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Excellent Publicity makes waves with international expansion
Mumbai: Excellent Publicity, one of the independent advertising agencies, embarked on its ambitious international expansion earlier this year. With a steadfast focus on growth and innovation, Excellent Publicity has set its sights on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with Dubai as its primary launchpad. This strategic decision is underpinned by the region’s economic stability, diverse emerging industries, and remarkable economic growth prospects, making it an ideal destination for the agency’s global expansion.
Before embarking on this exciting journey, Excellent Publicity conducted comprehensive market research and analysis to ensure its success in the MENA region. MENA’s geographical location serves as a bridge between Europe, Asia, and Africa, making it a pivotal hub for businesses seeking global reach. The MENA region is witnessing a dynamic shift from traditional sectors to technology, tourism, and entertainment. Excellent Publicity sees this transition as an opportunity to provide its advertising expertise to scale businesses. Besides, countries in the MENA region are experiencing robust economic growth, leading to increased consumer spending. After establishing a strong foothold in the MENA region, Excellent Publicity further intends to build its presence in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Currently, Excellent Publicity is operating in Dubai for its international operations. It has also started a new corporate office in Indore, India, in addition to its existing presence in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, and Pune, with Ahmedabad being the headquarters. In terms of increasing its footprint, Excellent Publicity is eyeing expansion in metro cities and non-metro regions, with plans to establish its presence in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Vishakapatnam, Kochi, Vadodara, and Surat. The advertising agency has experienced a 2.36X growth from 2020-21 to 2021-22 and achieved a 1.8X increase in revenue from 2021-22 to 2022-23, reaching almost 100 crore Rs.
In the last decade, Excellent Publicity has witnessed remarkable growth, serving over 3,000 clients, including 100 listed on BSE and NSE, and a handful of Fortune 500 clients. Globally, the agency boasts 20-25 clients across various industries.
Excellent Publicity co-founder & director Vaishal Dalal said,” The growth trajectory we have witnessed in the last two years is exceptional. Going forward, Excellent Publicity is poised to lead the advertising industry into a new era of international expansion, revenue growth, and unparalleled service excellence. Our entry into the international market, beginning with the MENA region, further strengthens our position in the advertising industry. The agency’s commitment to innovation, strategic planning, and market leadership positions it for continued success in India and beyond.”
Excellent Publicity has projected an exciting growth trajectory over the next six years, with plans to launch an IPO by 2029. Its comprehensive range of offline and online marketing services remains unrivalled in the market.
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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.
