The first two phases of the ‘impact Person of the Year 2007’ have been completed. From the list of 25 shortlisted nominees, the winner would be announced at the award ceremony that will be held on December 20, 2007. Read on for the list of nominees...
Palador Pictures, which has bought legal rights to about 1,000 world cinema titles, has tied up with Moser Baer Entertainment to sell and distribute 50 foreign language film titles in DVD format through the latter’s over 2,000 key retail outlets across the country.
‘Men’s Health’ (MH) recently celebrated the first anniversary of its Indian edition. The celebration was hosted by Aroon Purie, Editor-in-Chief, India Today Group. Jamal Shaikh, Editor, MH, shares his views on the first anniversary celebration.
In its seventh year, the Indian Television Academy (ITA) celebrated its annual ‘Big ITA Academy Awards’, celebrating excellence in the field of Indian televised entertainment. The event was attended by television industry stalwarts and stars across channels and organisations, representing the entire television industry.
Lenovo India has appointment RK Amar Babu as Managing Director. Babu will be responsible for the overall business and growth for Lenovo in India. Prior to this, he was Chief Service Delivery Officer of Idea Cellular Ltd, and a member of Idea Cellular’s Executive Committee.
The Franchising Association of India and Franchise Plus are jointly organising an ‘Indian Franchising and Retailing Summit’ on November 30 and December 1, 2007 in Mumbai. The two-day event comprises an exhibition and a conference that will serve as a common platform for the national and international franchise and retail industries to congregate and share their experience and knowledge.
Madura Garments, a division of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, has won the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) Awards for excellence in apparels in three categories – ‘Most Admired Company of the Year’, ‘Best Clothing Company-Domestic’ and ‘Best Advertising Campaign of the Year’ for its brand Louis Philippe.
‘Leo Hope’, the social responsibility cell of Leo Burnett, has recently launched a campaign ‘Leher’ against eve-teasing and sexual harassment, in association with ‘Akshara’, an NGO working with colleges in Mumbai. As part of the campaign, a helpline number has been introduced for college goers and others who could seek help in these regards.
Peter Eustace, TV Editor-Economics and Business Centre, BBC World, and Karishma Vaswani, Presenter, ‘India Business Report’, and Mumbai Business Correspondent for BBC World, shared their views on India as an emerging nation and its impact on global economy, in a round table conference with media representatives in Mumbai. The conference was conducted in reference to BBC World’s India-specific programme ‘India Business Report’ that was launched in August this year.
Arc Worldwide has been appointed as the interactive marketing agency for P&G’s portal beinggirl.in following a multi-agency pitch. As the interactive marketing agency, Arc Worldwide would Indianise the site and promote it using various touch points, including online, search and mobile.
After filling in various content positions, including that of Govindraj Ethiraj as Editor, UTV News has now appointed Arun Anant as Chief Executive Officer. Anant was hitherto at The Economic Times as Vice-President.
TRAI has asked all MSOs and LCOs, who are registered under Section 4 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, to re-transmit the Doordarshan Urdu channel in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 8 of the same Act, and as per various notifications issued by Prasar Bharati.
Pallav Moitra, has put in his papers as Chief Operating Officer at the Images Group. He has joined Paprika Media as CEO, replacing Mahendra Swarup. Paprika Media is the media arm of the Essar Group.
Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of ‘Technology Review’, an independent publication owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, would be the lead speaker at the Futuristix Media Communication Centre conference on ‘Monetising your new media platforms’. The conference would focus on new technology and the Internet in the publishing and communication world.