Sujit Sanyal has been appointed as Business Head in Rediffusion DYR Mumbai. He will handle prestigious accounts like Tata Sky, IOCL, Marico, Heinz and Zydus Cadila. With 15 years’ experience, Sanyal has worked in agencies like O&M, handling accounts like Hutch/Vodafone, 3 Global Services, etc; JWT and Lowe where he handled clients like Hindustan Petroleum, DSP Merrill Lynch MF, UDV India (Smirnoff), etc.
UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd (UGBL), the broadcasting arm of UTV Software Communications Ltd, is launching two of its movie channels – World Movies and UTV Movies – on the Dialog TV DTH platform in Sri Lanka.
MyGamma.com, a mobile social networking community, has chalked out plans to become a leading player in the domain. The WAP-enabled site connects two distinct audiences around the globe – the newly connected emerging middle class in developing markets and the blue collar sector in developed regions.
Contests2win.com (C2W) has given the game of ‘Dumb Charades’ a new twist with the launch of youCharades. C2W has introduced a new video talent platform youCharades.com, where users can guess various titles acted out by their friends and fellow users, and also create their own charades and showcase the same to the world.
Big TV, the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Amabni Group’s soon-to-be-launched direct-to-home (DTH) venture, has bagged the official DTH partnership for the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Twenty20 cricket tournament, for a bid of $31.16 million (about Rs 137 crore) for the next four years.
The Ninth Voice&Data100 Awards 2008 were held in the Capital on August 7 to felicitate the leading players in the burgeoning telecom sector. Srinath N, MD and CEO, Tata Communications, was adjudged Voice&Data Telecom Person of the Year 2008. IMImobile was named Emerging Telecom Company of the Year.
Malayala Manorama Group’s FM offering, Radio Mango, is increasing interactivity among its radio audiences in Kerala with on-air weekend contests with the launch of Mango Weekends in its Kochi station. Through this initiative Radio Mango will offer hundreds of free movie tickets and movie merchandises to its listeners.
As part of a silent protest, Big FM Bangalore’s popular breakfast RJs Harsha and Shruthi were jailed at Forum Mall for two days last week. Through this innovative ‘Bail the Jock’ campaign, the station aimed to create awareness amongst the public on matters of environment cleanliness and personal hygiene.
Radio City is all set to resound with ‘City Ban Gaya Behtar’. The FM station claims that it would take its listeners through a more attractive ride packed with music, shows, Bollywood chit-chat, and contests packed with prizes. The station is strengthening this spirit by driving it all over Delhi.
Anand Yalvigi has joined Havas Sports India as General Manager. He will be based in Mumbai and will be reporting to Anita Nayyar, CEO, Havas Media India. Prior to this appointment, Yalvigi was Business Head of Network Sports & VGC Sports.
RPG Cellucom, a retail chain for mobility solutions, has appointed Ogilvy & Mather as its creative agency. O&M will handle all above-the-line and below-the-line activations for RPG Cellucom. Euro RSCG is the incumbent agency. Biswajit Pandey, Head Marketing, RPG Cellucom, confirmed the account size to be close to Rs 8 crore.
Following the recent Videocon win, Saatchi & Saatchi Delhi has beefed up its creative team. The agency has brought in Nandu Narasimhan as Executive Creative Director for its Delhi and Bangalore branches. This apart, Saatchi & Saatchi has also appointed Jayant Matthew and Tuhin Sen as Creative Directors.