Arjun Mukherjee has quit Capital to join JWT as Vice-President. He will be responsible for the Hero Honda business. Mukherjee has an experience of 14 years in the advertising industry. Besides Rediffusion DY&R, Delhi, he has worked with Grey Worldwide (then Trikaya Grey), Kolkata; Lowe (then Lintas), Kolkata; Triton Communications, Delhi; Publicis India, and RK Swamy/BBDO, Delhi.
Rajesh Mathew has quit Concept in Muscat and joined Wunderman, Chennai, as General Manager. Besides heading Wunderman’s Chennai operations, Mathew will also overlook the operations of Rediffusion DY&R, Chennai. He will report to Kaushik Tiwari, VP-South, Rediffusion DY&R. He started his career with MAA Bozell, Bangalore, and has worked with Saatchi & Saatchi Direct, O&M Bangalore, and Lowe Chennai. During his career, he has worked on brands like SSD Sunflower Oil, Wipro, Hewlett-Packard, Infosys, Green Label and Grundfos.
London 2012, the capital's Olympics organisation committee, is to hold a pitch to find a digital agency to redesign and relaunch its website.
Dabur is scripting a strategy to give a better play to the food business in its portfolio. Its wholly owned subsidiary - Dabur Foods - is planning an entry into the ready-to-eat packaged foods market under the brand, Hommade.
Hero Honda has launched two new entry level 100 cc bikes – new CD Dawn and CD Deluxe, meant for the rural and urban markets, respectively. The company will be promoting both the bikes using the traditional mediums along with its regular OOH initiatives.
The Thomas Foundation has announced the winners of the Reporting HIV/AIDS- EU-India Media Awards 2006. Six journalists have been felicitated under the scheme by the Commonwealth Broadcast Association.
Bollywood studio Eros International has entered into an investment deal with Singapore-based ANYTIME, a supplier of video-on-demand Hollywood entertainment in Asia. Eros would be taking a stake in ANYTIME as well as a seat on its Board, subject to final due diligence and agreement of full terms.
Nick has announced the launch of the Masti-Dosti Contest, an initiative where kids can win big for themselves and their friends. The contest begins from December 4 on the Masti-Dosti block from 6-7 pm, Monday to Friday. The shows aired in this block include Spongebob and Patrick, Ninja Hattori and Kenny Chee, and Munnabhai and Circuit.
When it comes to talent hunt shows, it couldn’t get more exciting than this, especially for kids with stardust in their eyes. Hungama TV’s ‘Oral B John Aur Kaun’ is debuting on December 2, which will give two lucky kids the chance to act with John Abraham. The 13-episode special will culminate in a grand finale on January 13, 2007.
Monsterindia.com has reported a 238 per cent surge in traffic (excluding JobsAhead.com, a property owned by Monster) during the July-September quarter of FY 2006-07. The website attributed the increased traffic growth to its marketing campaign launched in April this year along with innovations in product and technology.
Synovate has launched a new market research system called Brand Value Creator, which allows brand owners to consistently predict the sales impact of their marketing investments.
Gillette India MD, Zubair Ahmed is all set to takeover as the managing director of FMCG major, GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH).. This puts to rest speculations about his move post Gillette's integration with P&G India.