.7 9 April 2002 Volume: 2 Issue : 30  







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Todays Newsbreakers India
Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Fusion Media ties up marketing deal with Shop 24 Seven
Fusion Media, a company specialising in marketing of television airtime, has tied up with Shop 24 Seven to exclusively market and sell airtime to branded products and services. More

Nickelodeon and Global-QVC solutions develop new e-commerce site for parents
The two parties will develop and operate a new e-commerce store for Nickelodeon Online... More

Headlines
Playwin fever spreads
The Essel group promoted online lottery fever is spreading through Mumbai city, if the success of its print campaign in Monday's newspapers is any indication. More

Kirch goes under; no threat to soccer World Cup telecast
KirchMedia, the core rights business of indebted media media mogul Leo Kirch, filed for insolvency on Monday... More

CMS initiates census of C&S households; report expected in May
For the first time in the country a census of Cable TV Households is being conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies (CMS)... More
Source: www. indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
Philips, Nike team gets dressed up for action More
Sprite's new ad spoofs on Pepsi's Big B-Sachin film More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Kirch moves soccer WC rights to Swiss arm More
No World Cup this year for India? More
Paradigm shift for TVS: From mopeds to bikes More
ABN Amro wants 26% in IDBI Bank
More

Gear shift: Skoda to focus on diesel Octavia More
AC Nielsen shadows ORG-Marg in retail More
Usha launches products, expects 40% growth More
Gujarat cells ringing less, talktime dips 15-20% More
Cells ring loudest in Delhi, cross 1m mark More
Net user base up 27% in '01 More
Source: The Economic Times

Nikhil Sen is new COO at Britannia More
BPL Tele unveils gizmo combining phone, Net data functions More
Cooling Burnol’s heartburn More
Familiarity brands contempt
More

Baron exhumes Bush brand for colour televisions More
Baron group may sue TCL for JV collapse More
Egana to don ‘Made in India’ tag More
LVMH to set up watches, jewellery arm More
Moving with the times More
Usha eyes Rs 500 crore-plus turnover this fiscal More
Playwin jackpot odds 1 in 14 million More
Source: Business Standard

Bharti, SingTel complete i2i cable network More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com

BPL is more but Philips is better More
Indian advertising and the pregnant woman More
Moving out of the shadow of KBC More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

Cellular Subscriber Base Zooms 80 Per Cent More
Marico Beats Hindustan Lever In Value-added Hair Oil Market Pie More
Bacardi Logs On To Cricket With Interest From Corporates More
‘Save Dexter’s Brain Campaign’: Cartoon Network Launches New Promotion More
Cargill To Take On Indian Rice Majors In Domestic Market More
MUL Deepens Ties With Customers By Now Financing Accessories More
In House In Pact With New Age Entertainment More
HCLInfinet Dials Global Telcos For Net Telephony More

Madura Garments Sets Sights On Russian Market More
Source: The Financial Express
Thought
for the day
"People don't buy from clowns."
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Claude Hopkins, quoted by David Ogilvy in
Ogilvy on Advertising
Other Newslinx International

Citibank credits DDB with pan-African biz
Citibank has appointed DDB's African network as the new agency for its operations in 26 countries of the African region. No value has been put on the account... More

Unilever hires French pop act to sing praises of Rexona deodorant
Elida Faberge, the Unilever-owned cosmetics giant, has become the first mass marketer to hire the French pop act L5... More

Volvo construction equipment names Masius global agency
Masius, the specialist corporate and business-to-businessagency owned by D'Arcy, has been named global brand agency for Volvo Construction Equipment... More


Product placements in Mexican TV shows boost deodorant sales
Coty de Mexico, the local license-holder for Adidasdeodorants, has doubled the line's share in the last 18 months using an unorthodox publicity campaign. More
Source: www.adageglobal.com

Beware a dangerous new marketing innovation
Over lunch last week, the chairman of a leading ad agency was asked about the flirtation between Madison Ave. More

TBWA/Chiat/Day to service competing spirits giants
For the moment, it's drinks all around for Omnicom Group's TBWA/Chiat/Day and the two large spirits clients managing to share the shop.
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Feisty ad veteran launches 'ANTI-AGENCY'
Jim Feeney, at 63 (the same age as me), has been around the track a few times. More


TBWA, Don Coleman owed $8.7 million by Kmart
Kmart Corp., Chicago, owes its advertising agencies $8.7 million, according to documents filed in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. More

Three to pitch for Pepsico's SoBe business
Three finalists are vying for the estimated $6 million to $10 million account of PepsiCo's South Beach Beverage Co. More

Nissan to trim contenders in review
Nissan North America, Carlson, Calif., is expected this week to trim the list of agencies vying for its estimated $6 million African-American account from 25 to six. More

P&G'S swiffer wetjet hits turbulence
Procter & Gamble Co. has flinched in the bucketless mop war, lowering the suggested retail price of its Swiffer WetJet starter kits last week for the second time this year. More

Ogilvy gets web security marketer's account
Trend Micro, Cupertino, Calif., has tapped WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather, Culver City, Calif., for an anticipated $15 million to $20 million global branding account. More
Source: www.adage.com

Sharpton Says He'll Sue Gov't, Agencies
A class action lawsuit alleging collusion between the federal government and prominent advertising agencies to depress the amount paid to minority ad companies. More

Anti-Smoking Account in Play
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has contacted 11 agencies about its 10-year, $80-110 million anti-tobacco initiative, according to the consultant running the review. More
Source: www.adweek.com


 







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