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Taking stock of ‘new’ print players’ performance in Delhi
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The last one year saw the launch of print titles like Mint, Mail Today and Metro Now in the Capital with much fanfare. A year down the line, have they been able to deliver their initial promise? Are they on track with their revenue returns and expansion plans? To what extent have they stood up to the established players in the competitive Delhi market? exchange4media finds out from industry experts.
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Genre Check: Hindi GECs drop 7 per cent in repeat week; movies & sports gain
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The week 46 of 2008 would go down as one of the most unusual weeks for television, when the Hindi general entertainment channels were airing only repeat programming, with the exception of ‘Bigg Boss’ on Colors. TAM Media Research data shows that for the week’s ratings, the Hindi GEC viewership dropped by 7 per cent on the all day numbers, and by 14 per cent in the primetime numbers. The biggest gainers in the week were Hindi movies and sports channels.
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Guest Column
Retrofit: The Lehman effect – the meltdown leading to a ‘boom to bust’ scenario
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The domestic media and advertising economy is under the cosh. The gangbuster years are behind us and a serious reality check is now under way. And the looking glass is not showing a very happy image. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai takes an indepth look at the various facets of the downturn in the media economy and the implications.
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RAM Rambling: Mirchi leads in Kolkata among car listeners On Radio Channel
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Continuing with our focus on car listeners, this time exchange4media takes a look at the Kolkata market spanning 14 weeks – week 31 to 44. As per the RAM data, Radio Mirchi comfortably leads the pack, followed by Big FM. The third slot sees some intense competition between Friends FM, Fever FM, Red FM, Amaar FM and the Government owned AIR FM2 - Gold.
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Leo Burnett Mumbai ranked 19th in Ad Age’s creativity list
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Leo Burnett Mumbai has made it to the Ad Age’s annual creativity list for the year 2008. With a tally of 180 metals collected over the year at the top 10 awards shows across the world, Leo Burnett Mumbai has been ranked 19th in the elite list, which represents the ‘Top 20 award-winningest companies’.
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BBH officially launches India ops; presents ‘When the World Zigs, Zags’ philosophy
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BBH India officially commenced its operations from November 19. Marking the agency’s presence in India, top three BBH Worldwide officials – Sir John Hegarty, Nigel Bogle and Simon Sherwood – presented their ‘When the World Zigs, Zag’ philosophy at an event organised by Ad Club Bombay.
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FWICE Vs Producers: Strike called off; channels to decide on date to begin airing fresh programming
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The standoff between the Federation of Western India Cine Workers (FWICE) and the producers has been sorted out. The FWICE and the producers met on November 19 and signed an MOU that tackles the problems of the workers’ wages. The producers have also met with the broadcasters to inform them on the terms agreed at this meeting. At least for now, channels are deciding on a date when they would all begin fresh programming.
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Aparna Bhosle quits Walt Disney as Director - Programming & Production
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Aparna Bhosle has put in her papers as Director - Programming and Production at Walt Disney Television International (India). As of now, no replacement has been found for Bhosle. Devika Prabhu is currently looking after programming for Disney, Jetix and Hungama as Associate Director and Head of Programming.
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Hyderabad-based Kapil Group to foray into television space with 24-hour news channel
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Kapil Group, a well-diversified group headquartered in Hyderabad, is all set to foray into the television space through its subsidiary company, Hyderabad Media House. The Hyderabad Media House is gearing up to launch a 24-hour news and current affairs channel called HMTV.
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Janakiraman Murugavel :’You need a Business
Model that is Innovative and Disruptive’
J Murugavel, Founder & CEO of Consim Info,
(formally BharatMatrimony.com) is one among the
few young Indian entrepreneurs who actually pushed
the envelope and tapped the potential of the internet
to the hilt. While the others approached the medium
with much disdain, Murugavel kicked off bharatmatrimony.com
in 1997 with a member base of 4000 and today,
the matrimony major is making waves as the No.1
Indian matrimonial portal with a record number
of marriages to its credit. The Group today has
15 regional linguistic portals under its fold
and has won the trust of over 12 million members
worldwide. Though Consim pioneered online matrimony
in India, it later diversified into several business
models successfully launching clickjobs.com, indiaproperty.com,
IndiaAutomobile.com, IndiaList. com, and the others.
In a freewheeling chat with Judy Franko, Murugavel
speaks at length about the transformation of Consim
Info from being just a matrimonial-related company
to a conglomerate offering diversified services.
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| BEWARE
THE SHINING SUN; THE STAR IS SET TO RISE
Has
Sun TV finally got a formidable match on the South
India media scene? Maybe, maybe not; but that
‘maybe’ itself is a big step away
from the situation that the South has seen in
the last many years - Sun’s undisputed power
is now challenged. And the very fact that the
recently announced Star Jupiter Entertainment
Television Ltd, a joint venture between Star India
and Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s Jupiter Entertainment
Ventures, has been able to achieve this, is a
positive opening for the JV. The India media and
advertising fraternity is never in a hurry to
cast the decisive vote, and are still waiting
to see whether STAR can build on the presence
that it has managed in the region with this partnership
with the Asianet brands. But for many, even though
Star Jupiter may not change the South GEC landscape
in the near (or even the distant) future, it would
certainly shake and stir things up.
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