Uday Shankar, during his stint at Star India, is credited with not just building successful businesses but also cultivating a generation of CEOs and leaders
Uday Shankar is also the only media thought leader to have won two coveted titles - Impact Person of The Year (2010) and Impact Person of the Decade (2014)
As per reports, the Uday Shankar and James Murdoch-promoted company has acquired a further 2.89% stake in the media company
Viacom18 has allotted shares to Uday Shankar-James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree Systems and RIL group entities as consideration for the scheme of merger
NBC Universal will be buying shareholding in Uday Shankar and James Murdoch's BTS Investment and BTS VCC
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According to the ZEEL MD and CEO, the media network has a healthy balance sheet and can participate in the IPL tender on its own
Bakish believes that apart from the investments from Bodhi Tree, the strategic partnership with Reliance will help Viacom18 drive the next level of growth in India
The investment by Bodhi Tree is set to help the institute grow in the digital space
The partnership is set to form one of the largest TV and digital streaming companies in the country
The new firm will invest in media and consumer technology opportunities in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on India, said the duo in a statement
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Media watchers say the deal will prove beneficial for Viacom18 as Shankar and Murdoch are not just bringing funds but also their expertise in running a large-scale media company
Shankar will play a key role in the operations of the company, media reports say
Mehta, currently the senior vice president of FICCI, will succeed Uday Shankar
Investment company Lupa India is set up by James Murdoch, former chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox, with a focus on media, education and healthcare, said media reports
Dream Sports will showcase the extensive opportunity that lies at the unique intersection of sports and technology
The firm plans to use an external fundraiser for the fund-raising drive. Lupa Systems is helmed by former Star Sports CEO Nitin Kukreja. Lupa Systems has offices in New York and Mumbai
The SPAC plans to target the media, entertainment, consumer technology, healthcare, and education industries in South and Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on India
Former Star CEO Mukerjea shares his thoughts on working with the best in the TV industry, reasons why he recommended Uday Shankar as his successor and the amount Star paid to Amitabh Bachchan for KBC
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At the unveiling of the Pitch Madison Advertising Report 2021, the FICCI president Shankar spoke about how the role media & entertainment industry can play in the larger scheme of things
Shankar was speaking to Vikram Sakhuja on the occasion of the unveiling of Pitch Madison Advertising Report 2021
Without getting into the TRP scam controversy, Shankar said that the unhealthy obsession for ratings has led to this degradation
Digital to grow 25%, TV 17%, Print 35%, Outdoor 90%, and Radio 38%
The launch of the report will be followed by talks featuring industry leaders like Uday Shankar, Vikram Sakhuja, Apurva Purohit, Ajit Varghese, Avinash Pandey & Lara Balsara
He was earlier the Editorial Director and before that the Editor of the newspaper
Prior to this, he was the CEO of the company.
The media group has also made new additions to its board, which now includes ex-Star India Chairman & CEO Uday Shankar
The two have previously partnered for Star India
The party was expected to be held at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on December 19 with senior-level executives in attendance
The company has announced that it will have two separate heads for its APAC and India operations after Uday Shankar's exit
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Shankar is the first-ever media and entertainment executive in India to lead a national industry chamber such as FICCI, which is India’s oldest industry body.
Cinema theatres will see a resurgence after the pandemic, the Chairman of Star & Disney India said at the 18th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit
The Walt Disney Company will continue to ramp up investments in Direct To Consumer (DTC) business, said CEO Bob Chapek during the earnings call
The entertainment company is reportedly mulling the exit, considering it does not have stakes in distribution platforms like cable and DTH in any part of the world
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We dwell in detail on the few speculations doing rounds on Uday Shankar's future course
As Shankar sets out on the next chapter of his professional journey, friends and colleagues from the industry recount his many contributions to the media and entertainment landscape of India
Shashi Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, IPG Media recounts the bold bets Shankar has taken through this career, scaling great heights
Singh – MD & CEO, Sony Pictures Networks calls Shankar a visionary
Adhikari said he has never seen a CEO with such an entrepreneurial quality
Raj Nayak, Founder of House of Cheer, and former Viacom18 COO, says Shankar’s contribution as President of IBF and an active board member to industry initiatives has been immense
Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, speaks about his longstanding friendship with Uday Shankar
Ashish Bhasin, CEO, APAC, Dentsu and Chairman, India, says Shankar never hesitated to state his mind bluntly, even on difficult issues
Lulla, Chief Executive Officer of BARC India, says that Uday Shakar's contributions helped shape the television industry in the last two decades
Anupriya Acharya, CEO, Publicis Groupe South Asia, says Shankar has accelerated future-readiness and value-creation for the industry as a whole
Prasanth Kumar (PK), CEO, GroupM, South Asia, recollects lessons in leadership from the time he worked closely with Uday Shankar