16Jan 2003 Volume: 4 Issue : 18












Todays Newsbreakers India
Top Story
Media planners accused of anti-DD bias
DD's dwindling client base has forced it to rationalise and re-negotiate terms with producers...More



Media Advertising & Marketing watch

SportzBiz 2003 - India's 1st sports marketing forum on 24 Jan
indiantelevision.com, in association with SportzPR - the communications consultancy focusing exclusively on the business of sports - presents yet another first from its growing list...More


Rajat Sethi appointed Wunderman India CEO
Wunderman, the world's leading direct marketing agency, has appointed Rajat Sethi as CEO of its Indian operations...More



Mediacom wins J&J baby products media planning business
Mediacom India, the specialist media independent of Grey Worldwide, has won the planning of a certain section of Johnson and Johnson baby products' account...More


Telecom, content cos need to ally for product differentiation

The Advertising Club Bombay's Value Creation seminar on marketing entertainment and their growing inter-dependence last weekend threw up a possibility that telecom, entertainment and content development companies will forge alliances to provide product differentiation and increase penetration in an increasingly competitive scenario...More


Yap is NDS AsiaPacific business development director

NDS Group plc, a News Corporation company and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced the appointment of Christopher Yap Boon Yee as business development director Asia Pacific...More

World Cup 2003
MAX takes out press ads to set 'record straight' on cricket coverage
Sony Entertainment India is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that Indian viewers realise that MAX and SET are the only channels that will show "live and exclusive premium digital coverage of all the 54 ICC cricket World Cup 2003 matches." ...More


Cricket, telecom to boost bus shelter, kiosk ads
The battle for outdoor advertising channels like bus-shelters, kiosks and hoardings is intensifying with World Cup on the anvil... More

CricketNext.com to webcast World Cup matches

CricketNext.com, the Walchand Capital Group driven Internet portal has bagged the rights for the mega ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa commencing 8 February...More

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Doordarshan telecast schedule More
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World Cup 2003

Channel loyalty fetches Star better ratings
Sony may have managed 'K3G', but Star Plus with its hotch potch of TV artistes on 'Kasamm Se' grabbed better ratings on 31 Dec... More

'Qaawali Muqabla' as 'Heena' completes four years

Heena, one of the longest running soaps on Sony, has just completed four years on air. The serial produced by Rakhee Tandon, is a story of a girl unlucky in love, will celebrate completion of its fourth year by airing a special 'qawaali muqabla' coming Friday. ...More

1000 radio stations likely to be set up this year
About 1000 radio stations are likely to be set up this year in the country by the educational institutions like the Universities, IITs, IIMs and residential schools...More


Wrestling to add muscle to niche channels' weekend programming
Star and Zee have both decided to strengthen their weekend programming lineup on their respective English entertainment chanels with some wrestling action...More

XIC award for Anand Patwardhan
The Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC) will confer the second Fr Parmananda Divakar Memorial Communication for Peace Award on Mumbai-based activist, environmentalist, journalist and filmmaker Anand Patwardhan...More

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
Scorpio Hogs Limelight At CNBC Autocar Awards
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Nothing Official Here More
McDonald’s To Go Chinese, Offers Slew Of New Products
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Numero Uno To Double Capacity
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CTVs: Philips To Target Upmarket Segment
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Source: Financial Express


M&M too looks at European markets More
BSNL threatens to block cellcos' calls
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Bombay Dyeing to overhaul mother brand
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Bombay Dyeing to acquire more retail brands
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Airlines go all out to get business class flying again
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Tell-tile: China's welcome here
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Source: The Economic Times


Starcom, Delhi, wins Rs 25-crore Sony Electronics AOR More
Rajat Sethi is Wunderman India CEO
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Kasamm Se stumps Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham in the battle of the year-ends
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Six agencies in the fray for Rs 10-12 crore Onida business
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Source: www.agencyfaqs.com


Toyota unveils Corolla in India More
CNBC Autocar Car Of The Year - Mahindra Scorpio More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com

Reliance’s real strategy
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SET unleashes Rs 30 crore World Cup blitzkrieg
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The coming of age of India Inc
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Source: Business Standard

Thought for the day

"I think that I shall never see an ad so lovely as a tree. But if a tree you have to sell, It takes an ad to do that well".
- Jef I. Richards

Other Newslinx International
International Headlines
Coke Consolidates Marketing For Three Product Groups More
Three Finalists To Pitch For Nikon Account More
Philips Shifts $250 Million In Billings To Burnett More
Burger King Names New President
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Source: www.adage.com

Trident Takes The Fifth In Super Bowl Spot
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Ernestine Mouths Off For WebEx More
Jesse Owens Honored On Wheaties Box More

Source: www.brandweek.com

Red Cell Picks Up HHCL Stake
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Leo Burnett Gets Philips Brands More
Raft of Proposals Hits Capital One
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Martin Resigns Champion Mortgage More
IPG Hires Goldman Sachs to Look at NFO
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Meijer's Contenders Down to Four More
Nikon Names 3 Finalists
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One Show Ad Competition Juries Named More
Source: www.adweek.com


Thai Mobile pitches `star' ad campaign
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Source: Bangkok Post

Lies, Damned Lies, and Advertisements
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Source: www.eweek.com

WPP takes 49pc of HHCL from Chime
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Source: www.money.telegraph.co.uk









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