The concluding day of the 18th Asian Media Information and Communication Center Ltd (AMIC) annual conference, held in Delhi from July 13-16, saw interesting sessions on ‘Analog Media, Digital Context: The Challenges for Newspapers in the 21st Century’, and ‘Public Service Broadcasting in the age of New Media and Globalisation’, among others.

Encompass, Candid, Wizcraft, Krayons, and Showtime walked away with a lion’s share of metals at the first ever EEMAX Awards, held in Agra recently as part of the three-day EEMAGINE 2009 convention. Awards were given to 23 companies in all, from among the 700 entries received from 44 companies.

The 18th AMIC annual conference on ‘Media, Democracy and Governance: Emerging Paradigms in a Digital Age’, devoted a special session on the dynamics of gender in media as part of the session titled ‘Media and Gender’. The session saw quite a few women participants present papers on the topic.

The three-day EEMAGINE 2009 convention, held in Agra from July 9-12, culminated with the EEMAX Awards, dubbed as the first ever event industry awards. The Awards honoured outstanding work in 21 categories. Krayons, Encompass, and Jagran walked away with a giant’s share of the Awards.

Day two of EEMAGINE 2009, the three-day convention by The Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), saw sessions that took on important topics concerning the events industry, such as ‘A Global Perspective of the Event Industry’ and setting up guidelines for the industry.

The Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA)’s second national convention, EEMAGINE, is all set to roll. The three-day event, being held in Agra, has an interesting series of discussions, meetings and networking sessions between owners, directors as well as senior management personnel.

STAR Majha, the new Marathi channel, is ready with its mass media campaign, which will break by the end of this month. The campaign, created by Mudra Communications, seeks to break all stereotypes with the tagline ‘Nanachi Tang’.

Mudra Communications is getting a new head for its South operations in Joono Simon, who is joining as Executive Creative Director. Simon will be based in Bangalore and will take on the responsibilities of the entire South region.

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organisation has launched its India chapter, SEMPO India. The global search engine marketing organisation is planning to focus on developing its business in the Indian search engine market.

Lodestar, O&M and Mindshare share the excitement after having won accolades at the Emvies 2007. Against a crowd of more than 650 people present for the function on June 29 evening in Mumbai, these were the agencies that walked away with the maximum number of metals and victories. exchange4media speaks to them on their reactions.

Lodestar Universal shone at the Emvies this year. Besides being declared Agency of the Year, the media agency also walked away with six Silvers, three Golds, the TAM Award and the People’s Choice Award for the best media innovation in TV and digital. Mindshare, O&M and Madison also made their mark at the Awards.

The stage is set for the announcement of the Emvies 2007 winners at a glittering event in Mumbai. Apurva Purohit, Chairperson of Emvies, and Secretary of the Advertising Club, Bombay, shares with exchange4media some of the excitement that is building up for the event.

Bajaj Auto has unleashed its new commercial, which has been created by Lowe’s R Balki. The philosophy of being ‘distinctly ahead’ is the strategy behind this communication.

Bajaj Auto has unleashed its new commercial, which has been created by Lowe’s R Balki. The philosophy of being ‘distinctly ahead’ is the strategy behind this communication.

Nikhil Wagle has been appointed as Editor for the new 24-hour Marathi news and current affairs channel, a 50:50 joint venture between GBN and Lokmat Group. The channel, to be called IBN Lokmat channel, is expected to roll out some time in the near future. Rajdeep Sardesai would be the Executive Editor of the new channel.