Tobacco & ads - 'made for each other' no more
Examining the implications of the ban on tobacco advertising that takes effect on 1 May.

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Pepsi adds some fizz to 7Up sale in Andhra Pradesh
Pepsi is all set to put back some fizz in its 7 Up brand. As a summer special innovation, Pepsi has thrown in some Fido bags, T-shirts, caps and slap bands to make its mascot Fido popular again.

Percept advertising won Media Trans Asia Cup
Percept advertising won the prestigious annual 13th All India Media Trans Asia Cup. Percept, the reigning champions, successfully retained the trophy beating O&M advertising by 65 runs in the final.

CDMA's reach expands to 9.3 million users in India
CDMA is one of the fastest growing wireless markets in the world. In the year 2003 there was widespread deployment of CDMA2000(r) but in March 2004, the base grew by 745 per cent, reaching nearly 9.3 million users.

Tenali Raman to speak five languages for ETV
Animation company Toonz Animation and ETV Network have inked an agreement to telecast the The Adventures of Tenali Raman.
The media giant will air the first home production of Toonz- the 26 X 11 minutes episode series- on the five satellite channels of ETV Network.

Top 10 Programmes (11 April 2004 to 17 April 2004)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (11 April 2004 to 17 April 2004)
Star Plus
Sony
Ten Sports
DD1
Sun TV

Source: www.indiantelevision.com