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OLX.in says ‘Every Mother Counts’ to mark Mothers’ Day
NEW DELHI: As Mothers‘ Day approaches, online trading site OLX.in has initiated a social campaign called “Every Mother Counts” across the key markets of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata.
Designed by Value 360 Communications the campaign aims to bring smiles on the faces of thousands of impoverished mothers in India.
In a bid to be seen as a socially responsible business outfit, OLX.in wants to encourage its users to donate goods enabling underprivileged kids of India to celebrate Mother‘s Day with their mothers.
The campaign has been integrated using marketing communication tools like radio, live media, print, social media and public relations to create awareness on the inception of the social campaign. OLX.in has also partnered with coffee shop chain Cafe Coffee Day and Future Group‘s retail chain Big Bazaar to set in motion the gift collection process.
A separate URL called “Every Mother Counts” has been created to activate the campaign online. People can either register themselves on the page to donate products or express interest to donate by sending a simple text on the number which is specific for the city.
Apart from this, people can insert donation leaflets in drop boxes which are placed across CCD and Big Bazaar outlets in the four cities. OLX representatives would be collecting these gifts from the patrons preferred location/ home in order to make this process more simple for the people. Once the gifts are collected, the final culmination of the activity i.e. the distribution of the gifts to the mothers will be conducted from 6 May to 12 May.
OLX CEO Amarjit Batra said, “Being a leader in the online classifieds space, OLX.in acts as an influencer and provokes every individual to share a human aspect. We want every kid to believe that his / her mom is a ‘super mom‘ and let mothers experience the joy of being a mom by gifting them products which they would cherish forever. We further plan to come up with some more unique initiatives to strengthen the mother – kid relation in the lower strata of society.”
Digital
Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
