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MPG has appointed Mohit Joshi as Executive Business Director on the Reckitt Benckiser business. His last stint was with Zenith Optimedia as VP-Planning. Joshi started his career with MindShare when it was the media arm of HTA. He has also worked in Universal McCann, where he spent three years as Business Director on the Nestle business. Apart from that, he has worked on accounts such as Hero Honda, GlaxoSmithkline (then Smithkline Beecham) and Monster.com

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 12:13 PM

Cricinfo, part of the Wisden Group, has appointed Pavan Mehra as Chief Technology Officer. Mehra brings with him over 17 years of industry experience handling various technologies in the Internet, medical and telecommunication domains. Prior to joining Cricinfo, he was heading various technical functions at AOL Online, Lucent Technologies, Wipro GE Medical Systems and Siemens Information Systems.

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 12:12 PM

Though summer is still a couple of months away, the Rs 800-crore branded ice cream sector is hotting up with two dominant players laying claim to the numero uno slot.

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 8:57 AM

In a bid to build greater connect with kids, the Walt Disney Company India has brought popular action icons, the Power Rangers Dino Thunder, to India. The Power Rangers will be performing live at six cities across India.

exchange4media Kolkata Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:56 AM

Filmy has announced the launch of ‘Live & Filmy’, a series of on-ground viewer connect musical extravaganzas. The first of the series, featuring Daler Mehndi, Sukhvinder Singh and Tanushree Dutta, is scheduled for January 27, 2007.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:55 AM

Chaska 95.0 FM is all set to hit the airwaves in Gwalior by mid-March, provided BECIL has been able to put the infrastructure in place by then. The station will be targeting the Hindi speaking population in the area and will have a youth centric programming.

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 8:54 AM

In a first-of-its-kind localised campaign developed for India, BBC World has taken the OOH route in a differentiated way to drive home the point that international news also affects the Indian audience. For this, BBC has tied up with Pantaloons, wherein live models have been used to reiterate the campaign ‘What affects the world, affects you’.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:52 AM

CyberMedia India Ltd has recorded an increase of 44.5 per cent in its net profits for the third quarter ended December 31, 2006 to Rs 2.55 crore from Rs 1.77 crore recorded during the same period last year.

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 8:50 AM

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, industrialist Ratan Tata and golfer Jeev Milkha Singh are among the winners of the ‘CNN-IBN Indian of the Year’ Award this year in the Politics, Business and Sports categories, respectively. Winners in other categories would be announced soon.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:49 AM

Zoom has launched a comedy band – ‘Haff Hour Laff Hour’ – which would star Sajid Khan and Suresh Menon. The show premiered on January 26, 2007 and will air every Friday at 8.30 pm.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:49 AM

The year 2007 has begun with a bang for B4U as the network has bought the global exclusive screening rights for three big titles – ‘Guru’, ‘Umrao Jaan’ and the yet-to-be released ‘Nishabd’.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:48 AM

Melville Patrao, COO, Playwin and Essel Group Company, has put in his papers. He is setting up his own retail marketing firm, Equilateral, which is expected to commence operations in April 2007. Equilateral will start working on clients like United Spirits and ITC Ltd.

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 8:47 AM

Delhi-based real estate major DLF has awarded its creative mandate to three agencies – FCB-Ulka, Capital Advertising and Lintas Personal. All the new agencies would be handling the IPO work of DLF. PerceptH, which has been handling the creative duties of DLF for a long time, will handle all creative films, print ads, etc. The size of the business is in the region of Rs 40 crore for this year and post-IPO is likely to increase.

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 8:46 AM

Himalaya Healthcare, a player in herbal healthcare, has awarded its media mandate to the Starcom MediaVest Group.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jan 27, 2007 8:44 AM

"I don't think a city limits creativity in any way. If you mean the kind of clients that you get to work on in Delhi, well, I think all clients want good work. Overall, the work being done for Delhi-based clients by agencies based in Delhi is good."

e4m Desk Jan 27, 2007 12:00 AM