Date-wise News

With much euphoria, the team representing India at AdAsia in 2007 announced AdAsia would be back for the third time to be hosted in India in 2011. The Organising Committee led by Mudra’s Madhukar Kamath, with the backing of Advisory Board chaired by Mahindra & Mahindra’s Anand Mahindra, has the show rolling. Much ground has to be covered by November 2011, when AdAsia would be hosted in New Delhi – the OC speaks on plans ahead.

Noor Fathima Warsia Dec 15, 2010 4:29 PM

Gurgaon based remote tech-support company iYogi has raised $30 million (Series D) from Sequoia Capital and existing investors (i.e. Canaan Partners, SVB, SAP Partners and DFJ).

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:41 AM

TI Cycles of India has signed up their media arrangement with Aegis Media’s Vizeum India. Industry sources peg the value of business at Rs 20 crore. The business moves from Mindshare. It may be recalled, Vizeum had earlier this year won the media duties of BSA Motors, a division of TI Cycles.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:37 AM

The world looks almost eerie when you look at it as a graph of Facebook relationships. The map is the brainchild of Facebook intern Paul Butler, who wanted to measure the geography of friendships and see how political and geographical boundaries affect friendships.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:36 AM

Facebook has released their analysis of status updates from 2010, following up on Google and Twitter, who also recently released their analysis of how their respective services were used this year.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:34 AM

Indian software development company Loginworks has announced the mobile version of their software, TaskTrek. The software is meant to aid in internal office communications, and the mobile version, which will be available shortly, is meant to improve this functionality.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:32 AM

Mobile ad-network iVdopia and mobile entertainment provider airG have formed an agreement to load iVdopia’s interactive video advertising into airG’s entertainment products, which reach over 50 million unique users worldwide.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:30 AM

Email marketing firm Epsilon has announced new clients and doubled its client base in 2010. Asia Head Adrian Hoon talks about how Internet usage in India is poised to grow, and as email is the most popular activity for users, email marketing should be a top priority for marketers.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:29 AM

Reliance Communications has announced the rollout of its 3G service in four cities by March 2011, while the other circles will catch up over the course of next year. This is part of a bigger project by Reliance – Vision 2015 – which is aimed at connecting India wirelessly by 2015.

e4m Desk Dec 15, 2010 7:28 AM

The two-day workshop on ‘Comparative Perspective on Media Regulation and Society’ got underway in Delhi on December 14, 2010. The first day of the workshop explored international and comparative perspectives on media regulation as it affects current debates and future role of information in society.

Nitin Pandey Dec 15, 2010 7:27 AM

The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (IFTEM) is on the lookout for media agencies for empanelment, according to reliable sources. Sources also divulged that the chosen empanelled agencies would handle media campaigns of NIFTEM in the print and electronic media.

Preeti Hoon Dec 15, 2010 7:25 AM

Having entered the e-commerce space a few years ago, direct selling FMCG company Amway is now aggressively looking at making its presence felt in the online space and is on a hunt for a digital agency. Sources revealed that the brand was looking to execute its digital plans with the new agency in early 2011.

Preeti Hoon Dec 15, 2010 7:24 AM

With a little over 24 hours to go for the crowning of the impact Person of the Year 2010, the anticipation in the industry is quite palpable to know who the winner this year is. And it is a formidable list to choose from: Sam Balsara (Madison World), Ravi Dhariwal (BCCL), Arnab Goswami (Times Now), Sanjay Gupta (Jagran), Aroon Purie (India/ TV Today), Vikram Sakhuja (GroupM), Ronnie Screwvala (UTV), Uday Shankar (STAR India), Man Jit Singh (MSM/ Sony), and Rajiv Verma (HT Media). The impact Person of the Year 2010 is presented by Jagran.

Anisha Singhi Dec 15, 2010 7:22 AM