Live sports sector is untapped opportunity; can score big with programmatic ads: Tejinder Gill of The Trade Desk

"Aligning targeted ads with sports content ensures brands reach the right audience at the right time, enhancing ad spend efficiency and boosting conversion rates," says Tejinder Gill of The Trade Desk.

Gill, General Manager, The Trade Desk, talks about the rise of sports advertising in India. Its collaboration with NBCUniversal is an example where advertisers are given access to Olympic inventory programmatically. He shares how this allows brands to reach highly engaged audiences affordably, whether they are following traditional sports or newer events like surfing and skateboarding.

Cab aggregators largest culprits in dark patterns, says Rohit Kumar Singh

Rohit Kumar Singh, the former Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, has called out cab aggregators as "one of the biggest culprits" in the deceptive landscape of dark patterns.

The ASCI Academy, in collaboration with Parallel HQ, a design firm, has identified the prevalence of deceptive patterns in popular Indian apps

Ad revenue to surge by more than 30 percent during festive season: Spotify

Spotify measured a panel of users' attention via Amplified Intelligence’s attention tool, across one month using data from 2,500 people in India capturing more than 7,900 ad views.

According to Comscore report, Spotify India had around 55 million monthly active users (MAUs) in 2023, reaching 80 million MAUs in 2024.