‘Forbes India’ marked its launch with an interesting discussion on wealth creation and moving towards an inclusive India among some of the most influential and rich business honchos of the country.
As Ravi Kiran, CEO – South Asia, Starcom MediaVest Group, announced his decision to move on from the agency, SMG has got busy meeting people in Mumbai and Delhi for deciding on a replacement. Also on the consideration set is Sandeep Lakhina, COO, Starcom Worldwide. As for what next for Ravi, he says, “Not known, all options open”.
The much awaited Forbes India Rich List was unveiled at a special discussion in Mumbai on September 30, 2010. The media barons who have made it to the Forbes India Rich List are no surprise – Kalanithi Maran, Indu Jain, Subhash Chandra, Shobhana Bhartia, Ramesh Agarwal.
Following a positive opening week with a weekly average of 4.36 TVR, Colors’ reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ has settled on a weekly average of 2.72 in the subsequent two weeks. Media planners and buyers speak on reasons for the decline trend for the show.
With the festive season round the corner, Onida has gone into active mode. As the brand turns 30, the company has pulled out all stops on the promotion front and increased the marketing budget to a whopping Rs 150 crore for 2010.
After a stint of over 11 years, Ravi Kiran, Chief Executive Officer, South East & South Asia, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) and Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Specialist Services, Starcom MediaVest Group has decided to bid adieu to the organisation. SMG officials have confirmed the development to exchange4media.
VMG Global has formed a unique alliance with TIM Delhi Airport Advertising Pvt Ltd for installing 20 digital screens across all terminals at the IGI Airport in Delhi.
West Central Railway has invited tenders for awarding sole ad rights for display of hoardings at LC gates within the Kota division. The contract shall be awarded for a period of five years.
Even as the nation is waiting for the Ayodhya title-suit verdict on September 30, 2010, Hindi daily Hindustan has organised a discussion among some eminent personalities to foster peace and harmony.
The radio industry can go a long way in truly partnering brands, especially in the area of Catchment Engagement, and thereby creating value for both, says Vinay Bhatia, Customer Care Associate & VP – Marketing & Loyalty, Shopper’s Stop Ltd.
CVS Sharma, Director, Arc Worldwide, tells exchange4media that work on all the three new clients have begun as the agency is focused to build their web strategy, starting from designing and re-designing the respective websites.
To get people online, using the strength of offline cannot be undermined. That’s what Google seems to convey with its full page print ad for Chrome.
Rajiv Kumar, an IIT Mumbai alumni and a proven entrepreneur who previously built and sold Bluetooth® software company WIDCOMM to Broadcom in 2004, founded RockeTalk in 2005.<br><br> Prior to RockeTalk, Rajiv was the founder and CTO of Widcomm, a technology and market leader in Bluetooth solutions. Prior to Widcomm, Rajiv was a VP and CTO at Uniden’s San Diego research and development center, which he co-founded.<br><br> RockeTalk was founded in November 2005 and has developed and launched a social media platform where users can create any combination of text, voice, photo, and video messages, share with any contacts, join communities and chat with individuals and groups, and access a variety of entertainment and content.