After over two years with Percept Pictures, Milind Dabke has decided to put in his papers as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dabke was also looking after the overall business and handling key relationships. He was also in-charge of the legal, production and the commercial operations of the company.
Dr G Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman and leader of team Chandrayaan, has been elected as the Newsmaker of 2008 by the TV viewers of Kerala. The SMS voting event was organised by Manorama News, in association with Idea Cellular.
Ten Sports will exclusively broadcast 109 days of international cricket from South Africa under a new multi-year agreement between Ten Sports owners, Taj Television, and Cricket South Africa. The agreement includes India’s three tests, five ODIs and one T20 international in South Africa during 2010 and 2011, and represents an extension to the short term arrangement between the parties for 2008.
G Ramprasad, the former CEO of Zee South, has joined Tata Teleservices as CEO for the Tamil Nadu Circle. Ramprasad had been with Zee for a little over a year and had seen through the successful launch of Zee Tamil in October 2008.
Amid the slowdown pangs Smile Interactive Technology Group (SITG) has stepped up an ambitious project to create a dedicated digital delivery hub aimed at fulfilling the digital marketing, production and delivery needs of global brands. The company will be targeting the international markets through this initiative.
While several magazines are focussing on cost cutting by discontinuing their supplements, reducing the size and quality of their magazines, Cosmo Woman has got a whole new look. Apart from increasing the number of pages and using better quality paper, the cover price of the magazine has also been revised from Rs 30 to Rs 50.
Plagued by a sluggish economy, credit squeeze and spike in interest rates, Tata Motors is still looking ahead to launching its wonder car, Nano, in the first half of 2009. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai takes a look at the steps being taken by the auto major as it picks up the pieces and revives itself from the somnolescence of a brutal economic headwind.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has empanelled four agencies for its creative and media duties – Prachar Advertising, Pam, Span and Unnati. The account size has been pegged at Rs 15 crore for the pan-India account. The agencies have won the contract for a period of two years.
Star Plus has decided to pull the curtains down on three more Balaji shows – ‘Karam Apna Apna’, ‘Kayamath’ and ‘Kasturi’. It is understood that the channel has given a notice to the content creator and the shows are expected to go off-air from mid-March 2009.
In the last six months, Colors has managed to see a strong growth curve in the Hindi general entertainment sector. Now, it is monetisation time for the channel. Colors is actively looking at going pay in the next couple of months, besides looking at beginning feeds in international markets such as the US, UK, Middle East and Africa.