Tuesday 11 October 2011

Stories on 11th October

The government is not empowered to decide what's public interest, say broadcast editors, who will meet the minister today along with other trade reps

First on MxMIndia: Tarun Rai is new AIM President, Mitrajit Bhattacharya is VP

Innovation, expansion and adaptation is the way forward, says I&B minister Soni


Ranjona Banerji reviews nightly news and the morning papers in Freaking News

On his birthday today, 8 reasons why Amitabh Bachchan will always get good TRPs for a channel

With just three weeks left for AdAsia, the total delegate count for the main event has touched almost 800. The theme is ‘Uncertainty is the new certainty’, and industry expectations from the event are high.

India’s biggest Business Reality Show The Pitch is back, as BloombergUTV invites entrepreneurs to enter Season 2, with the potential to get funding up to Rs 5 crore.

R K Swamy BBDO wins mandate from Manipal Hospitals

Digital News Show (DNS) will take place in December and will exhibit digital products by media groups, as well as technology solutions within the digital journalism realm.

UTV Stars and People present ‘The Mercedes Benz Best Dressed Show 2011’.

History Channel plans to take factual entertainment mainstream with popular appeal and marketing strategies that grab the imagination.

The chocolates aren’t rammed down our throats, the brand comes across as this nice, gentle soul who reminds you of your responsibilities. This endears us to Cadbury.

Mumbai tabloid Mid-Day has taken up cudgels on behalf of autorickshaw passengers again, with a renewal of its Meter Down campaign.

Banerjee joins Rediffusion Y&R, Mumbai as Planning Head

Tata associates with Wills India Fashion Week, partners with fashion designer Rajesh Pratap Singh for styling the Tata Manza.

The Voice, an American reality talent show based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, is the big-ticket show for Imagine TV.

BBC TopGear celebrates its sixth year in India with a mega 214-page October issue.

Rahul Thappa on ‘How to Boil a Frog’, ‘Madhyam Marg’ and the ‘Elasticity of Doom’.

The FIPP World Magazine Congress began on October 10 in New Delhi with over 600 delegates from 50 countries in attendance