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JioSaavn for Brands launches a digital audio playbook to help marketers
KOLKATA: JioSaavn for Brands, the audio and music streaming services home for information on all things digital audio advertising, has launched ‘Connecting From A Safe Distance: The Digital Audio Playbook For A New Reality’. This is an essential guide for brands to create relevant and engaging digital audio advertising strategies for a new listener landscape. The Playbook gleans insights into the transformed streaming patterns of the 100mn+ listeners on JioSaavn, offering recommendations for advertisers to fine-tune their marketing message to make meaningful connections with listeners during this period.
The Playbook sheds light on a plethora of streaming trends including preferred playlists, most-loved genres and artists, and the rising popularity of podcasts. Apart from rich listener data and valuable insights, the Playbook also offers recommendations for brands to reach their desired target audience in a manner that is sensitive to their current situation and yet significant enough to stick. Delivering messages alongside wellness instructions, softening the hard-sell, and taking listeners down memory lane are just some of the highly beneficial tips that the Playbook has to offer.
According to JioSaavn’s data, listeners’ love for digital audio streaming has remained constant, although preferences have evolved over the last few months. As more people adapt to their ‘stay home’ routines, the brand has witnessed stark growth in specific playlists such as cleaning (6 per cent), home workouts (17 per cent), kids’ content (155 per cent) and cooking (20 per cent). Unsurprisingly, listeners are nostalgic for simpler times and, as a result, throwback hits from the 80s, 90s and 2000s by yesteryear sensations like Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Lata Mangeshkar have seen a streaming uptick of 520 per cent.
Relaxing is top priority right now , and this bears out in the increasing popularity of peaceful playlists. Playlists dedicated to Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan have seen a 20 per cent increase in streams while spiritual music grew by 16 per cent. Likewise, dance and EDM streams are down by 21%. Podcasts are also witnessing enhanced popularity as digital audio streaming takes center stage. While overall podcast streams rose by 18 per cent in the past two months, JioSaavn’s All About Corona channel has witnessed consistent growth of 14 per cent on an average per week.
Speaking on the playbook, JioSaavn Ad Product Marketing director Suhani Arora said, “At JioSaavn for Brands, our goal is to help marketers channel the power of digital audio by constantly providing them with relevant solutions, insights, and ideas. To that end, our Playbook is designed to help brands and agencies understand evolving streaming behavior and make more informed decisions. The type of music and podcasts being streamed at the moment is a clear indication of the mood, activity, and sentiment around it. We want to encourage marketers to pause and listen to the users, and then adjust the messaging to meet their current reality and needs.”
India’s fast-growing digital audio streaming industry has seen a sea-change in content consumption patterns over the last few months.. Since consumers spend most of their time indoors and emphasize on screen-free time, digital audio consumption is at an all-time high. In such a scenario, brands stand to reach millions of new and existing users by integrating non-intrusively into the digital audio ecosystem. Connecting From A Safe Distance: The Digital Audio Playbook For A New Reality will help brands make this task easier with relevant, timely, and actionable insights for advertisers.
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Uber spotlights Rs 25 bike rides with music led IPL campaign
Uber uses 15 second music films with Divine and Roll Rida to push Rs 25 rides
MUMBAI: In a season where ads usually swing for sixes with celebrity spectacle, Uber has chosen to play a clever single sharp, fast, and straight to the point. Uber has rolled out a distinctly stripped-down IPL campaign, putting its product Uber Bike rides starting at Rs 25 for up to 3 km front and centre, rather than leaning on big-budget storytelling. The campaign features hip-hop artist Divine in Mumbai and Roll Rida in southern markets, using music as the primary vehicle for recall.
IPL advertising has long been dominated by high-production narratives packed with cricketers and film stars. Uber’s approach flips that playbook. Instead of elaborate storytelling, the brand opts for 15-second music-led films quick, rhythmic bursts designed to mirror the pace of urban mobility itself.
The message is deliberately simple, affordable, fast rides that cut through city traffic. No layered plots, no extended build-up just a functional promise delivered with cultural flair.
In the Mumbai-led film, Divine zips through traffic on an Uber Bike, turning the Rs 25 price point into a hook with his signature wordplay around “pachisi”. The campaign cleverly reframes affordability as a moment of delight, the kind that leaves commuters with a “32-teeth smile” after beating traffic at minimal cost.
Meanwhile, Roll Rida’s version leans into southern sensibilities, blending Telugu and Tamil influences with high-energy visuals. Set to the beat of tape drums, the film celebrates how low-cost rides can unlock a more connected and vibrant city experience. Together, the films reflect a conscious push towards regional authenticity, rather than a one-size-fits-all national narrative.
The campaign also signals Uber’s sharper focus on India’s growing bike taxi segment. While the company offers multi-modal services spanning cars, autos, metro integrations and intercity travel, this push zeroes in on two-wheelers as a key growth lever in dense urban markets.
By anchoring the campaign around a Rs 25 entry price for short distances, Uber is targeting everyday commuters, particularly younger users navigating congested cities where speed and cost matter more than comfort.
With IPL advertising clutter at its peak, even the most straightforward message risks getting lost. Uber’s answer is to embed the proposition within culture using music, regional nuance and repeat-friendly short formats to drive recall. The creative team has also layered subtle visual cues including multiple references to “25” within frames encouraging repeat viewing and reinforcing the core message without over-explaining it.
The campaign reflects a broader shift in advertising priorities. As attention spans shrink and media environments get noisier, brands are increasingly favouring clarity over complexity and speed over scale.
Uber’s IPL play may not shout the loudest, but it lands where it matters in the everyday commute. Because sometimes, in a marketplace full of grand narratives, a Rs 25 ride is story enough.
