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Bright sparks this Diwali with dazzling 360° brand storytelling blitz
MUMBAI: Looks like this Diwali, the skyline’s getting a glow-up and it’s not just the fireworks. Bright Outdoor Media limited, one of India’s oldest and most iconic OOH players, is gearing up to paint the city in pixels and posters, bringing brands closer to consumers with an all-out 360° marketing spectacle.
With nearly five decades of advertising legacy, Bright’s creative arsenal is anything but dim. Its 360° Marketing Division is set to fuse tradition with technology, rolling out multi-platform storytelling that shines across streets, screens, and streams. The mission? To help brands cut through the festive clutter, engage audiences where they are, and amplify their message with flair.
At the heart of Bright’s Diwali strategy lies a state-of-the-art digital network over 50 large-format LED screens lighting up Mumbai’s busiest junctions with motion-led, high-impact campaigns. Add to that special festive pricing designed to maximise reach, and you’ve got a bright spot for every brand eager to make an impression.
But that’s not all. For brands chasing the good old billboard buzz, Bright’s premium static hoardings at high-traffic hotspots promise maximum visibility during the city’s shopping frenzy. Whether it’s commuters on their way home or families out for festive errands, these larger-than-life displays ensure your campaign gets the eyeballs it deserves.
Meanwhile, the company’s transit media division is taking festive storytelling on the move. Think bus wraps, metro branding, cab ads, and local train panels, all tailored for Diwali’s bustling travel rush. After all, in Mumbai, where everyone’s always going somewhere, so should your brand message.
Cinema too is rolling out the red carpet. With Diwali bringing blockbuster releases and packed theatres, Bright plans to leverage cinema screens across multiplexes and single screens for entertainment-led engagement. Nothing says brand recall like a 70mm message just before the hero makes his grand entry.
And for those tuning in from home, Bright’s got the OTT crowd covered. Its digital and OTT campaigns will target audiences binge-watching festive specials, ensuring every click comes with a spark of brand recall. Complementing this is print advertising Bright’s sharp, industry-specific strategy to cut through the festive noise with tailored, clutter-free messaging in leading publications.
But Bright isn’t just sticking to screens. The company’s also curating experiential events to take brand conversations offline. This festive season, it will make a mark at a real estate expo in Borivali and host a prestigious awards ceremony for the Gujarati and Marwari business communities, connecting advertisers directly with influential audiences. It will also continue its long-standing partnerships as official outdoor media partner for marquee events like Navratri festivals and cultural shows.
Beyond these, Bright’s network of media professionals will power everything from store launches to film promotions, ensuring each campaign finds its spotlight. With a robust celebrity and influencer network, the company’s festive storytelling will blend glamour, relatability, and recall.
Bright Outdoor Media chairman and managing director Yogesh Lakhani puts it best: “Diwali is more than a festival, it’s a time for connection, celebration and joy. Our 360° marketing framework combines traditional and digital platforms, backed by creativity and precision, to ensure campaigns not only reach but resonate with consumers wherever they may be.”
This Diwali, Bright isn’t just illuminating hoardings, it’s illuminating ideas. With every LED flicker, billboard glow, and screen scroll, it’s setting the festive adscape ablaze, proving that when it comes to storytelling that shines, nobody does it brighter.
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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.
