Viewership also fell as the cricket tournament was split into two phases due to the pandemic

With homegrown brands becoming big and going global, network agencies are less dependent on large international clients. Two decades ago, roughly 80% of ad spends came from global clients, but it has shrunk to around 50% today. 

In September, Amagi raised $100 million from investors such as Accel, Avataar Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and existing investor Premji Invest to double down on its cloud-based solutions for broadcast and streaming TV firms.

The issue of curbing any non-transparent advertising on cryptocurrency trading was raised in the government meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and also in the meeting held between industry representatives and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.

A behind-the-scene look at Perfetti Van Melle’s Bollywoodesque ad for its mint brand

Cryptocurrency brands have not just reduced the quantum of ads but also become more cautious, Shrenik Gandhi, CEO and co-founder of digital marketing firm White Rivers Media, told Moneycontrol.

Brands targeting millennials and Gen Z users have all added gaming and esports to their advertising gameplans in 2021. Here’s how the year fared for platforms, players and brands.  

The pandemic accelerated adland’s talent drain. But where are people going and, more importantly, why can’t ad agencies hold on to their talent?

Ajay Devgn, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were the only ones to figure in the top five for the second time in a row.

And that poses a particular challenge in brand communications for Britannia.

He had a healthy disregard for advertising but a lifelong love affair with communication. He always insisted on this distinction. He knew which stories were important and needed to be told.

The ad campaign which focuses on women and their pleasure is for Skore's new range of thin condoms called ‘Nothing’

In the nine months of FY22, advertising revenue grew to Rs 3276.7 crore from Rs 2625.8 crore during the same period in FY21

Multiple show launches across general entertainment channels, lower operating costs and new programming trends are expected to boost growth.

Many of us in the A&M field know a ‘Karan’: an alumnus who feels and acts like they’ve quit a bad habit (like smoking) when they exit the agency. Karan represents a worrying statistic: unhappy alumni.

In 2021, the fourth quarter brought in cheer for broadcasters with a strong festive season that recorded 489 million seconds of ad volumes, the highest quarter ever.

The advertising video-on demand market in India is worth around $1.2 billion a year, of which almost 60 percent goes to aggregators like YouTube and sports-based streaming platforms like Disney + Hotstar. Can Netflix grab a share of the market?

Digital advertising agency players say the lion's share of digital spends goes to social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Digital is also expected to overtake TV to become the largest medium in 2022, according to a recent GroupM report.

In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 443 million seconds of ad volumes were recorded, a drop from 456 million seconds in the year-ago period. When compared to the first quarter of 2020, a pre-COVID period, ad volumes in 2022 have seen a 20 percent increase

After a big splash of cryptocurrency advertisements by Bollywood stars and celebrities last year, the Advertising Standards Council of India issued guidelines, effective April 1. Nearly 29 violations have been processed so far