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Ad-Wise 2002 covers key issues on air time selling,
buying
Ratings are important but there is a lot more to media
planning and buying than just GRPs (gross rating points)
and CPRPs (cost per rating points)...
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Cartoon Network will honour toons today
The
"First 13th Annual Cartoon Network Fancy Anvil Awards"
takes place today. More
Zee
Interactive forms alliances with BSE, EDS
Zee Interactive Learining Systems has announced two tie
ups involving the Bombay Stock Exchange and Electronic
Data Systems. More
Media,
Advertising & Marketing Watch
RADD and In
Crowd International hatch global alliance
American
organisation Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against
Drunk Driving (RADD) have announced a global marketing
alliance with Starry Eyes Celebrity and Media Placement
Network and The In Crowd International TV in Beverly Hills.
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Diet
Pepsi and Aquafina aim to capture eyeballs during the
Academy Awards telecast
Supermodel
Cindy Crawford is all set to sport a new look in a new
Diet Pepsi commercial. In America the ad will air on ABC-TV
during the 74th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Technology
Update
Motive and Motorola hatch alliance
Motive
Communications which claims to be the leading provider
of intelligent service software, has announced that it
will work with top cable modem manufacturer Motorola.
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Source:
www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
AT&T Launches Landmark
China Telecoms Venture More
Dentsu Inc to Miss
Profit Forecast, Eyeing Asia More
Tracking Creative Boundaries: Lessons
On Managing From Art, At IIM-Bangalore More
Source:
The Financial Express
Zee in talks with SABe TV to offer
bouquet More
Source: agencyfaqs.com
Bharti plans to slash
ILD tariffs by about 50% More
Net telephony fails to cheer ISPs More
Pepsi
to unveil series of ads for Aha More
Invalid password? Not if it’s an image More
'Sex
and violence are staple diet in movies' More
Many
big shots get left out of Oscar night More
Kiwis
in Rings-fever prior to Oscars More
Big
future seen for Bollywood films More
Source:
The Economic Times
TV channel manager held for rape More
Big on Bollywood More
Source:
The Indian Express
Twining:
Double Roles On TV More
Emerging technology More
Source:
Screen
Bombay
Dreams hero's date with city More
Amitabh
& Sachin: Ad fizz if you pliz! More
Big
B, Hrithik team up with Vidhu Vinod Chopra More
Institutional funding of films is yet to pick up
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EU film festival opens in Kolkata More
Source:
The Times Of India
Indians
may have to pay for Hotmail More
Alcatel
plans thrust in optic networks
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House
panel says no to FDI in print More
South
Korea tops in hacking More
Source:
Business Standard
Preferential
placement for funds -- ITI in negotiation with BSNL More
English movie channels bask in Oscar glory More
LG
audio products in market soon More
Coke's
drive to quench rural thirst this summer More
Aha! A Coke counter More
Tasting
the thunder over market shares More
Philips
promo offers World Cup ticket More
Lee
model hunt contest More
BILT ups the ante in golf -- New format, more money
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Escotel
introduces `Right Plan' More
Dishnet
to foray into Internet telephony More
Source:
The HIndu Business Line |
"The answers
to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle: they're
on TV!"
-
Homer Simpson
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International
Headlines
Broadcasters
bid to salvage digital TV's reputation
The BBC, Channel 4 and the independent television
commission are planning an advertising blitz to convince
the public that, despite the imminent demise of ITV Digital,
digital terrestrial TV is not dead. More
Murdoch
Jr. threatens to pull out of Australian pay TV
Lachlan Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch
and heir to the News Corporation throne, has threatened
to pull his father's media empire out of the Australian
pay TV market if competition regulators block a proposed
deal. More
Source:www.media.guardian.co.uk
Ecuador's
Church to sell TV station, cites lack of industry savvy
Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference (CEE) chairman Mario
Ruiz on Friday announced plans to sell the Church's "SiTV"
television network, citing financial problems and the
CEE's lack of knowledge about the broadcasting industry.
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Source:www.hoovnews.hoovers.com
Oscar
TV host to wear £3.5m diamond-studded dress
An American television presenter will shimmy along
the red carpet at the Oscars ceremony wearing a £3.5 million
diamond-studded dress. More
Eccentric
talent required for new TV show
Channel 5 is planning a new
TV show featuring people with amazing or eccentric talents.
More
Source:www.ananova.com
Fox
Television Stations Announces Station Swaps With Meredith
Corporation
Swaps Will Give Fox Television Stations Duopoly In
Orlando; Eight Duopolies In Major U.S. Markets More
Source:
www.stockhouse.com
Murdoch's
TV dreams 'to be dashed'
The government plans to thwart any plans media
tycoon Rupert Murdoch may have to expand into the UK terrestrial
TV market, according to reports. More
ITV Digital 'braced for collapse'
ITV Digital faces collapse unless the Football League
agree to renegotiate its £315m contract with the ailing
service, reports have said. More
Thai
'Millionaire' loses to technical glitch
A street vendor who hit the jackpot on a Thai version
of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? had her winnings
annulled after a computer glitch gave her the right answers.
More
ITV
Sport could switch off
A senior executive with ITV Sport digital claims the
ailing channel could fold in seven weeks unless Football
League clubs accept less money. More
Source:
www.bbc.co.uk
Football League to hit back at TV companies
The Football League is to organise
a campaign of direct action against Carlton Communications
and Granada in the event of a breach by ITV Digital of
its £315m ($449m) broadcasting contract. More
Kirch
rescue plan could see founder pushed aside
Leo Kirch looks set to become a marginalised
figure in the German media empire he founded 47 years
ago under the terms of a proposed rescue plan. More
Murdoch
steps up lobbying ahead of media reforms
With only six weeks to go until the government
publishes a sweeping shake-up of media laws, Rupert Murdoch
has been making his presence felt in Westminster. More
Source:www.news.ft.com
NAB
Consolidates Opposition to EchoStar Merger
The heads of six associations sent Congress
a letter Friday listing all of the groups that are opposed
to EchoStar Communications Corp.’s proposed $26 billion
merger with Hughes Electronics Corp. and its DirecTV Inc.
subsidiary. More
Source:www.tvinsite.com
ABC,
Turner May Have Meeting of the 'Mind'
As ABC prepares for Sunday's Oscar telecast,
the network already is closing in on a deal for broadcast
TV rights to one of this year's best picture contenders:
Universal/ DreamWorks' "A Beautiful Mind." More
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