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| . 6 March 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue : 8 |
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Omnicom, WPP frontrunners in race to buy into Sportsworld WPP Group and Omnicom, both among the world's largest communications groups, are the two most likely candidates, which may acquire a stake in Sportsworld the company that owns the worldwide rights to ITV's Popstars. More Modi Entertainment close to deal with Taj Sports? There's a strong buzz in the industry that MEN is close to signing a deal as the distribution platform for the soon-to-be-launched Taj Entertainment Network (Ten) sports channel. More Playwin Infravest's online lottery launches The Essel group promoted Super Lotto went online at retail centres across the country from last evening, with Sikkim Lottery doing the honours initially. More Source: www. indiantelevision.com Capital bags Escotel’s pre-paid business More Source: www.agencyfaqs.com Markets flat, Zee Telefilms regains lost ground Media major Zee Telefilms recovered after Tuesday's fall from higher levels. More Ranjan Kapur of O&M moves up MILES Young, chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, announced the extension of Ranjan Kapur’s role to Vice-Chairman of O&M Asia Pacific More 100% FDI in films, ad industry approved More Amex-Tradewings tie-up to sell travel products More Marketing norms for oil cos soon More Source:The Economic Times "To Stand Out In A Clutter, You Need To Position Your Product Effectively” For, Mr Jack Trout, president of Trout & Partners, a leading marketing firm is the co-creator of ‘positioning’ the idea that revolutionised marketing discourse a few decades ago. An exclusive interview with him. More O&M’s Kapur’s Role Extended To Asia-Pacific Region Miles Young, Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, announced the expansion of Ranjan Kapur’s role to Vice-Chairman of O&M Asia Pacific More Num TV Scales Down Webcast Fare Num TV, the Webcasting arm of Pentamedia Graphics Ltd, has drastically scaled down its offerings. Currently, Num TV is Webcasting only a few television channels like Jaya TV, Fortune and TMG besides some in-house content. More Row Erupts Over Channel Tariff Deal In TN Television viewers in Tamil Nadu, especially in Chennai, are losing out on some popular channels like Cartoon Network, HBO and CNN due to the latest row between the cable operators in the city and Zee-Turner. More Telstra, Optus Map Pay-TV Shakeup Australia’s two biggest pay television operators agreed on Tuesday to resell content and capacity on their rival networks in a deal heralding the long-awaited rationalisation of the troubled industry. More Source:The Financial Express A new formula at Krishi Expo: Cow (milk+urine+dung)= toothpaste Cow dung and urine to make tea? While such a concept might seem too much for the average tea-drinker to swallow, this is exactly what is up for sale at Ram Shankar Gupta’s stall at Krishi Expo 2002 in Pragati Maidan. More 100% foreign investment in films, auto policy get Cabinet nod The Cabinet has cleared the proposal to allow 100 per cent foreign investment on the automatic approval route in the advertising and film sectors and also approved a comprehensive auto policy after making certain suggestions for redrafting it before placing it in Parliament. More Convergence India02 begins today This time participants from France, China and Honk Kong will be seen at the 10th Convergence India 2002 that begins today. Billed as the ‘Broadband Show for Next Generation’’, it will profile the changing landscape in the telecom, entertainment and the internet segments. More Source: Indian Express Warming up the market for a cold product In a fiercely competitive and fragmented ice cream market and with Amul snapping closely at its heels, HLL's ice cream division is onto a newfound aggression in product launches and a change in strategy. More Telco to launch new vehicle in Europe Tata Engineering on Tuesday announced plans to launch a multi-purpose vehicle, Tata Indiva, in the European market. The model is expected to be introduced in the Indian market at a latter date, the company said. More Source:The Times of India Double take for ad duo! Graham Fink and Deirdre Allen were in Mumbai last week leading a workshop aimed at the advertising community in Mumbai and also for the AAAI (advertising) awards. More TV commercials for Tata Press Yellow Pages More Source:The Afternoon Despatch & CourierBrand equity: A star & a mob Opened a store and wondering how to build recall value for your brand? You could get a star to cut the ribbon, if you have the budget and nerves of steel, that is. More Source: The Daily Pioneer
Publicis has bucked the ad industry trend to unveil an 18% jump in net profits for 2001, chairman Maurice Levy has announced... More Source: www.mediaguardian.co.uk Media curbs seen as threat to Australian democracy Recent restrictions against the media fully investigating federal government claims threaten to turn Australia into a backward and insular society, a media executive says... More Indian newspapers stay out of bounds for foreigners More Source: www.asiatimes.com Hyundai Cuts to Five More Grey S.F. is Contender for Cisco More Bcom3 Reports Revenue, Income Growth for 2001 More Source: www.adweek.com Agencies May See More Green Coming from Yellow Medium The $13 billion Yellow Pages advertising industry, which for years has sought ways of expanding its presence among national advertisers and agencies, is poised to unveil several initiatives that should give it more prominence on Madison Avenue More Source: www.inside.com Ogilvy Group U.K. head Paul Simmons leaves More Electrolux tests talking washing machine in India More Source: www.adageglobal.com Media companies strike paid-for content deal Some of Norway’s largest media companies are hoping to strike internet gold by charging their website visitors for content that was previously free More Source: www.europemedia.net 2001 AD SPENDING WORSE THAN PREDICTED Measured Media Down Almost 10%; 4%-6% Drop Forecast for '02 More 'EMERGING MARKETS' WREAK HAVOC ON PACKAGE GOODS Six Marketers Report $4.3 Billion in Currency-Related Losses More Source: www.adage.com |
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