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Atria inks deal with NDS to push digitisation
MUMBAI: NDS, now part of Cisco, is providing a suite of video technologies to enable multi system operator (MSO) Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) to digitise and expand its cable TV service in Southern and Western India.
ACT currently has over one million analogue cable TV, digital TV, IPTV and broadband subscribers. With the launch of improved digital cable packages, the company aims to expand its digital customer base across its operations.
To enable the launch, NDS is providing ACT with industry-leading solutions that will help secure revenues and provide enhanced functionality for subscribers, including VideoGuard conditional access (CA), MediaHighway set-top box software, and a bespoke branded electronic programme guide (EPG); the new digital service will also support interactive features such as games and TV apps.
¨ NDS‘ technologies will enable ACT to rapidly scale its offering to meet demand and deploy innovative new services including High Definition channels.
¨ In addition to attracting new customers with more compelling TV packages, supporting more channels with higher quality, ACT will also be able to take advantage of new monetisation opportunities within the new EPG. The NDS Dynamic Advanced Advertising solution will allow ACT to integrate localised advertising inventory into the EPG home page and incorporate banner advertising.
Atria Convergence Technologies MD Sunder Raju said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to broaden our subscriber base in our core market and extend into new territories. NDS was clearly the right technology partner for us, offering proven technology and an understanding of our market with a particularly strong delivery and support team.”
NDS India country head, GM Jayant Changrani said, “Competition is increasing in India as cable TV operators work aggressively to acquire more and more subscribers before the switchover from analogue. Cost, innovation and time to market are all prime considerations and our work with ACT demonstrates once again how we can give customers the edge they need to stand out.”
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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.
