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Perfetti, Chupa Chups Racing on Moto GP Tracks with Jorge Lorenzo
MUMBAI: The iconic logo, originally designed by Salvador Dali, returns to the tracks of the World Motorcycle Championship embellishing the helmet of one of the greatest champions of all times, Jorge Lorenzo, holder of five titles in the world championship, and who recently joined the Honda team.
"I could not resist the temptation to show off my new Shark helmet, showcasing the legendary Chupa Chups daisy logo, right from the start of the pre-season tests", commented Jorge Lorenzo. "Motorcycling isn’t just sacrifice, passion and commitment, it’s also having fun and Chupa Chups is a fun brand! My passion for motorcycling dates back to childhood and Chupa Chups like motorbiking, is part of my childhood fun, a memory that has been part of many adventures and achievements and that it’s still present nowadays”.
Jorge will wear his new helmet with the Chupa Chups logo in the 2019 and 2020 World Championships, first-off the upcoming Qatar Grand Prix on March 10th.
Jorge’s fondness for the iconic lollipop brand has lasted for over twenty years since, way back in 1999, his helmet was "signed" Chupa Chups, accompanying him through the early years of his career in both the 125cc and 250cc class, when he won the championship both in 2006 and 2007, up until 2008 when he raced his first championship in the 500cc class.
Chupa Chups will also accompany Jorge Lorenzo every time he climbs on to the podium. A fun and irreverent way to celebrate his successes, showing his many fans how he enjoys the brand for which he has been a true ambassador for many years.
All the Best from Chupa Chups, Jorge! Forever Fun!
Chupa Chups is a brand of Perfetti Van Melle, a leading global confectionary Group producing and distributing candies and chewing gums in more than 150 countries worldwide, under world famous and renowned brands like Mentos, Fruittella, Alpenliebe, Frisk, Smint, Vivident, etc.
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
