JioCinema records reach of 2,600 Crore views during the 2024 season of TATA IPL

This season, JioCinema took the opening match presentation with six leading consumer brands, Dream11, Charged by Thums Up, Parle Products, Britannia, Dalmia Cements, and HDFC Bank, debuting their TATA IPL campaigns within the first six overs of the opening game under the newly-introduced JioCinema Brand Spotlight. (Image source: @IPL via X)

The Connected TV audience expanded substantially as the 12 language feeds, 4K viewing, multi-cam views, and stadium like experience through AR/VR and 360-degree viewing led to average time spent touching 75 minutes from over 60 minutes last season.

TheSmallBigIdea on how CTV in India signals a significant shift in the advertising landscape

Manish Solanki, COO and Co-founder, TheSmallBigIdea (left) and Harikrishnan Pillai, CEO and Co-founder, TheSmallBigIdea (right)

Harikrishnan Pillai, CEO and Co-founder, TheSmallBigIdea and Manish Solanki, COO and Co-founder, TheSmallBigIdea outline digital ad spends propelled by IPL 2024, importance of CTV in India, the essence of ‘ThatsMyGame’ and “DilSeIndianSpiritSeMumbaiIndians” campaigns and more.

CTV is the poster boy of advertising at the moment: Cheil India’s Kumar Awanish

Kumar Awanish, chief growth officer, Cheil India said Ecommerce, gaming, automotive, beverages and FMCG categories and associated brands are topping the charts this election and IPL season.

According to Awanish, ecommerce, gaming, automotive, beverages, and FMCG are top spenders in this election and IPL season and news and sports are the leading programming genres.

CTV is a pivotal frontier for advertisers today: Max Life Insurance’s CMO Rahul Talwar

On the transition from linear TV to CTV, Rahul Talwar believes that there is still much more distance to cover and to reach that stage, as there is a great degree of efficiency that gets driven by linear TV. “But I equally believe that going forward, there would always be a role for a specific objective that would be fulfilled by CTV being in the media, mix in that sense."

A top IPL advertiser, Max Life Insurance’s CMO Rahul Talwar, says, “Between linear TV and connected TV,  CTV would be one of those pivotal frontiers for advertisers today.”

23 percent degrowth in ad volumes of celebrity ads in IPL 2024: Report

This season, JioCinema took the opening match presentation with six leading consumer brands, Dream11, Charged by Thums Up, Parle Products, Britannia, Dalmia Cements, and HDFC Bank, debuting their TATA IPL campaigns within the first six overs of the opening game under the newly-introduced JioCinema Brand Spotlight. (Image source: @IPL via X)

Among all professions, Sports Person led in brands’ endorsement with 50 percent share of ad volumes, followed by Film Actor with 36 percent share during IPL 17, as per TAM.

IPL 2024: Pan Masala brands spend Rs350 cr, grab 10 percent advertising volume with ‘mouth freshener’ ads

Brands in the category also topped the leading advertiser list in terms of ad volume. Vishnu Packaging (Vimal Elaichi Pan Masala) and K P Pan Foods (Kamla Pasand Silver Coated Elaichi) are among the top five advertisers this season. Both brands were top advertisers in last year’s season as well.

According to media planners, brands in the category spend close to 60 percent of their annual ad budget on IPL.