Network18 Media & Investments Ltd has reported a 31 per cent growth in its consolidated revenues YOY. The company has posted strong growth across entertainment, homeshopping and newswire businesses. Reasonably good growth is also seen in its general and business news channels, as well as its print and web businesses.
India has been ranked as the ninth most successful country at the Cannes Lions 2009. This was revealed in The Cannes Report 2009, which has been published for the first time this year. India had bagged 25 Lions this year at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
Last Minute Media, the owners of www.lastminuteinventory.com, an online media trading exchange, marked September 2009 as a ‘milestone’, as the portal transacted media worth Rs 10 crore during the month. The company’s Chairman, Sandeep Goyal, informed that going forward the portal would include inventory from digital, OOH, events, mobile and emerging media like DTH, IPTV and HITS.
Kings XI Punjab is all set to get a new CEO. The Mohali-based IPL franchise is reportedly in the process of finalising Anil Srivatsa as CEO. A decision in this regard is expected to be taken this week. The Kings XI Punjab CEO will be reporting to the Board of Directors.
Trishul Bhumkar, Business Director - Team Vodafone, Maxus, believes in leading his team by example and baptising the team by fire. Working on the Vodafone launch in September 2007 made him sit up and ask – is there a limit to what can be done? The GenNext Media Magnate is chosen by a committee comprising the exchange4media editorial team in consultation with Raj Nayak.
“The power of thoughts and the power of ideas cannot be overemphasised. Thoughts connote energy, freshness and are continuous by nature,” believes Manoj Motiani, Founder & Chief Creative Officer of ‘Thought Bubbles’. The former Creative Director with O&M is going strong with his nine-month old creative hot shop.