HT Media Group brands HT Digital, HT Labs win big at WAN IFRA Awards 2023

The Group won 14 awards including 6 Gold Awards in leading categories such as Best Digital Subscription (Mint Premium), Podcast (OTTplay Podcasts) etc.

Updated on: Feb 9, 2024, 19:14:49 IST

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New Delhi: HT Media Group, one of India’s leading mass media and entertainment conglomerates, won 14 awards at the seventh edition of the Digital Media Awards South Asia by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), including 6 Gold awards.

HT Labs, the startup factory of HT Media Group, won 9 awards, with a gold in each for Best Podcast and Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy.

HT Digital, the digital arm of HT Media Group housing reputed brands like hindustantimes.com, livemint.com, livehindustan.com, and desimartini.com, won five awards across categories, including 4 Golds.

Product	Category	Recognition
Mint Digital Premium	Best Digital Subscription/Reader Revenue Project	Gold
OTTplay podcasts	Best Podcast	Gold
OTTplay	Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy	Gold
Mint Easynomics	Best Newsletter	Gold
AI implementation	Best Use of AI in Newsroom	Gold
Holes in India's Data Privacy Laws, The Alt View	Best Use of Video	Gold
OTTplay	Best Digital Subscription/Reader Revenue Project	Silver
Slurrp	Best Newsletter	Silver
Slurrp	Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy	Silver
Slurrp Community		Bronze
Slurrp.com	Best in Audience Engagement	Bronze
Slurrp - Glen	Best Native Advertising Campaign	Bronze
OTTplay newsletter	Best Newsletter	Bronze
Livemint	Best News Website	Bronze

"We are proud of these recognitions, which reflect our team's dedication to providing quality content for our digital-first audience. Through advanced technology and AI, we continue to offer innovative and engaging products. Winning a Gold award for our use of AI in the newsroom shows our commitment to staying at the forefront of next horizon products,” said Puneet Jain, CEO, HT Digital.

HT Labs, the startup factory of HT Media Group, won 9 awards, with a gold in each for Best Podcast and Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy. It is the parent company of OTTplay, India's first-ever AI-based OTT recommendation, and content discovery platform, which operates across 30 leading OTT partners, and Slurrp, a recipe aggregator platform that helps users find recipes based on their diet choices, fitness goals, and taste preferences.

"Our commitment to innovation is at the core of everything we do, and we are delighted to see our efforts recognized with these prestigious global awards from WAN IFRA. This acknowledgment in the entertainment field not only reflects our innovative spirit but also underscores our dedication to solving consumer problems and enhancing their lives. It motivates us to persist in integrating AI and advanced technology into our products, ensuring they are not only inventive but also genuinely enriching, user-friendly, and effective in solving consumer problems,” said Avinash Mudaliar, Co-founder, HT Labs.

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