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Hungama Digital partners with Adsmobi for mobile ad
MUMBAI: Hungama Digital Media Entertainment has partnered with global mobile media buying platform Adsmobi Inc for mobile advertising to monetise all India inventory.
As a part of the partnership, Hungama India will monetise Adsmobi’s premium advertising traffic in India, bringing more brand advertisers to the mobile arena in India.
Adsmobi Co-Founder and MD Ramy Yared commented: “Adsmobi Inc generated increasing revenues and ties to advertisers in the Mobile Advertising industry of India, it is one of our core emerging markets. Therefore, we are pleased to be able to partner with Hungama Digital Media Entertainment on mobile advertising and we are certain this partnership will add value to India’s mobile ecosystem with Hungama’s strong foothold in the local media industry together with our strong strategic capabilities in mobile advertising.’
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment COO Consumer Business & Allied Services Siddhartha Roy said, “With 900 million mobile phone users and 108 million active mobile internet users, India has emerged as one of the largest mobile advertising destinations in the region. Mobile advertising has enticed brands and grown significantly in the last year. The boom in App economy has set the stage for driving next level of growth for mobile advertising in India along with economical smart phones and increased video consumption trends. Brands realize the potential of the medium and soon mobile marketing will be an essential part of the marketing mix plan.With our partnership with Adsmobi Inc, we will be able to provide the platform to enable agencies and brands to develop mobile rich campaigns.”
According to a recent research from Adsmobi Inc and mobile Squared, the rise in smart phones is encouraging a faster-than-expected adoption of mobile internet and app usage, and this is further cementing the mobile advertising opportunity. By the end of 2012, it is predicted that smartphones will account for 33 per cent of all active mobile devices throughout the Asia10 (Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) countries.
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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.
