`Date-wise News`

Motivator’s Rajneesh Chaturvedi roped in to head MEC Access India

Rajneesh Chaturvedi has joined MEC Access India as National Director. He will continue to develop the creation and delivery of strategic partnerships and sponsorships across nine different platforms. Chaturvedi moves from Motivator, a GroupM agency, after two years as its General Manager.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 15, 2008 9:02 AM

Social networking sites account for 44 pc of India’s Internet traffic: Tyroo report

Social networking has caught on in a big way the world over and in India too. A report commissioned by online advertising network Tyroo has found that social networking sites account for 44 per cent of India’s Internet traffic. Contrary to global trends, in India Orkut and Facebook are the single largest audience aggregators.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 9:02 AM

LG India renews cricket contract for 8 years

Consumer Electronics major and a big spender on the game of cricket, LG India has decided to renew its contract with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a period of eight years.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:58 AM

Valuable Group acquires Disney’s push video-on-demand service MovieBeam

Valuable Group has acquired MovieBeam, including all of its assets, trademarks, IPR, and alliances that Disney, Intel, Cisco and other private equity investors spent over $200 million in creating. MovieBeam is a push video-on-demand service launched by Disney in 2005, wherein movies are beamed wirelessly into customers’ homes to a set-top box.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:57 AM

Graphisads acquires sole marketing rights for 40 sites in Delhi

Graphisads has acquired the sole marketing rights from MCD/NDMC for 40 sites in Delhi’s prime locations, including Greater Kailash I market, PVR Saket, RK Puram – Sangam Cinema, IP Depot, Ring Road, Mathura Road, Pragati Maidan, Defence Colony flyover, and LSR crossing area, among others.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:56 AM

Zee Business joins hands with Synovate for first B-School survey by an Indian TV channel

Zee Business is conducting a B-School survey in association with international research firm Synovate. The survey, claimed to be the first such B-School survey in India by a TV channel, would be a ready reckoner for both aspiring B-School students and recruiters. The survey results are expected to be out by the end of this month.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:55 AM

Kaustav Das joins Ambience Publicis as Executive Vice President, South

Publicis Ambience has appointed Kaustav Das as Executive Vice President for South. He will be responsible for launching the Publicis Ambience Bangalore office. Das moves from Orchard India, where he had a short stint as Managing Director.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:54 AM

Sunil Rajshekhar appointed President, Times Internet Ltd

Sunil Rajshekhar, who had moved to Bangalore as Director-South, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), in early April this year, is back in Delhi. He took over as President, Times Internet Ltd (TIL), last week. TIL is the BCCL subsidiary that runs all the web and online initiatives of The Times of India Group, including the highly popular Indiatimes portal.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:53 AM

Hakuhodo Percept wins Rs 40-cr Maruti Suzuki A-Star account

Hakuhodo Percept has been assigned the creative duties for Maruti Suzuki India’s new car, A-Star, following a multi-agency pitch. The car is expected to be launched in the last quarter of 2008. The account size has been pegged at Rs 35-40 crore.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:51 AM

Siddharth Dasgupta joins PVR Cinemas as Chief of Corporate Affairs

Siddhartha Dasgupta has joined PVR Cinemas as Chief of Corporate Affairs. Dasgupta brings with him extensive knowledge and experience in his domain, having worked with chambers of commerce and industry, such as CII and FICCI. He has confirmed the development.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:50 AM

Quadrant adds Knight Frank, Car X Space accounts to its kitty

Quadrant, a part of the Interpublic Group, has recently acquired the advertising accounts of Knight Frank India Pvt Ltd and Car X Space. The cumulative size of both the accounts is around Rs 10 crore. While Knight Frank is an international property consultant, Car X Space is the sister concern of First Choice, a company that deals with used cars.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:49 AM

JWT appoints Jagdip Bakshi as Global Business Director on Unilever; Ravi Deshpande elevated as Chairman & CCO

JWT has appointed CEO Jagdip Bakshi as Global Business Director on Unilever. He will be based in London and take charge from September 2008. Announcement of a CEO to replace Bakshi would be made soon. Meanwhile, Ravi Deshpande has been elevated as Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. He has been CCO at Contract.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 15, 2008 8:48 AM

Rediffusion DYR Chennai appoints Kishore Karumbaiah as Creative Head

Rediffusion DYR has appointed Kishore Karumbaiah as Creative Head for their Chennai operations. Karumbaiah will be handling the entire Rediffusion DYR Chennai client portfolio that includes Airtel, MRF, Arihant, ITC, etc. He comes on board from O&M, Bangalore, where he was part of the team that handled the Lenovo worldwide business.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jul 15, 2008 8:47 AM

Innocean promotes Saurabh Dasgupta as Executive Creative Director

Saurabh Dasgupta has been elevated to Executive Creative Director at Innocean Worldwide. Dasgupta has been a part of the agency’s team since its inception in December 2005 and has been the person behind ideas like Santrowale, the Getz Prime launch, and more recently, the re-launch of Hyundai Accent.

exchange4media Staff Jul 15, 2008 8:47 AM