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How interactive and immersive technologies are reshaping performance marketing industry
Mumbai: Interactive and immersive technologies are quickly changing the landscape of performance marketing in the Indian industry, proposing innovative ways to interact with consumers and drive impactful campaigns. Interactive technologies resembling quizzes, polls, and AR filters are driving things up, while immersive technologies like VR and AR are recommending users new scopes.
Now, in the era of Performance Marketing, Brands can track their marketing strengths with precision, seek out specific demographics with ease, and measure ROI like never before. As consumers devoted more time online, digital performance marketing turned out to be the golden thumb rule for reaching them where they were most active (on their screens).
Incorporating Immersive Technologies into Your Marketing Approach
Virtual Showrooms and Product Demonstrations
One aspect that can always be injected with more creativity is product demonstrations. Creating virtual showrooms where customers can explore products or services in a 3D environment proves especially beneficial for industries where the purchase process can be solidified for heightened customer satisfaction. For instance, Lenskart’s Try on Glasses on the App.
Infusing Game Elements into Marketing
Developing interactive games and experiences featuring your products or brand allows customers to engage with your outreach in diverse ways. Gamification encourages customer interaction and competition, driving user participation, fostering positive brand perception, and cultivating long-term loyalty.
Interactive Storytelling
Engaging your audience in a narrative and enabling them to interact with various characters and environments can be a potent tool for brand storytelling. While most interactive experiences are typically designed for a universal purpose and story, customizing characters and environments based on your audience and their demographics further captivates them, establishing a lasting impression and positive brand reception.
Impact of Interactive Technologies on Consumer Engagement
Personalization and Customization in Marketing
Interactive technologies resemble the stakeholders of marketing, considering every consumer’s wish for personalized experiences. In today’s digital setting, personalization and customization have become fundamental elements for engaging consumers. From tailored product recommendations to interactive advertisements that respond to user activities, corporations must line up these strategies to stay competitive. Clients are of the opinion that they are seen, heard, and understood, making them more likely to engage with brands that speak their language.
Enhancing User Experience through Interactivity
Who wants an uninteresting, one-way chat when brands can have an active, two-way interaction instead? Interactive technologies are narrowing marketing strategy into a mere conversation, welcoming consumers to take part, share their opinions, and co-create experiences with brands. Whether it’s a gamified ad or an interactive shopping experience, customer commitment levels rise steeply when interactivity is in play.
Aids in Data Analytics and Understanding
Immersive technologies gather valuable information about customer behavior and preferences, facilitating more precise and efficient long-term marketing strategies for brand building. Ethically applied, these insights become a potent tool for targeting content towards potential customers, refining content types, target markets, and messaging.
Leveraging Immersive Technologies for Enhanced Marketing Campaigns
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in Marketing
Step into the time ahead with VR and AR in marketing, where borderlines blur between the real and the digital. Brands in India are using VR to ship consumers to virtual worlds where they can check out before they purchase, while AR is bringing products to life in the palm of their hands. Immersive technologies add a touch of magic to marketing campaigns, leaving behind consumers spellbound and eager for more.
Conclusion
Integrating immersive technologies into your marketing plan is a forward-looking decision. From the growing demand for distinct experiences to advantages like increased engagement and advanced product visualization, the potential is evident. In the constantly evolving marketing landscape, these combined strategies offer a way to connect more profoundly with your audience, creating a lasting impression and securing a notable position as a leader in innovation in the digital age. The future of marketing is immersive, and to stay at the forefront, we must fully embrace it.
This article has been written by ETML co-founder and COO Amitek Sinha
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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.
