Whirlpool Corporation has heightened its activities for this summer, launching new products across five categories – refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, microwave ovens and water purifiers. The company has also increased its advertising and marketing spend to Rs 77 crore, up 10 per cent from 2007.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has reported Q4 consolidated net profit of Rs 1.04 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. ZEEL’s Q4 consolidated revenues stand at Rs 5.26 billion. Zee News Ltd has reported Q4 net profit of Rs 153 million and standalone revenues of Rs 1.10 billion, up 59.7 per cent as compared to the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
There is enough talk on saving our environment, global warming or the greenhouse effect, but Wrangler has decided to walk the talk. The denim brand recently launched its latest collection, which is eco-friendly and aptly called ‘Naturally’. To promote this collection, Wrangler has come up with some innovative communication.
The One Show 2008 shortlist has been announced. The shortlist is a semi-finalist list. India’s prospects look better this year with 38 entries across 18 categories making it to this semi-finalist list. In all, 11 Indian agencies have made it to the shortlist. Last year at the One Show, though India’s Contract Advertising had won a Pencil, on an overall basis there wasn’t much to cheer about.
BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Household and personal-care players appear to be spending heavily on media despite the economic downturn, but one big player -- Procter & Gamble Co. -- is responsible for most of the increase.
Toshiba India Pvt Ltd, the 100 per cent subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Corporation, has roped in Vidya Balan as brand ambassador. Choosing Balan as the face of Toshiba is in line with the company’s commitment to its India operations and the centrality of the company’s customer-focus credo.
Fever FM, in partnership with Vodafone, has launched the Vodafone Fever Contest from April 14. As part of the contest, participants can win Rs 104,000 every 104 minutes (in keeping with the FM station’s frequency). Some lucky participants would get an opportunity to double this amount.
Ten Sports will be the home for the finest European football action for the next four years after securing the broadcasting rights of premier UEFA tournaments, including the new-look UEFA Champions League, till 2012. The rights are for the entire Indian Sub-continent and also include the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.
Ranjit Rajshekhar, Head of Marketing, Neo Sports, has put in his papers. He had joined Neo Sports in September 2006 and was instrumental in launching the brand. At Neo Sports, he was reporting to Shashi Kalathil, but after Kalathil left the company, Rajshekhar was reporting to Harish Thawani, Chairman of the company.
Television’s romance with reality shows is continuing strong and Amrita TV is no exception. After hitting the jackpot with dance shows like ‘Super Dancer’ and ‘Super Dancer Junior’, Amrita TV now is set to launch another dance show, ‘Let’s Dance’, for couples in the 18-30 age group.
Rajesh Mehta has quit Emami Ltd as Vice President, Marketing. He has joined Western Union as Director, Marketing, South Asia. Mehta had joined Emami Ltd in February 2007.
For radio players across the world, the NAB Show sessions on April 15 had some learnings on how to engage an audience in radio and what not to do. The bottom line of what most international radio heads had to say was that the strategy for radio should come before the policy.
The first day of the NAB Show 2008 clearly showed the focus that NAB is placing on content, and the technological side of broadcasting that the Association is so actively involved in. In addition to the keynote and the honouree sessions, the day saw the launch two new NAB Show offerings – the Content Theatre and Spotlight Series.
“Hindi channels have changed beyond recognition in the last few years…Hindi channels have become very energetic. The pace is phenomenal but they have also dumbed down the content and moved away from news. At times viewers question whether Hindi news channels are news channels or something else! I call them low-cost reality channels. A few have been converted exactly into that.”