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Dentsu’s Posterscope launches ‘rateOOHmeter’ benchmarking tool
MUMBAI: Posterscope India, the out of home division of Dentsu Aegis Network, has launched its OOH rate benchmarking tool called – rateOOHmeter.
The tool is one of a kind in providing detailed information on media pricing across markets in the OOH commercial ecosystem. The ‘rateOOHmeter’ platform is based on field data of OOH campaign universe with information on 400+ brands, 1600 cities, 3000+ campaigns and 85000+ OOH inventory across formats pan India. The tool will enable streamlining of media buying processes that the industry often grapples with in order to achieve regulation.
Commenting on the launch Haresh Nayak, Managing Director Posterscope India, said, “The only gap in India’s OOH scenario is the lack of neutral, credible and standardized data. From audience measurement to media rate regulations, this data gap has been subtly stifling industry’s growth. And we have only seen this gap widening, even as the demand for data driven solutions are on the rise. OOH’s very lopsided buying and selling process is largely governed by the whim and fancy of the media asset owner that gives rise to disproportionate rate verdicts. This too varies from campaign to campaign and media buyers likewise. The onus of delivery, therefore, falls into the agency’s court to deliver a lean and effective campaign. Now, with the help of rateOOHmeter we can have a controlled environment in which the media rates will be regulated with historical buys in OOH campaigns aligned with the media asset owners for the respective regions. Clients will now be able to map their productivity through the agency’s buying process and the agency will be able to deliver beyond the brief.”
Subhashish Trivedi, Vice President – media buying Posterscope India added, “With the help of rateOOHmeter, the buying efficiency will immensely improve, the results of which will shine in leaner and productive campaigns. In the future we will be able to reach to the level where we can reduce inconsistent buying by over 95%.”
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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.
