JioStar sees Indian brands moving from TV-only advertising to integrated media campaigns

JioStar executives say brands are increasingly combining television, OTT and social-media campaigns, with regional markets, premium audiences and major entertainment properties becoming more important in media planning.

— Source publishedThu, 23 Jul, 2026, 13:12 IST·First seen Thu, 23 Jul, 2026, 13:30 IST·Source Business Today · Latest

What happened

JioStar executives discuss Indian brands shifting advertising budgets from television-only campaigns toward integrated TV, OTT and social-media campaigns, with

Key facts

  • 2026

Why this matters

Prioritize partnerships or acquisitions that add cross-platform ad sales, audience data, regional media reach and campaign-measurement capabilities.

What to watch

  • JioStar or competing broadcasters launching standardized cross-platform ad products with unified reporting.
  • Growth in advertiser commitments tied to reach guarantees across linear TV and streaming rather than separate channel budgets.
  • Regional-language OTT watch-time, ad-fill rates and CPMs rising faster than national-language inventory.
  • Large entertainment or sports properties reporting higher digital-share ad revenue and more bundled sponsorships.
  • Agency trading desks shifting planning teams or compensation models from TV buying to total-video buying.
  • Advertiser demand for third-party cross-media measurement, clean-room integrations or conversion-lift studies.
  • Build unified TV-plus-digital video packages with deduplicated reach, frequency and conversion reporting.
  • Expand regional-language inventory, local sales teams and creator partnerships around high-growth state markets.
  • Use major sports and entertainment properties as tentpoles, selling pre-event TV reach, live-streaming engagement and post-event social retargeting together.
  • Create premium-audience products that combine connected TV, OTT subscriptions, business/news contexts and high-intent social segments.
  • Pressure agencies and measurement vendors to adopt common cross-media audience currencies and transparent incrementality studies.