Since the golden era of print media, the media industry has diversified substantially. Today’s media landscape features traditional media providers such as book, magazine and newspaper publishers and television and film producers, as well as “new media” companies that work with digital products like websites, social media and apps.
India’s revenue in the media sector is projected to soon surpass $44.26 billion USD, with Delhi serving as home base to many leading media outlets including the Times of India and the Hindustan Times.
Media Companies in Delhi
- Meta
- Taboola
- BBC
- Videonetics
- Adobe
- India Today Group
Media Companies in Delhi to Know
Meta is a leading technology company that made its name by founding the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. These culture-shifting social media products and internal research and development led the company toward its current long-range project, which is a mixed-reality environment known as the “social metaverse.” In this virtual space, individuals can conduct transactions and interact as they would IRL, using digital avatars to represent their identity and real money to buy assets like virtual land and properties. Meta’s Gurugram office near Delhi opened in 2021.
Taboola is a marketing technology company that operates a content discovery platform. This tool is a SaaS product that is used by brands and marketing teams to distribute media content to multiple channels though automated workflows. Taboola additionally functions as a marketplace platform for advertising media, connecting publishers with audiences. Taboola has offices in Delhi and in nearby Gurgram.
“The Beeb,” better known as the BBC or formally as the British Broadcasting Corporation, is the United Kingdom’s leading public service broadcaster. It operates nationally and globally across multiple channels and modalities of media, including television, radio and digital media, and operates the brands BBC News, BBC Radio and BBC Sounds. It has a bureau in New Delhi.
India Today Group is a media conglomerate that offers diverse resources in television, print, web and mobile media. It operates a portfolio of 21 magazines, four television channels and a newspaper, in addition to numerous digital channels and thought leadership platforms. Its headquarters is in nearby Noida.
The digital media company ScoopWhoop is an Indian provider of youth media content, serving a target audience of 13-35 year olds. It offers a diverse portfolio of entertainment, educational and news content across channels, with emphasis on viral content like listicles and memes and a deep engagement with contemporary Indian pop culture. ScoopWhoop is headquartered in New Delhi.
BrainyDX is a New Delhi-based digital transformation provider and marketing firm. It offers media services that include marketing content creation and branding, as well as consulting in content strategy and development. The company’s small team has been operating in the technology and media space since 2018.
Harvard Business Publishing is a nonprofit media company that operates as an affiliate of Harvard Business School. It publishes digital and print content on business leadership and management topics, including case studies, books and articles. Its media products span higher education topics as well as corporate learning. With its global headquarters in Brighton, Massachusetts, the company has multiple Indian offices, including one in Gurugram at Two Horizon Center.
Adobe is a media and software company that offers tools for managing and delivering multimedia content. Its suite of products focuses on tools for working with text, photographs and digital images, with the household-name image editing product Photoshop leading the pack. This and other Adobe products are offered through the subscription Adobe Cloud, a SaaS portfolio of numerous tools that can be accessed with a single subscription. The global company has several offices in India, including one near Delhi in Noida.
Content Foundry LLP is a video media production company that offers B2B services. Its services include ideation and production for video content like explainer videos, product depictions and animations, with an emphasis on image-based storytelling. Its animation artists offer both 2D and 3D video production, which is used for contexts ranging from marketing materials to gaming products. The company has a presence in Faridabad, about an hour from Delhi.
Videonetics is a software company that works with video media. It builds complex security systems for homes, buildings and smart cities that rely on computer vision, artificial intelligence and video analytics. The company is engaged in research and development in video technology. This work has in-house applications in surveillance as well as potential applications in other verticals where video management is key, such as television and social media. The company is headquartered in Kolkata, with an office in Gurugram.
