Tag: global media

  • Havas Media bags Air France global account

    Havas Media bags Air France global account

    MUMBAI: Havas Media retained the global Air France account following a pitch that included VivaKi (Publicis Groupe).

    MPG, the largest media network under Havas Media, will support the win and manage the Air France account out of the French hub.

    As the global agency of record, MPG and Havas Digital will continue to handle both online and offline media responsibilities for the airline in all 54 Air France markets.

    Havas also managed to regain the digital markets throughout Asia that were till now under VivaKi including India, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Philippines.

    Havas Media France COO Pascal Dasseux said, “On behalf of the whole team, I would like to thank Air France for renewing their confidence in Havas for the fourth time, thereby continuing the relationship that has been in place since 1992.”

    Havas Media – a real-time Global media agency leader – seeks to bring to Air France real-time solutions and constant reactivity, thanks to a widely interlinked network; all Havas Media agencies will collaborate more closely using their proprietary Flightdeck tool as well as the management and optimisation of paid, owned and earned media.

  • Viacom to sell music publishing business

    Viacom to sell music publishing business

    MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom has decided to explore strategic alternatives to maximise the value of Famous Music, its music publishing business.

    It could sell the business. The company has retained UBS Investment Bank to act as financial advisor to assist in this process.

    Famous Music was founded in 1928 by Paramount Pictures’ predecessor, the Famous-Lasky Corporation, to publish music from its “talking pictures”. Today the firm says that it is one of the top 10 music publishers in the US, supplying music to a diversified range of global media.

    Its catalogue of more than 125,000 copyrights spans seven decades and includes music from films like The Godfather, Forrest Gump and Titanic, as well as classic television shows including The Brady Bunch, Cheers and the Star Trek franchise.

    Since 1992, Famous Music has moved into the mainstream of contemporary music with such platinum-plus acts as Shakira, Akon, Eminem and Busta Rhymes. Writers and producers on the Famous roster include Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius, Linda Perry, Tia Sillers, Charlie Midnight, and Marvin Hamlisch.