MediaCom, the independent media division of Grey Worldwide, has recently released the third edition of the MediaCom Ready Reckoner, a nationally compiled database.

The MediaCom Ready Reckoner is a handy pocket-sized database on media related and other general broad based information on India - demographics, population, audience size, ownership and penetration of various product categories and also availability, usage and costs of various media. The information has been collected from various recognised sources.

Speaking about the advantages of such a data collection, Harish Shriyan, senior vice-president MediaCom says: "The advantage of the MediaCom Ready Reckoner lies not just in the information that it carries but also in its presentation as the facts are data concised and highly indexed and can be viewed at a glance."

MediaCom is an independent media division of Grey Worldwide, headquartered in New York. In India it is a full service media operation wherein both media planning/strategic media development and cost effective media buying are offered as an integrated function.

Zee Telefilms said on Tuesday that it had shelved plans to float a $200-million American depository receipt (ADR) issue, to fund its proposed expansion, at least for the time being.

"I am very much in doubt about going in for the ADR issue, definitely not at this point in time," the Press Trust of India quoted a company official as saying.

On 10 April last year, the Subhash Chandra promoted media company had received the shareholders‘ nod for raising $1.5 billion through the ADR route, but had subsequently scaled this down to $200 million.

The proceeds from the issue were meant to fund Zee?s acquisitions within the media business as well as other related expansion plans linked to acquiring content and boosting its distribution network.