12 June 2007Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this Page Volume 18 - Issue No: 29
Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

Madison World, Selvel buy majority stake in PMG
 Madison & Selvel Outdoor Advertising acquire 67% stake in sports mgnt. firm Professional Management Group.

 

Percept to pump in Rs 5 billion for movie biz
 Percept Picture Company plans to invest Rs 5 bn over three years in the movie biz; in talks to sell 30-40% to Lachlan Murdoch.

Disney to tie up with Yash Raj Films for movie biz
 Walt Disney to partner with Bollywood company Yash Raj Films; formal announcement to be made on 12 June.

NT Awards kicks off round I of jury meetings
Jury meet for Indiantelevision.com's 1st NT Awards kicks off in Delhi, with professionals from across journalism & films.

Executive Dossier
'Home video business model will be viable for those who price it right '
Moser Baer entertainment business CEO Harish Dayani

MRUC to unveil India Outdoor Survey on 18 June

Red FM paints the city red with its campaign

dgm launches online marketing & advertising in India

PNC signs 5-film deal with Rajat Kapoor

A government-run TV institute without a TV course

Ten Sports to showcase ATA Hockey Championship

Hungama TV names winner of 'Pyjama Pakdo' contest

US government shouldn't block TV content: Study

UFO Moviez bags 'Innovation in Indian Cinema' IIFA award

BBC, Discovery to jointly explore `Oceans'

Amrita TV bags 11 state awards

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (27/05/2007 to 02/06/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (27/05/2007 to 02/06/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Star One

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• LG chooses golf over cricket
    		• Disney, Yashraj to tie up for animation films
    		• Voltas launches range of commercial refrigerators
    		• Nimbus moves Singapore court
    		• No Chinese Whispers, Please!!
    		• Global entertainment firms script big India plans
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		•  Spykar to use Avigo cash to launch 2 brands
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• GHMC gets tough with ad agencies
    Source: Siasat Daily
     
    		• Madison, Selver to hold stakes in PMG
    Source: Deepika, India
     
    		• `ESPN branding to Cricinfo Web site in future'
    		• Simbhaoli Sugars launches new branded products
    		• Low glycemic rice brand Moolgiri launched
    		• Hero Motors plans foray into 4-wheeler component biz
    Source: The Hindu Business Line
     
    		• 500 overseas brands plan to enter via franchising
    Source: Financial Express
    		• Ad spend on cricket falls 20% post World Cup
    Source: Moneycontrol.com
     
    		• 'China's CNN' to blaze mobile TV, ad trail
    		• Fine print: The ad that embarrassed China
    Source: DNA
     
    		•  Firdose Vandrevala, chairman, Motorola India moves on
    		• Mahesh Murthy on search marketing: Coitus Uninterruptus
    		•  Anooj Kapoor named business head of SAB
    		•  ITC Foods to give ‘second life’ to Bingo website
    		•  20 mn active net users, Google most used brand: Juxt survey
    		•  Kaushik Mukherjee to judge at MMA Globe Awards 2007
    		•  MMS puts together best of brains to maximise creativity
    		• OAC 2007: Improve the creative content to increase ROI for advertisers
    		• OAC 2007: 75 per cent of our outdoor habits are predictable, says AP Parigi
    		• OAC 2007: Digitisation and innovation is the way ahead for outdoor
    		• Postmen show ‘mailer demon’ to Zapak Mail TVC
    Source: Agency Faqs
     
    International News
    		• Google, China's Sina to cooperate on web searches, advertising
    Source: MarketWatch
     
    		• Does Search Get Too Much Credit?
    		• Kraft Shifts Crackers to Euro RSCG
    		• Q&A: Feed's Warner
    		• IPG Merger: TM and Sedgwick Rd.
    Source: Ad Week
     
    		• Survey: Companies Need Web Analytics Education
    		• Pepsi-Lipton Tea Partnership First To Sponsor Yahoo's New Celebrity Site omg!
    		• Moseley Leaves Hallmark For History Channel
    		• LG, Billboard.com Craft User-Generated Content Marketing Machine
    Source: Media Post
     
    		• Kobe Crowned King of NBA Jerseys
    Source: Brand week
     
    		• ACTU slams business groups for pro-WorkChoices ad plan
    Source: ABC Online
     
    		• Quepasa Awarded Ad Buy Commitment
    Source: Yahoo
    		• WPP Group's Ogilvy buys 70 pct in South Korea's Lee & Jang
    Source: ABCmoney
     
    		• Xinhua Finance to acquire advertising agency
    		• Wall Street Journal May advertising revenue falls
    		• Marsh responds to NY Post story on "evil eye" ads
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Dow Jones Reports May 2007 Advertising Revenue
    Source: CNNMoney
     
    		• VOD Ads Deliver Heavy Recall
    		• USAT Texts Ads Alongside News
    		• Arbitron Delays Release of PPM Data in Houston
    Source: Media Week US
     
    		• JWT Employment Communications Recognized with Creative Excellence Awards
    Source: JWT
     
    		• Teens, young adults spend 24% more time online than average user
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• PKR.com to run ads between free poker games
    Source: Marketing Week
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