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'We need to pump in money to get B4U back on
track in India'
Sunil Rohra - B4U Network global CEO
(27
December 2004) |
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'After TV, the next stage will be consumer products
and theme parks'
David Hulbert - Walt Disney TV International
president
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December 2004) |
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'I see the cost of sports rights continuing to
spiral'
Rik Dovey - ESPN Star Sports Asia managing director
(13
December 2004) |
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'We killed Anurag Basu in 'Kasauti...' and that
killed 'Ayushmaan''
Shailja Kejriwal - Star India creative director
(13
December 2004) |
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"Time not ripe for preferential treatment
for exclusive content"
Pradip Baijal - TRAI chairman
(9
December 2004) |
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"Competition has grown the market''
Atul Goel - E-City CEO
(8
December 2004) |
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Zee Telefilms' subsidiary companies are debt-free
now'
Rajiv Garg - Essel Group chief executive officer
of corporate strategy and finance
(30
November 2004) |
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'For the last 10 years, we decided not to market
the epic serial. We wanted 'Ramayan' to resurface for the new
generation'
Prem Sagar - Sagar Arts Marketing Director
(20
November 2004) |
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'Ten Sports is the world's largest producer
of cricket today'
Chris McDonald - Taj Television chief executive
officer
(10
November 2004) |
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'Star World is not under pricing Zee English.
It is still the number one choice in its genre'
Ajay Trigunayat - Zee Movie Zone (ZMZ), Zee English,
Trendz and MX business head
(5
November 2004) |
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'Discovery Travel & Living is by no means
a weaker entity than Discovery'
Aditya Pratap Tripathi - Discovery Communications
India marketing director
(30
October 2004) |
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'Fragmentation is going to come in the TV industry
in a far larger way than has happened so far'
Apurva Purohit - Times Television Network COO
(23
October 2004) |
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'In order to reach the Indian markets, corporates
may have a global strategy but they have to think locally in
terms of communication'
R V Rajan - Anugrah Madison chairman and managing
director
(23
October 2004) |
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'Cinema genre has grown 35 per cent. And not
just cinema channels but general consumption of cinema'
Bharat Ranga - Zee Cinema, Zee Music business
head
(21
October 2004) |
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'Outside of guaranteed hits, challenge is in
selling rest of the catalogue to the viewer'
Quek Toi Mien - HBO Asia Senior VP programming,
promotion
(13
October 2004) |
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"Regional prime focus areas are Bengal,
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat"
Vikas Varma - UTV COO
(9
October 2004) |
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"We have already conquered the music space,
now we are aiming our guns at mass entertainment"
Amar K Deb - Channel [V] head honcho
(2
October 2004) |
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"Three CAS models suggested because no one
formula would work all over the country"
Pradip Baijal - TRAI chairman
(1
October 2004) |
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"Kids' entertainment space has tremendous
untapped potential"
Purnendu Bose - Hungama TV chief operating officer
Purnendu Bose
(25
September 2004) |
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"New, developing sectors, crucial to today's
audiovisual businesses, will be at the heart of the agenda"
Paul Johnson - MIPCOM television division director
(24
September 2004) |
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"Efforts are required to maintain credibility,
compete with the private channels and discharge our duties as
a public service broadcaster"
Achyutan - DD Bangalore Kendra news director
(20
September 2004) |
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'We would like to take news out of the clutches
of prime time and inculcate the habit of anytime viewing'
Uday Shankar - Star News officiating CEO, editor
& director of news
(17
September 2004) |
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"People tend to neglect the finer show details,
but Ekta doesn't"
Nivedita Basu - Balaji deputy creative director
(17
September 2004) |
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'Nobody can beat us on coverage when you compare
the money invested by us and our reach'
R Venkateswarlu - DD Bangalore director
R Lakshminarayan Rao -
DD Director (Engineering)
(13
September 2004)
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"Max aiming at 30% ad revenue growth for
just the non-cricket content"
N.P. Singh - Set India CFO & Max business
head
(10
September 2004) |
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We are targeting all the thinking, 14 plus individuals
who are tired of the saas-bahu soaps"
Arun Arora - Times Group president
(7
September 2004) |
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'Indian advertising is 80 per cent mediocre,
15 per cent competent and 5 per cent brilliant'
Ravi Deshpande - Lemon CEO and NCD
(4
September 2004) |
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'2004 can be a very dramatic year globally due
to the fervor with which studios are looking at tapeless environments'
Ken Lorber - TM Systems CEO
(4
September 2004) |
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"India TV is like our organisation, it gives
more importance to journalism, rather than to commercial considerations"
Wadah Khanfar - Al-Jazeera MD
(2
September 2004) |
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"The strength of etc is that we attract
viewers, even without spending"
J S Kohli - ETC Networks CEO
(30
August 2004) |
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''When you stand at the line and decide to run,
is when the race begins for you. Which is where Nick is today'
Pradeep Hejmadi - Nickelodeon India business
and operations head
(26
August 2004) |
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'CAS may have been put off now, but addressability
is something that is definitely coming'
Abhijit Saxena - Zee TV business head
(19
August 2004) |
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'While differentiating your channel ID, you need
to find the road not walked on before'
Jill
Lindemani - BBC Broadcast account director
(14
August 2004) |
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"It will take courage to even offer Rs 5
billion for India rights"
Harish
Thawani - Nimbus Chairman
(5
August 2004) |
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'If our clients grow we will grow. That really
is the essence of our strategy'
Sam
Balsara - Madison Communications CMD
(31
July 2004) |
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'I feel the advertising industry will see 10
to 12 per cent growth this year'
Arvind
Sharma - Leo Burnett chairman & CEO
(24
July 2004) |
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''India shining' was not a political campaign;
it was a Government of India campaign'
Nirvik
Singh - Grey Worldwide chairman south asia
(20
July 2004) |
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'As a broadcaster with 200 million viewers, we
should be able to control at least 50% of all valued added SMSs
sent'
Sumantra
Dutta -Star India wireless business development
head
(15
July 2004) |
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''Cricket is not just a business plan for Max.
It is a distribution driver for the One Alliance'
Rajat
Jain - SET India executive vice president
(10
July 2004) |
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'If we bag BCCI rights then there would be enough
cricket to justify a separate sports channel''
Kunal
Dasgupta - SET India CEO
(6
July 2004) |
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'We are now focused on growing other businesses'
Akash
Khurana - Nimbus Communications MD and CEO
(3
July 2004) |
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'There is no point in newspapers merely reproducing
facts'
John
Ridding - 'Financial Times' Asia editor and publisher
(1
July 2004) |
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'Movie channels should stick to their core competency
of delivering movies rather than trying to deliver something
else'
Yogesh
Radhakrishnan- Zee Telefilms director, special
projects
(26
June 2004) |
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'Major effort around Utsav is going to be to
get into the press pie'
Kevin
Vaz- Star India senior vice president ad sales
(19
June 2004) |
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'We will continue to rule the airwaves...'
Peter
Mukerjea - Star India CEO
(10
June 2004) |
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'There aren't enough ad people equipped to give
clients solutions they deserve'
R
Balakrishnan - Lowe executive creative director
(9
June 2004) |
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"I am committed to see that the public service
broadcasters in India are
autonomous''
Jaipal Reddy - Information and broadcasting minister
(8
June 2004) |
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"There is only one competitor and it would
not be difficult to overtake that"
Rajat
Sharma - India TV promoter
(2
June 2004) |
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"MTV is going to have the first regional
channel globally, here in India"
Bill
Roedy - MTV Networks International president
(25
May 2004) |
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"Never buy a film without seeing it, especially
if it boasts of a big star-cast"
Shravan Shroff - Shringar Cinemas head
(22
May 2004) |
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"When we grow at 30 per cent that is bad"
Ashutosh
Pandey - ETC Networks operations VP
(18
May 2004) |
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"Viewers complaining there's nothing to watch
on weekends, are actually not watching TV at all!"
Deepak
Segal -Star India senior VP content & communications
(14
May 2004) |
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"When there is addressability and when viewers
can really choose, that will be the real test"
Sunil Khanna- Zee TV president
(12
May 2004) |
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"You can experiment with the paraphernalia, but
you should never touch the core of the brand"
Prasoon
Joshi - McCann Erickson National Creative Director
(3
May 2004) |
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"We are looking at a 50 per cent growth in the
TV software sales front"
Ajay
Gupta - E-City Entertainment business head (films)
(20
April 2004) |
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"I don’t believe that the print medium & particularly
magazines will suffer from the growth of TV or the Internet"
MD Peter Phippens -BBC Magazines
(12
April 2004) |
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"Focus will be on fiction programmes on TV this
year"
Anshumaan
Swami - Applause Entertainment CEO
(6
April 2004) |
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"We'd like to be a sports incubator"
R C Venkateish - ESPN Managing Director
(2
April 2004) |
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We believe that India Shining is a great FDI
opportunity for India in pitching for international business
Jonathan Howlett - BBC World director of airtime
sales
(23
March 2004) |
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"The new breed of viewer will be different and
will want different things"
Star
India COO Sameer Nair
(15
March 2004) |
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Today MAX alone delivers more GRPs than Zee TV
ROHIT
GUPTA- SET executive vice president (ad sales
& revenue management)
(8
march 2004) |
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"Television is a great business option because
there is only one strong set up- Balaji Telefilms"
Parag
Sanghavi - K Sera Sera Managing Director
(20
February 2004) |
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"Skills required to get a film off the ground,
market and distribute it are completely different from television"
Nittin
Keni - Zee Telefilms Ltd. Film Division CEO
(10
February 2004) |
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"Innovative content well marketed can work wonders"
LV
Krishnan - TAM India CEO
(10
February 2004) |
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"People out there are desperate to poach from
Aaj Tak"
Aroon
Purie - TV Today Network CMD
(7
February 2004) |
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"Be it following a formula or breaking the mould,
the result has to be better TRPs"
Monisha
Singh - UTV creative director (Part I)
(20
January 2004)
"Some might think I am too young, but I believe
risk taking abilities are more important"
(Part II)
(29
January 2004)
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"We need to build up strong emotional sagas on
Sony"
Venita
Coelho - SET's VP: new product development
(8
January 2004) |
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"We will have to think out of the box more on
programming"
Sameer
Nair - Star India COO
(5
January 2004) |
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