Uday Shankar

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22 August, 2023

Grapevine: Global investors eye Mahindra InvIT; Bodhi Tree ups Viacom18 stake

Multiple global investors have joined the race to invest in Mahindra & Mahindra’s renewables infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), a media ......

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13 April, 2023

Comcast to back media duo Murdoch-Shankar for $1.7-bn Viacom18 bet

US-based cable giant Comcast group, which owns a string of media properties, has received the green signal from India's competition ......

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12 July, 2022

In Allen vs Unacademy, teachers make big bucks and founders cry betrayal

"If you want to survive here, get used to two things—dhakka and dhoka. We call it the D2 of Kota,” ......

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28 April, 2022

James Murdoch, Uday Shankar to lead Rs 13,500 cr investment in Reliance-owned Viacom18

Reliance Industries and Viacom18 have entered into a strategic partnership with Bodhi Tree Systems, an investment platform owned by Rupert ......

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14 January, 2021

James Murdoch, Uday Shankar set up venture focused on tech, media

Former Star India chairman and chief executive officer Uday Shankar and Lupa Systems CEO James Murdoch have set up a ......

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13 April, 2016

Uday Shankar named Star India chairman in top-level reshuffle

US media company 21st Century Fox has made a number of top-level changes at broadcaster Star India Pvt Ltd. Uday ......

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08 February, 2016

Television news broadcast business "has tough days ahead"

In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Star India CEO Uday Shankar, a key figure in the global entertainment and television ......

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01 February, 2016

Free Basics will damage Internet TV businesses: Star's Uday Shankar

Facebook Inc’s Free Basics initiative will deal a body blow to the nascent Internet television market in India just as ......

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02 December, 2015

Star India inks programming deal with HBO

After deciding to close down its two premium channels, HBO Hits and Defined, in India, broadcast network HBO Asia, owned ......