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Volume 28 - Issue No: 89
 
 
 





Media, Advertising & Marketing
 
 










NT Awards honours TV news industry
 Rajdeep, Deepak, Karan Thapar and Vinod Dua win at the 4th NT Awards; Marathi industry also honoured.

Distressed, news channels seek rescue in digitisation
 Stung by high carriage costs & slump in ad rates, news chnls look at tapping subscription revenues to drive growth.

Self-regulation has to come from within
 Govt should restrict itself to penalising inaccuracies in reportage while allowing TV news industry to regulate itself.

 
 

81 million viewers tune in for India-South-Africa match

BBH India appoints Paul Ward as its managing partner

 
Natural Selection bags SXSW Grand Jury award
Janet Jackson turns film producer

R K Swamy appoints Vishal Singh as GM Digital Direction

NDTV, Nirmal Lifestyle launch Fit India movement

 
Politicisation of TV news content in South India : Mahendra Mishra
Prasar Bharati: A year of controversies
The tough task of building a non-tabloid news channel in India: Jehangir Pocha
2010 a year of wait for FM radio
The crisis of news channels in Indi : Anurradha Prasad
Music channels face uncertainty
The day the music died : Prem Kamath
Testing time for sports broadcasters
2011 will be a challenging year for Indian sports biz : Peter Hutton
Be ready for more franchise properties : Atul Pande
TV ad revenue poised for healthy growth : Rohit Gupta
"What's On" in 2011... And What's Not : Joy Chakraborthy
Facts beyond Fiction: Shailesh Kapoor

Lenovo India appoints Shailendra Katyal as its marketing head

Close Up enters digital space with Zapak.com

Nimbus Sport partners with Indian Golf Union

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (27/02/2011 to 05/03/2011)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (27/02/2011 to 05/03/2011)
Zee TV
Colors
Star Gold
Sony Entertainment TV
Star Plus
Star Cricket
SAB
Star Jalsha
Imagine TV
Zee Cinema
Zee Marathi
MAX
Star Pravah
DD1
Zee Bangla
ETV Marathi

Source: www.indiantelevision.com
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  		•  Harbhajan Singh experiments 'Teesra' ball in Reebok viral video on You Tube
  		• Vikas Bahl, chief creative officer (COO) at UTV
    Source: Economic Times
       
  		• SAB TV assigns creative duties to Saints & Warriors
  		• Close Up, Zapak tie up for digital campaign
    Source: Hindu Business Line
       
  		• Diet Coke passes Pepsi to become No 2 soda in US
    Source: NDTV.com
       
  		• Sify ties up with Saudi Telecom for network expansion
  		• New York Times to launch online pay model
    Source: Business Standard
       
  		• Dolby establishes prominent DTH footprint
  		• RBNL in pact with RTL of Germany for TV channels
  		• BRAND WAGON
    Source: Indian Express
       
  		• Canon may pull out IPL ads
    Source: Times of India
    International News
    		• House Votes to Defund NPR
    		• Murdoch Sued Over Deal to Buy Daughter’s Company
    		• New York Times Finally Unveils Its Digital Pay Model
    		• Stepping Back, USA's Hammer Appoints Two Successors
    		• Syfy Gives Second Life to Being Human
    		• Speed Network Goes Into High Gear With Summer Slate
    		• Co Collective Poaches R/GA's Lisco
    		• The CW Moves Top Model Out of Tough Time Period
    Source: Ad Week
       
    		• Chrysler Sues Detroit Retailer Over Trademarked Tagline
    		• DirecTV's Opulence Czar Flexes His 'Epic Win'
    		• Online Ad Campaign Blasts Wisconsin Union Legislation
    		• Encore Pitches Campaign Analysis Tool to Marketers
    		• Liberty Mutual Insures Ad Panel Victory
    Source: Brand Week
       
  		• ISBA: Ofcom to review TV ad trading in 2011
    Source: Media Week
       

  • Kantar Media Reports 6.5 Percent Growth in 2010 Ad Economy
    Source: Marketing Pilgrim
       

  • Media watchdog to investigate 'opaque' TV advertising

    Source: Financial Times
       
    		• "American Idol" king of TV advertising revenue
    Source: Reuters
       
  		• Sky commits to targeted advertising
    Source: Broadband TV News
     
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