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Vi partners with Mumbai’s Dabbawalas to test Vi GIGAnet

While they tested the network in areas with good experience, based on their feedback, a team of Vi network engineers continued to reinforce the network in locations from where they reported weaker experience. (Stills from the ad)

Partnering with Dabbawalas, Vi got them to torture test Vi GIGAnet to understand where the network was seamless and where it needed strengthening on parameters such as data, voice calling, video streaming, gaming etc.

How Tata Tea spun a yarn of cultural pride this Independence Day with Desh ke Dhaage campaign, reveals Puneet Das

Each pack serves as a radiant canvas, bringing alive the artistry of Indian craftsmen and their timeless creations. From the Benarasi Silk in Uttar Pradesh to the Kanjeevaram from Tamil Nadu, from the Muga Silk of Assam to the Paithani of Maharashtra, to PhulkarI of Punjab, each handloom spins a yarn of cultural pride.

Tata Tea Premium celebrates the art form of handlooms through the Desh Ke Garv initiative and chooses iconic singer Usha Uthup as the voice of the Desh Ke Dhaage campaign.

Dentsu Creative India hires Aneesh Jaisinghani as senior group executive creative director

Prior to this, Aneesh Jaisinghani was the senior executive creative director at Cheil India, where he successfully led Samsung's mobile business.

Aneesh Jaisinghani will be reporting to Joy Mohanty, chief creative officer – North, Dentsu Creative India.

Generative AI is good, not excellent yet: Jack Swayne, Global CEO, mSix&Partners

As per Jack Swayne, global chief executive officer, mSix&Partners, "We have to ensure that we are at the forefront of all things media, whether that’s in performance or within digital or increasingly within artificial intelligence and all that goes with that, but also within content."

Jack Swayne, Global CEO of mSix&Partners, a GroupM agency, on the skills media agencies need to hone in today’s times.

Elon Musk’s X can’t pay Blue subscribers their ad revenue-share on time

The cuts will target veteran civil servants after earlier rounds focused on probationary workers with fewer job protections.

Elon Musk tweeted or Xed: Interest in ad rev share by content creators has far exceeded our expectations, so will take a few more days to process.

‘Media charter is a prescriptive piece to promote transparency’: Sunil Kataria, chairman, ISA

"That's a long piece of work. Let me be very honest. It's a work in progress for quite some time," Sunil Kataria said, highlighting the need for collaboration across multiple industry bodies, including publishers, broadcasters, and advertising agencies.

What about the Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) media charter has rankled the ad agency ecosystem?

Weekly Shorts: How brands can accelerate engagement through paid promotions

Pouring paid media dollars behind influencer content can be your ticket to stand out amid the fierce competition and a way to reach new and untapped audiences. (Representative Image: JJ Ying via Unsplash)

What’s buzzing in influencer marketing and the creator ecosystem? What’s the next big thing coming down the line? Catch the big trends and hot topics in our weekly shorts.

DDB Tribal appoints Purva Ummat as Group Creative Director

Purva Ummat will report to Iraj Fraz, who heads creative for DDB Tribal.

In Purva Ummat’s decade long career, she has also worked on brands such as Aditya Birla Group, Paytm First Games, Marico. Her journey as a creative leader began early with agencies such as Dentsu Creative, McCann Worldgroup and Ogilvy.

CCI rules in favor of Subway, royalty and advertising charges not profiteering

According to Dish TV, levying entertainment tax on the service tax would be constitutionally impermissible.

The company collects royalty and advertising charges from its franchisees based on net sales declared by them for selling proprietary products of Subway. The rates of Royalty and Advertising Charges are mutually agreed upon with the franchisees, and Subway has no control over the individual products sold to customers.

WPP enters into a global strategic partnership with Spotify

Currently, the most used technologies to unlock creativity among leaders are collaboration platforms (65%), visual communication (64%), and data visualization tools (56%). (Representative Image: Ashkan Forouzani via Unsplash)

As part of the partnership, Spotify will become the first digital audio platform to be integrated directly into WPP’s products and solutions.