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In a week of hectic movements, Mudra hogged the limelight - losing, hiring and swapping roles. Former IBF President Bhuvan Lall was appointed President of Hollywood-based film production company SPICE. Carat has further beefed up its team.
Mudra's Hemant Misra joining JWT Delhi as Sr VP, PepsiCo; other hands quit too
Chandradeep Mitra replaces Sandip Vij as President, OMS
Sandeep Vij to take over as President, Mudra, North & East
Triton's ED, Jayesh Ravindranath, puts in his papers
Carat Media makes senior level appointments: R Ramesh Chandran, Naman Sharma come on board
JK Tyre appoints Neeraj Bhatia as Senior GM, Strategic Planning
B Surender leaves Indian Express to join Red FM as National Sales Head
Ankush Arora replaces Amit Dutta as General Motors' VP-Marketing
Bhuvan Lall appointed President of Hollywood-based film production, distribution & exhibition company SPICE
On the advertising front, Hyundai's media business review has got the industry buzzing.
Hyundai's media business under review, account size pegged at Rs 50 crore
Everest bags JK Tyre's Rs 10-crore radial truck tyre business
Michelin India names TBWA India as its creative agency
In a quick bidding process, the telecast rights for the India-Lanka Test series has gone to Zee Sports. Elsewhere, cable TV is set to become expensive with TRAI's new directive.
Zee Sports bags telecast rights of India-Sri Lanka Test Series
STAR One, Sahara One new launches short of delivering exciting opening numbers
The KBC 2 caller profile: Big dreams from small towns
Among other interesting headlines, Martin Sorrell came calling this week and gave several interesting insights on the advertising industry. But the top headline was how Sharad 'Pawared' his way to the BCCI throne, throwing up interesting possibilities in the telecast rights battle.
Geographical multifunction, marketing services, measurability: Martin Sorrell's three-key mantra
Commentary: Sharad Pawar is new BCCI chief; will Subhash Chandra and Pawar make common cause to reopen telecast rights issue?
Showtime Events partners CII for 'India Everywhere' events at WEF 2006 at Davos
Carat Regional management in action, all geared to launch Deep Blue & SPI in India in 2006 | | | | | | | | | Toilet soaps ad spends dip 50% during Jan-Sept ’05: AdEx study
Though print advertising spends in the toilet soaps category has observed growth post 2001, in the first three quarters of this year there has been a 50 per cent dip. In the Top 10 spender list, the biggest brand spender was ‘More Soaps’ from Sagar Detergent, ahead of HLL’s Lux and Lifebuoy. |
| | | | | | |  China has been one of our strongest markets. When I had first gone to China, I was of the impression, ‘fine, this is a big market, but it is going to be simple because everyone speaks the same language’. Of course, that naïve notion didn’t last long – eventually, I wrote a presentation titled ‘500 Chinas’. It is a difficult market because of its heterogeneous nature. Sure it has a national language, Mandarin, but it is like India, where much of the South can’t speak Hindi.
D Sriram, CEO, Starcom Mediavest Group, Asia | |
| | | | | 5 questions to know our honchos better | | Ø | If you were a cartoon character, what would you want to be? | | Donald Duck. | | | Ø | If you bump into God, what would you ask for? | | A holiday. | | | Ø | What is your biggest fear? | | Living eternally. | | | Ø | Your favourite set of wheels is? | | My own! | | | Ø | How do you unwind? | | I work. | | |
 Zubin Driver
Head - Creative & Promotions, Television Eighteen Group |
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After three years at Aaj Tak, Alok Rakshit has decided to take on a larger task. He has joined ETC Music as Vice-President – National Sales with effect from December 1, 2005. He reports to the Business Head of the channel, Vikas Gupta. Rakshit brings with him ten years’ experience in sales and marketing in organisations like The Times of India, Channel 4 FM Radio UAE and Aaj Tak.
Sameer Kumar, Executive Editor, Auto Monitor, has put in his papers after a year and a half. He will be joining the Indian edition of CAR, a UK-based automotive monthly, as Executive Editor. CAR came to India a few months back in tie-up with Next Gen Publishing. Kumar will be also Executive Editor of Bike India, another publication from Next Gen. He began his career with Chip magazine in 1998. From there he moved to CNET India. After a brief stint, he moved to Indian Auto as Executive Editor, the first B2C auto magazine in India.
Prasad Amin, Chief Manager, International Marketing division of Indian Express, is moving to BQ Media after a four-year stint. He is joining as General Manager and will be based in Dubai. He will overlook sales and be responsible for new business avenues, events and projects besides getting new titles for the group. Amin has 14 years of experience and has also worked with Business Standard for five years.
Firoz Karmalawala, Films Controller at Leo Burnett, Mumbai, has decided to move on after a six-year stint. He is joining the in-house films department at JWT, Mumbai, as Director, Audio-visual Services. He will report to Agnello Dias. Karmalawala started his career in 1995 with FCB Ulka’s in-house films division, Nebula, and moved to Leo Burnett after four years. In his 10-year career in filmmaking, he has made films for brands such as Heinz, Complan, Whisper, Tide, Zero and Rejoice shampoo.
Motorola Inc. has appointed Firdose Vandrevala as Head, Motorola India, and Corporate VP, Motorola Inc. Vandrevala moves from his position as Chairman, Tata Teleservices. Prior to that, he was MD, Tata Power, and deputy MD, Tata Iron and Steel. Vandrevala will be based in Mumbai. Amit Sharma, VP (Regional Management), South & South-East Asia, Motorola Inc., who also served as Country President for India, will move into an expanded regional role involving corporate strategy for Asia.
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