Monday 25 March 2013

Stories on 25th Mar'13

MxM Mondays: Does India need more sports channels?
For a country mainly mad about one sport, India has a surprisingly large number of sports channels on TV (17 of them!). Is the market sturdy enough for more?
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44397

TRAI notifies duration of ads on TV channels
Standards of Quality of Service (Duration of Advertisements in Television Channels) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 restricts duration of ads in channels to a maximum of 12 minutes in any given clock-hour
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44417

An Ap(p)t offering from Hungama
Hungama.com has launched a next-generation music application that plans to break the competitive digital music market and elevating the listening experience
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44416

Meera Sharath Chandra: Roaring for her own turf
Tigress Tigress, founded by Meera Sharath Chandra, aims for higher order conversations and delivery on overall brand strategy and consumer engagement across all communication touchpoints. In a hot domain, she tells MxMIndia how she plans to surge ahead
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44401

AdStrat: V-Guard's ad with a twist
Behind every great commercial is super strategy. Every week, MxMIndia brings you the brief and the strat as given by the client and whatever else that went into creating a winning ad
http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44396

Mindshare Appoints Rajit Desai as Partner - Consulting
Mindshare has announced the appointment of Rajit Desai as Partner, Mindshare Consulting
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44459

Anil Thakraney | Credit for return of marines must go to media
Had the media not raised a hue and cry, these murderers were lost to us forever, there's no way the government would have negotiated furiously with their Italian counterparts to find a way to get these doods back. A pat on the back is in order, and am hoping it comes from the usually sleepy PM
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44393

Samsung, Nokia, Micromax more researched than Apple
According to the PrecisionMatch Mobile Handset Market Insights, Samsung Galaxy S3 is the most viewed model
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44414

Need for more wire news agencies: I&B Minister
Minister Manish Tewari said that the potential was tremendous as these agencies facilitated information flow at the sub regional, regional and national level
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44402

MIB to launch Centralised Monitoring System for encrypted signals
The system will be able to detect those MSOs which do not carry the mandated encrypted signals
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44400

Parle signs BachchanSr to endorse Gold Star cookies
Parle Products will be carrying out an extensive marketing campaign for the premium cookie with Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador
 http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44419

ANCHOR | ONE BIG IDEA: One Big Idea by Supriyo Sinha
Going micro, beyond metros
http://www.mxmindia.com/?p=44418