Indiantelevision.com's The Ad Linx Reporter dated 8 Jan 2009 - Global and Indian advertising news, information and data at your fingertips

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

IPTV: Govt to meet content aggregators
TEC to meet content aggregators on 9 Jan to firm up the generic requirement for interoperable IPTV.

Channel [V] to kick off Launchpad III
Channel [V] is set to launch 3rd season of reality hunt Launchpad; ropes in Vishal Dadlani as judge.

Zee mulls golf, home shopping channels
Zee Entertainment Enterprises is considering launch of golf, home shopping, food and extreme sports.

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	Who is better? You or me?
	‘Unjustifiable damage to Brand India, Brand IT’
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Reliance launches GSM service in Haryana
	Back in hometown, brand Satyam is now unbranded
	Marks & Spencer sales plunge, to cut 1k jobs
	Source: Financial Express

	Advertising firms submit memorandum to Dhanda
	Source: Ludhiana Newsline

	Estee Lauder's anti-wrinkle cream ad banned over misleading claims
	Source: Newstrack India

	GroupM projects gloomy media outlook
	Source: Business Standard



	$9 million for SpotMixer's video ad service
	Source: ITvoir

	Verizon Wireless Selects Microsoft for Mobile Search and Advertising
	NAVTEQ LocationPoint Advertising Services Unveiled at CES
	Source: IT News Online

	Adtech ,Operative Announce Online Advertising Technology for Digital Publishers
	NewsGator Launches 'AdBurner' , Turnkey solution to optimize ad
	Alcohol Ads Go From on the Toilets to In the Toilet
	Source: Media Newsline

International News

	Time Warner to Suffer Net Operating Loss for '08
	More Long John Silver's for Empower
	Retailers Pull Back Holiday Search Spend
	Omnicom Taps Warren as Diversity Chief
	Former Lowe Exec Launches PI&C
	Starting Year With a Vote of No Consumer Confidence
	HBO Lands Obama Inaugural Rights
	Ignited Picks Up NBCU TV's Digital Media Biz
	Staples Debuts 'Dollar Deals'
	Arbitron Agrees to Settle Lawsuits
	Source: Ad Week

	eMarketer: Search Not Recession Proof
	Scion Reignites 'Individuality' Push
	Source: Brand Week

	Globe will sell space for ads on front page
	Source: Boston Globe

	US online advertising grows by 10% in 2009?
	Source: The Industry Standard

	Microsoft Plunges Into Mobile Advertising With Verizon Wireless Deal
	Source: Mocco News

	Omnicom Group Names Tiffany R. Warren Chief Diversity Officer
	Source: FOXBusiness

	FedEx cuts marketing spend by more than 25 percent
	Source: Reuters

	Qld Govt splashes out on health advertising
	Source: ABC Online

	France Plans Ban on Mobile Phone Advertising to Children
	Source: Bloomberg

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