RISING STAR
UDAY SHANKAR 55 Chairman & CEO of Star India and President (Asia), 21st Century Fox
Because Star India’s video streaming platform Hotstar has 75 million active subscribers. On April 10, it set a global record with 5.5 million viewers tuning in for the Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders IPL match
Because Star Sports outbid Sony and Reliance Jio to bag the BCCI media rights for Rs 6,138.1 crore which entitles them to cover the men in blue’s home bilateral series for five years
Because rebranding of Life OK as Star Bharat has placed it among the top three in the general entertainment category
DID YOU KNOW? Though a professional rival, Punit Goenka, the MD and CEO of Zee Entertainment, is a friend