A study from WARC has found that global advertising spend is now on course to close out 2025 with growth of 8.9 per cent to $1.19 trillion (€1.6tn), an upgrade of 1.5 percentage points (pp) from WARC’s September forecast due to strong results from Big Tech platforms and a muted impact on global trade from […]
Private DTH television providers in India will continue to see revenue decline this fiscal, but at a reduced rate of 3–4 per cent compared with ~5 per cent last fiscal, as they expand into IPTV and push bundled offerings, according to forecasts from Crisil Ratings. Rising marketing income and scaling back customer acquisition incentives (in […]
India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has delayed by a week its planned launch of AST SpaceMobile’s first of its powerful next-generation ‘Block 2’ BlueBird satellites (BlueBird 6). A planned launch date of December 15th has slipped to December 20th at 04.20 UTC. AST already has five of the earlier generation BlueBirds in orbit. Scott Wisniewski, […]
International content distribution and production company Bomanbridge Media closed over 250 hours of factual sales across Asia Pacific for its broad catalogue of programming in the lead-up to ATF 2025. Across the pan-regional landscape, Warner Bros. Discovery Asia acquired Chefs Uncut (6×30’) and Thai Street Food: Best Kept Secrets (6×30’), while BBC Studios Asia picked […]
Prime Video in India has onboarded Moviesphere+ as an add-on subscription. As part of Lionsgate, Moviesphere+ offers a library of Hollywood blockbusters, cinematic gems, classic and new TV shows, an more. Customers in India can now subscribe to Moviesphere+ on Prime Video at an introductory price of INR 399 (€3.80) per year (usual price INR […]
Market Research Society of India (MRSI) has announced the adoption of ICC/ESOMAR International Code on Market, Opinion and Social Research and Data Analytics 2025. The ICC/ESOMAR International Code 2025 takes into consideration the increasing use of AI, synthetic and secondary data usage, and the need for high levels of trust in market research and insights. […]
Prime Video in India is celebrating success of the first season of its Unscripted Original, Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle. In its debut season the talk show emerged as a breakout hit, reaching over 93 per cent of the pincodes in India and claiming the crown of Prime Video’s most watched unscripted series. Hosted […]
AdTech firm, Frodoh has announced the appointment of Chirag Bhatia as National Sales Head. In this role, Bhatia will spearhead Frodoh’s nationwide sales strategy, strengthen client relationships, and drive business expansion across all regions of India. His appointment comes at a time when Frodoh is scaling rapidly, seeking to enhance its market presence and innovate […]
Novaspace, the global consulting and market-intelligence firm dedicated to the space sector, has announced the opening of its new office in India. “India today stands at a crossroads in the global space economy,” said Pacôme Révillon, CEO of Novaspace.“As the country transitions from government-led missions to commercially driven applications, it is becoming one of the […]
Indian telco Jio (part of the Reliance Jio Infocomm business) is urging India’s regulators to speed up their approvals process for the Jio satellite to consumer plans. The Jio Space Technology with Luxembourg-based SES scheme was designed to expand broadband access to remote and underserved areas of India. While the joint venture was formed in […]