Date-wise News

Financial Times is in the process of augmenting its presence in India. In the process, the international business publication is planning a South Asia edition, which would be printed from India. FT is awaiting a final government to go ahead for this. Khozem Merchant has been identified as Country Head and Business Development Director, while MediaScope is partnering for the sales function.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 5, 2006 7:26 PM

Casio India, which is largely known for its calculators in India, has introduced its digital camera in the fast growing Indian market and has entered into a strategic national distribution pact for marketing, selling, servicing and distribution of its digital cameras in the country.

e4m Desk Oct 5, 2006 10:40 AM

Koutons Retail is all set to attract the attention of the Limca Book of World Records with the opening 101 stores across North West India in a single day on October 4. This apart, the company has also relaunched its youth brand ‘Charlie Outlaw’.

e4m Desk Oct 5, 2006 10:39 AM

Radio City has decided to launch a new show solely devoted to ghazals, which begins o Friday, October 6, 2006. The new property – ‘Shaam-E-Ghazal’ – will see Roop Kumar Rathod as the host. The show is a blend of unplugged ghazals, mushairas and ‘live on-air’ performance by Rathod himself.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 5, 2006 10:37 AM

Kidstuff Promos & Events, Mudra Group’s specialised marketing offering, on October 4 announced the commencement of Promo Power 2006, a two-day international conference on promotional marketing techniques. They also announced the fifth All India Promo Awards, which recognises outstanding promotional and marketing campaigns.

e4m Desk Oct 5, 2006 10:36 AM

‘Jodi No 1’, the Tamil version of popular celebrity dance show ‘Nach Baliye’, is all set to kick off on Vijay TV from October 6. The show, which will be on air on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, features four real life and four reel life couples from TV. The channel has roped in dance master Kala, actor Prashanth and actress Ramya Krishnan as judges.

Judy Franko Oct 5, 2006 10:35 AM

Time Warner-promoted CNN has been ranked as the No. 1 channel in the news and business genre according to the latest Synovate PAX media survey. The international news network also continues to attract a larger audience than all other news and business channels combined across the whole of the Asia Pacific region.

e4m Desk Oct 5, 2006 10:34 AM

Global market intelligence firm Synovate has appointed Uday Kagal as Head of Mumbai operations. Kagal comes in with 19 years’ experience in market research in different capacities where he had worked both on the agency as well as the client side.

e4m Desk Oct 5, 2006 10:33 AM

Shamik Talukdar, Associate Vice-president with Sony, has put in his papers. He is joining Times OOH from the first week of November as National Business Head and will be based in Mumbai. In his new role, Talukdar will be looking after overall sales in Times OOH n addition to acquisitions and product development.

e4m Desk Oct 5, 2006 10:32 AM

DNA’s Roving Editor, Khalid Mohammad, who has been taking care of the films coverage in the main paper, supplement Glory and in the Sunday paper, has decided to move on. Mohammad is headed for Hindustan Times, again in a national role.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 5, 2006 10:31 AM

Zee News Ltd is all set to have a CEO. Though channel officials refused to divulge any details at present, sources close to the situation inform that talks have reached the final stage with Harish Doraiswamy, currently CEO, Mercury Travels. The new CEO would report to Zee News Ltd Director, Laxmi Goel.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 5, 2006 10:30 AM

Good Relations (India) Pvt Ltd has bagged the Virgin Atlantic Airways account following a multi-agency pitch. This follows a revamp in Virgin’s creative and media accounts. O&M is the new agency handling Virgin’s creative business, while GroupM has been given the media mandate.

Vinod Behl Oct 5, 2006 10:30 AM

Diligent Media, owners of DNA, has appointed K U Rao as CEO. Rao comes from Shell, UK, and would report to Managing Director Sudhir Agarwal.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Oct 5, 2006 10:29 AM

Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Co, publishers of Malayalam daily ‘Mathrubhumi’, is planning to start its FM (94.3) foray from Kochi in February 2007. It has roped in Ajith Bhaskaran as Head of Content.

Judy Franko Oct 5, 2006 10:28 AM

In its sixth year, the Bombay Ad Club has given a makeover to the Effie Awards and upgraded the Awards a notch higher to level two. The awards has added two new categories – ‘Agency of the Year’ and ‘Client of the Year’ – and will be spread over two days this year.

Noor Fathima Warsia Oct 5, 2006 10:27 AM