Samudra Gupta Kashyap of the Indian Express, Saurabh Shukla of Aaj Tak, and Sidhartha Gautam of CNN-IBN.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:19 AM

Futuristic Media Communication Centre (FMCC) recently conducted a training programme for the sales and marketing team of Pakistan’s leading media group Jang. Jang offers comprehensive cross media platforms combining newspapers, TV, radio and online solutions.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:18 AM

Radio Mirchi is planning to have a great ‘Bond’ with its listeners in 2007 with a huge cache of ‘Bond’ing activities lined up over the year. The FM station is planning to retain this concept with contests, opinion polls, and exciting new contents.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 29, 2006 9:17 AM

Following the success of ‘Garnier Fructis Jodi No 1’, Vijay TV is all set to launch another reality dance show from January 5. The new show, christened ‘Garnier Fructis Jodi No 1 – Challenge’, would provide one more opportunity to the eliminated reel life couples Bharat Kalyan-Shilpa, Rishi-Pooja and Deepak-Tharika to prove their mettle.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Dec 29, 2006 9:16 AM

SN Bhaduri, who quit HT Media recently as VP, e-Business, is set to join Reuters India as Country Manager, Consumer Media group. Bhaduri will be responsible for setting up this new division of Reuters as well as on the digital IPTV and mobile platform.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:15 AM

Divya Gururaj, General Manager of Mindshare, has been elevated to the post of Managing Director at MediaCom. MediaCom, which was merged in the GroupM structure in India, till recently had two Presidents – Jasmin Sohrabji and Harish Shriyan – who decided to move on. Tarun Nigam, who is currently Senior Business Director at Maxus, has been brought in to head the Delhi operations of MediaCom.

e4m Desk Dec 29, 2006 9:14 AM

In continuing with our series of reports on what different TV channels have on offer as part of their year-end programmes, exchange4media takes a look at what movie and general entertainment channels have lined up to bid adieu to 2006 with a bang.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 29, 2006 9:13 AM

In continuing with our series of reports on what different TV channels have on offer as part of their year-end programmes, we feature kids and music channels this time.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Dec 29, 2006 9:12 AM