Bite-sized gaming content goes big in India: Brands take notice of growing trend

Brands such as H&M, Pepsi and HP India are recognizing the potential of collaborating with gaming influencers to tap into the booming market and reach their target audiences. (Images via Instagram - @scoutop, @ig_mortal, @soul_regaltos, @payalgamingg)

India’s gaming industry has seen a massive surge in popularity, leading to a growth in bite-sized content.

Kinnect wins digital mandate for Blue Star

Sandip Chintawar and Prakash Kolhe who founded Cymetrix will continue to lead the company into its next phase of growth and expansion across geographies. (Representative Image: Vardan Papikyan via Unsplash)

The account was won following a multi-agency pitch and will be managed out of the Mumbai office. As part of the mandate, Kinnect will handle the brand’s digital strategy globally, along with managing its social media presence in the country.

Need to increase visibility of women in senior positions in gaming and esports cos: Richa Singh, FanClash

FanClash has 3M+ users with 25+ daily tournaments featured on the platform. Being a host to offer fantasy content in some of the leading tournaments around the globe including CSGO, League of Legends, and Valorant to name a few, the platform has garnered immense popularity amongst gamers from all around the world which includes a fair share of women gamers.

Richa Singh is one of the very few women leaders in the gaming and esports space in India today. But the gender ratio has to change soon, she says.

IPL’s success depends on broadcasters expanding the advertisers pool from 100 to 500: EssenceMediacom’s Navin Khemka

“In the first six months from a new business point of view, I think we would have converted almost $70 to $80 million worth of new business, which is almost like Rs 700-800 crore worth of new business already converted." - Navin Khemka, CEO at EssenceMediacom South Asia

Navin Khemka, CEO at EssenceMediacom South Asia on big shifts in the media landscape and what skills new age planners require to be effective.

Marketing veteran Vishal Singh joins Xapads Media as country head, India

Vishal Singh has over 22 years of experience in brand management, digital marketing, business strategy and media strategy development, Vishal has played a crucial role in launching Telecom and Media brand portfolios across different markets in India.

Vishal Singh has worked with some of the leading companies in India, including Idea Cellular, Big FM, Spice Group, and Mindshare.

MIB issues clarification; 26 percent FDI limit does not apply to OTT platforms streaming digital feed of TV news channels

Aligned with its refreshed identity, Lionsgate Play will continue strengthening its connection with the viewers and offering a seamless entertainment experience that they can trust. (Representational image via Unsplash)

MIB clarified “that when an OTT platform is hosting digital feed of a TV news channel granted permission under the extant Uplinking & Downlinking Guidelines, only as a medium and makes it available to its subscribers/users, such a OTT platform is not covered under the 26% FDI rule.”