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ETML wins the digital mandate for Keffy
Mumbai: ETML, an advertising & analytics company has bagged the digital mandate for Keffy, a beacon of wellness in the health industry. This partnership marks a significant leap forward in blending the art of holistic well-being with the precision of digital marketing, leveraging data-driven strategies to enhance the impact of their initiatives.
Keffy’s mission is to help individuals fully embrace life by offering top-quality supplements designed to support the body, mind, and spirit. Inspired by the Greek concept of ‘kefi’, they encourage a zestful approach to wellness, promoting enthusiasm in everyday living. They are dedicated to transparency and scientific integrity, carefully reviewing extensive research to provide products with genuine, scientifically-backed benefits.
Commenting on the win, ETML founder & CEO Raghav Kansal said, “We are thrilled to join forces with Keffy to pioneer the next chapter of digital wellness. Through this partnership, we aim to harness the power of technology to elevate Keffy’s well-being initiatives. Our comprehensive approach includes meticulous campaign optimization, real-time performance tracking, and insightful analytics. By combining our innovative marketing strategies with Keffy’s commitment to holistic health, we aspire to drive meaningful engagement and inspire positive change in the wellness industry.”
Adding on to this, Keffy founder Paras Arora said, “At Keffy, our mission has always been to empower individuals to thrive in mind, body, and spirit. This partnership with ETML marks an exciting new chapter for us, as it allows us to amplify our impact and reach a broader audience than ever before. By leveraging ETML’s cutting-edge digital marketing strategies and performance-driven approach, we can enhance our outreach and engagement efforts significantly. ETML’s expertise in data-driven marketing and real-time analytics will help us to better understand our audience’s needs and tailor our offerings accordingly. Together, we are committed to creating a healthier, happier world, where wellness is not just a goal, but a way of life.”
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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.
