Ad agencies turn GST rate cuts into festive creative brief
When the government announced a cut in GST rates across key consumer categories, from air-conditioners and refrigerators to automobiles and packaged foods, the relief didn’t just lift market sentiment. It rewrote the advertising calendar
Philips Personal Health India axes TV from media mix while 50 percent of AdEx goes to brand building
Brands that turn engagement into biz outcomes will lead festive season: OMG’s Yatin Balyan
Advertising
Havas N.V. announces reverse share split to consolidate shares
Dentsu launches Sports & Entertainment network in India under Yosuke Murai
Ad Craft
Flipkart brings back long copy with front-page print story for Big Bang Diwali Sale
Instamart plays Asli Sona pun with Sonakshi Sinha to promote its 10-minute gold delivery
Marketing
Snehita Chakravorty joins KFC India as Marketing Manager, Dine-in Business
Citi India appoints Srini Kannan as head of digital, tech, comm, biz for CCB
Television
NDTV’s market value rise after the rights issue oversubscribed
Sony not in Tata Play base packs; available via ‘Plus’ variants at MRP
Digital
SRK and Aryan Khan launch India’s first secret reel with Meta for The Ba***ds of Bollywood
JioHotstar unveils reality show ‘Pitch to Get Rich’ featuring Bollywood celebs
Flipkart brings back long copy with front-page print story for Big Bang Diwali Sale
The ad reads like a modern short story. A character named Arjun misplaces a sock, goes online to replace it, and in the process rediscovers joy, hope and a new beginning through Flipkart’s Big Bang Diwali Sale
India Today Publishing CEO Manoj Sharma elected AIM president
Arunachal Pradesh approves unified print and digital media advertisement policy 2025
Radio
TRAI’s digital radio plan welcomed, but speed, pricing to decide success: Nisha Narayanan
Aaj Tak Radio’s Teen Taal to record 125th episode live in Lucknow on October 4
Insights
85% of marketers overconfident about ROI tracking; only 32% do it effectively, finds study
The data exposes a growing credibility gap between what marketers think they can measure and what they truly track, a gap that could have real consequences for accountability and ad spend efficiency