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Dish TV partners Axis Bank for collection of subscription recharge
MUMBAI: Dish TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) service provider, has partnered with Axis Bank to facilitate consumers to pay for their subscription recharge.
Dish TV subscribers can now pay their subscription recharge by dropping their cheques at any of the 3,900 plus ATMs of Axis Bank.
Also, Axis Bank account holders, who have subscribed to Dish TV and hold an account with the bank can use internet banking and ATM for making payment.
Such subscribers will register through a unique identification number allotted by Dish TV called VC (Viewing Card) number and could, make the payment of subscription amount.
Said Dish TV COO Salil Kapoor, “This is for the first time that Axis Bank’s ATM network is being leveraged for collection for payment of DTH subscription recharge.
“Our tie-up with Axis Bank for paying DTH subscription recharge is in line with our promise of offering Sabse Zyaada (maximum) to our subscribers not just in terms of content but also in providing maximum number of payment options.”
“Through this tie-up the bank intends to provide end-to-end collection and payment solutions to utility service providers through conventional and alternative banking channels,” Axis Bank president business banking MV Subramanian added.
Dish TV boasts of multiple recharge payment options that include: Online payment, IVR, ITZ card, Rechargeitnow.com, credit card (Master, Visa and Amex), dropbox, netbanking, easy bill, money order, and cheque/DD.
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Inshorts Group chief Deepit Purkayastha joins IAB video council for Southeast Asia and India
The co-founder and chief executive of the short-form content platform has been inducted into the IAB SEA+India Video Council, giving India a stronger voice in shaping digital video frameworks
NOIDA: India has long been the world’s most chaotic, multilingual and mobile-first digital market. Now, one of its most prominent short-video executives is getting a seat at the table where the rules are written.
Deepit Purkayastha, co-founder and chief executive of Inshorts Group, has been selected as a member of the IAB SEA+India Video Council for 2026. Run by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the council brings together senior leaders from Southeast Asia and India to shape standards, best practices and measurement frameworks for the fast-evolving video and digital advertising ecosystem.
The timing is pointed. According to the IAMAI-Kantar Internet in India Report 2025, over 588 million Indians are now consuming short-video content, with growth increasingly driven by rural and non-metro audiences. India’s active internet user base has crossed 950 million, with 57 per cent of users now coming from rural markets. Yet the frameworks that govern how video consumption is measured and monetised were largely designed for single-language, Western markets and have struggled to keep pace with the scale, diversity and complexity of India’s digital landscape.
Purkayastha is no stranger to these debates. He already serves on the AI Council at Marketing and Media Alliance India and as co-chair of the Digital Entertainment Committee at the Internet and Mobile Association of India. His induction into the IAB SEA+India Video Council extends that influence into the global video standards arena.
Inshorts Group sits squarely at the intersection of these forces. Its flagship product, Inshorts, India’s highest-rated short news app, reaches 12 million active users with 60-word news summaries. Its sister platform, Public App, reaches 80 million monthly active users across more than 700 districts and 12 languages, serving communities that most global platforms barely register.
Purkayastha said the opportunity was about building something more representative. “India today sits at the centre of the global video ecosystem, but the frameworks that define how value is created and measured have not always kept pace with the realities of our market,” he said. “Being part of the IAB SEA+India Video Council is an opportunity to contribute to a more representative and future-ready approach, one that accounts for diversity in language, context, and user intent.”
As a council member, Purkayastha will contribute to shaping regional standards across video advertising, measurement and platform governance, with a focus on frameworks that are native to India’s multilingual, mobile-first ecosystem rather than imported from global benchmarks designed elsewhere.
For years, India has been content to play by rules written for other markets. Purkayastha’s induction is a signal that it is done waiting to be consulted and ready to start writing them.
