Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Searching for a good english music channel on TV

Why is it that our Indian TV network does not have any channel which plays only English music all day? Channel V and MTV - traditionally the 'English' music channels hardly play (English) music during regular hours.
Is there no market for English music anymore? Is Bollywood music the preferred music of the times in India? After a long search of surfing through various channels, I finally found one channel VH1 which was unfortunately only playing only one type of music - Hiphop.

Is no one interested anymore in listening to good old classics 'Green Green grass of home', 'Lipstick on your collar' or something from ABBA and some less recent ones from the Corrs or Shania Twain?

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Is there any way to check this?

Very often my mobile phone rings from numbers that play pre-recorded messages. These particular numbers begin with +965XXXXXXX. I get these calls at least twice a day with one call definitely coming while I am driving or early Saturday/Sunday morning when sleep is dear.
Have these telemarketers bothered to find out how effective such a strategy is? I often get such pre-recorded ad calls even on the land line which we hardly use.
I wonder which businesses find telecalling a successful way of getting clients. In my business, it is one of the worst methods of salesmanship. I myself have never agreed to purchase a product solicited over the phone.
Further, numerous SMSes urging me to buy a Sauna belt, learn baking and purchase a second hand computer spam my mobile inbox. Is there no way to stop this nonsense? I will never make a purchase decision based on a faceless, character devoid, monologue. And majority of people I know have not done so either.
Who are these people purchasing products because of one SMS or because of a telemarketer? What causes them to make a purchase decision over the phone?