MUMBAI: Concept communication gets empanelled with bank of maharashtra, Indian Oil Corporation and Mumbai rail vikas corporation.

Team Concept has stepped into the new financial year, with three successful and prestigious empanellments. The agency is amongst the leading names to be on the panel of Bank of Maharashtra. Concept Communication, which has been on Bank of Maharashtra?s panel since 2009, will be continuing its relationship with the bank for another three years. The current account size is slated at Rs. 25 crore.

The Concept team is also amongst the five agencies recently empanelled with Indian Oil Corporation for the next two years and with Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation for the next one year.

The team has been on the panel of IOCL?s Delhi office for the past 4 years. The current mandate is approximately at Rs. 12 Crore.

Concept?s association with Central Railway, Western Railway, IRCTC, and it?s impeccable services record has been much appreciated by the clients.

MUMBAI: Vistaprint India has appointed Carat Media Services as its media agency. Vistaprint (Nasdaq:VPRT), is a leading online provider of professional marketing and gifting products, for SMB?s and self-employed professionals, which offers consumers a whole new range of high-quality customized products. Already a market leader in this space across US, Europe, and Australia, Vistaprint?s India foray is part of its strategy to enter new markets in Asia. This business will be handled out of Carat?s Mumbai office.

Commenting on the appointment, Bipin Narang, Director Marketing, Vistaprint India, said, "India is a significant market opportunity for us with its rapidly increasing internet penetration and huge base of small businesses as well as a large consumer base under the age of 25 years that is net-savvy. We understand that India is an extremely cost-conscious market, and with our remarkable technology backbone, Vistaprint not only offers an amazing price-quality proposition, but will drive a fundamental change in the way small businesses and consumers will order printed products and services in India. We are happy to partner with Carat Media Services for our business challenges"

Commenting on the win, Himanka Das, Sr. Vice President, Carat Media Services said, "It?s a special win for us as we will be part of the Vistaprint growth plans in India. Team at Carat is very excited to design Integrated Media Ecosystems for Vistaprint?s business challenges in India. It gives us an opportunity to go beyond looking at people just as a demograhic and instead deliver media solutions based on consumer?s relationship with different media, the brand and the way printing business exists in India."

Carat, the world?s largest independent media communications specialist, is part of the Aegis Media India Group that also includes Vizeum, Posterscope the global OOH sector leader, Isobar, the global communications agency with digital at its heart and iProspect Communicate2 a leading Global digital performance agency. Additionally Aegis Media also has Brandscope, Ambient (ambient media spaces), Hyperspace (Retail), Carat Fresh Integrated (Activation), PSI (Airports) and Doosra (Creative) as part of its network in India.

Industry sources peg the account in the range of Rs 20-25 Crores.

Bonanza offer for Sun Direct Customers with all popular sports channels at only Rs.185/- per month!
Chennai, June 5, 2013: Sun Direct, the leading DTH player in South India announces super sporting offers beginning this ICC Champions trophy. With this new offer, Sun Direct becomes the only DTH brand that brings you the best of Sports and movies at a price well below Rs.200. These exciting packages are available for both Standard Definition and High Definition viewers.

So far, the Cinema Plus pack from Sun Direct has developed a huge following with more than a million subscribers opting for the exclusive movie services on offer. Timed with the ICC Champions Trophy series, Sun Direct rechristens this pack as ?Cinema+ Sports? with the addition of Star Cricket, ESPN, Star Sports and Star Sports-2 at the unprecedented and unmatched price of only Rs.185 per month, to make this a movie and sports fans dream-come-true offer. Offer details as below:

? Star Sports and Star Sports-2 will be available on basic packs. All packs will carry these two channels starting from basic package onwards.

? ESPN and Star Cricket will be available on Cinema + Sports and all packs above this pack for the South and for all packs above ROI Value for ROI pack subscribers.

? ESPN HD and Star Cricket HD will be available to all HD subscribers at the new HD pack price of Rs.150/- per month. Now customers can enjoy Champions Trophy in True HD.

There is a choice of offers for both New and Existing customers:

? New subscribers opting for Standard Definition connections can now buy Sun Direct DTH with Cinema plus pack with 1 month free for just Rs. 1690, 4 months free at Rs. 2090.

? Super value pack in which HD viewers can subscribe for 2 months at Rs. 2290 and World sports pack for 2 months at Rs. 2490.

? Existing subscribers on value pack can now upgrade their pack to Cinema + Sports packs for just Rs. 185 per month and watch Champions Trophy FREE!

What?s more, Sun Direct offers ?Pause, Record, Rewind ?facility on all its SD and HD boxes at no extra cost. Now customers can now record and enjoy their favorite program and watch it whenever they want.

Commenting on this initiative Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Managing Director of Sun Direct, said "Sun Direct has always strived to deliver the best entertainment value to our customers. Our Cinema Plus pack with its exclusive movie services and channels has been a runaway hit. With the Cinema+ Sports pack, we are sure to make this pack even more attractive. With the onset of digitalization, a pack like this which offers movies and sports at just Rs.185/- will easily make Sun Direct the smartest digital TV option in the market compared to any DTH or even cable offering".

For further details log on to: www.sundirect.in.

Mumbai, 5th June, 2013 ? Today NNG announced NavFusion?, its latest innovation in navigation, for its automotive OEM and aftermarket partners. The newest feature set of the iGO Navigation software is ready to be customized and integrated with the vehicles of global and local car manufacturers on the Indian market. Since NNG already experiences strong demand for NavFusion in India, the company introduces its new technology locally with its strategic partner, ANS.

NavFusion takes the onboard navigation experience to a new level by merging the advantages of the reliable and deeply integrated in-vehicle navigation and the smartphone?s personal nature, Internet connection, and flexibility.

Having several OEM partners lined up to deliver NavFusion into their future cars around the globe, the individual product solutions are currently being customized for the partners? projects. The first iGO Navigation software with the NavFusion feature set is expected to launch in Q1 2014.

NavFusion Essentials:

The car?s NavFusion-supported infotainment system is fully functional as the vehicle leaves the production line. By downloading the free NavFusion application from iTunes App Store or Google Play, and then linking the smartphone to the head-unit, all navigation-related content is synchronized in the background. The process makes map and content updates in the head-unit simple and effort free. Contacts, favorites, navigation history, planned routes, and maps are synced between smartphone and head-unit.

The connection between the smartphone and the infotainment system is achieved through future proof, globally standardized protocols such as WiFi, Bluetooth, or USB cable, thus enabling live and connected services such as online local search, weather, traffic and fuel prices ? all available through the main interface of the vehicle.

As the smartphone is automatically updated via the well-known ecosystems of the iTunes Store or Google Play, updating the maps in the car becomes a background operation when the phone connects to the car, which can be accomplished without user interaction.

Why NavFusion?

"We just solved the biggest headache of car makers: the ultimate solution for keeping the navigation maps and content of a multimedia unit up-to-date. With NavFusion, we?re not only enhancing the driving experience with map updates and the integration of personal smartphone content, but we?re also increasing customer satisfaction and reducing customer-support related costs,? said P?ter Bolesza, Vice President for EEU and Emerging Markets of NNG.

"We strongly believe that the future of automotive infotainment is all about smartphone connectivity, content updates and synchronization. NavFusion offers all this, integrated into the reliable, globally localized iGO Navigation software, while maintaining the automotive quality of the car systems. Using the Nav Fusion feature set enables the use of a fully approved and certified navigation system with the user experience of a smartphone," added Bolesza.