Headlines
CAS to soft launch; pay channel rates out

Raj TV uses water to sell soap
In a tie-up with 'Cheerio' mineral water company, young men distributed water bottles in Chennai that sported advertisements for two prime time shows...More

CAS Update
Try genre-wise rollout of CAS - S N Sharma...More

Executive Dossier
"Advertising and media planning business will become creatively integrated post CAS"
ETC Networks executive director and Broadband Pacenet India chairman Jagjit Singh Kohli...More

Headlines (Contd)
Prasad urges restraint on sensitive media issues
The minister of information & broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad has called upon the media, both print and electronic, to exercise self-restraint while reporting on sensitive matters...More

Zonsta to co-produce TV show with kids from 20 nations
An Indian production house has bagged the mandate for the one of the largest ever TV series co-productions involving 20 countries...More

Star, Linktone to develop wireless services in China
Rupert Murdoch's Star Group is looking to make further inroads into China...More

NDS, MagnaQuest forge alliance
News Corp's NDS has announced a strategic partnership with MagnaQuest, a leading customer care and billing solutions provider for the pay-TV...More

UK soccer fans thirst for more on TV
The recent tender by the FA Premier League for a greater number of live TV rights to Premiership games from the 2004-05 season has brought protests from some fans...More

TV Ratings (15 June 2003 - 21 June 2003)
TAM Top 10 Programmes
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

TAM Top 100 Programmes on different Channels
Star Plus
Sun TV
Sony
Zee TV
Zee Cinema
Gemini TV

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Simultaneous media use shows purchase decisions in US NEW!
Those who use multiple media simultaneously are more likely to either give or receive advice about the products they buy and where they shop...More

DDB Worldwide honoured at 50th intl Cannes ad festival NEW!
DDB Worldwide was recognised by the international ad festival in Cannes as the agency that won the most Grand Prix awards in the 50 years of the festival...More

UK advtg to grow 1.1% in '04: Zenith Optimedia NEW!
Influential media forecaster Zenith Optimedia has hinted a slight 1.1 per cent increase in the UK's advertising revenues...More

Actor's Interview
"I started my career as an actor thinking it would be a piece of cake" - Christian Kane....More

Tube Talk
etc's 'Taaza Maal' for July is Rimi Sen More
CNN talks to 'The Hulk' director Ang Lee More
Star Sports to celebrate Saurav Ganguly's b-day More
Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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