With the Award Night for IPOY 2011 on December 8 approaching fast, industry stalwarts speak about their favourite nominees. IPOY 2011 is presented by Jagran Group.
Though media owners’ revenue growth for 2011 and 2012 is seen to be slower, Shashi Sinha, CEO, Lodestar UM, says the India scenario looks a lot better.
National Geographic Channel was re-launched in India on December 5 as part of its global re-launch. The new avatar comes with new content.
K Ramakrishnan, President - Marketing, Café Coffee Day highlights the seven learnings from CCD.
Krishnadeep Baruah, Director – Marketing, Research in Motion, India, on seven ways in which telecom evolution has impacted consumer psyche.
Abdul Khan, Head, GSM Marketing & Advisor to MD, Tata Teleservices, writes about the seven ways that telecom has changed life and work spaces.
Mid Day Chief informed staff that decision has been taken due by prolonged losses that the company had incurred on these two editions
Gaurav Gandhi, COO, Sun18 North, speaks about the strengths of the alliance between Sun and Network18, and the company’s 2012 plans.
For Publicis Groupe, India has become the number one market of focus. The company’s COO Jean Yves Naouri divulged that Publicis has accelerated its India growth plans.
Navroze D Dhondy, Creatigies Communications, remembers Amitava Guha (Goldy) and his ever towering presence at the HT Leadership Summit…
Paul Schwarz and Varun Jain, Co-Founders of En Route Media, write about how digital signage is transforming digital out of home advertising.
Programming has seen some changes. Earlier, the RJ would play a lot of film songs, there would be film stories played on radio… but today there’s a whole lot of segments with interesting shows/ interviews backed by songs. Also, the competition is getting tougher with so many players. The emphasis continues to be on who plays what, when and for whom. As for RJs – there are a few strong names that have stuck to brands and stood the test of time… but a lot more science is applied to the art now.