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Volume 19 - Issue No: 78








Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

Percept to invest Rs 350 million in Hanuman 3
Percept Picture Company to pump in Rs 300-350 mn for Hanuman 3; the sequel of the untitled 3D film is set for release in 2010.

 

Anil's Reliance Mutual Fund holds 9% in Hinduja Ventures
 Anil Ambani's Reliance Mutual Fund holds 9.17% in Hinduja Ventures; buys from market in Co. which has interest in cable TV.

Divine predictions 2008
 Tarot card reader Dr Soniyaa P Bhaagiyaa offers predictions for 2008 for different stars and channels.

Welcome grosses Rs 572 million in opening week
 Welcome grosses Rs 500 mn in opening week in India; UK accounts for Rs 42.8 mn while Rs 29 mn has come from North America.

Reliance, Dabur to foray into dairy business

Apparel retail chain SKC to grow to 20 outlets

Coca-Cola in promotional tie up with ExerciseTV

Disney to air viewer-generated content on New Year's Eve

ITV to target upmarket viewers, signs new hosts

Wal-Mart shuts online movie download service

AOL to end Netscape Navigator support

Nokia delays N-Gage gaming service again

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (02/12/2007 to 08/12/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (02/12/2007 to 08/12/2007)
Zee TV
Star Plus
Sun TV
DD1
Sony Entertainment TV

Source: www.indiantelevision.com
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• More global ad firms may come to India
    		• Starbucks products in India via PVR tie-up
    		• `We hope GAS will be a Rs 200 cr brand by 2010`
    		• Quantum unveils new products in Kerala
    		• Modi`s mask-man
    		• New stars rake in big money
    		• Big Music & Home plans Bengali film foray
    		• Hanuman to assume another dimension
    Source: Business-Standard
     
    		• Apparel brands button-up focus in 2007
    		• S Kumars demerges retail biz
    Source: Hindu Business line
     
    		• Brands gain mileage on music and lyrics this Kutchery season
    Source: IBN Live
     
    		• Tata wants to retire after Rs one-lakh car launch
    		• Harry Potter tops 2007 book and DVD best sellers lists
    Source: DNA
    		• Top of the Mind | Best ads of 2007
    		• Consumer Trends | What will 2008 bring?
    		• Here is how we spotted the winners
    Source: Livemint
     
    		• Jeevan TV to start news channel in near future
    		• Reliance Retail steps into Bata shoes
    		• Online businesses gear up to welcome 2008 with a bang
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• ‘Illegal’ hoardings dot Srinagar skyline
    Source: Etalaat
     
    		• Foreign brands may face curbs on wholesale trade
    		• Versace to enter Indian ladieswear market soon
    		• Starbucks enter India through PVR tie-up
    Source: Financial Express
     
    International News
    		• Wired Audience Grows, per Survey
    		• Salesgenie Returns to Super Bowl
    		• Coke in VOD Pact
    Source: Ad Week
     
    		• Spending on television advertising skyrockets among Iowa hopefuls
    Source: IHT
     
    		• Mobile advertising still at tryout stage
    		• Cell Phones: the Next Great Ad Frontier?
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• Ad chief questions CBB move to E4
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Lavish and Bottle Bar Sign Advertising Contracts With IMAGE
    Source: FOX News
     
    		• The Miami Herald to outsource some copyediting, ad work to India
    Source: The Canadian Press
     
    		• Mobile Leads Online Ad Spend in Japan
    Source: eMarketer
    		• TV news male dominated, survey finds
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Claire Beale on advertising
    Source: Independent
     
    		• SA advertising blitz on greenhouse gas emissions
    Source: ABC Online
     
    		• MobiMogul Set to Launch New Mobile Advertising Service
    Source: PR Web
     
    		• Marriott launches dynamic, integrated global advertising campaign
    Source: ArabianBusiness.com
     
    		• Government to widen ban on junk food TV ads
    Source: Telegraph
     
    		• Ads target illegal migrant hiring
    Source: BBC
     
    		• Santa Barbara Arts TV Forms Content and Advertising Partnership with YouTube
    Source: TMCNET
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