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According to Malani, Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Polycab, post IPL, awareness for the brand saw 49% higher scores in the exposed group

Dipali Banka Mar 31, 2021 8:54 AM

The brand's ‘Karte Ja Bhadte Ja’ series of adverts that ran during the IPL on TV, featuring brand ambassadors Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt, received a tremendously positive response

Dipali Banka Mar 30, 2021 8:21 AM

The total awareness for Livguard reached up to 75% from 55% during the IPL campaign

Dipali Banka Mar 24, 2021 8:29 AM

Kulmeet Bawa, President and Managing Director for SAP Indian Subcontinent, shares insights on media companies, their digital transformation and overall industry scenario

Dipali Banka Oct 28, 2020 8:42 AM

Industry players say with brands trying to make the most of the pent-up consumer demand, Print has attracted a fair share of the advertisers’ money

Dipali Banka Oct 23, 2020 8:19 AM

Ambi Parameswaran, Brand Consultant, Coach and Founder of brand-building.com, on his new book ‘Spring - Bouncing Back from Rejection’

Dipali Banka Oct 8, 2020 8:55 AM

Since Jio has become a content powerhouse, Reliance now sees more strategic value in keeping a controlling stake in it

Dipali Banka & Sonam Saini Oct 6, 2020 8:10 AM

Amitt Sharma, CEO & Founder VDO. AI, on the video advertising platform’s plans, and its increasing relevance in the Indian video content and advertising space

Dipali Banka Oct 2, 2020 9:56 AM

Ankit Prasad, Founder & CEO, Bobble AI, tells us how the company provides a customised approach to penetrating conversations through emojis and GIFs

Dipali Banka Sep 28, 2020 8:54 AM

Industry watchers say getting viewers to pay for quality content is key to finding a balance between subscribers and average daily active users

Dipali Banka Sep 21, 2020 8:43 AM

The report released by WPP & Kantar said that the total value of the BrandZ India Top 75 fell by 6 per cent in 2020, shedding $13 billion in value for a total brand value of $215.608 billion

Dipali Banka Sep 18, 2020 5:38 PM

Rajiv Beotra, Executive Director, and Rajan Bhalla, Group CMO, HT Media Ltd on the insights behind the recent Hindustan Times overhaul

Dipali Banka Sep 17, 2020 9:00 AM

Dream11 IPL is expected to have record-breaking viewership and the highest number of sponsors

Dipali Banka Sep 16, 2020 9:05 AM

Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 tells us more about the new line-up of programming and insights behind its launch

Dipali Banka Sep 14, 2020 1:22 PM

Sharma, COO of AnyMind Group and Co-Founder of POKKT, talks about the launch of influencer management platform CastingAsia in India

Dipali Banka Sep 11, 2020 9:01 AM

Nair, Chief Digital Transformation and Brand Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited, talks about the new brand identity ‘Vi’

Dipali Banka Sep 10, 2020 8:46 AM

As per the Global Mobile Consumer Trends Report 2020, India also leads the global average in gaming and fitness apps downloads

Dipali Banka Sep 4, 2020 1:37 PM

Special recharge pack with Reliance Jio may bring in 15-20 mn additional subscribers. Also, the platform may consider a complete paywall option for IPL

Dipali Banka Sep 3, 2020 8:37 AM

Shivank Agarwal, Co-founder and CEO, Mitron TV, reveals what makes the app's stand out among competition, its future prospects and more

Dipali Banka Sep 2, 2020 8:41 AM

The COVID-induced lockdown has forced marketers to look at content marketing seriously, and consider it as an effective medium delivering ROI

Dipali Banka Sep 1, 2020 9:04 AM

HT also unveiled its new positioning – First Voice, Last Word-- where First Voice represents digital-first approach

Dipali Banka Aug 31, 2020 2:54 PM

InMobi’s Marketing in the New Normal report explores how marketers are embracing the disruption to repurpose their core marketing strategies

Dipali Banka Aug 26, 2020 12:17 PM

Frontrunner Tata dropping out after their set of conditions was unmet also worked in the gaming platform's favour

Dipali Banka Aug 19, 2020 8:34 AM

According to media sources, the deal between Hotstar to allow Jio TV to stream IPL matches live, is not on cards this year

Dipali Banka Aug 13, 2020 8:34 AM

Sameer Barde, CEO, The Online Rummy Federation says regulating the industry will bring in stability which will help industry investments and scale

Dipali Banka Aug 11, 2020 8:18 AM

Times Internet Limited stands at number three with 315 million unique visitors and 77.7% reach

Dipali Banka Aug 4, 2020 8:21 AM

According to InMobi’s Audience Insights Mobile Gaming, Asia Pacific, report, 89 per cent of India’s gamers are on mobile with a 20.3% growth year on year

Dipali Banka Aug 1, 2020 7:00 PM

Karan Taurani, VP – Research Analyst (Media), Elara Securities (India) Private Limited, says SMEs will play a key role in bringing incremental growth in digital advertising

Dipali Banka Jul 29, 2020 8:11 AM

Industry experts are mostly of the opinion that the name change brings up a whole new proposition for the brand

Dipali Banka Jul 3, 2020 9:12 AM

With products like Instagram Reels & YouTube Shorts, the two online giants are surely in a good position to leverage the ban on TikTok

Dipali Banka & Tasmayee Laha Roy Jul 3, 2020 8:30 AM

Shah, Vice President, Media Partners Asia, shares interesting insights on how the telecom sector will impact the digital economy

Dipali Banka Jul 3, 2020 8:26 AM

Having seen a surge of installs on the back of the anti-China sentiment, Mayank Bhangadia, CEO & Co-Founder, Roposo tells us about further integrations on the platform

Dipali Banka Jun 30, 2020 8:37 AM

Pradeep Dwivedi, CEO-India, Eros International Media Limited, talks about impact the convergence will have on the Indian Media & Entertainment landscape and more

Dipali Banka Jun 29, 2020 9:10 AM

Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network, shares insights about the promises Tech-Telecom mergers hold for broadcasters in India

Dipali Banka Jun 29, 2020 9:00 AM

Industry players say larger brands will no longer tolerate discriminatory content and social media networks will have to roll out new measures to contain the spread of hate on these platforms

Dipali Banka Jun 29, 2020 8:16 AM

Sandeep Goyal, Founder, Mogae Media and Chairman of Forum for Ethical Use of Data on how the coming together of Technology-Media-Telecom will play out

Dipali Banka Jun 26, 2020 7:01 PM

Shubham Jha, Sales Manager India, Adjust, talks of the overall mobile and app marketing scenario and how bot frauds are a growing problem for the industry

Dipali Banka Jun 26, 2020 5:58 PM

Vasuta Agarwal, Managing Director - Asia Pacific, InMobi talks about the challenges of programmatic and in-app advertising in India and charting the way forward

Dipali Banka Jun 26, 2020 5:01 PM

Greater impact to be felt in immediate terms, majority ad buyers and sellers haven’t changed revenue forecasts for Q3 and Q4

Dipali Banka Jun 25, 2020 8:51 AM

While the entire focus of content now is primarily entertainment, it is soon going to cover informational and educational learning

Dipali Banka Jun 24, 2020 8:55 AM

ComScore tracks four unexpected digital content trends of life during pandemic

Dipali Banka Jun 23, 2020 4:18 PM

Vikash Jaiswal, Co-founder and CEO of Gametion Technologies, shares how from 15 million daily active users Ludo King reached 51 million daily active users during the lockdown period

Dipali Banka Jun 16, 2020 9:07 AM

Industry experts say the new feature will help brands drive spontaneity and urgency in conversations

Dipali Banka Jun 16, 2020 8:46 AM

Nair, CEO and MD, Firework India, talks abou their business model and the way forward

Dipali Banka Jun 9, 2020 9:09 AM

Shivendra Gupta, EVP, Business Standard, explains their paywall model, the challenges that they faced in implementing it, and the way forward

Dipali Banka Jun 3, 2020 9:15 AM

According to industry analysts, the Technology-Telecom business is becoming more hybrid on the back of traditional models

Dipali Banka Jun 1, 2020 9:09 AM

Ghosal, Director- Amar Ujala Limited, talks about the adoption of digital subscription model among Hindi and vernacular papers

Dipali Banka May 30, 2020 9:48 AM

Although Facebook Shops is not available in India yet, industry players say when introduced it will give a boost to the domestic e-commerce market

Dipali Banka May 29, 2020 8:08 AM

Rajesh Jain, Founder & Managing Director, Netcore Solutions, talks about the upcoming MarTech trends and how companies can best leverage them

Dipali Banka May 13, 2020 8:18 AM

In today's edition of our First Responders series, we feature Diwakar Sharma, Senior Correspondent - Crime, Mid-Day, who speaks about his experience covering the pandemic

Dipali Banka Apr 30, 2020 8:45 AM

In today's First Responders, we feature Mid-Day Principal Photographer Pradeep Dhivar and his experience capturing in pictures Mumbai's fight against the pandemic

Dipali Banka Apr 22, 2020 8:56 AM

In today’s edition of First Responders – our series on reporters on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic, we feature Laxmi Prasad Pant, State Editor for Rajasthan, Dainik Bhaskar

Dipali Banka Apr 21, 2020 8:43 AM

In today’s edition of First Responders – our series on reporters on the frontline during the pandemic – we feature Anjali N Kumar, a Reporter with Mathrubhumi Daily

Dipali Banka Apr 20, 2020 8:09 AM

In this series - First Responders - on reporters at the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic we feature Devendra Bhatnagar, Chief Editor - Gujarat, Divya Bhaskar

Dipali Banka Apr 17, 2020 9:35 AM

Haruto Iwata, Managing Director, Fujifilm India, talks about the brand’s latest campaign and how he has been driving the company to achieve double digit growth by next year

Dipali Banka Dec 27, 2019 8:49 AM

Pansare, Head Marketing Communications & PR, FCA India Automobiles talks about bringing the American Jeep brand to India, the marketing initiatives, the pricing strategy and more

Dipali Banka Aug 13, 2019 8:24 AM

What was it about Narendra Modi’s advertising campaigns and media strategy this year that turned the tide overwhelmingly in his favour?  

Dipali Banka May 29, 2019 8:56 AM

Though Avengers: Endgame broke box office records, the big growth story of Print was as much of a hit in the industry, with dailies and magazines together adding 2.7 cr readers since IRS 2017

Srabana Lahiri & Dipali Banka Apr 29, 2019 9:20 AM

As delegates gather to celebrate the very best in advertising and media work from India at Goafest 2019, exchange4media spoke to some of the contenders

Christina Moniz & Dipali Banka Apr 12, 2019 2:15 PM

As delegates gather for a dazzling start to Goafest 2019, we caught up with some of the contenders

Christina Moniz & Dipali Banka Apr 11, 2019 2:57 PM

Within social media, Facebook and WhatsApp are particularly widely used. Other social media platform widely used for news are Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Messenger

Dipali Banka Mar 28, 2019 8:21 AM

ZEEL’s revenue rose by 17.9 per cent at Rs 2,167 crore against Rs 1,838 crore last year

Dipali Banka Jan 19, 2019 9:00 AM

Vinay Singhal, Co-Founder & CEO, WittyFeed on the new interface, rebranding and why data is king in the digital sphere

Dipali Banka Jul 13, 2017 8:11 AM

exchange4media chats with leaders from the industry who have quit top positions to turn entrepreneurs

Dipali Banka Jul 6, 2012 7:57 PM

With slowing of revenues, marketers are re-looking their media allocations and striving for more bang for the buck

Dipali Banka Jul 5, 2012 7:48 PM

In 2016, digital advertising will account for 15.1 per cent of the total consumer magazine advertising compared to 7.0 per cent in 2011

Dipali Banka Jul 4, 2012 7:54 PM

Revenue growth in traditional media will remain muted due to weak ad revenue but margins (q-o-q) will remain steady across most segments

Dipali Banka Jun 27, 2012 7:50 PM

With I&B Ministry’s decision to modify the June 30 deadline, MSOs and LCOs are breathing a sigh of relief; DTH players & broadcasters are disappointed

Dipali Banka Jun 22, 2012 9:42 PM

While the deal is a positive transaction for the Indian media space in general, does it involve a lot more than what meets the eye? e4m finds out...

Dipali Banka Jun 19, 2012 11:10 PM

Indian mobile internet subscribers to increase from a low base at a compound annual growth rate of 50.8 per cent to 2016

Dipali Banka Jun 14, 2012 8:10 PM

Fiercely-fought pitches have been at the centre of several account movements in the last few months, but what the industry lacks is ‘pitch science’

Dipali Banka Jun 6, 2012 7:13 PM

Shashank Srivastava, Maruti Suzuki’s Chief GM – Marketing states that an increase in TV ad rates may lead other media to become the focus of ad spends

Dipali Banka May 17, 2012 9:54 PM

Shashank Srivastava, Maruti Suzuki’s Chief GM – Marketing states that an increase in TV ad rates may lead other media to become the focus of ad spends

Dipali Banka May 17, 2012 9:54 PM

As per a report by Starcom MediaVest, ‘Satyamev Jayate’ recorded 6.5 lakh ‘likes’ on Facebook & had 15000 followers on Twitter by May 9

Dipali Banka May 11, 2012 8:36 PM

TapRoot’s Har Friend Zaroori, for Bharti Airtel, predicted to be ‘Campaign of the Year’

Dipali Banka Apr 21, 2012 10:07 AM

TapRoot’s Har Friend Zaroori, for Bharti Airtel, predicted to be ‘Campaign of the Year’

Dipali Banka Apr 21, 2012 10:07 AM

Over the years, Media Abby has earned the reputation of being a controversy-free, well run awards platform. Industry honchos speak on what are some of the reasons

Dipali Banka Apr 20, 2012 10:07 AM

Over the years, Media Abby has earned the reputation of being a controversy-free, well run awards platform. Industry honchos speak on what are some of the reasons

Dipali Banka Apr 20, 2012 10:07 AM

MEC will bring out its fourth edition of ‘MEC IPL TVR prediction study’ on April 2, 2012, that forecasts the viewing habits of DLF IPL Season 5

Dipali Banka Mar 29, 2012 11:35 AM

MEC will bring out its fourth edition of ‘MEC IPL TVR prediction study’ on April 2, 2012, that forecasts the viewing habits of DLF IPL Season 5

Dipali Banka Mar 29, 2012 11:33 AM

BMW’s Mini made the biggest noise in print coverage, while Maruti led social media during Auto Expo 2012, says a study by Impact Research & Measurement

Dipali Banka Feb 21, 2012 10:45 AM

With deadline for cable digitisation drawing near, intense competition & communication is seen amongst MSOs & DTH players. A look at what’s in store

Dipali Banka Feb 20, 2012 9:10 AM

Sun TV has reported a drop of 28.91% in its Q3 FY12 income from operations at Rs 4.25 billion as compared to Rs 5.98 billion in same quarter last year

Dipali Banka Feb 13, 2012 7:35 AM

Network18 Group’s 24% growth in Q3 consolidated revenues comes on the backdrop of expense of launching four channels, write-offs & increased expenses

Dipali Banka Feb 10, 2012 7:23 AM

TBWA\ formally launched Integer, its retail & shopper mktg agency, in India on Feb 7. Marc Ducnuigeen, Prez, Integer Group elaborated on India plans

Dipali Banka Feb 8, 2012 1:55 PM

Colgate-Palmolive’s top line growth is modest, but the margins have been maintained by cutting staff cost and ad spends, say analysts

Dipali Banka Jan 24, 2012 7:20 AM

2011 will be known as a year that broke convention and challenged paradigms - from innovative products, tactical pricing, and up-selling distribution

Dipali Banka Jan 9, 2012 7:38 AM

The N18-RIL deal allowed Reliance Industries significant presence in media & enabled N18 to expand into national footprint & become debt free

Dipali Banka Jan 4, 2012 9:24 AM

Media companies reported a muted performance in second quarter (July-September) of financial year 2011-12 owing to soft revenue growth due to slow down in ad-spends across media.

Dipali Banka Nov 18, 2011 9:02 AM

Panellists at the session on ‘Conscious Capitalism’ raised some relevant issues regarding what businesses should do to adapt to conscious capitalism, what limitations they face, and whether there is a need to make a fundamental change in the organisation.

Dipali Banka Nov 4, 2011 12:18 PM

The Coca Cola Company’s Joseph Tripodi and McCann Worldgroup India’s Prasoon Joshi engaged in a lively debate on ‘Marketing 3.0: New rules of engagement’. Tripodi also elaborated on Coca Cola’s new communication approach of ‘Liquid & Linked’.

Dipali Banka Nov 3, 2011 9:30 AM

Vikram Sakhuja, Michael Boneham, Sandeep Ghosh, Robin Wight and Deepa Prahalad discussed about building trust in brands in a trust deficit world. According to them, brands need to focus on psychological equity along with the fundamental market-place equity of price, distribution and media salience to achieve this.

Dipali Banka Nov 3, 2011 9:16 AM

How will Brand India be in less than 10 years from now? The session on ‘India 2020’ saw Pankaj Ghemawat, Kurush Grant, Sanjay Kapoor and Ravi Swaminathan discuss the concerns, potential and the agenda to take forward India’s growth in the years ahead.

Dipali Banka Nov 2, 2011 9:26 AM

‘Decoding the new age consumer’ delved on new marketing models. Panel members Adil Zainulbhai, Laxman Narasimhan and Koichi Yamamoto examined the multiple forces reshaping consumer behaviour today.

Dipali Banka Nov 2, 2011 9:21 AM

Right from Shah Rukh Khan’s antics on stage to a high dose of statistics and great insights, the first day of AdAsia 2011 was intense, and if any further proof was required, the shortage of seating in the session halls and the packed media lounge made up for it…

Dipali Banka Nov 2, 2011 9:18 AM

As another recession looms large over the West, slowing down growth and bringing runaway inflation in the Indian economy, are marketers doing a rethink on advertising spends? exchange4media analyses the outlook for the media industry.

Dipali Banka Oct 5, 2011 8:50 AM

As social media redefines consumer engagement rules, marketers scramble to join the gravy train. An indepth look at the current patterns of social media engagements undertaken by brands...

Dipali Banka May 25, 2011 9:11 AM

With the objective to promote Queensland as an incentive destination in the country, Ryna Sequiera, Marketing Manager, Tourism Queensland, India is steering the brand with innovative marketing and prudent trade partnership.

Dipali Banka May 12, 2011 9:29 AM

Marico Ltd’s total ad spends for the year ended March 2011 on a consolidated basis stood at Rs 3.46 billion, as against Rs 3.51 billion in fiscal year 2010.

Dipali Banka May 4, 2011 9:00 AM

Dabur India Ltd’s ad spends for Q4 FY11 stood at Rs 1,274 million as compared to Rs 1,156 million in the corresponding quarter last year. However, the ratio of ad spends to sales has gone down.

Dipali Banka Apr 29, 2011 8:54 AM

According to a company statement, March quarter ad spends of P&G were down 14 per cent, even as net profit dipped by 11 per cent. On the other hand, sales were up 14 per cent.

Dipali Banka Apr 27, 2011 1:48 PM

The Pitch CMO Summit saw some insightful presentations of how brands extended their brand propositions to the audience. Taking this further, Ajay Kaul, Chief Executive Officer, Jubiliant FoodWorks Ltd., master franchisee of Domino’s Pizza in India presented how they extended their brand proposition to not only the consumers but also built a culture around it in their organisation.

Dipali Banka Nov 1, 2010 8:46 AM

DB Corp posted a good performance in its second quarter financial results for the current fiscal year. The company that owns newspapers Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar and Saurashtra Samachar reported consolidated total revenues of Rs 3010 million, a 14.8 per cent increase compared to the corresponding quarter last year and consolidated PAT of Rs 551 million from Rs 440 million, up by 25 per cent in Q2 YOY.

Dipali Banka Oct 26, 2010 8:40 AM

The Board of WPP announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2010, which reflected strong revenue growth, particularly in the second quarter, in the US and in parts of Asia and Latin America. Total billings of the Group were up 8.5 per cent at £20.333 billion, while reportable revenue was up 3.5 per cent at £4.441 billion.

Dipali Banka Aug 25, 2010 8:12 AM

Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) has reported an 18 per cent growth in net profit and 7 per cent increase in revenues for Q1 of FY10-11. Revenues of the company in Q1FY11 stood at Rs 2,318 million as compared to Rs 2,166 million in first quarter last fiscal, while PAT stood at Rs 912 million.

Dipali Banka Aug 17, 2010 8:41 AM

Sun TV continued with its robust performance, reporting revenue growth of ~53 per cent for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010-11 at Rs 4,404 million. The net profit stood at Rs 1,709 million, an increase of 42.7 per cent from Rs 1,198 million in the same quarter last year.

Dipali Banka Jul 29, 2010 8:36 AM

HT Media Ltd has reported strong revenues in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010-2011. Total revenues of the company were up 20 per cent at Rs 4,042 million this quarter, as compared to Rs 3,366 million in the same quarter last year. Net profit for the quarter stood at Rs 414 million from Rs 287 million in Q1 FY10.

Dipali Banka Jul 28, 2010 8:42 AM

<p>In a digital world, time lines and geographies do not matter. And there could not be a better example of this than the insightful keynote address by Mainardo de Nardis, CEO, OMD Worldwide, at the Mumbai leg of the exchange4media Conclave 2010 on June 11. de Nardis, who would be connected Live from New York, would be speaking on digital as the electricity driving and powering the entire marketing services industry.</p>

Dipali Banka Jun 4, 2010 12:53 PM

Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL) on May 5, 2010 agreed to buy out the publishing business of Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd in a 7:2 share-swap deal. For every seven shares held in Mid-Day Multimedia, the shareholders will get two shares of JPL. Though on the face of it the deal looked expensive and shares of JPL closed at 3.16 low at 115.05 on BSE, most media analysts have given the deal the thumbs up. <br> <a href=http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?Section_id=5&News_id=38044&Tag=3652 target= _blank><b><font color=red>Mixed Media extra!</font> Pradyuman Maheshwari on whether the Jagran buy will mean sunnier times for Mid- Day</b></a> <br> <a href=http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?Section_id=5&News_id=38045&Tag=3653 target= _blank><b><font color=red>Flashed Yesterday: </font> Jagran Prakashan Ltd to acquire Mid-Day’s print business</b></a>

Dipali Banka May 6, 2010 9:23 AM

Pratham Books’ ‘Social publishing strategy’ and Hindustan Motors’ ‘The great driving challenge’ were adjudged the best social media case studies at the IndiaSocial Case Challenge for the long term and short term categories, respectively. The first edition of IndiaSocial Case Challenge saw some excellent work done by organisations in the social media domain. The case challenge, an initiative of IndiaSocial, was undertaken in association with impact and blogworks.

Dipali Banka Apr 13, 2010 8:24 AM

Viacom18, which operates MTV, Nickelodeon, Vh1 and Colors channels, has reported a net profit of Rs 56.3 million in Q3 FY10, as compared to a loss of Rs 416.28 million in the previous quarter. Colors reported a 41 per cent growth in advertising revenues as compared to the previous quarter, taking the total income of Viacom18 to Rs 2.66 billion from Rs 2 billion in the September quarter.

Dipali Banka Jan 29, 2010 7:14 AM

Zee News Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 191 million in Q3 of FY10, as against Rs 151 million in the corresponding period of last fiscal. A 25.6 per cent increase in advertising revenue at Rs 1,402 million and an 18.8 per cent increase in subscription revenues at Rs 280.6 million, led to an increase of 19.3 per cent in Zee News’ total operating revenues, taking it to Rs 1,706 million.

Dipali Banka Jan 25, 2010 7:35 AM

DishTV has reported a loss of Rs 762 million in Q3 FY10, as compared to a loss of Rs 561 million in Q2 of this fiscal. However, revenues of the company increased by 8 per cent to Rs 2,786 million in Q3, as compared to Rs 2,579 in Q2 of this fiscal. Out of its DTH revenues, Rs 2,140 million came from subscriptions.

Dipali Banka Jan 25, 2010 7:34 AM

ZEEL has reported a net profit of Rs 1,464 million for the third quarter ending December 31, 2009, a 74 per cent increase as compared to Rs 839 million in Q3 FY209. Meanwhile, the company’s Board of Directors has also approved the proposal to acquire additional 45 per cent stake in its subsidiary, Taj TV Ltd Mauritius and additional 50 per cent stake in its subsidiary, Taj Television (India) Pvt Ltd, from Bukhatir Group for $44.145 million.

Dipali Banka Jan 21, 2010 7:10 AM

HT Media more than doubled its net profit in the third quarter ended December 31, 2009 to Rs 184.2 million from Rs 78.2 million in Q3 FY09 due to sharp increase in circulation and advertising revenues. The company has demerged its Hindi business that includes daily ‘Hindustan’, magazines ‘Nandan’ and Kadambini’ during the quarter for Rs 1.4 billion and has temporarily shut down the loss making JV with BCCL, ‘Metro Now’.

Dipali Banka Jan 19, 2010 7:22 AM

DB Corp, publisher of Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, closed the first day of trading at Rs 265.90, a premium of 25.42 per cent over its issue price of Rs 212. The share touched an intra-day high of Rs 274 on both BSE and NSE. Market analysts have given the scrip two thumbs up and expect more from it.

Dipali Banka Jan 7, 2010 8:40 AM

Although Zoozoos dominated the Effie Awards 2009, the Grand Effie and the Yahoo! Big Chair Awards were bagged by JWT for its work for Bennett, Coleman & Co. The ‘Teach India’ campaign won the Grand Effie as the best integrated advertising campaign of the year. The client-agency team also won the Yahoo! Big Idea Chair Award for using digital media as an important part of their integrated campaign. <br> <a href=http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?news_id=36762&section_id=1&pict=2&tag=1870 target=_blank><b>Effie Awards celebrates excellence in effective advertising with panache</b></a>

Dipali Banka Dec 17, 2009 7:23 AM

Recession has seen the newspaper industry trim its flab in terms of the number of pages and, of course, the staff. At the World Editor’s Forum 2009, the issue was discussed and debated in the session ‘Shrinking newsroom: Is editorial outsourcing the solution?’. The panelists included Arun Jethmalani, Tony Joseph, John Spencer, and Stella Dawson. Peru’s Alejandro Miro Quesada was the session moderator.

Dipali Banka Dec 4, 2009 8:25 AM

The second panel discussion at the World Editor’s Forum was quite intriguing – ‘More women editors-in-chief = more readers?’ The session started out with views from each panellists about the journalism scenario in their country and the situation of women journalists. However, the discussions also brought in perspectives of the ‘choice’ of women for taking or not taking up the post and also their courage to bring in remarkable changes in the editorial set-up.

Dipali Banka Dec 4, 2009 8:24 AM

The panel discussion on ‘Is investigative journalism giving up on newspapers?’ on the concluding day of the World Newspaper Congress was invigorating and thought-provoking. The panellists included Nick Davies of The Guardian, India Today Group’s Aroon Purie, Arne Jensen of Association of Norwegian Editors, and Tehelka’s Shoma Chaudhury. The session was moderated by George Brock, Professor & Head of Journalism, City University, UK.

Dipali Banka Dec 4, 2009 8:23 AM

While a lot was discussed about the threat of online media to the print industry, the session on ‘The power of print’ at the 62nd World Newspaper Congress took a fresh look at the business that still makes money, remains credible and effective, and is still hugely popular.

Dipali Banka Dec 3, 2009 8:28 AM

Day 3 of the ongoing World News Paper Congress and World Editors Forum in Hyderabad was jam packed with several interesting sessions. The session on ‘Newspapers: A Multi-Media, Growth Business’ saw a few changes in terms of panelists, nevertheless gave some insights on newspapers from three different parts of the world and how they have embraced technology to expand growth.

Dipali Banka Dec 3, 2009 8:27 AM

The formal opening ceremony of the 62nd World Newspaper Congress and the 16th World Editors Forum (WEF) and Info Services Expo 2009 was held in Hyderabad on December 1, 2009 in the presence of President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil at the HICC Convention Centre. Also on the occasion, Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief, Friday Times and Daily Times, Pakistan, was presented with the Golden Pen Award.

Dipali Banka Dec 2, 2009 7:47 AM

The 62nd World Newspaper Congress got underway in Hyderabad on November 30, 2009. The annual event, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (the merged WAN-IFRA), is being held in India for the first time. The first session of the Congress began with an exciting and stimulating discussion on issues concerning free press around the globe.

Dipali Banka Dec 1, 2009 8:27 AM

Media agencies are going through a rough time because of the pricing issues and financial pressure. In a conversation with exchange4media, David Klien, Publishing and Editorial Director, Advertising Age, said that in this challenging environment, media agencies in India should get marketers to spend more on advertising.

Dipali Banka Nov 19, 2009 7:28 AM

If one were to write a paper on the current media, advertising and marketing scenario, and possible solutions for future, sitting through a session of the <b>impact</b> One-on-One with Advertising Age’s Publishing and Editorial Director David Klein and Madison World’s Chairman and MD Sam Balsara would suffice. From treating agencies as vendors to media agencies turning creative to the issues of media company locking or unlocking editorial content on the web, the session covered it all.

Dipali Banka Nov 17, 2009 7:39 AM

The Union Budget 2009-10 was pegged to redefine the contours of India’s economic growth and the media sector to a certain extent. However, the Budget was highly muted for the industry, leading to an indifferent stock performance of listed media companies.

Dipali Banka Jul 7, 2009 8:44 AM

Mark Patterson, CEO, GroupM APAC, enthralled the distinguished gathering at the exchange4media Conclave 2009 that was held in Mumbai on June 3 with his keen observations of the Indian market. The day-long Conclave was presented by Star News and powered by Hindustan Times. Yuva was the associate sponsor for the event.

Dipali Banka Jun 4, 2009 8:54 AM

The television viewership data of IRS 2009 R1 shows a decline in viewership of the national network DD1, while viewership of every other private channel see growth. However the national network stood way ahead of the next in line, Star Plus, which saw a rise of 5.07 per cent with 84.339 million viewers.

Dipali Banka May 13, 2009 9:36 AM

Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd has put Zee Next, its second Hindi general entertainment channel, on suspension mode. “Zee Next was incurring some losses and we have now put the channel on suspension mode. No additional investments will be made in the channel,” said Subhash Chandra, Chairman, ZEEL, while speaking to analysts after the announcement of the company’s annual and quarterly results on April 22, 2009.

Dipali Banka Apr 22, 2009 6:38 PM

Virgin Mobile has moved its OOH business to Bates 141, which also handles its creative mandate. The agency has created a new OOH division, named ‘Atlas’, under its umbrella for the account. Sandeep Pathak, CEO, Bates 141, has pegged the OOH business of Virgin Mobile in the range of Rs. 30-40 crore.

Dipali Banka Mar 26, 2009 8:00 AM

‘Recession and the Entertainment Industry’ garnered much interest at FICCI Frames, more so because of the distinguished panel that comprised Swaminathan A Aiyar, Rajesh Jain, Rajesh Sawhney, Narendra Bhandari and Punitha Arumugam. Dr Amit Mitra moderated the session that discussed on ways to beat the economic slowdown.

Dipali Banka Feb 19, 2009 6:52 AM

Day two of the INMA South Asia Conference, held in Mumbai on November 13-14, addressed issues like building the newspaper’s top line, building the advertising revenue pie, new strategies to build newspaper readership, and acquiring and retaining employees. impact, the weekly magazine on advertising, media and marketing, and Pitch, both from the exchange4media Group, were media partners for this event. exchange4media.com was the online partner.

Dipali Banka Nov 15, 2008 6:33 AM

Identifying resources and ability to invest, transform and survive the transition from print to multimedia was the focus of the discussion on ‘A roadmap to transition: Leveraging the Newspaper to Build a Multi-Media Enterprise’. The discussion was part of the two-day INMA South Asia Conference, being held in Mumbai on November 13-14.

Dipali Banka Nov 14, 2008 5:27 AM