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  • Kings XI Punjab gets 14 sponsors on board, this year

    Kings XI Punjab gets 14 sponsors on board, this year

    MUMBAI: Starting the upcoming IPL season on a positive note, Kings XI Punjab, has announced Tata Motors Prima as its title sponsor.

     

    The franchisee has also on board Trip Factory, McDowells, Britannia, Pepsi, Flying Machine, Prayag Bath Fittings, Frontline Securities, R N Sports and Amazon as their new sponsors, while it continues its existing relationship with Arise India, ACC Cement, Kingfisher and TK Sports for this year.

     

    Kings XI Punjab COO Fraser Castellino said, “I am pleased to have Tata Motors Prima as our title sponsor and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with them. I would also like to welcome our other partners on board and thank them for putting their faith in the team. With such associations this year, the franchises’ excitement and energy levels have further been boosted for the tournament. I am hopeful that these partnerships will be mutually beneficial to all the parties involved.”

     

    “Tata Motors Prima is delighted to sponsor the Kings XI Punjab team, one of the most exciting franchises in the Indian Premier League for this upcoming season. We bring the same passionate commitment to our customers as this star line-up brings to their cricket. We wish “The Lions” the very best for this season of IPL,” said Tata Motors commercial vehicles executive director Ravi Pisharody.

     

     Tata Motors Prima is the title sponsor while Trip Factory and Prayag Bath Fittings are official team sponsors. Arise India has come on board as the mobile handset partner and Kingfisher as the good times partner. Britannia is the official goodness partner, while Pepsi is the official beverage partner. It has associated with Flying Machine as the official style partner, Frontline Securities as the official security partner, RN Sports as the official talent hunt partner, TK Sport as the official kitting partner and Amazon as the official online partner.  McDowells and ACC Cement continue to be the official team partners.

  • John Dickie is BBC’s head of corporate affairs

    John Dickie is BBC’s head of corporate affairs

    MUMBAI: John Dickie has been appointed as UK pubcaster the BBC’s new head of corporate affairs.

    Dickie, currently head of public affairs for the BBC and responsible for the organisation’s relationship with Parliament and politicians, will take on the new, broader role immediately, retaining the public affairs remit.

    The appointment, working to the BBC’s Head of Communications Sally Osman, is part of the wider restructuring of the Marketing, Communications & Audiences division (MC&A). He will also take responsibility for all PR research, events and publications and manage a group of senior PR project managers.

    Dickie has been a key member of the Charter Review team under the BBC’s Director of Strategy, Caroline Thomson, over recent years; and was involved in conveying the BBC’s position on the latest Communications Act.

    A former public policy consultant with Prima and then GPC, Dickie, 41, was also Regulatory Affairs Director of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association.

    Osman said, “We are nearing the end of the Charter Review and Licence Fee settlement process in which John and his team have played an integral role. The focus will soon shift to wider communications priorities through to 2012, strengthening relationships and shifting perceptions. John has great intuition, intelligence and ideas so I’m delighted he and his team are joining the Communications group.”

    Dickie said, “I’m delighted to be have been given the opportunity by Sally to bring together the BBC’s public affairs and public relations teams. Working together, and with colleagues across the BBC, we will be showing how the BBC is delivering its public purposes under the new Charter.”

    The four-strong Public Affairs team, which includes Andrew Scadding, a former BBC producer and ex-head of Broadcasting with the Conservative Party, will also move in to the communications team within the BBC’s MC&A division.