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Inaugural edition of World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit ends in Mumbai, marking India's emergence as a hub for media-tech deals, global collaborations, and creative investments

The premier edition of World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 concluded on a high note yesterday in Mumbai, registering an overwhelming response from exhibitors, domestic and global industry leaders, start-ups, policymakers, academia and the general public, not to forget the high glam quotient.

WAVEX 2025, a startup initiative under the World Audio-Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES), held in Mumbai, was a promising intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment.

In a conversation charged with vision and verve industry thought-leaders from India’s M&E dwelt on various aspects of streaming and how technology is changing the way a story is told to audiences even as opportunities abound in a country like India that has always had a tradition of story-telling since time-immemorial.

In a panel discussion hosted by MPA at WAVES Summit 2025, top execs from Jiostar, Amazon and National Geographic discussed the future of sports & entertainment content across markets

"As an artist and someone who works in the creative field, being here feels timely. This is the moment. It’s time to rise, time to act and to bring your life’s work into focus. This is the right time,” Prasoon Joshi declared at WAVES 2025.

The President called the use of incentives by foreign countries to draw filmmakers and studios away from the U.S. a national security threat

Highlighting India’s cinematic legacy and technological leadership in visual effects (VFX), Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), positioned the country as an attractive partner for major Hollywood studios.