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Cheil India unveils mixed reality print ad for Samsung Galaxy S24 series
Mumbai: Presenting a perfect fusion of the physical and digital world, Cheil India has launched a ground-breaking print ad for the Galaxy AI powered Galaxy S24 Series. This innovative campaign transcends the boundary of traditional advertising, leveraging mixed reality tech to bring the power of circle to Search right into your hands.
Innovating beyond screen
This latest marketing marvel featuring in leading national dailies – The Times of India and Hindustan Times – is designed for users to get a hands-on experience of the ground-breaking feature. By simply scanning a QR code on the print ad from any smartphone, users are transported into a unique and immersive world where the Circle-to-Search feature comes to life.
A marketing marvel
In an effort to pioneer creative solutions that resonate with the audience while elevating the brand story, for a feature as revolutionary as Circle to Search, Cheil India conceptualized a large-scale immersive experience. This print innovation is more than just a glimpse into the future of advertising. It is a spectacular showcase of technology and creativity that encourages users to engage more deeply with content, making them an integral part of the experience.
A celebration of Indian diversity
The campaign dives deep into the rich intriguing stories of India, bringing together the joy of discovering India with the magic of Circle to Search. As users interact with the ad, they are taken on a journey through India’s cultural magnificence with a simple circle on their smartphone.
Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind print ad experience. Scan the QR code, experience the circle-to-search feature firsthand, and witness the magic of circle to search come to life. Just scan it, circle it, and find it.
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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.
