Aegis Media Acquires Communicate 2, India's Leading Digital Consultancy

Aegis Media Acquires Communicate 2, India's Leading Digital Consultancy PR Newswire MUMBAI, August 9, 2012 MUMBAI, August 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading, focused media and digital communications group, today announced that it has acquired Communicate 2, a leading digital consultancy and search marketing specialist in India. With this acquisition, Aegis Media becomes one of the strongest agencies in the digital space in India. Communicate 2 is a specialist performance marketing agency which focuses on Search Marketing, Strategic Digital Consultancy, Social Media and Digital Content Production. Originally established in 1997, Communicate 2 has built a strong client list of both local corporates, including Tata Consultancy Services, Cleartrip, ICICI Lombard and HDFC Bank, and international businesses, including Travelocity, Aviva Insurance and American Express. Communicate 2 has offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune and employs over 130 staff.Ashish Bhasin, Chairman India & CEO South East Asia, Aegis Media, said, "We are very happy to welcome Communicate 2, led by Vivek Bhargava, to the Aegis Media family. Communicate 2 is India's pioneering Search and Performance Marketing Agency and Vivek is a well-known guru in this field. I believe that search will be the fastest growing part of our industry for the foreseeable future and as part of the iProspect network, Communicate 2 will continue to be the undisputed leader in this area.