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Escape Velocity announces partnership with Flashtalking by Mediaocean in India
Mumbai: Escape Velocity, a digital media technology services company, has announced an exclusive partnership with Flashtalking by Mediaocean, which is one of the world’s largest ad-serving platforms. Local marketers will have access to autonomous campaign management, dynamic creative optimization, creative personalization, and ad-serving through this relationship.
The strategic partnership with Flashtalking in India is a critical step in helping advertisers close the divide. With an emphasis on providing improved accessibility, clear insights, and increased media efficacy, the collaboration aims to improve the advertising environment for more than 900 advertisers in the area.
“We are thrilled to announce our exclusive partnership with Flashtalking in India. Our mission is to streamline media execution and deliver enhanced results for marketers in the areas of cross-device and cookieless measurement,” said Escape Velocity CEO Raghu Seelamsetty. Escape Velocity has been offering digital services to agencies and advertisers in regions throughout North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and India for over 11 years. In the beginning, it catered to the Indian market as an Amazon Ad Server (formerly Sizmek By Amazon) distributor.
Flashtalking is the leading independent ad tech platform for creative personalization and intelligence across all marketing channels. It facilitates seamless communication among teams by enabling streamlined creative material development, versioning, and distribution with AI and automation. Their scalable and effective solutions are available for a wide range of channels, such as CTV, Video, Display, Social, Native, Audio, DOOH, and Retail Media. Flashtalking by Mediaocean managing director JAPAC Georgia Brammer said, “We are excited to expand our network of local supporters in India through our partnership with Escape Velocity. We can guarantee that our clients receive the best possible service and knowledge, allowing them to optimise the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, thanks to Escape Velocity’s in-depth market knowledge.”
Through this partnership, Escape Velocity clients will have access to Flashtalking’s tech platform services in India. This ensures that they will be supported by experienced professionals who understand the unique requirements and challenges of the Indian market.
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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.
