Lodestar UM has bagged the media duties of Jaypee Sports International (JPSI). The immediate priority will be around the JPSI-owned and managed Formula 1 track – Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. The budget for the first year is expected to be around Rs 25-30 crore.
Shankar. B, who had recently moved on from Ignitee Digital Solutions after a close to two-year stint, has joined Fourth Dimension Media Solutions Pvt Ltd as Chief Executive Officer.
In a bid to take forward commercial and fine art photography in the country, Creative Thinks Media is launching a dedicated e-commerce website – Chitraclinic.com. The website, which will be formally launched on September 16, 2011, seeks to make photography an accessible form of art.
To beef up its expansion plans in the Hindi belt, India News Group has appointed Narendra Tripathi as Chief Operating Officer for its broadcasting division, while Arun Agarwal has been appointed as Chief Finance Officer.
A total of 3,647 entries from 17 countries will be competing at this year’s Spikes Asia Festival, which kicks off this in Singapore on September 18, 2011, an overall increase of 19 per cent versus last year, with growth in most categories. India has sent the most number of entries at 612.
YouTube has launched its Partner Program in India to provide an opportunity to all original content creators in the country to monetise videos. The program is open to all Indian content creators who make original, high-quality videos on a regular basis and use YouTube to distribute their content online and opens a huge market for Indian advertisers.
Technology company AMD has launched a social campaign in India – ‘Future is Me’ – to engage with the youth of the country. The multi-city multimedia initiative invites the youth to come up with interesting futuristic ideas that best describe the future of any of the four aspects of their life – music, entertainment, digital and fashion.
Barclays has announced the appointment of Rajesh Iyer as Director of Customer Propositions and Marketing (India). Prior to joining Barclays, Iyer had played several key roles at HSBC for 12 years.
Neeraja Kale, who had recently quit Law & Kenneth, has joined PerceptH as COO, industry sources close to the development have confirmed.