Philadelphia, PA-based Comcast and Los Angeles headquartered Disney regard Star India to be an asset in their bidding war for a large portion of New York's 21st Century Fox Inc. In December, Disney said that it would buy some of Fox for $52.4 billion in an all-stock deal. In June...
News Corp Founder's Son James, Meets Prime Minister Modi
21st Century Fox Company CHief Operating Officer James Murdoch and Uday Shankar, CEO of Fox's Star India, met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Details of what was discussed at the meeting are not available. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Star India operates more than 40 networks, reaching...
News Corp invests $30 million in Online Real Estate Company
Media giant News Corp, controlled by Australian-American Rupert Murdoch, announced an investment in India: it has paid $30 million for a 25 percent stake in Elara, which runs the Indian real estate portal PropTiger.com, which has sold more than $1 billion in property through its platform to date, and also offers real estate...