Bombay High Court will hear TRAI NTO 2.0 matter on 27th February
The Court has also asked TRAI whether the matter can be deferred by a month since the hearing will take time
Date-wise News
Samsung Mobile is India’s Most Desired Brand in 2020: TRA Research
Tata leads with 30 brands featured; Godrej 11; Amul, Reliance and LG have 9 each
ZEE Business bags 6 awards at enba 2019
Among the top honours, Zee Business also bagged the Business News Channel of the Year award
Facebook to target coronavirus ads that spread panic and misinformation on the platform
Reports also suggest that the social media giant has rolled out similar policies for its Marketplace platform
Aegon Life Insurance appoints Naveen Bachwani as Chief Operating Officer
Prior to this, Bachwani was Group Head - Customer Experience with Edelweiss Group
ZEE5 partners with Alliance Broadband to expand OTT content offering in Eastern India
Alliance Broadband customers on Alliance Intertainment packages will get the ZEE5 subscription bundled with internet service when subscribing to or renewing their service
PayU makes two key appointments to strengthen Indian leadership team
Sudhir Sehgal and Manas Mishra have been appointed as country head for enterprise business and chief product officer respectively to scale-up PayU's business and to drive next phase of growth
Ola names Gautam Bambawale as Senior Advisor for Corporate & International Affairs
Bambawale served as India's Ambassador to Bhutan and China as well as the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan between 2016 and 2017
COLORS announces launch of new show Pavitra Bhagya
Produced by Balaji Telefilms, the show is set to premiere on 2nd March and air every Monday to Friday at 10 pm
ABP News launches special programme ‘Jeetega India’ for Tokyo Olympics 2020
The programme will serve as a knowledge-sharing platform, giving the audiences an insight into the world of sports and its history
Sony BBC Earth concludes third edition of 'feel alive hours'
The entertainment channel has reached out to over 1 lakh students across 300 schools in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata
Century OOH wins advertising media rights of Ranchi airport
Ranchi Airport, for the first time, has been tendered for advertising rights, confirmed Shashi Kumar Chaudhary, founder, Century OOH
Barinda Dutta joins MoneyTap as Director of Data Sciences
Dutta was previously with Indianbulls where he was the Head of Advanced Analytics
Salman Khan announced as brand ambassador for realme
In his first collaboration with a smartphone brand, the Khan will be endorsing realme 6 and realme 6 Pro
OnePlus appoints Siddhant Narayan as Head of Marketing for India
Prior to joining OnePlus, Narayan was the Marketing Head for the Indian subcontinent at Daniel Wellington
Ajay Banga to step down as Mastercard CEO; Michael Miebach to take over
Banga will assume the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2021
GroupM’s m/SIX won media mandates worth Rs 700 crore in 2019
m/SIX was seen winning media mandates for brands like Emami, Revv Cars, V-Nourish, Toppr, The Moms Co and Sebamed
Seagram’s 100 Pipers turns to Twitter for #100PipersPlayForACause campaign
The brand’s below-the-line campaign ‘Play For A Cause’ channelled 100 musical gigs, which were performed on a single day across 27 cities
Ramakant Raju joins MX Player as GM, Content Strategy & Engagement Lead
Prior to this, Raju was with Viu India as Associate Director, Growth Marketing
McCann Worldgroup to handle creative mandate for Bajaj Electricals
McCann will be responsible for planning and executing 360-degree creative campaigns for the overall brand portfolio; the business will be handled out of the Mumbai office
Disney appoints Bob Chapek as new CEO after Bob Iger steps down
Chapek, who was earlier heading the Parks division, will take over from Iger, who will continue as the executive chairman at Disney
Hotstar's game is about quality, not quantity: Gaurav Banerjee, Star India
Gaurav Banerjee, President and Head, Hindi Entertainment, Star India shares more on Hotstar Specials, the viewership and expanding on the language front
Sports games are primed to take off in India: Paul Jackson, Akamai EMEA
Jackson, senior manager at Akamai EMEA’s media industry strategy team, speaks about the factors that drive gaming in India, rise of PUBG and the categories of games that are likely to succeed in 2020
Radio City appeals to its audience by keeping consumers at the core
We take a look at Radio City’s segment for this year’s World Radio Day, how RJ’s have become FM channels influencers and trends in radio advertising
ZEE5 Global goes big in Bangladesh, sells all ad slots before launching local productions
With plans to go more local in three more countries by the end of the year, the OTT service provider decided to take off with a country closer to home
How are fairness cream brands repositioning their idea of beauty?
In the light of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s stance against fairness cream ads, brands and advertisers are reworking their brand messaging
A look at how netizens responded to US President Donald Trump's first India visit
While brands welcomed Donald Trump with creative moment marketing ideas, netizens took to social media memes to summarise the US President's 36-hours in India
Can Indian adland battle the prolonged economic downturn?
Agencies could lose not just revenue but also talent if the slowdown extends, say industry observers
OMD saw best net new business performance among global media networks in 2019: COMvergence
According to the COMvergence Media Agency New Business Barometer report, OMD tops the ranking with $2.02b in net new business values