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Volume 21 - Issue No: 27








Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

Champions Twenty20: BCCI fixes TV rights floor price at $750 mn
 Champions Twenty20 to be held from 29 Sept; BCCI fixes floor price at $750 mn for 10-year TV rights.

 

NDTV to invest $150 million in media infrastructure company
 NDTV to set up new company for media infrastructure; subsidiary to invest upto $150 mn.

Rupert Murdoch visits India, Delhi is first stop
 Rupert Murdoch is on sixth visit to push biz in India; Delhi is first stop and Mumbai to follow on Friday.


IMX elevates Jain to strategic investments India head

Mediabrands partners with Navic for TV advertising

Red FM to celebrate third anniversary of its morning show

CNBC TV18 to launch special sports series Olympic Effort

Eisner’s Tornante to produce TV series on Nick At Nite
CN to air All Star Laff- A- Lympics from 4 August

Dentsu launches animation division in US

MySpace launches Indihub for three metros in India

Adlabs Cinemas to conduct research on cinema audience

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (13/07/2008 to 19/07/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (13/07/2008 to 19/07/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine

Source: www.indiantelevision.com
Today's Newsbreakers.......India
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    Luxury brands in China

    • Brand India revisited

    • Design is in the detail

    		• Hitting a home run
    		• The ‘dukandar’ still holds sway
    		• Clean living
    		• Bathing beauties
    		• ITC’s paper trail

    • Pune-based promoters win legal battle with German co

    • For the bones

    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Star Plus commands 11% in Hindi TV entertainment pie
    		• Disney says 3Q profits jump 9 per cent to $1.28 bn
    		• Adlabs commissions research on moviegoers
    		• Slowdown becomes ad nauseam
    		• UTV-Disney combine set to pip B K Modi
    Source: Economic Times
      
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    Bubbaloo launches 'Bubbaloo Blueberry' bublegum in India

    Source: Domain-B
      
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    Pak hoping Taliban will have change of heart with ad campaign

    Source: Zee News
     
    		• ‘VivaKi’ will use digital platform more effectively
    		• IPL to build on brand, let teams raise funds
    Source: Livemint
     

    • Bata, Saregama India & Vimta Labs Q1 results

    Source: Business Standard
      
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    85% of Saregama's turnover to come from its music biz

    • Berger to launch Bolix products in India

    • Courts new battleground for FMCG companies

    • Smart service, loyal customers

    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• AVT Announces Digital Advertising Pilot With Coke
    		• Nickelodeon Makes Its Classic Hits Available on the iTunes Store
    Source: IT News Online
      
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    Actors sweat it out for Ekta's 'Mahabharat'

    • It’s Bollywood on Lahore billboards

    • ACK Media mulls entertainment channel launch

    Source: DNA
      
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    League doesn’t violate ICC rule, insists Modi

    Source: Indian Express
      
    		• Bata India Q2 profit up 58 %
    		• Tech-savvy cyber crooks could steal your Net identity
    		• Hoardings, banners banned for now
    		• Spencer’s to close down 10 p.c. of outlets
    Source: Hindu
     
    International News
    		• IPG Makes First-Half Gains
    		• Lippert Critiques 'Mad Men'
    		• Sci Fi Tries Out Twitter
    		• Updated: Home Depot Taps SRI to Lead $500 Mil.+ Review
    		• Big Spaceship Nabs Senior Exec From Organic
    		• 3 Pitch $15 Mil. Tidy Cats Biz
    		• SAG to AFTRA: Let's Talk Commercials
    		• TiVo: Viewers Skip Fewer 'Relevant Ads'
    		• Monster.com Names Gilvar CMO
    		• IPG Buys Digital Shop Huge
    Source: Ad Week
     
    		• Ads Add to Colgate's Bottom Line
    		• Monster Hires BBDO's Gilvar as Global Marketing Officer
    		• FTC Backs Self-Regulation for Food Marketers Targeting Kids
    Source: Brand Week
     
    		• Disney sees slowing ad sales and park hotel bookings
    Source: Easy Bours
    		• Economy seen hurting cable TV ad sales
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Meredith 4Q profit falls on advertising loss
    Source: Forbes
     
    		• UOL Announces 2Q08 Results
    Source: Market Watch
     
    		• Marchex Launches Next-Generation Local Advertising Platform
    Source: Fox Business
     
    		• Google tests in-game advertising software
    Source: Tech Spot
     
    		• Violent GTA IV ad escapes censure
    Source: VNU Net
     
    		• McGinty defends government advertising
    Source: ABC
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