TAM Sports has released data for six metro markets. Almost delivering on industry expectations, the India versus Pakistan semi-final match has scored a TVR of 22.07 for the target group C&S 4+.
Following an evening of high drama, ICC has agreed to lift the ban on coverage of the World Cup Final by news channels after initially not agreeing to do so. It may be recalled the earlier in the evening the Broadcast Editors’ Association (BEA) had called upon ICC President Sharad Pawar to review the ban decision.
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Innovation in marketing and its challenges, the most discussed topic at most forums today, has been put under the scanner by marketers and business leaders again and again.
Though Idea is not an official sponsor of the ICC Cricket World Cup, the telecom service provider has leveraged the tournament to its advantage with its ‘Keep Cricket Clean’ campaign. Industry people share their views on how much of a difference this has made to Idea…
A rapidly developing and changing nation like India demands new marketing ways. The need for companies and brands here are two-fold: first to compete with and secondly, to find their own place in an increasingly globalised world.
Impasse over coverage of the ICC World Cup 2011 by news channels continues as the meeting between ICC officials and news broadcasters on March 31, 2011, remained inconclusive.
P&G India CEO Shantanu Khosla engages Godrej Group’s Tanya Dubash, Vu Technologies’ Devita Saraf and ABP’s Aritra Sarkar on how the leaders of tomorrow should market to the New India.
When it comes to integrated marketing versus advertising, business heads are all for the former, as Chander Mohan Sethi, Chairman & Managing Director, Reckitt Benckiser, reiterated, integrated marketing had been happening for decades.
Deals and You, which earlier this month claimed to have reached 1 million registered users in just 200 days, has announced today that the latest comScore figures show them as the most visited group buying portal in India. According to the report, they have the highest total of unique visitors to their site.
Tyroo Media has announced today an exclusive partnership with Cricket20.com, the official partner site for IPLCricketLive.com. Tyroo will be the exclusive network providing sponsor slots to advertisers on the IPL partner cricket site.
BabyOye.com, an e-commerce store that focuses of baby products, has grown a fan base of over 24,000 parents, and today plans to use this base as the main way of handling CRM, and carrying out interactions with their existing customers. According to the company, their Facebook page has seen a threefold growth in traffic in the last three months, and is now using the page to launch products and get feedback quickly.
Volkswagen has been making news with its innovative campaigns, be it the roadblock in The Times of India or creating a stir with the talking newspaper for the launch of its sedan Vento. This time, the automaker has got the ‘blues’ for its Passat and TOI is once again the vehicle for the campaign.
Continuing with their winning spree, Vizeum India on March 31, 2011 announced their fifth win in the year 2011 – Nickelodeon, from the Viacom18 Media Network.
Rajesh Kamat, COO – Viacom18 Group and CEO – COLORS has decided to move on to a new assignment with The Chernin Group’s CA Media, as its India CEO. He has put in his papers at Viacom18.
Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) India has announced that Sandeep Lakhina, Chief Operating Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group, India will leave the organisation by June 2011.
Percept Profile has kick-started 2011 by bagging the PR mandates of some of the biggest brands in India in sectors ranging across consumer electronics, mobile gaming, power & energy, and real estate.
Strengthening its strategic leadership, Rediffusion Y&R has made two key appointments to lead the Mumbai and Southern operations – Amitava Sinha has been made COO - East & South, while Neville Medhora is VP – Mumbai.
Global media agency DWA has officially announced the opening of their first India office. DWA has named media veteran Naveen Singh as Country Manager.
The Times of India has launched apps for the iPad, iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms, which will give people access to regular updates from the Times Network.
Raj News Malayalam is expected to go on air in the first week of May 2011. The channel will be using 3G-3D system telecasting of news.
Royal Meenakshi Mall, a leisure destination located in Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore, has assigned its media duties to ThoughtBox, a full service agency.
VGC has been appointed as the communications agency for Hello! and Grazia magazines from the Worldwide Media stable.
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), India’s fastest-growing pan-India telecom service provider has added yet another feather to its cap as Tata Photon Plus, high speed mobile broadband services has been awarded the coveted ‘Product of the Year 2011’ award for the best innovation under Wireless Mobile Broadband Category, post a rigorous survey conducted by AC Neilsen, one of the leading market research agencies. This award is yet another acknowledgment to Tata Photon’s commitment of ushering in pioneering industry defining propositions for its target audience.
Microsoft along with The Times of India is organising a 30 day long ‘Win Big with 100% Original’ campaign. The campaign is meant to assist consumers in identifying the benefits of using 100 per cent original Windows7 which comes with the advantage of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) a completely free Anti-Virus solution for all Windows users.
Unicef called for entries from broadcasters for the 2011 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Awards. The ICDB Awards will go to the radio and television broadcasters whose programming best reflects the 2011 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting theme, Girls Are… Boys Are…, and who demonstrate an overall dedication to youth participation in media.
Percept Profile kick-started 2011 by bagging the PR mandate of some of the biggest brands in India in sectors ranging across Consumer Electronics, Mobile Gaming, Power & Energy, and Real Estate.
New business wins will happen as and when they should happen. I don’t see any point in running around and trying to get accounts from day one just because one is new to the agency or has contacts in the market. The system needs to be able to deliver that automatically... I have no hesitation in saying that Starcom is definitely going to do well in the future as long as we are able to leverage our skill-set, our knowledge base, and the strength we have both globally and locally.