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James Murdoch, Uday Shankar team up for new venture
James Murdoch and Uday Shankar had worked together building Star India, prior to its sale as part of the merger of 21st Century Fox and The...
Former Star India Chairman Uday Shankar joins hands with James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems
Lupa Systems has so far invested in Vice Media, the Tribeca Film Festival and Art Basel globally and digital news platform Dailyhunt and on...
Disney to restructure Asia Pacific business, India to directly report to US
The APAC businesses will be headed by Luke Kang as President. Kang will oversee the company’s businesses in Australia/New Zealand, Greater ...
Uday Shankar takes over as FICCI President
Currently, Uday Shankar is President, The Walt Disney Company APAC & Chairman, Star & Disney India. He has taken over from Sangita Reddy, J...
Uday Shankar becomes first M&E executive to be elected as FICCI president
Uday Shankar will succeed Sangita Reddy, current president of FICCI, and joint MD, Apollo Hospitals Group during FICCI’s 93rd AGM next week...
Uday Shankar to take over as FICCI President for 2020-21
"Shankar is the President of The Walt Disney Company for Asia Pacific and the Chairman of Star and Disney India. He is the first-ever media...
Not keen on DTH, Disney may Waltz out of Tata Sky
The 9.8% indirect stake is also something of a “gray area,” said the first of the two cited above. Indian government regulations currently ...
Top level exits at Star Sports, CEO Gautam Thakar and three EVPs quit
The three other executive vice presidents, who have also put in their papers, are – Ashok Namboodiri (business head – regional sports netwo...
Uday Shankar quits as Star & Disney India Chairman
Uday Shankar, one of the top media and entertainment executive from India, will remain at Disney till December 31st to identify his success...
IBF elects Star & Disney India’s K Madhavan as president
Madhavan will take the reins from NP Singh, MD and CEO, Sony Pictures Networks India, who held the position for two years.
Trai's new tariff order: Over 100 TV channels may shut if new order applied
The new tariff order, notified on January 1, has been challenged by top television broadcasters, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), ...
Indian M&E industry has remained short-sighted: Uday Shankar
Speaking at the inaugural of FICCI FRAMES 2020, Shankar, who is also president of The Walt Disney Asia Pacific, said that while the growth ...
Govt formulating SOPs for film shooting: I&B minister
Javdekar, who was addressing the media and entertainment industry via a video message during the inaugural session FICCI FRAMES 2020, said ...
Uday Shankar hopes telecom tariff hike not to roil data intake
Beginning this month, the three private telcos hiked tariffs for prepaid customers, which constitute a large majority of over 95 percent, b...
Chernin, Times Internet, Star tie up to end malaria by 2030
“Three years ago, we started focussing on India for two reasons. It is the fourth-largest malaria region in the world. We started seeing dr...
Hotstar rejigs team ahead of Disney+ launch
Disney+ is the streaming service that the Los Angeles-based media giant is set to launch in the United States and Canada in November.
Uday Shankar: 21st Century India chief to head Disney Asia Pacific post merger
Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, Thursday announced a new organisational structure of the direct-to-consumer and internat...
Star India chairman Uday Shankar to head Disney-Star merged entity in India
In his new role, Shankar will report in to Mayer, while Luke Kang, EVP and MD, Greater China, Japan and Korea; Kylie Watson-Wheeler, MD of ...
Idea was to get everything or lose everything: Star CEO Uday Shankar
Asked if it was a technical battle where Star outbid Sony despite being nearly Rs 4850 crore short in India (TV) broadcast bid, Shankar tri...
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