30 April 2003 Volume: 4 Issue : 89
















Todays Newsbreakers India
Executive Dossier
"We are targeting internationally minded people with an interest in world politics, news and business"

Interview with BBC World head of marketing Seema Kotecha
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Top Story

IRS 2002 topline findings released
IRS round 10 findings reveal that the Top 10 list for TV channels has changed; new entrants are climbing up the ladder...More

Media Advertising & Marketing watch
WPP associate Landor announces top-level change
Current Landor Associates chairman and CEO Clay Timon announced his intention to move into a full-time chairman role as of 1 May 2003. Landor is a division of Young & Rubicam, Inc, which is part of WPP - one of the world's leading global communications services groups...More

WPP owned top research agency acquires UK company
Millward Brown has acquired Sadek Wynberg Research, one of the UK's most innovative and best respected qualitative research agencies to create one of the UK's largest qualitative offerings...More

ESS ties up with Wisden and Electrolux for cricket awards
This is an alliance through which ESPN Star Sports and Wisden, which has been synonymous with the bat and ball game for over a century, are hoping will give a major boost to their profile...More

GO 92.5 FM to celebrate its B'day 'Lift Karade' style
Come May and Go 92.5 FM will go for a hike! Well with its first anniversary celebrations round the corner, the channel has a planned a promotional gig with the presenting sponsor Pepsi around Adnan Sami's Lift Karade...More

Omnicom, JWT top Adage annual rankings
Omnicom Group is the top global ad organisation and the J. Walter Thompson unit of the WPP Group is the largest core US agency brand in the Ad Age rankings...More


Headlines

One Alliance switches off Incablenet
Pending dues and non-renewal of contract cited as reason. InCablenet says commercial arrangements in a post CAS regime need to be discussed...More

More news channels wish to launch: Prasad
I&B minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says 7-8 pending proposals for news channels are with him...More

ETC Networks posts PAT of Rs 141m for FY2003
ETC Networks Ltd has announced an audited profit after tax of Rs 141.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2003 as compared to a net loss of Rs 141 million during the previous year...More

Red FM, Radio City, Mirchi set to serenade Delhi
Its radio ga ga in Delhi. Whether it was RED FM to strike a tune on the air waves or was it Radio City break into sing song or was it Radio Mirchi to churn a rhyme we do not know, but looks like capital is unlikely to sing off tune henceforth...More

Cable case hearing today
Division bench of the Mumbai High Court comprising Chief Justice CL Thakker and Dr Dhananjay Chandrachud today postponed the hearing of the "much hyped up" cable case to 2:45 pm today...More

Spotlight
Discovery channel celebrated its anniversary party at a Mumbai hotspot called Velocity and the party really rocked. More
Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
O&M is India's most admired
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Sachin to endorse all TVS mobikes More
Rasna to buyRex, Brown&Polson
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Whatever happened to the Braun brand?
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Small wonder
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Belly button window
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In the nick of time
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Source: The Economic Times & Brand Equity

Kidswear: Moving From Exports To Domestic Market
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Amex Plans Series Of Travel Benefit Programmes
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Another Twist In Reliance-BSNL Tale
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Hutchison, Essar Tele Close To Merger
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DIT To Commission Study For India’s R&D Roadmap
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Source: The Financial Express

Mindshare to do media job for MTV fragrances
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Sunsilk ties up with Habib's salons More
Samsung eyes big share in washing machines market More
CCIE launches shopping portal More
ITC rolls out new apparel brand More
VIP group to re-launch Vanity Fair lingerie More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

TVS to pit Fiero against Pulsar More
Source: Business Standard

Thought for the day

"[A]dvertising is a symbol-manipulating occupation".
- S. I. Hayakawa

Other Newslinx International
International Headlines
Unicast Introduces Screen-Filling Online Ad
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AOL Ad Sales President Steps Down
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IAB Adopts New Ad Size Formats
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Source: www.adage.com

Toyota Push Puts Parts Into Perspective
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HUD Opens Door To National Effort More
FTC Doesn't Want Any Spam, Spam, Spam
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Hollywood Attacks In Heart Attack PSAs
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Source: www.brandweek.com


Mediaedge:cia Names Goodin Managing Partner More
Omnicom Reports Flat Earnings More
Cordiant Mulls 'Preliminary Approaches' From Suitors
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Source: www.adweek.com

Omnicom unscathed by Iraq war More
Is Saatchi firm Cordiant's mystery bidder?
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Source: media.guardian.co.uk

TV Ad Jingle Released - First For NZ Music More
Source: www.scoop.co.nz

Cordiant weighs up potential bidders More
Source: money.telegraph.co.uk

War's ad losses more than recovered
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Source: www.medialifemagazine.com







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