Winners of the 11th International Food and Beverage Creative Awards, The FAB Awards, for 2009 have been announced in London. Leading the pack was Williams Murray Hamm London, who took the FABulous Award for ‘Agency of the Year’ in the entire Awards Programme and won two FAB Awards.
T20 season is on full swing. Hardly had the excitement of IPL2 died down when stage is now set for the ICC T20 World Cup, which begins from June 5, 2009 in England. According to ESPN-STAR Sports, ICC’s global broadcast and production partner, the ICC World Twenty20 will be viewed by as many as 218 countries across the world.
Himanka Das, Associate Vice President, Lintas Media Group, almost got into ISRO when the economic liberalisation of the early 1990s led to a switch in career plans. Beginning his career with none other than Sam Balsara, Das has been moving ffrom strength to strength in the media industry. The GenNext Media Magnate is chosen by a committee comprising the exchange4media editorial team in consultation with Raj Nayak.
Over the last fortnight or so, two big media entities and barons have entered India and a third one is reportedly on the verge of tying up with an Indian outfit and arriving in India shortly. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai takes a look at the implications of the launch of WSJ’s facsimile edition, Forbes magazine and the proposed Bloomberg entry in India.
Come June 3, 2009, and the exchange4media Conclave is all set to bring together decision makers of the Indian media and advertising industry. As the speaker line-ups for the Mumbai and Delhi legs of the event fructify, the registration process for the event is currently underway full swing. Registrations for the Conclave close on May 31, 2009.
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has recommended Uday Shankar, CEO, STAR India, to be the Chairman of the Joint Working Committee (JWC), a body comprising members of the IBF and AAAI. It was constituted to collaboratively address the problems that the members of the two industries faced while working together. This position was hitherto held by G Krishnan, CEO, TV Today Group.
Following its decision to appoint Ogilvy Delhi to handle the creative duties for Dabur Vatika hair oil, Dabur India is now scouting for a creative partner for its shampoo business. Contract is the incumbent agency for the shampoo business and it will continue to handle the creative mandate for the anti-dandruff shampoo. The account size is estimated to be around Rs 10-15 crore.
The election coverage has given a much needed shot in the arm to CNN-IBN. The channel has shown a positive trend line in the last few weeks. On counting day, May 16, CNN-IBN had managed to stay ahead of its competitors both in the core CS ABC Male 25+ TG and in the CS 25+ TG in the one million plus markets, but the competitive story is back to normal with Times Now in the lead and NDTV 24x7 taking the third spot in the election and post-election week.