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Disney Ups Stake In UTV To 32.1 Pc For $200M; Open Offer For 20 Pc - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 18 Feb 2008 01:03 AM PST

Update: Looks like Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) got it wrong: just spoke to a UTV spokesperson, who told me that Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) open offer to UTV Software shareholders is a…

Disney To Increase Stake in UTV; Announcement Monday - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 16 Feb 2008 11:37 AM PST

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), which has been a 15 percent stake holder in Indian TV company UTV, is going to announce an increase in its stake this Monday. The announcement…

ESPN Star Sports Acquires Mobile Rights For India’s Tour Of Australia - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 03 Jan 2008 09:24 AM PST

ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the mobile rights of India’s tour of Australia from Cricket Australia, the governing body of Cricket in Australia; this give Mobile ESPN (NYSE: DIS) the…

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TN Prabhu Quits Disney To Join UTV As COO Of United New Media Ventures - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 12 Nov 2007 11:24 PM PST

Our mails to TN Prabhu and calls to Disney (NYSE: DIS) on this had not yielded anything, but a release just in from UTV now confirms it: TN Prabhu, Director…

Disney May Increase Stake In UTV: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 07 Nov 2007 11:24 PM PST

CNBC-TV18 reports that Disney (NYSE: DIS) is on the lookout for acquisitions in India, and it’s believed that they are planning to increase their stake in UTV. Disney currently owns…

Mahesh Samat Appointed MD Of Disney India - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 25 Oct 2007 02:01 AM PST

Mahesh Samat has been named the Managing Director of the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company (India). Samat over twenty years of experience across India, Asia-Pacific and Europe, and joins from…

Industry Moves: Madan, Ghosh Join Buongiorno; Tushar Shah Quits Disney For Mobile2Win - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 04 Oct 2007 01:31 AM PST

Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) (Hong Kong) Limited today announced the appointment of Kavi Madan as VP for New Business Initiatives and Subhash R. Ghosh as VP Business Operations for India. Madan…

Disney Appoints Swati Shetty Head Of TV Distribution For India - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 23 Jul 2007 01:02 AM PST

Disney has appointed Swati Shetty as Director (India), responsible for Disney-ABC International Television’s TV distribution business across all platforms in India. Shetty will be based in Mumbai. She will report…

Disney Releases Mobile Comics On Airtel, Reliance, Hutch - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 19 Jul 2007 08:25 PM PST

The way they price these things...Disney has launched mobile comics - both full stories and single comic strips - on the decks of Reliance Communications, Airtel and Hutch, reports BS.…