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Mobile2win India, a Mumbai-based wireless value added services provider has announced the expansion of its top management team
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 3:00 PM
How big is the Indian luxury market? Who are the consumers in this sector? How different is the concept of luxury in India vis-à-vis that in the rest of the world? A study undertaken by JWT and ESC Rennes School of Business, gives some interesting insights.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 8:16 AM
MTV’s reality show ‘Roadies’ plans to go international in its fifth season. As the channel revamps itself and goes the tech-savvy way, it plans to give its most popular show a very digital and sleek look, and has named the show ‘Roadies 5.0’.
Tasneem Limbdiwala Oct 4, 2007 8:15 AM
Mid-Day Multimedia has terminated all operations pertaining to Mid-Day Metro in a bid to prioritise its business operations towards the mother brand, and focus on the new business strategy of targetting the ‘Yumpi’. The company is looking at a complete revamp of its website within a fortnight.
Rishi Vora Oct 4, 2007 8:14 AM
Euro RSCG has sought to understand the ‘Bunty Syndrome’ in its study on the emerging small towns and cities of India. The agency has identified the key trendsetter in small towns and cities as the ‘Prosumer’, and has laid importance on the need to understand its characteristics.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 8:12 AM
Law & Kenneth Worldwide has announced the elevation of Anil S Nair as President of its India operations. Nair was previously Chief Operating Officer at Law & Kenneth. The agency has also promoted Sandhya Srinivasan and Anil K Nair as Associate Partners, while Jiten Bhagat has been promoted as Vice-President.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 8:11 AM
Prasar Bharati has dropped Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, TV9, Akash Bangla and Star Utsav from its direct-to-home service DD Direct Plus for not paying the carriage fees. Having blacked out these five channels, the public broadcaster currently does not have any pay channel on board.
exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2007 8:10 AM
Shuchi Sarkar, Head of Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP India is moving to Singapore to head retail marketing for HP in Asia Pacific and Japan. The move follows HP India’s decision to split its marketing division into two parts – commercial marketing and consumer marketing.
exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2007 8:09 AM
Chandan Nath, Executive Vice-President, Mudra Ahmedabad, has been promoted as President, Mudra Ahmedabad. He will be responsible for Mudra Ahmedabad’s expansion into other markets in the region. Sanjay Menon, who had recently moved from Grey, will take over as Executive Creative Director, Mudra Ahmedabad.
exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2007 8:07 AM
NASSCOM, the chamber of commerce of the IT software and services industry in India, has announced the appointment of Som Mittal as President. He replaces Kiran Karnik. Mittal is currently head of the services business of Hewlett-Packard for Asia-Pacific and Japan region.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 8:06 AM
Mumbai-based developer Lodha Group, which was recently in the news for the largest FDI investment in the realty sector in India ($425 million), has chosen Madison Media as its strategic media partner. Madison Media has reportedly won this AOR assignment in a three-way competitive pitch and the account is estimated to be worth Rs 30 crore.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 8:04 AM
Euro RSCG plans to launch its brand consultancy unit – Euro RSCG Leap – in India soon. At present, the agency is scouting for a head for this unit, who would be reporting to Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG India.
Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 4, 2007 8:02 AM
Euro RSCG has outlined three priority areas in its agenda in times to come. David Jones, Global CEO, Euro RSCG, enumerated these as strengthening digital capabilities further, acquiring and retaining talent, and taking the position of thought leadership in the industry.
Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 4, 2007 8:00 AM
Percept H has been appointed the creative agency for the forthcoming campaign from the I&B Ministry. The campaign would be done through the PIB, and DAVP would handle its media requisites. The communication will see all schemes and Bills of the UPA Government unified under the ‘Bharat Nirman’ umbrella. The ad spends are expected to be substantial.
exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2007 7:58 AM
Moneycontrol.com has announced the launch of ‘Markets on Mobile’, a service that will offer news, markets statistics, indices, portfolios, detailed listings of stocks and watchlist through GPRS, irrespective of the telecom operator.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 7:56 AM
Lenovo and Radio Indigo have joined hands to broadcast from the DJ console located at Lenovo’s retail outlet at Cunningham Road in Bangalore, from October 1-6, from 7 am to 8 pm. The set-up includes a DJ console station atop a life-size model of the Lenovo Audio DJ laptop.
exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 4, 2007 7:55 AM
At the 66th annual general meeting of the Indian Language Newspapers’ Association (ILNA), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the language newspapers that the Government would redress issues raised by small and medium-sized newspapers. Revenue generation through advertising in newspaper remained the main focus area of the AGM.
exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2007 7:54 AM
India Today Travel Plus, the travel magazine from the India Today Group, recently won an award at the Asian Publishing Management Awards 2007 in the Editorial category for promoting North-East India. Out of 79 entries from six countries, India Today Travel Plus was the only leisure magazine to win editorial recognition.
exchange4media Staff Oct 4, 2007 7:52 AM
