YouTube is considering creating a linear TV channel compiled from the video clips submitted by its users. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the vice-president of content, Kevin Donahue, said the company had been considering the idea of a creating TV shows and might even extend that into a full channel.
The internet's effect on newspaper advertising has been "overstated", according to the Trinity Mirror chief executive, Sly Bailey.
PC-Maker Lenovo is all set to extend its relationship with the Chotte Nawab and his sister. With the partnership registering good gains, the tech company is planning to renew its brand endorsement contract with the brother-sister duo of Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan.
According to a recent TNS survey, over 45% of the car buyers in 2006 were people adding a second car to the family while first-time car buyers constitute 28% of the total car sales last year.
Kingfisher Airlines has announced a multi-year partnership deal with Toyota Motorsport GmbH. With this deal, Kingfisher Airlines enters the high-profile Formula 1 circuit and will be designated as official partner for the Toyota Racing Team of the Köln-based Toyota Motorsport GmbH.
Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme and Honda Civic were named the best bike and best car of 2006, respectively, at the annual NDTV Profit Car and Bike India Awards held in Mumbai recently. Anand Mahindra was declared the Automobile Man of the Year for his contribution to the Indian automobile industry.
Yahoo! India announced the launch of ‘Ask the Planet 2007’ series in India with a question from President APJ Abdul Kalam on terrorism. This forum will showcase various luminaries across the country and feature questions posed by them, the answers of which they feel are critical for the country’s development.
With Ahmedabad getting mega city status and in order to showcase its urban infrastructure, the Gujarat government has decided to implement the General Development Control Regulation (GDCR) policy in the city. As part of the policy, the clutter of private hoardings would be done away with.
User-generated content (UGC) has been the buzzword in all the mediums for quite sometime now. Rediff.com has been indulging in UGC for quite sometime now, and now they have come out with Rediff GetAhead Q&A, where anyone can post questions and get replies from other users.
Mudra, Ahmedabad, has effected some top level changes in its creative team. Creative Director, Rajesh Sonawane, is moving to Mumbai after being promoted as Executive Creative Director. He will be reporting to Jude Fernandes, President, Mudra. Vipin Dhyani, who was Group Head, is replacing Sonawane as Creative Director.
Sidharth Parashar, who has been with GroupM for three and a half years, has been promoted as GroupM’s Investment Services Director for North region. Prior to his elevation, he was Investment Director with GroupM’s Central Trading Group (CTG).
The Bombay Ad Club’s annual M.AD Quiz attracted over 200 people from the ad and corporate world. The event, which was held in Mumbai on January 12, saw Mudra Communications emerge as the winner, while Sun Microsystems was the runner-up.
Inner Circle, Kolkata has begun the New Year on an optimistic note, bagging clients in diverse fields ranging from media to telecom and real estate.
The reverberations of STAR CEO, Michelle Guthrie’s, resignation late last week is being felt in India too. It is learnt that STAR Group CEO, Peter Mukerjea, and STAR Entertainment CEO, Sameer Nair, have also put in their papers. A new name expected in India in March 2007 is that of UK-based Tata Tetley’s Vijay Singh.