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NoiseMAAker encourages activity on Mother’s Day via NoiseFit app
Mumbai: This Mother’s Day, Noise, a smartwatch and connected lifestyle brand, surprised its users with a heartwarming and engaging campaign called “NoiseMAAker.” Centred around the theme of maternal love and support, the campaign took a delightful twist by sending notifications in ‘mom’s tone’ making users feel like their mom had taken over the NoiseFit App’s push notification. These playful notifications, infused with motherly wits, concern and affection, nudged users to actively think towards adopting a healthier lifestyle.
With over 10 million active downloads, the NoiseFit App is a central hub for users, fostering a community that connects, inspires, and motivates them towards a healthier lifestyle. This Mother’s Day, Noise wanted to acknowledge the unwavering support and encouragement mothers provide, highlighting their role as our biggest cheerleaders. As part of the campaign, NoiseMAAker took over push notifications on the app, infusing them with their unique blend of love, care, and a hint of wit. Over the weekend, users received notifications in a familiar, “mom-like” tone, reminding them to prioritise health and wellness with gentle nudges to eat, sleep, and stay active.
The campaign unfolded across various channels, beginning with the app’s push notifications. Subsequently, the brand introduced a teaser notice hinting at a change in the notification tone and addressing its investigation into the matter. This was followed by engaging content on social media, including investigative posts and participation from the audience to guess the mysterious figure behind the altered notifications. This strategy garnered widespread attention, with users and celebrities like actor Taapsee Pannu adding an extra layer of excitement by joining the fun and expressing curiosity about the changes in the notifications.
The reveal video showcased the heartwarming reason behind the modified notifications and unveiled the identity of the mystery NoiseMAAker – none other than ‘Maa’ herself. The campaign culminated in a touching Mother’s Day wish, reminding users to “Listen to Mom” – a sweet nod to appreciating a mother’s love and guidance.
The campaign’s success was evident in the enthusiastic response from the NoiseFit App community. Users actively interacted with the personalised notifications, sharing their experiences on Instagram. The campaign generated a 40 per cent increase in user engagement on the NoiseFit App during the Mother’s Day weekend. Additionally, social media impressions saw a 100 per cent spike during the campaign period.
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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.
