International News

The battle for control of Britain's Tempus Group grew appreciably hotter as WPP Group increased its holding in the contested media planning and buying specialist by a further three per cent. Sir Martin Sorrell’s latest buy from an unstated source ups WPP’s

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2001 7:24 AM

INTAM has decided to continue providing television ratings data dropping earlier plans to suspend its services for four-to-six weeks to revamp the entire panel of sampled homes in Mumbai. INTAM will, thus, have to report from the exposed list of peoplemete

exchange4media Staff Sep 20, 2001 7:20 AM

Mediaturf Worldwide (I) Pvt. Ltd., a leading online advertising firm, has acquired IndiaEyeballs, a well-known online advertising agency. With the acquisition the creative shop owned by IndiaEyeballs, RichmediaPeople.com will also move to Mediaturf Worldwi

exchange4media Staff Sep 19, 2001 8:45 AM

The recently launched 24-hours DD news channel will soon be renamed and revamped to serve ‘’lovers of dance, music and fine arts,’, the Channel would also target children and adolescents — with 6-hour windows devoted to their needs. The channel is expected

exchange4media Staff Sep 19, 2001 8:44 AM

According to a qualitative research study conducted by Quantum Market Research Private Limited, the response to Radio City, India’s first private FM station launched in Bangalore on July 3, has been overwhelming. The study encompasses three SEC groups—SEC

exchange4media Staff Sep 19, 2001 8:14 AM

AOL Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting, are exploring opportunities to expand their businesses in India and to pursue potential new partnerships. According to industry sources the talk about the AOL-Zee venture gained currency after Zee News signed a cont

exchange4media Staff Sep 19, 2001 8:11 AM

Hinduja group plans to roll out its own 24-hours news channel called ‘IN TIME’, by the end of this year. The Hindujas’ ‘IN CABLE’ is one of the multi-system operators or signal providers in Mumbai. As an MSO, the Hinduja group has a large national cable ne

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:10 AM

Advertising agencies and advertisers in general have decided not to buy new spots on the critical news channels like Star News, Zee News, Aaj Tak as this would be tantamount to using the coverage of WTC destruction as a commercial opportunity.

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:09 AM

ZEE News has entered into a strategic alliance with CNN for content sharing, which will give the former access to all newsbreaks from CNN, and provide reciprocal benefits to the US media major. The alliance is initially valid for a year and could be extend

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:08 AM

With the entry of Malayalam megastars Mammooty and Mohanlal in the TV channel business, Kerala is witnessing channel war it has never seen before. With Mohanlal’s entry through his venture Visual Magic Pvt. Ltd. in the TV channel business, both actors are

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:07 AM

Modi Entertainment Network (MEN) is going ahead with its plan to encrypt Fashion TV by the end of the year, even as B4U claims that it continues to have legal rights to distribute the controversial channel in India. MEN signed a 10-year agreement with FTV.

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:06 AM

The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), in conjunction with the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), has put an embargo on three advertising agencies – HTA, Fulcrum and McCann-Erickson – for non-payment of dues to television channels. Accord

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:05 AM

STAR India’s Channel [V] is going to premiere Michael Jackson’s new video album ‘Invincible’. Michael Jackson will rock on Channel [V] for the first two days of the launch of his new video on September 21& 22. Sony Music Entertainment has associated with C

exchange4media Staff Sep 18, 2001 8:03 AM

With more and more people glued to the news channels, watching the aftermath of the tragedy in New York, in an unprecedented move almost all the news channels opted to omit advertising break altogether. The strategy of news channels during the coverage of

exchange4media Staff Sep 17, 2001 7:32 AM

Creative Eye has acquired two software entities -- Sanush Films, promoted by Vijay Ghope, and Kirti Films, promoted by Siddhartha Nagar. As per the agreement, Sanush Films will produce programmes exclusively for Creative Eye and Creative Eye would provide

exchange4media Staff Sep 17, 2001 7:31 AM

Jasubhai Digital Media (JDM), is all set to launch 'Information Week', one of the leading global magazines on technology in India by October. The launch of 'Information Week' is part of the company's effort to strategically position its business portfolio

exchange4media Staff Sep 17, 2001 7:30 AM

According to the figures collected by Arthur Andersen and FICCI, below-the-line advertising is fast catching up with the mass media. The growth rate of mass-media has been stagnating between 5-10 per cent annum, whereas below-the-line (BLT) advertising is

exchange4media Staff Sep 17, 2001 7:29 AM

Zee News is close to signing a deal with CNN for sharing content which would give it access to almost all the global stories on CNN, including news breaks, for airing on Zee News. As part of the agreement CNN too will have access to Zee News stories and wi

exchange4media Staff Sep 17, 2001 7:28 AM

Addressing a group of journalists, head and the creative director, Balaji Telefilms, Ekta Kapoor said, TRPs controversy had no impact whatsoever on the company. “The television channels and advertisers continue to remain with us and are convinced on our a

exchange4media Staff Sep 15, 2001 9:41 AM

As Zee group plans to repay debt of more than Rs 200 crores during this financial year, it will still have Rs 500-odd crores of debt outstanding at the end of the year. As per its annual report for 2000-01, the group has an outstanding debt of Rs 718 crore

exchange4media Staff Sep 15, 2001 9:37 AM