The TNS Board is going to see a new chairman within the next few weeks. This decision comes close on the heels of a replacement for Tony Cowling. Mike Kirkham, who was in the race for the position and was invited by the Board of institutional shareholders to become a candidate, has withdrawn his candidature.
What made Google one of the world’s most valuable brands and in the process made 1,000 of its employees millionaires? It wasn’t advertising.
Hindustan Lever (HLL) has pulled out its ayurvedic brand - Lever Ayush - from the traditional retail channel following a recent brand review.
Lifestyle Holdiays, an initiative of Bulls and Bears Finance Ltd’s tour division, is set to unveil an innovative concept of a travel mall, one of its kind in the industry. The state-of-the-art facility will be inaugurated in Mumbai and will be spread across 4000 sq. ft.
Events as a route to viewers and revenues have been explored well by Raj TV in the year gone by. Part of the agenda for 2006 is to take the event route forward, with more events and activities on the ground.
Chennai-based full service agency, Brand Portrait, has bagged the creative and media duties of iSOFT India, the Indian subsidiary of LSE-listed healthcare informatics company iSOFT Group Plc.
Intel Corporation formally unveiled its new brand identity on January 3 in what it termed as a significant milestone in the company’s history. This new identity is being rolled out across the world now, including the Indian market.
IPAN Kolkata, a division of J Walter Thompson Group, has recently bagged the public relations account of Apeejay Oxford Bookstores, which have been an intrinsic part of Kolkata. The incumbent agency was Accord.
Close on the heels of realigning its advertising agencies for personal wash brands – Liril and Hamam, FMCG major Hindustan Lever has awarded the advertising assignment of the hair segment of its Lakme brand to Lowe, taking it away from Ambience Publicis.
Changes are adrift at TAM Media Research with the agency’s intention of expanding operations both in depth and horizontally, and in the process, the management has instituted a structure that would ensure that both the products and clients are receiving apt attention.
Apart from roping in Allianz and Hutch as title sponsors for the forthcoming Indo-Pak Test and ODI series, respectively, Nimbus Sport has lined up an array of blue-chip sponsors such as Grasim, Ultra Tech and Allied Bank of Pakistan, as well as in-stadia signage brands.
The Indo-Pak series is already here and presenting channel Ten Sports is all set to make the maximum out of the situation. Apart from introducing new aspects in the production bit, the channel has planned a whole array of ancillary programming.
With the first round of bidding for Phase II expansion of FM Radio for Category A+ and A cities out in the open, some interesting calculations reveal that HT Music, the highest bidder amongst A+ category cities, might just have saved a whopping Rs 154 cr as compared to the highest bidder in Phase I.