.7 4 April 2002 Volume: 2 Issue : 27  





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Todays Newsbreakers India
Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Colgate to help MTV scout for new veejays
Colgate-Palmolive's Fresh Energy Gel has tied up with MTV for its third hunt for VJs in five years. More

Revlon will partner with MGM for new Bond film
Cosmetics conglomerate Revlon has announced a planned promotional partnership with Metro Goldwyn Mayer to support the 20th James Bond film Die Another Day set for release later in the year. More

Cartoon Network's latest brand promotion excercise involves saving Dexter’s brain
"Something is amiss in toon land. Boy genius Dexter has lost his memory." That's the peg on which the promotion is pushed... More


Headlines
Zee open offer for ETC opens
Zee Telefilms' open offer for 20 per cent additional stake in ETC Networks at Rs. 31.52 per share opens today. More

MTV readies Nickelodeon push
Nickelodeon, the neglected child of the Viacom family in India, looks to be finally getting the attention it has craved for long. More

Hinduja TMT FY-02 results on 11 April
Hinduja TMT Ltd has announced that a meeting of its board of directors is scheduled to be held on 11 April, 2002 ... More


Viewpoint
Will 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hain' be Sandeep Goyal's KBC?
After a disastrous Roosevelt-type 100-hundred day relaunch of Zee TV, broadcast CEO Sandeep Goyal has completely reworked his strategy.
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INTAM Top 100 Programmes on different channels(18 March - 24 March 2002)
KTV
Gemini
Sun TV
Sony
DD1
Star Plus
Zee TV
DD Sports

Source: www. indiantelevision.com


Other Headlines
CDPQ picks up more stake in UTV More
Maruti back in black, makes Rs 55-cr profit
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Asian Paints eyes buys; `talking to Snowcem' More
Blue Star eyes small enterprises segment -- Rs 6-cr advt budget; wider dealer network More
Essel group to foray into lifestyle retailing More
Nerolac signs Mohanlal to endorse `Excel' More
Kodak launches new camera More
Cadbury's Celebrations makes quiet entry More
Ten Sports to go pay More
Sify.com in alliance with Hindustan Times More
Hyundai ends fiscal year with Rs 3,403-cr sales More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Hindustan Times, Sify tie up
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Tatas may go global with a world car More
Govt plans Rs 600cr subsidy to increase Doordarshan reach More
Source: Hindustan Times

Have Will(s) to Sport this brand to office? More
Fox to distribute movies acquired by Star More
Dandi doesn’t come in handy, salt output
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Amul drives Kwality to the wall in Mumbai More
WorldCom to cut up to 7,500 jobs More
NetGuru to invest $30-60m in India More
Crest rides high with 3D animation More
LG to roll out unique soccer TVs More
CTV market losing colour: Survey More
Chiranjeevi, Indrani in Thums Up ad More
Cipla in talks with US’ Biogenerics More
Lyka Hetero to farm out marketing of old brands More
Feel like chocolating? Head for MusicWorld More
Source: The Economic Times

New private banks beefing up ATM chain More
Tata Engg to cut Indica output to usher in Sedan More
Highland plans mktg JV for Famous Grouse More
Nickelodeon beams into 9 million homes More

Source: Business Standard

Pepsi Foods set to launch Slice guava More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

Honda to part ways with Everest More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

Max New York Life: Focusing On Internal Brand-building More
French Firm TDF Gets FM Radio Operators’ Mandate For Infrastructure In 3 Metros
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McKinsey To Sketch Reliance Infocom’s Growth Strategy More
AOL Time Warner To Sell $4 B Bonds To Repay Debt More
Red In The Face: CPM May Lose The Remote For Kairali TV More
Movie Marketing Comes Of Age More

Coke May Field Sunil Gavaskar, Sehwag As Summer Fever Rises More
Source: The Financial Express
Thought
for the day
"Properly practiced creativity can make one ad do the work of ten."
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William Bernbach
Other Newslinx International

Saatchi splits from Bates in Hungary
Ad agencies Bates and Saatchi & Saatchi are no longer one item in Hungary, the companies officially announced last Thursday. More
Source: Budapest Business Journal

Local ad veteran stays competitive with ‘one-stop’ marketing group
Although it was pressure of circumstances that originally forced János Sopronyi into the advertising business, it is his unusual company structure that has enabled his firm to compete with multinationals. More
Source: Budapest Business Journal

Unilever ties up with JC Decaux in $88m European deal
Unilever, the world's biggest advertiser, has struck a long term, pan-European alliance with French outdoor advertising giant JC Decaux....More
Source: www.adageglobal.com

Revlon enlist Halle Berry and James Bond
Troubled cosmetics and personal care marketer Revlon Photo: AP Halle Berry will hawk Revlon cosmetics will live another day with a promotional partnership announced today with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 20th James Bond film, Die Another Day. More

MICHELIN Awards First European Account
Michelin awarded its first European marketing-services account to Sales Machine, Paris. More

Merger & acquisition market scrapes bottom
It looks like a buyer's market for agency mergers and acquisitions, according to a new survey of agency executives. More

Radio sales reps merge
Radio sales rep company Excelsior Radio Networks acquired rep firm Dial Communications and will merge Dial into its Global Media Division to form Dial Communications-Global Media. More

Source: www.adage.com

President joins characters from children's TV shows to kick off literacy campaign
The characters from the children's TV show "Between the Lions" were explaining, through song, children's struggle with a tricky consonant as they learn to read. More
Source: .AP via New Jersy Online

Misleading adverts crackdown
Misleading financial advertisements that bury detail in the small print are to be targeted by the City watchdog. More

CNN Is Still the Ad Revenue Leader
THE audience's hunger for cable news, which spiked in the months after Sept. 11, may have subsided during the first quarter of 2002, but the latest ratings from Nielsen Media Research (news/quote) provide all of the networks — save CNBC — something to brag about, calculated year over year. More
Source: BBC

More Agencies Involved in Inquiry
Additional agencies are being contacted by the Justice Department as a federal investigation of the print production industry continues. More
Source: New York Times

 

 







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