India Radio Forum 2007, the day-long conference on radio, was not short of entertainment and information. The sessions, which had eminent industry leaders in attendance, had the audience enthralled with discussions on almost all the hot points of debate in the Indian radio industry.
AOL has launched a consumer electronics site, switched.com. Part of AOL News, switched.com provides breaking news, buying guides and advice on cell phones, digital cameras, music players, computers, games and more. AOL recently launched its India specific website.
Reliance Money and Barista Coffee have announced a first-of-its-kind tie-up whereby Barista, which is largely responsible for turning coffee drinking into a culture in India, will be installing Reliance Money’s web-enabled retail kiosks at their outlets across the country.
Radio Jockey Sufi of 95 FM Radio Tadka, Jaipur, has set a unique record in ‘live’ radio jockeying by performing non-stop for 28 hours! His name has been applied for inclusion in the Limca Book of Records for this rare achievement.
PIX has announced the PIX Short Film Festival, where directors can send in their short films to the channel. PIX will then select from these and air some of these films. The entries for the short film festival will be open from June 1 to July 15 2007.
Nick has announced its new show called ‘The Adventures of Uncle Max’. The new show comes in the ‘Ha Ha Ha’ block on Nick. The show will be seen every Monday to Friday, in the 5.15 pm time slot.
The TV Today Network Limited has announced the annual results for the financial year 2006-07. With various internal changes seen in the Network in this quarter, TV Today has seen some growth and the Network’s topline has crossed the Rs 200 crore mark.
BBC, BBC Worldwide and YouTube have partnered to launch BBC World News on YouTube. This objective of the move is to create BBC branded channels online. This channel would be available to internet users across the world.
Radio Mantra 91.9 FM will hit the airwaves in Gorakhpur on Sunday, June 3, 2007. Radio Mantra has been promoted by Shri Puram Multimedia Limited, a Jagran Group company. This would be the first FM radio station in Gorakhpur.
JWT Chennai has bagged the creative duties of Sulekha.com following a multi-agency pitch. Rediffusion DY&R, Euro RSCG, O&M and Orchard were the other agencies in the fray for the business apart from JWT. Sulekha.com has planned an ad spend of close to Rs 10 crore.
BAG Films & Media has appointed Gursheel Walia as Programming Head, Mushtaq Shiekh as Creative Director and Atul Gupta as Distribution Head for its upcoming glamour channel.
Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2007 will honour Tsuneo Watanabe, Chairman and Editor-in-chief, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings with the Cannes 2007 Media Person of the Year award.