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TAM adex data shows Samsung was top telecom advertiser
MUMBAI: Recently released TAM Media Research AdEx data reveals that Samsung India Electronics was the top advertiser in the telecom products category on print, radio, and digital platforms for the period between January 2018 and September 2018. The brand stood third in the TV section, preceded by Xiaomi Technology India and Vivo Mobile India. Jio Phone was the top new brand on TV and radio.
Cellular phones – smartphones category dominated telecom products with more than 80 per cent share in all media.
The report also revealed that ad volumes for telecom products rose by 8 per cent on radio while declined significantly by 19 per cent and 53 per cent on television and print, respectively as compared to ad volumes in the same period of 2017.
Television remained the top choice of telecom products advertisers to place ads on as the medium had 62 per cent of the total insertions followed by radio (36 per cent share). The media received highest ad insertions during Feb '18. Digital had the highest monthly ad insertions in Aug '18.
The report also revealed that the telecom products providers preferred to place their ads more during feature films (30 per cent insertions), followed by news bulletin (14 per cent) and film songs (10 per cent).
In terms of content, sales promotions dominated 84 per cent share of ad space with discount promotions leading the roost and claiming 84 per cent share of sector ad space followed by multiple promotion (15 per cent).
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
