6 Mar 2003 Volume: 4 Issue : 52














 







Todays Newsbreakers India
Special Report
The not so fair face of advertising!
Channels and ad agencies feel the heat as NGOs and the government wake up to discriminatory fairness product ads...More

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

Pay-per-click solutions from Primedia
About Inc., a division of Primedia which claims to be the leading targeted media company, has announced that Sprinks has launched two new products...More


Headlines
CAS task force meet on Friday crucial
Failure of the govt to address rationalisation of duties on import of STBs will figure in the critical meeting...More

NDTV pulling all stops for launch
NDTV News and NDTV Samachar will launch simultaneously around 1 April...More


FICCI FRAMES 2003
Television is no longer the sexy mistress it used to be..."
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Sam Balsara, Madison Communications chairman

CAS Update
Rajya Sabha given set top box manufacturers' list
Tech majors Philips and Thomson figure in the list of set top box manufacturers who have an eye on the Indian market with the imminent implementation of CAS on the horizon...More


Other Breaking News Headlines
Media scrips continue decline post-budget
Media scrips continued their downslide four days after the announcement of the annual budget 2003-04. Media analysts have already indicated that the budget was negative for the media and ...More

80 channels permitted to uplink, RS told
In a recent Rajya Sabha session, the information and broadcasting ministry responded to a query about the uplinking issue by stating that there in total 80 channels that were permitted to uplink from Indian shores...More

BBC hopes for cachet with Pak through chat show
BBC World is looking at increasing viewership in the Asian region through shows that build up intimate contact...More

NGC doc to be honoured at Genesis awards
The elephant may symbolise God in Asia, but its treatment in the region would make any animal lover hang his/her head in shame. National Geographic captured...More

Discovery, CameraPlanet plans 'Discovery Docs'
Discovery Communications, Inc.(DCI) and CameraPlanet have announced a joint venture for a series of films Discovery Docs...More

Bodenheimer to take charge of ESPN, ABC Sports
ESPN President George Bodenheimer will assume responsibility for both ESPN and ABC Sports when Howard Katz steps down as president of ABC Sports at the end of next week...More

TV Ratings (16 February 2003 - 22 February 2003)
TAM Top 10 Programmes

Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


TAM Top 100 Programmes on different Channels

Star Plus
Set Max
Sun TV
Sony
Gemini TV
Zee TV


Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
February sales buzz fails to prop M&M
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PioneerOnline forays into overseas mart More
New product range from Adtech soon More
Kerala eyes plantations in eco-tourism thrust
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Source: Business Standard

Wisden Takes 67% In CricInfo; Integrated Site On Anvil
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Marico Plans To Rationalise Number Of Empaneled Agencies
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Shoppers’ Stop Makes Big Plans For Kolkata More
Voltas Cuts Air conditioner Prices, Chalks Out Fresh Thrust
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Bajaj Launches New Caliber Version
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Source: Financial Express

JWT takes Star Cruises in multi-agency pitch
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Leo Burnett reacts to story ‘SSC&B wins Rs 50-crore Videocon business’
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Pharma OTC sets new record: Puts 57 additional brands in television advertising in 2002; surpasses Rs 700 million mark in TV and print
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Source: www.agencyfaqs.com


Branded edible oils, vanaspati to become costlier More
Tata Indigo station wagon unveiled at Geneva show More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com

HLL's Shivakumar may join Philips More
For Samsung, India's the best
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Brake dance: Car buyers get only 4% of 7% excise cut
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Linux expected to grow big in Asia More
The TN brand gets cracking
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Samsung plans handset JV with Reliance in Guj
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Source: The Economic Times

From Exide to Eternity
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Maruti to launch Grand Vitara in 2 months
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As cricket wins, other channels go for a toss
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Smokescreen for tobacco cos?
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Whirlpool, LG lead refrigerator market
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With India in Super Six, DD, SET hike ad rates
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Source: The Hindu Business Line
Thought for the day

"The list of sins committed by advertising is limited only by the creativity of its critics".
- Jerry Kirkpatrick

Other Newslinx International

International Headlines
Jwt Detroit Names Exec To Oversee Ford Account
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'I Love New York' Campaign Goes Into Review
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Weather Channel Signs Co-Branding Deal With Scotts
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Four Chase Nextel's $160 Million Account
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Domino's Reports 60% Jump In Net Income
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Source: www.adage.com

Chap. 11 Filing Suits Today's Man More
NBA Jumps On Board With Southwest
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FTC Moves To Melt Nestle, Dreyer Deal
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Kraft's Kool-Aid, Wild Planet Mix Marketing
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Source: www.brandweek.com

California Lottery Review Faces More Controversy More
Y&R Cuts N.Y. Staff by 6 Percent
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Mediaedge:cia Shuffles UK Management Team
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Neall to Rejoin JWT as Top Exec on Ford
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Source: www.adweek.com

Heineken refreshes ads with celebrity makeovers More
Ad man's exit hurts WPP
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Tricks of the trade
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Source: www.media.guardian.co.uk

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