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Nimbus offers World Cup cricket memorabilia, S. Africa trip
MUMBAI: ‘If size does matter, it does not get bigger than this’!
This is the motto of the Nimbus World Cup cricket World Cup Safari contest conceptualised in association with indiantelevision.com as the media partner.
Between 6 to 24 January 2003, the first 25 all correct entries every week will win a World Cup memorabilia pack each and one of these 25 will be picked by a lucky draw for an all expenses (air fare ex Mumbai, hotels, food and beverage, local transfers and match tickets only) paid VIP experience visit to South Africa from 25 February to 3 March; and inclusive of VIP match tickets for the India versus England and India versus Pakistan matches.
“The first cricket World Cup of the new millennium – bigger and better than ever before. In a country where cricket has been and will always be one of the enduring passions for millions of fans – Nimbus brings you the ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to be a part of the sweat, blood and the glory,” says Nimbus chairman and MD Harish Thawani. The contest is sponsored by Nimbus Communications Ltd and managed jointly by Nimbus Communications Ltd and its media partner indiantelevision.com.
Internet surfers and visitors (resident Indians) to the indiantelevision.com site can win tickets to the biggest cricketing bonanza of recent times in just 10 minutes. The best part is that there is no entry fee! The contest is open to all employees of AAAI member agencies, ISA member companies and advertisers who have advertised on Doordarshan in the year 2002.
“We are delighted to be a media partner to Nimbus which has been a pioneer in the business of sport marketing in India,” says indiantelevision.com founder & CEO Anil Wanvari. “The news and information indiantelevision.com delivers daily serves the needs of television channel executives, media planners & buyers and advertisers, cable TV operators, researchers, students and the authorities located in India and abroad. The partnership with Nimbus is a reaffirmation that we are on the right track.”
The weekly contest will run for three weeks from 9am on 6 January 2003 to 6pm on 24 January 2003. Winners will be announced on Indiantelevision.com on 13, 20 and 27 January 2003 and will also be intimated by e-mail.
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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.
