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Madison Communications asks court to quash antitrust probe into the ad agency

Madison was among numerous ad agencies and a group of broadcasters raided by the CCI on suspicion of collusion over advertising rates and discounts

Indian sports industry smashes records, spending surpasses Rs 14,000 crore: Report

The report reveals that cricket continues to dominate the Indian sports sponsorship landscape, contributing to 85 percent of the sponsorship spends. Emerging sports like football and kabaddi also see an upsurge in sponsorship spends in India

Storyboard18 | ‘There is so much money floating around in India, fuelling new businesses’: GroupM APAC CEO Ashutosh Srivastava

In a freewheeling chat, GroupM’s APAC CEO Ashutosh Srivastava tells us how the company is dealing with disruptive trends, the big opportunities unlocked by new brands, and talent issues.

Storyboard18 | Amin Lakhani promoted to CEO of Mindshare, Parthasarathy Mandayam appointed as strategy chief of GroupM South Asia

Both will report to Prasanth Kumar, CEO of GroupM South Asia.

GroupM appoints Sameer Singh as South Asia CEO

Singh will succeed CVL Srinivas, who has been the CEO for GroupM South Asia since January 2013, and was given the additional responsibility of country manager for WPP India in October last year.

GroupM acquires digital creative agency Glitch

The city-based Glitch will continue to operate as an independent brand, GroupM said in a statement today.

GroupM to acquire controlling interest in MediaCom India

Founded in 2007, MediaCom India became a joint venture in 2008 and over the last eight years, MediaCom India has established itself as one of the top five media agencies in the market in terms of market share.

Storyboard: Take a look at the changing media landscape

CNBC-TV18‘s Anant Rangaswami talks to Rob Norman CEO at GroupM, R Gowthaman, COO at Mindshare Asia Pacific, CVL Srinivas, CEO at GroupM South Asia and Prasanth Kumar, CEO South Asia at Mindshare where they navigate the changes in the media landscape in the last year and try and get a sense of where it is headed in the next year.

Storyboard talks to Rajasthan's CM on state's tourism potential

This week on Storyboard, Oglivy creates a new campaign for Rajasthan Tourism. Storyboard speaks to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on the state's tourism potential.

Crayon Data sets up biz operations in India

Ratan Tata had recently invested an undisclosed amount in Crayon Data. "Together, GroupM, Mindshare and Crayon Data aim to map the taste of millions of Indian consumers, which will allow enterprises to target consumers more precisely," the company said in a statement.

WPP eyes 10% revenue rise in India, bets on organic growth

WPP, the world's largest advertising and marketing communications group, is expecting a revenue growth of 10 percent in India this year.

MediaCom bags Rs 300-cr media duties of Future Group

The media agency said it will manage planning and buying for Future Group. MediaCom, which is part of the WPP Group, said Future Group's media mandate is one of the largest in the industry this year and is its ninth win in 2015.

Checkout: Exclusive chat with GroupM's Mark Patterson

Watch accompanying videos of a fascinating conversation of CNBC-TV18's Anant Rangaswami with Mark Patterson, CEO-Asia Pacific of GroupM, in which demystified the state of media.

Hicare Partners with GroupM for Great Online Home Festival (GOHF) 2015

Hicare, one of the largest and finest Pest Control companies of India announces “The Big Monsoon Offer” ...

GroupM's Vikram Sakhuja joins Madison Media

GroupM's global strategy head, Vikram Sakhuja will now be joining Madison Media and Madison OOH. CNBC-TV18‘s Anant Rangaswami caught up with Madison's CMD Sam Balsara on what this means for the company.

Madison gets new strategy head; Sam Balsara on road ahead

GroupM's global strategy head, Vikram Sakhuja will now be joining Madison Media and Madison OOH. He will own equity in the media planning company and will also be its group CEO. CNBC-TV18‘s Anant Rangaswami caught up with Madison's CMD Sam Balsara on what this means for the company.

GroupM bags rights to manage Airtel's media account

Media and marketing solutions firm, GroupM has bagged the contract to manage telecom services provider Airtel's media account that is estimated to be worth around Rs 400 crore.

GroupM projects AdEx to grow by 12.6% in 2015

According to GroupM's annual forecast â€˜This Year Next Year‘, advertising expenditure or AdEx will grow by 12.6 percent this calendar year. The total AdEx for the year is expected to be almost Rs 49,000 crore.

â€˜Acche din‘ ahead for the Indian media industry

A stable government, increased consumer spending and the hope for â€˜acche din‘; these three factors will see advertisers opening their wallets wider in 2015. WPP's media buying arm GroupM says advertising expenditure or ad ex in 2015 will grow by 12.6 percent over last year

Ad Ex in India expected to grow by 11.6%: GroupM

Media to get boost on polls, other ad spend: GroupM

According to GroupM CEO (India and South Asia) CVL Srinivas, sectors like FMCG, auto and retail will continue to see a table increase in ad spends.

Meet Karthik Sharma: Maxus South Asia's new CEO

This week, GroupM finally announced its new Managing Director for Maxus South Asia. Agency veteran Karthik Sharma will take over the reigns from January next year, as he succeeds Ajit Varghese, who was promoted to CEO, Maxus Asia Pacific in September.