MUMBAI: The two semi-finals of the recently concluded soccer World Cup on ESPN got an average TVR of 1.5, up marginally from the previous edition in...
MUMBAI: It was a ten-week wait. And at the end of it, Zee TV has knocked out Colors to grab the second spot in the Hindi...
BANGALORE: Indian mobile handset player Wynn Telecom Ltd (Wynncom) plans to invest Rs 5 billion in India by 2012. Attempting to grab an ambitious five per...
MUMBAI: Sports marketing firm Total Sports Asia (TSA) has bagged the Asia media marketing rights to the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches for the Spanish national...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Time Warner and Unilever have entered into a multi-year strategic partnership. This aligns Unilever’s brands and marketing initiatives with the content and...
MUMBAI: The nineteenth Commonwealth Games (CWG) has announced its association with Indian Luxor as the official licensee for writing instruments. The company is expected to spend...
MUMBAI: Lowe + Partners has elevated Rupen Desai, currently the network‘s operating director for Unilever‘s worldwide business, to the newly created role of president, South East...
MUMBAI: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has signed a Rs 2 billion endorsement deal for three years with Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes. Tendulkar‘s three-year...
MUMBAI: Urban Health Initiative (UHI), an initiative funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has appointed Lintas Media Group (LMG) as its agency of record following...
MUMBAI: Mudra West, Triton Communications and Concept Communication have been empanelled to handle the creative and media duties of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC). ...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan, which has generally been blamed for its slack publicity methods, has decided to go out-of-home – particularly in view of the Commonwealth Games...
MUMBAI: Ogilvy India has elevated Kunal Jeswani to country head of OgilvyOne, the agency‘s CRM and interactive arm, with immediate effect. Jeswani has been involved in...
MUMBAI: Grey India has named Ketan Desai as associate vice president and branch head for the Delhi region. Desai began his career with the then Trikaya...
MUMBAI: JWT has appointed Adrian Miller as chief creative officer for the Delhi region. Miller will report to JWT managing partner Rohit Ohri and JWT India...
MUMBAI: Mudra India has roped in Gopal Krishnan as VP for North and East. This is Krishnan‘s second stint with Mudra who will report to EVP...
MUMBAI: Though there is enough positivity reining the global economy, world‘s top executives feel that there exists fragility in the market as consumers remain demoralized while...
MUMBAI: DB Corp, publishers of Hindi news daily Dainik Bhaskar and Divya Bhaskar, has hiked its advertising rates and expects to clock a 14 per cent...
MUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Ltd has agreed to sell its out-of-home (OOH) subsidiary to parent company Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) at valuations that has...
NEW DELHI: The first major step towards nation-wide audience research was taken today with the Indian Broadcasting Foundation announcing the formal registration of the Broadcast Audience...
MUMBAI: Global market research company Synovate has named Ben Llewellyn as managing director, Malaysia. Prior to this, Llewellyn had been the acting head of the company‘s...
MUMBAI: 61 million viewers have tuned in to the soccer World Cup on ESPN Star Sports (ESS) for the first 60 matches and the opening ceremony....
MUMBAI: GEC flock leader Star Plus that had sky-rocketed to cut through the 400 plus GRP mark has shed 50 points for the week ended 3...
MUMBAI: General Motors India has elevated Sumit Sawhney as vice president – sales, marketing & after sales with effect from 1 August, 2010. He will replace...
MUMBAI: The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, a US based organisation dedicated towards connecting marketers at a common platform, has announced the launch of CMO Asia....
MUMBAI: Last month, Nielsen had reported that Nike ‘ambushed‘ its way into the World Cup conversation by producing a popular soccer-themed ad that spread virally across...
MUMBAI: Religare Enterprises, a diversified financial services company, has appointed Scarecrow Communications as the creative agency for Religare Arts Initiative. Religare Arts Initiative Limited, a subsidiary...
MUMBAI: Ferrero Group has appointed OMD India as the media agency for its entire portfolio. This includes Ferrero Rocher, Tic-Tac, Nutella and Kinder Joy. The...
MUMBAI: Spikes Asia Advertising Festival, which celebrates creative excellence in advertising and communications, has announced that a co-operation agreement has been made with The Confederation of...
MUMBAI: Amul ranks as the top Indian brand for the second consecutive year and improves its overall brand status in the Asia Pacific region. Media Magazine...
MUMBAI: The Media Research Users Council (MRUC) has elected Tata Teleservices president & chief marketing officer Lloyd Mathis as the new chairman. Lloyd takes over from...
MUMBAI: Star Health and Allied Insurance Company has appointed TBWAIndia as its creative agency. The size of the account is Rs 100 million, according to sources...
MUMBAI: Mercedes-Benz has announced its partnership with MaXposure Media Group to launch the Mercedes Magazine in India. Mercedes Magazine will cover topics on various aspects like...
MUMBAI: Close on the heels of winning the INQ Mobile and IMN Media (News X) MPG has added yet another new business to its kitty. M3M...
MUMBAI: As Colvyn Harris’ one-year term as Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) president is ready to end on 31 July, the organisation is once again...
MUMBAI: It isn’t quite what you would have imagined. Advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather has launched a consultancy service to provide advertisers a platform to target...
MUMBAI: HP has unveiled its “HP LaserJet Pays You Back” global marketing campaign to illustrate the significant cost savings – up to $2,500 in less than...
MUMBAI: Corporate Voice | Weber Shandwick’s (CV|WS) “W.A.L.S.” (Women Against Lazy Stubble) campaign for Procter & Gamble (P&G) has won “Launch of a New Product” at...
NEW DELHI: With just around three months left before the start of the Commonwealth Games, the Government has issued a Code of Conduct for Safe and...
MUMBAI: Driven by strong economic performances and rapidly improving consumer confidence levels in the first quarter of 2010, main media (television, newspaper & magazine) advertising activity...
MUMBAI: Big Street, the OOH arm of Reliance Broadcast Network, has bagged the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Corporation‘s (DTTDC) Street Furniture Makeover project along with the...
MUMBAI: Yum! Restaurants (India) has announced the appointment of Sandeep Kataria as CMO, Indian subcontinent. Kataria will be responsible for all marketing, branding and brand public...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks – Asia (Spena) has appointed Qmedia, a Qatari-based media house, to represent its ad sales interest in the Middle East with...
MUMBAI: Pure Media has won the media duties of Maxima Watches. The incumbant agency was Zenith Optimedia. Maxima Watches has launched a new campaign across media...
NEW DELHI: Coming down heavily on surrogate advertisements, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has directed all television channels to stop showing advertisements of products using brand...
MUMBAI: Japanese consumer electronics company Toshiba Corporation has appointed Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador across its product categories of laptops, LCD TV and home appliances and...
MUMBAI: Kerala Tourism Board has assigned its entire media and creative duties to Crayons Advertising, Mudra, Stark Communications, Group M and three local Kerala agencies –...
MUMBAI: Television ratings for cricket are taking a hit from an overdose of the sport and the soccer World Cup. The Asia Cup, telecast on Neo...
MUMBAI: Rosebys Home Care, a joint venture between Rosebys Interiors India and Caretel Infotech, has appointed Denstu Marcom India to handle its advertising duties. The...
MUMBAI: Star Plus may have shed a little fat that it earned on the back of Star Parivaar Awards but nevertheless it still maintains a vice-like...
MUMBAI: Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd (DCBL) has appointed the Aegis Media Group-owned Vizeum as its media agency on record (AoR). The size of the account is...