19 Mar 2003 Volume: 4 Issue : 60














 







Todays Newsbreakers India
TAM ADEX Analysis
Corporate, brand campaigns stage a comeback on press post-festive: TAM
There is a clear shift of the kind of advertising that was at the height of the festive season (October) vs the trends at the end of the festive season (December)...More

FICCI FRAMES 2003

Crossover film makers must retain 'Indianness'
The panelists at the session on "Films sans frontiers" at Ficci FRAMES 2003 were clear that Indians must make crossover films that had clear, national identity and were rooted in one's own cultural soil...More



Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

O&M is agency of the year at Abby '03
McCann Erickson's Coke campaign was chosen as the best even as "agency of the year" O&M ruled the roost...More

Apocalypso Films wins 2 Abbies for Aaj Tak
Aaj Tak has bagged the silver trophy for the best media campaign of the year at the ABBY Awards 2003...More

MTV, Motorola hatch 3-year $75 m alliance
This is a 360 degrees marketing alliance that will strengthen the synergies between the mobile phone and the idiot box in terms of promotional activity...More

Promodome Communications bags Fujifilm account
Ad agency Promodome Communications has managed to click with Jindal Photofilms, which markets the brand Fujifilm in India...More

CavinKare Ability Awards for achievers
The CavinKare Ability Awards ceremony recognized and honoured three people who have done just that...More

Zodiac using Net more than print, TV
The latest marketing initiative from Zodiac, a manufacturer of corporate and semi formal garments, shows that the Net can be an effective vehicle of catering to the upper scale...More


Headlines
26% FDI cap in news channels
Star News has to apply afresh for uplink; existing news channels given one year's time to restructure...More

Siticable, INCable push ahead on CAS
Siti Cable has signed up with Norwegian co Conax, INCablenet with IBL to build pay TV platforms...More


Channels make a 'Holi'-day of it
TV channels plan to celebrate the "festival of colours" with special thrills and frills within their regular fare...More

Nominees for Bafta awards announced
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has announced the names of this year's nominees. The winners for the Bafta awards will be announced on Sunday, 13 April 2003...More

HBO calls halt to shooting of 'Sopranos'
The latest twist in the HBO - James Gandolfini ongoing tussle sees HBO firmly placing placing the ball in the court of Gandolfini...More


Intelsat creates three business units
Intelsat has announced that it has created three business units in order to sharpen focus on the data/carrier/Internet, video and government customer segments...More

US consumers seek control in convergence era
In India, the Communications Convergence Bill is still to be introduced in Parliament. In the US, however, the cable industry is readying itself for content and distribution convergence...More


First interactive TV producers' forum next month
This is an event that will bring interactive broadcast professionals under one roof...More

KPMG launches first fraud diagnostic survey
KPMG released its first "Fraud and Misconduct Diagnostic Survey in India"...More

Actors' Interview
"I would love to become something big" ...More
TV actor Sudha Chandran

Tube Talk
Jimmy Shergil is etc's 'Star Giraftaar' More
'The Sufis' on etc and Alpha Punjabi
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Other Headlines
USI In Marketing Tie-up For Hollywood’s Chicago
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P&G Acquires Wella In $7-Billion Deal
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Allied Digital Shops For Networking OEMs In Apac More
Network Magazine, EMC To Host Seminar On Biz Continuity
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Inmarsat Scouts For Distribution Partners For New Product
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Sansui Hopes To Ride On World Cup Sales
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Source: The Financial Express

P&G to acquire Wella for $7bn, plans open offer
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Yehi Hai Right Choice, ABBY
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Cricket fever: Top advertisers dominate airwaves
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Thanda Matlab Coca-Cola bags ABBY award More
The fine art of brand-building
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Novartis to buy Pfizer drug for up to $225 mn
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Serum Institute plans new launches, AIDS tie-up More
Bajaj Auto ups advertising budget
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Brand Equity

Empire of the setting Sun
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Great Wall, greater value
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Seoul searching More
Gee, Quiz!
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BEst / BEkaar More
How the ads are rated
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Long live long copy More
Source: The Economic Times

HLL is World Cup's biggest advertiser
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Air-conditioner makers warming up for summer
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LG tops sales in Jan
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Mardi Gras opens Food Factory
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New security gadget from Matrix More
Source: The Hindu Business Line


Glenmark plans new type of pain killers
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UPFC inks pact with India Infoline
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Scorpio’s low-cost drive
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Owner’s pride More
The magical realism of marketing
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Source: Business Standard

Thought for the day

"Advertising didn't mix sex up with our daily lives. The great Marketeer in the sky did that".
- Barry Brooks

Other Newslinx International
International Headlines
Initiative predicts strong UK ad growth
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Mail owner reports slowdown in advertising
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Chime agrees overdraft extension More
US churches urge Blair to stop war
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Source: www.media.guardian.co.uk

O'Neill Departs Euro RSCG MVBMS Partners
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$50 Million Virgin Mobile Acct. in Review
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Gotham Unites Bausch & Lomb Brands
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Fallon Taps Seward as Media Director for North America
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Source: www.adweek.com

Aeromexico Account Goes To Crispin Porter More
P&G To Buy Wella For $7 Billion
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Owner Of Hachette Filipacchi Dies
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New At&T Campaign Emphasizes Controversy
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FTC Gives Telemarketers Extension
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AOL, Yahoo! To Break New Ads During Oscars
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Fallon Drops Out Of Anti-Smoking Review
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S&P Downgrades Omnicom Debt Rating
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Source: www.adage.com

JC Penney Springs into Academy Awards More
Source: www.brandweek.com

Watch step, ad industry told More
Source: www.nzherald.co.nz

Less is more in advertising, says TV chief More
Source: www.theage.com.au

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