Ad Campaigns
Coolwinks’s first TVC to be aired on HBO & HD channels
MUMBAI: Coolwinks.com has launched its first TV ad campaign that can be viewed exclusively during the Oscar Stunt programme aired on HBO SD and HBO HD channels up to 25 February.
Promoting the punchline #OpenYourEyes, the ad is subtle take on the stereotypical and gender-biased mindsets. It will be aired during the academy month that is co-powered by Coolwinks.com that will telecast some of the award-winning films such as The Artist, The Untouchables, The Hunt for Red October, The Fugitive and No Country for Old Men at 11 pm on these channels.
Conceptualized and created by Cheil Worldwide, the TVC takes forward the brand’s core communication and philosophy, ‘Discover the power of vision.’ The 15-second ad shows how three men sitting outside a café make assumptions that a woman will fail to parallel park her vehicle. The TVC goes on to highlight the stereotypical mentality of men and how it should be open their eyes to reality.
Coolwinks.com country head Ganesh Iyer said, “Through our premium ad positioning, we expect a hike in our brand search queries and a boost in our overall digital campaign performance.”
Coolwinks.com wants to break the common notion that eyeglasses make people look ‘uncool’ and establish the fact that stylish and snazzy eyeglasses are a great way to make a fashion statement. Through this association, Coolwinks.com aims to popularize the use of eyewear that balances looks, comfort and functionality perfectly.
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
