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Dome Entertainment spins a new tale of elegance and opulence in indian weddings with dome occasions
MUMBAI: Dome Occasions, the recently launched vertical under Dome Entertainment is gearing up to cater to the wedding industry of India. After spending years in the entertainment industry, Dome has launched their new vertical dedicated to help create the best memories from one of the most special moments of a person’s life – Weddings. The new venture keeps in mind that Indian weddings are often a festival of their own. With every religion and region having their own customs and traditions, weddings are the most expensive and special affair for a family. With Dome’s event expertise and recognition in the industry, Dome is well equipped to help you create the most beautiful event for such a special day.
From the big decisions like venue selection, decor, logistics, and hospitality, to the nitty-gritty details like gifting, invites, coordination, RSVP and much more, Dome Occasions provides end to end solutions so that people can enjoy their family wedding to the fullest without worrying about anything else. With access to a legendary venue like Dome, NSCI Dome Occasions is able to pull of elaborate décor and plan large scale weddings to fit all your friends and family into your special day. They have years of experience in the event industry and thereby are experts in making the dream wedding come true. Whether it is a themed wedding, a destination wedding or a simple elegant affair, Dome’s proficient team is sure to be the go-to for all future newly-weds.
About the new vertical Alim Morani, Division Head, Dome Occasions said, “Weddings are a special family affair that is meant to be enjoyed and experienced with your loved ones. It is one of the happiest events of their lives. With the scale of weddings becoming a symbol of grandeur, it has become really difficult for families to find that time and energy to spend with each other during the chaos of planning. We, at Dome, hope to be the solution to that and take the onus of planning and coordinating off your hands and make sure that you have the dream wedding and are able to truly experience every tradition during the same.”
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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.
