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iVdopia powers highest number of video ads on Smartphones
NEW DELHI: iVdopia said today that it had surpassed over one billion rich media and 100 million video monthly mobile advertising impressions.
With this milestone, iVdopia, which claims to be the largest video and media mobile advertising network, said it was now powering the most number of video ads across Smartphone devices.
“Today, iVdopia is synonymous with video advertising on mobiles and we’re exceptionally pleased to have reached this landmark of over 100 million video ad impressions. In fact, advertisers for this summer’s blockbuster movie releases and fast-food launches reliy on iVdopia’s mobile video advertising solutions as critical parts of their overall advertising strategy, which resulted in highly successful campaigns and sales,” according to chief business officer Saurabh Bhatia.
“Video has simply changed the game of advertising on mobiles! Smartphones are getting better at supporting audio and visuals that are attractive and interactive, and users love consuming video that takes over their mobile screens and literally ‘speaks’ to them,” added co-founder and COO Chhavi Upadhyay.
After launching Talk2Me social media advertisements in January this year, iVdopia introduced Pre-App and In-App advertising for iPhone and Android mobile devices followed by the first High Definition video ads on iPad. In May, it unveiled the Viper Ad featuring the new swipe effect with major movie blockbuster Repo Men and then Future5, the first HTML5 ad-authoring solution, and V5, the first HTML5 video platform to provide a unified video ad experience across all Smartphone devices.
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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.
