7 Mar 2003 Volume 6 Issue no: 97







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Executive Dossier - Interview
"We expect to touch Rs 225 crore in revenues" ...More
Discovery-SET India, president,Shantonu Aditya

Headlines
Surrogate ads: channels given time
IBF to meet Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies, IMI and advertising bodies to sort out irritants...More


Pradeep Dixit quits ETC Networks
Dixit has put in his papers as of 28 February. One of the original promoters Jagjit Singh Kohli is in charge...More

TV ad spend in '02 up 11% to Rs 39 bn
Total Indian ad spend on television in 2002 was Rs 39.09 billion as compared to Rs 34.99 billion in 2001, says TAM India...More

FICCI FRAMES 2003
"High license fees are forcing radio stations to adopt the same mass appeal strategy..." More
Tariq Ansari, Mid-Day Multimedia MD

Other Breaking News Headlines
Lok Sabha apprised of uplinking issue
The uplinking issue keeps cropping up in the Indian parliament and government assurances keep coming, as it happened again in Lok Sabha ...More

DD assured of Rs 204 million for World Cup
Nimbus Communications has promised a minimum guarantee revenue of Rs 204.3 million to Doordarshan for the matches to be aired on DD, including the...More

Oprah voted as most popular TV personality
Who is the most popular TV personality in the US? George Bush? Bill Clinton? No, your guess is way off the mark. The correct answer is ...More

Budget Special
Budget has negative impact, say media analysts
Motilal Oswal's Inquire Equity Research (MOSt) report titled "Union budget 2003-04: a review" says that the provisions of the budget indicate that the total effective tax on set top box (STBs) imports would fall...More

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
It's target LIC, ICICI after Fair & Lovely ad
Hindustan Lever Limited's Fair & Lovely is not the only product to have attracted criticism from the All India Women's Democratic Association...More

BBC World to offer special ad packages
BBC World has created a spot buy opportunity for it's programmes - India Business Report and The Situation Room in the months of March and April 2003...More

One- stop direct mkting units woo ad agencies
"Stick to core competencies - outsource the rest" seems to the mantra for ad agencies! A new breed of one-stop direct marketing shops for loyalty programmes...More

Ford wins at BBC Top Gear Magazine awards '03
Car enthusiasts can have their fill of vehicles that met critics approval in the April issue of BBC Top Gear Magazine which is on sale...More

CAS Update
Canal+ to stage live demo of CAS Mediaguard at 11th Convergence India 2003
Canal+ Technologies (C+T) of France, represented in India by Recreate Solutions, has announced that it will stage a live demo, the first of the its kind in India, of its conditional access system (CAS), Mediaguard, in the forthcoming 11th Convergence India 2003...More

Tube Talk
English FA Cup soccer, Sharjah Cup on TEN Sports More

Technology Update
Channel Storm releases video software 'Live Channel Pro 2.0' More

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Other Headlines
Super Sixer! SET Max set to have a field day More
Entertainment channels lose out to cricket on ad spends More
Sun to foray into radio broadcasting More
Govt re-looking uplinking policy in news, current affairs More
Royalty on imported flicks escapes duty net More
Source: The Economic Times

ABBY awards night on March 16 More
Govt to crack down on vulgar television ads More
Govt reviewing uplinking policy in news channels More
Oscar ads hit record price despite war jitters More
Vivendi posts France's biggest corporate loss More
Source: The Times of India

Sun Network's FM Channel To Go On Air Today More
Entertainment Sector Revenues Up 27.7% In 2002 More
Blaming Weather Gods? It’s Media At Play In ICC Cup! More
Shourie Holds The Key ToMedia Lab Asia Funding More
Telcos Meet In Mumbai Today More
TTSL To Leverage Distributor Channel In Maharashtra Circle More
Source: The Financial Express

STAR remains steady, but MAX is down More
‘The Sufis’ on etc and Alpha TV Punjabi More
CricketNext eyes billion page views; mulls acquisition of webcasting firm More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

Yahoo sues Indian firm for using its trade mark More
Software cos launch anti-spam weapons More
Desperate Bacher defends Super Six rules More
Clinton TV show More
Source: Hindustan times

Samsung's Digital Adventure opens in Mumbai More
A peep into the Dressing Room More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Shame TV off in Oklahoma More
Source: The Asian Age

Cough code gives away cheat in Millionaire More
No cable but this time, they don’t seem bothered More
Putting on the gloss More
Source: The Indian Express

"Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your own living room by people you wouldn't have in your home."
- David Frost


International Headlines
Murdoch gets approval for Chinese TV service More
BBC calls for united digital TV push More
Country hopefuls compete on new reality TV show 'Nashville Star More
FindLaw to Provide Clear Channel Television Interactive With Law-Related Content and Resources More
Source: Hoovers

Pager plot of quiz show 'cheats' More
BBC flushed by unexpected success More
Bower accuses TV over football exposé More
Channel Five swoops for Dawson's Creek More
Ofcom not open until Christmas More
Source: www.media.guardian.co.uk

Foreigners keep their Russian TV channel More
Source: www.gazeta.ru

Blair Faces The Music On MTV More
Source: www.sky.com

TV piracy to dominate ministry talks More
Source: www.bangkokpost.com

TV Stars Try Penning Newspaper Columns More
Source: Yahoo! News

Entertainment and computer industries face off over digital television copy protection More
Source: www.cleveland.com

Road Trip! Travel Channel Launches a Series of Ultimate Sightseeing Tours For TV Buffs... More
Source: www.prnewswire.com

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