MUMBAI: Television advertising had the greatest impact on consumer behaviour in 2011, according to a Deloitte report. The UK’s appreciation of television advertising continues to go...
MUMBAI: Advertising industry watchdog, Advertising Standards Council of India (Asci), is introducing a new procedure that will seek to provide a speedy resolution to intra industry...
MUMBAI: Percept Limited has bagged the media and creative mandates of logistic services company, FedEx. Percept’s media buying and planning arm, Allied Media, will handle the...
BANGALORE: Ad Club, Hyderabad has elected a new committee that includes Gemini TV business head Sanjay Reddy as secretary and PK Sahgal (Branch Manager, Lintas) as...
MUMBAI: UTV Stars, the recently launched Bollywood entertainment channel, has appointed Rickshaw to manage the brand’s creative duties. Rickshaw is taking on the creative mandate of...
MUMBAI: Tata Chemicals has said that advertising industry watchdog, ASCI, has upheld its complaint against leaflets circulated by Hindustan Unilever (HUL), said to be denigrating its...
MUMBAI: Mindshare India has swept EMVIES 2011 with metals including three gold, eight silver and seven bronze awards collecting 160 points, and becoming the ‘Best Media...
MUMBAI: After the World Cup and the Indian Premier League (IPL), the value of the residual cricketing properties in the year could fall due to India‘s...
NEW DELHI: Tupperware India has teamed up with the Salman Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer ‘Bodyguard’ and will promote a 30-second co-branded TVC showcasing Tupperware’s product lineage with...
MUMBAI: Aegis Group, which has just sold its Synovate research operations to Ipsos, said its organic revenues grew 7.8 per cent excluding Synovate for the first...
MUMBAI: The UK‘s Advertising Standards Agency has banned the television ad for Motorola‘s Atrix, which stated that the gadget was “the world‘s most powerful smartphone”. The...
MUMBAI: Global digital signage systems market will reach $13.8 billion by 2017, said the latest report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. The report claims that opportunities...
MUMBAI: Ogilvy Mumbai has created a unique launch ampaign for the Fox Crime channel. The campaign aims to popularise this thought: Fox Crime = Crime. The...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon Consumer Products (NCP), a division of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), has announced plans to take its Canadian licensing and merchandising business in-house effective...
MUMBAI: FMCG major Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care has cut its spend on advertisement and sales promotion by 10.82 per cent in the quarter...
MUMBAI: WPP, the world’s largest advertising company, has reported a strong first-half financial performance. WPP declared revenue growth of 8.1 per cent in the first half...
MUMBAI: Ogilvy India has retained the Lenovo India account as its creative agency on record. This is the first time Lenovo called for a pitch, since...
MUMBAI: Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. will start using a new logo upon the separation of Fortune Brands‘ businesses, which is on track for completion...
MUMBAI: Performance marketing company, Online Media Group (OMG), has appointed Bharat Malik as country manager of OMG India. Malik moves in from travel portal Yatra.com, where...
MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan, the grand old man of Bollywood, has helped Sony Entertainment Television (Set) sprint ahead of Colors to grab the No. 2 position. Set...
MUMBAI: DHL has become Manchester United‘s first official training kit sponsor. The new four-year-agreement sees the DHL logo included on the clubs‘ training kit worn by...
MUMBAI: AETN-18, a joint venture between A+E Networks and TV18, has associated with actor Salman Khan for its upcoming factual entertainment channel, History. In a first...
MUMBAI: Starcom Worldwide has appointed of Rajendra Dwivedi as vice president. He takes charge on 25 August and will lead Starcom Worldwide, Mumbai. Dwivedi will report...
MUMBAI: Manoj Padmanabhan has joined Neo Sports broadcasting as Neo Cricket national head of ad sales. Padmanabhan will report to Neo Sports Broadcasting executive VP –...
MUMBAI: Ignite Mudra has bagged the creative mandate of an upcoming mall in Mumbai, Phoenix Marketcity. The agency will handle all conventional media communications for the...
MUMBAI: The Indian Railways has reportedly approached Salman Khan to be their brand ambassador. It is said that the Railway offer comes from the belief that...
MUMBAI: Sahara One, the Hindi general entertainment channel from the Sahara One Media and Entertainment stable, has announced a 30 per cent ad rate hike effective...
MUMBAI: Percept Profile, which recently launched its Social Media Division, has bagged the digital mandate for two major brands, Karbonn Mobiles and UK‘s leading hair and...
MUMBAI: In its 27th edition, the Penang Bridge International Marathon will see its first ever Title Sponsor with Allianz Malaysia. A memorandum of understanding was signed...
MUMBAI: Ignitee Digital Solutions chief operating officer Shankar B has moved out of the agency. Shankar had joined the digital solutions provider in December 2009 as...
MUMBAI: WPP Digital, the digital arm of WPP, is acquiring Rockfish Interactive, one of the fastest growing digital marketing agencies in the United States. “Rockfish is...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has set itself a revenue target of Rs 1 billion from airtime and on-ground advertisers for the Champions League Twenty20 cricket...
BANGALORE: Education book publisher Pearson Education (Pearson) will be releasing Dr S Ramesh Kumar‘s‘Case Studies in Marketing Management‘ in Bangalore tomorrow. A paperback edition of the...
MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan, a.k.a Big B, has done it again for Sony Entertainment Television (Set). Sony, which was eyeing a permanent third spot among the Hindi...
MUMBAI: Telecom company Bharti Airtel is the title sponsor of Grand Prix of India. In India‘s F1 foray, the telecom company has seen an opportunity to...
MUMBAI: What Sony Entertainment Television (Set) was planning to achieve with the launch of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), it has got one week ahead. Set has...
MUMBAI: Everest Brand Solutions has appointed Meraj Hasan as vice-president, strategic planning. Hasan will take care of the entire planning of the agency that is spread...
MUMBAI: Further strengthening its creative team, JWT has appointed Mohan Sanda as senior creative director. Sanda, who was earlier with Rediffusion-Y&R Mumbai as creative head, art,...
MUMBAI: AETN-18, a joint venture between A & E Networks and TV18, has awarded creative duties for the soon-to-be-launched History Channel in India to McCann Erickson....
MUMBAI: As part of its plans to get active on the communication circuit in a bid to expand its subscriber base and get more advertisers...
MUMBAI: Span Communications has won the global media mandate of Incredible India, Ministry of Tourism. The size of the business is estimated to be around Rs...
MUMBAI: Percept Media, the media planning, buying and evaluation arm of Percept Ltd, has appointed Srikanth Raman as chief planning officer (CPO). Raman joins from Starcom...
MUMBAI: Kids out of home (Kooh), a company providing international standard, professional sports training to children, and a fully integrated outdoor gaming programme for corporate, community...
MUMBAI: Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) has promoted Anand Badami to group MD of its Malaysia office. This is in addition to his current responsibilities as regional...
MUMBAI: As a part of its strategic media planning, MTV India has appointed Aegis Media‘s Vizeum India as its media agency. This appointment will follow the...
MUMBAI: Aneil Deepak, who was senior vice-president, innovation and integration, has been promoted as Mudra Max head of ideas. Talking about his promotion, Deepak said, “Earlier,...
MUMBAI: The amount of time spent watching linear commercial TV channels in the UK during January to June 2011 increased to a new record for the...
MUMBAI: Even as Balika Vadhu retains its position as the top fiction show on Hindi general entertainment channels, its protagonist Anandi goes up the popularity charts...
MUMBAI: Japanese media and advertising group Dentsu has acquired London-based online advertising exchange Adjug for an undisclosed amount. Adjug investor Tomorrow Focus has sold 35.86 per...
MUMBAI: Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI), part of the Aditya Birla Financial Services Group, has renewed its endorsement contract only with Yuvraj Singh, leaving out Virender...