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Tata Photon Plus in marketing alliance with Avatar
BANGALORE: Tata Photon Plus, the mobile broadband service of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), has entered into a strategic marketing alliance with James Cameron‘s adventure epic Avatar by which users of Tata Photon+ will get a chance to win ‘Avatar‘ merchandise on purchase of Tata Photon+ that would be sold in special ‘Avatar‘ packaging.
Said TTSL vice president marketing communication Trivikram Thakore, “Avatar is a blend of live-action and new virtual photorealistic production techniques. ‘Avatar‘ and Tata Photon Plus signify the excellence in technology and innovation and will take the experience to a different level.”
In India, Fox Star Studios has planned to release the film on a grand scale informs Fox Star Studios India Head Marketing Distribution & Syndication Vivek Krishnani, “Avatar is the biggest cinematic event of the decade and there is an incredible buzz around the film in India and we are going all out to give it the best possible release.
“The film delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind and is sure to enthrall audiences. Both brands drive synergies in technological innovation and we felt this is a perfect platform to have Tata Photon Plus associate with us and support the launch of Avatar we are thrilled with the support this association brings to widen the reach of the film to a pan Indian audience.”
This is the first time that Tata Photon+ is being associated with a big ticket Hollywood project.
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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.
