Retrospect 2016: The news that was
Twelve months, 365 days. That's a lot of time for a lot of things to happen and make the headlines – every single day. The Advertising-Media-Marketing domain also created its own share of headlines. The team at BMI burnt the midnight lamp to research and cull out the best of the best – 50 news that made the industry in 2016
BestMediaInfoBureau | January 6, 2016
JANUARY
It is 'ready, set, go' as ESPN rides back to India in tie-up with Sony Pictures Networks
Raghav Bahl set to re-enter business TV space in partnership with Bloomberg
Ex-Ogilvy Navin Talreja and Kawal Shoor launch 'The Womb'
Pan Masala ads featuring celebrities violate self-regulation advertising code: ASCI
BARC ratings to be called impressions
Satbir Singh takes entrepreneurial plunge, sets up ad agency 'Thinkstr'
FEBRUARY
It's Ogilvy vs Leo Burnett: Whose idea is it anyway?
FCB Ulka appoints Swati Bhattacharya as Chief Creative Officer
Zee launches free VOD platform, OZEE
RBNL in talks with ZEEL to hive off TV business?
Rahul Johri resigns as Executive Vice President & General Manager of Discovery South Asia
TAM India to exit TV viewership measurement from Feb 29
MARCH
Viacom 18 launches kid-friendly VOD platform, Voot
WPP's Hogarth Worldwide enters Indian market
JWT CEO Gustavo Martinez resigns amid discrimination suit
Publicis consolidates global agency brands under Publicis Media
APRIL
Sons of Vikrant: Bajaj and Leo Burnett weave a touching story of our naval veterans
JUNE
Cannes Lions 2016: India comes back with 27 Lions in its bag
Vice Media to launch in India in partnership with Times Group
Arunabh Das Sharma moves on from BCCL
JULY
Our work seems to have risen above the colour of the Cannes metals: Josy Paul
Arunabh Das Sharma sets up Sagacito with Star India as a $10m client
AUGUST
Sony Pictures acquires Ten Sports from ZEEL for $385mn
Dentsu Aegis Network rebrands Dentsu Branded Agencies
R Balki bids adieu to advertising
Are you unknowingly imploding your FM radio business?
India TV CEO Paritosh Joshi calls it quits
SEPTEMBER
Dentsu Aegis Network to acquire Happy Creative Services?
BCCI opens tender for IPL's global media rights
OCTOBER
Fidelity in BARC data is stability: BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta
Pan Bahar ad: The ban that wasn't
Oh, those lovely ad agency offices
Big shake-up at Star India sales as Rajeev Beotra and Anand Khurana exit
Mahesh Samat returns to Walt Disney India
NOVEMBER
Demonetisation: Print media is hit and some scars might remain
I am done working for boors and unhappy sods: Swapan Seth, Chairman, Equus
Rajeev Beotra joins HT as CEO of HT English; Venkat Shankar named Executive Director – Revenue
BARC flexes its muscle, suspends ratings of three news channels
OMD and DDB MudraMax merge to create OMD MudraMax
NDTV India ordered to go off air for a day
JWT Delhi head Sanjeev Bhargava quits; set to head marketing at Bennett, Coleman
Arnab Goswami bids adieu to Times Now
DECEMBER
Top agencies to give Abbys 2017 a miss
Brainstorming on PSAs: When agencies and brands sought to find a common cause
Sudhanshu Vats named new BARC India Chairman