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Volume 20 - Issue No: 61








Executive Dossier

'With IPL you have the power of 10'
 Interview with Set India CEO Kunal Dasgupta
 

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
TV18 Q4 net up 25% at Rs 190 mn
 TV18 to launch English biz daily within 12 months; to take Web18 for overseas listing this calendar year.

MIB content code meet with stakeholders on 2 May
I&B secretary Asha Swarup convenes meeting on content code with stakeholders on 2 May .

IPL suspends Harbhajan for entire season, to lose Rs 30 mn
 IPL bans spinner Harbhajan Singh for playing rest of the season; punishment to cost him Rs 30 million.

Publicis India appoints Naresh Gupta as EVP planning

Chatterjee is CNN ad sales head for India

Airtel reduces mobile call tariffs

MPA launches anti-piracy trailer in China

Samsung launches 2008 series of flat panel televisions

MTV gets into the heart of youth with "The State of Cool"

Nokia, Big Music to run month-long contest with Rehman

BR Films ties up with Zapak to promote Bhoothnath
Disney channel India announces summer line up and contest
Mattel launches Barbie Mariposa toys
Warner Bros, Becker announce 'Harry Potter: The Exhibition'

Big Music is Chennai IPL team's entertainment partner

Sun TV’s S FM launches in Warangal

Isro launches 10 satellites by PSLV-C9

9X to launch in UK on Sky Digital

SPT's Minisode Network launches on Sprint TV

Nokia in social film partnership with Spike Lee

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (13/04/2008 to 19/04/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (13/04/2008 to 19/04/2008)
MAX
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
Neo Cricket
Maa Telugu
Gemini TV
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• R. Seshadri is President, Ad Club Madras
    		• High ad rates keep FMCG biggies away from IPL matches
    		• Barista expanding footprints in domestic, overseas markets
    		• Socio-economic differences are blurring: Consumer trends report
    		• Harbhajan banned for rest of IPL, to lose Rs 3 crores
    		• HUL matches smaller rivals in sales growth
    		• HUL sales grow 19%; ‘inflation a worry’
    		• KSDL launches new brand Wave for masses; opts for outsourcing
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• SC relief for Mallya-owned Royal Challengers IPL team
    		• Online edition of India's National Newspaper
    Source:The Hindu
       
    		• RPG to form retail JV with UK toymaker
    		• Indian brands set to make global mark
    		• HUL net profit down marginally
    Source: Times of India
       
    		• Bisleri threatens to sue Coca-Cola
    		• HUL`s net dips 3% despite 23% rise in operating profit
    		• Sellers call for global boycott of eBay on May 1
    		• It's official, IPL scores over Paanchvi Paas
    		• HUL: Fair, not so lovely
    		• IPL panel slaps 11-match ban on Harbhajan
    Source: Business-Standard
       
    		• Haircare adds gloss to Godrej business; profit rises 3.7%
    		• HUL Q1 net profit held back by cost pressures, down 3%
    Source: Livemint
    		• FMCG advertisments find fair share of viewers
    		• IPL has shown the way in sports marketing: Padukone
    		• IPL forces CEOs to master the art of multi-tasking
    		• Centre asks states to ban hoardings on roads
    Source: Economic Times
       
    		• Hindi, Eng newspapers to be launched within 12 mnths: TV18
    Source: Moneycontrol.com
       
    		• Google Brings Banner Ads In Your Pocket
    Source: eBrandz
       
    		• ADTECH Signs InteractiveMedia for Digital Ad Serving
    Source: Media Newsline
       
    		• (!)Yureekah Launches First Ever Search Engine For Online Media Professionals
    Source: TechWhack
     
    		• Young & Happening
    		• The sham(e) in scam ads
    		• Financier aims to buy struggling small banks
    		• Nielsen’s latest buy is a research firm
    		• Potter trial has a happy ending
    		• Now, everyone’s a perfume critic
    		• "Shared learning can save valuable time"
    		• Aesthetics, its qualities and attributes
    Source: Financial Express
     
    International News
    		• Marketers Prepared to Ride Out Recession
    		• Acura: A 'New Generation' Arrives
    		• The iPhone Effect
    		• Datri to Succeed Snyder at AAF
    		• Pringles Launches Stix Effort
    		• Sorpresa! Pacts With MLS
    		• Lifetime Picks MediaCom
    		• '07 Media Agency Report Cards
    		• OMD Wins Intel's $300 Mil. Media Biz
    		• 2007 Agency Report Cards
    Source: Ad Week
     
    		• Pump Prices Squeeze Consumers, Brands
    		• WNBA, Hannspree Expand Marketing Pact
    		• Sweet Deal: Mars and Wrigley Merge
    Source: Brand Week
     
    		• Government spends £800m on advertising in 5 years
    Source: Guardian
     
    		• Venture money going to companies taking on Web advertising
    Source: Boston Globe
     
    		• Ocean Pacific (Op) Open Road Young Hollywood Ad Campaign
    Source: Huliq
    		• Nielsen Co. Taps Burbank
    		• Beavis In at Carat
    		• Web Ad Vendor 24/7 Partners With Mindset
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• RNC demands networks yank McCain ad
    Source: Latimes
     
    		• Intel Picks Omnicom's OMD To Handle Advertising Duties
    Source: CNNMoney
     
    		• HudsonYards Launches Ad Portal Service For Publishers
    Source: Graphic Arts Online
     
    		• Ad Platform Adify Said To Be Sold To Cox Communications For $300 Million
    Source: Techcrunch
     
    		• Procter & Gamble Wants Customer Input on BET & MTV Advertising
    Source: Broadcast News Room
     
    		• A.H. Belo's First Quarter Result is Loss
    Source: Editor and Publisher
     
    		• Radio Sees Growth in Online Ad Dollars; Slump in Local Advertising
    Source: Marketing Vox News
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