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Volume 29 - Issue No: 67

 
 
 





Media, Advertising & Marketing
 
 
 










JWT snaps up Indian ad firm, eyes acquisitions
 WPP's wholly owned operating company is acquiring a majority stake in Hyderabad-based Mindset Advertising; eyes acquisitions in digital space. UPDATED!

Hindi GEC genre expands on back of fiction
 The genre sees a 41 GRP jump; Star Plus, Sony Entertainment Television and Imagine TV are major gainers, each adding around 20 GRPs.

PVR takes full control of film production arm
PVR buys out 40% stake held in equal proportion by JP Morgan Mauritius Holding and ICICI Venture’s India Advantage Fund in PVR Pictures; to focus on growing cinema exhibition biz while going slow on film production.

 
 

Bagai joins Big Street as national sales head

Rediffusion - Y & R appoints Venugopal Chandrasekhar business head, Mumbai

Interface, Lodestar to handle ad duties for Mahindra Genio DC

 
Duynslaegher is artistic director Ghent film fest
Melbourne Fest to open with The Fairy on 21 July

Euro RSCG 4D Matrix bags TI Cycles' digital mandate

JCDecaux Advertising appoints Duggal as GM, sales

Hungama Digital Media appoints Indranil Sengupta as marketing & brand GM

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (19/06/2011 to 25/06/2011)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


Top 100 Programmes (19/06/2011 to 25/06/2011)
Zee TV
SAB
Star Plus
Colors
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
MAX
Ten Cricket
Imagine TV
Zee Telugu
Zee Cinema
Star Gold
Gemini TV
Star Jalsha
Star Pravah

Source: www.indiantelevision.com
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  		•  Amway India on expansion mode; plans to invest Rs 450 cr in 2-3 years
  		• JWT to buy Mindset Advertising
  		• Saregama, Timbre tie up to bring back Worldspace
  		• Media reps jive with advertising agencies
  		• For efficient TV ads
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
  		• Drinking age limit: Adolescent drinking may affect brain
    Source: DNA
       
  		• JWT extends reach, acquires stake in Hyderabad ad firm
    Source: Livemint
       
  		• Facebook adds Skype video chat, group messaging
  		• Murdoch advertisers get cold feet over hacking claims
    Source: IBNLive.com
    		• Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Startup BackType
    Source: eBrandz
       
    		• NetworkPlay Signs Up Sun Direct TV For Ad Inventory On DTH
    Source: VC Circle
       
  		• Global gaming to cross $74b by yearend
    Source: mydigitalfc.com
       
  		• Facebook founder most popular on Google+
    Source: Financial Express
       
  		• Facebook launches video chat powered by Skype
  		• JWT acquires majority stake in Mindset
  		• Facebook's Zuckerberg is most popular on Google+
    Source: Business Standard
    International News
    		• Y&R Changes CEOs in New York
    		• ExxonMobil Narrows Creative Field in Global Review
    		• Dell Breaks Sid Lee's First Work
    		• Advertisers Hope House Bill Will Squash New Food Guidelines
    		• StumbleUpon Drives More U.S. Web Traffic Than Facebook
    		• News Corp. Stock Falls Amidst Phone Hacking Scandal
    Source: Ad Week
       
  		• Murdoch calls allegations 'deplorable' but NotW's £12m advertisers stand firm
    Source: Media Week
  		• Optus fined $5million for misleading ads
    Source: Ninemsn
      
    		•  Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com Expands OEM Advertising & Business Development Team
    Source: PR Newswire
      
    		• P&G, Coke May Pull Ads From UK Tabloid
    Source: TheStreet.com
      
  		• S.Africa media watchdog slams Shell fracking ads
    Source: Reuters Africa
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