Press Release

Gurjeev Singh to head Star India’s international business

5 May 2014

Singh, who was Chief Operating Officer of MediaPro, will move to Star International once the transition of MediaPro is complete

Star India has appointed Gurjeev Singh, who helped drive growth at the broadcaster’s distribution joint venture MediaPro, as the head of its International business.

Singh will move to Star International once the transition of MediaPro is complete. As Chief Operating Officer of MediaPro, Singh led the team to create an extraordinarily successful venture that grew the network’s distribution footprint by accelerating digitization and pushing the envelope on transparency. Singh shaped industry best practices for distribution as it moved from analog to digital. 

“The International Business has huge growth potential which has not yet been fully tapped and we believe Gurjeev will add tremendous value to the organization and will build on the foundations that have been put in place and take the International business to new heights,” Sanjay Gupta, COO, Star India, said. “Gurjeev shares our values and our focus on the business and he has proved to be an extraordinary leader throughout his stint with Star and its ventures.”

Singh said, “I am looking forward to be back into Star’s fold and delighted with the opportunity to expand our global footprint. Star is uniquely placed to drive aggressive growth in the international markets based on its great content advantage.”

Singh, who is known for his out-of-box thinking and his role in getting several start-ups up and running, is Mechanical Engineer and also holds a master’s degree in Business Management from, ‘Faculty of Management Studies’, Delhi University. Prior to his role at MediaPro, Singh has had stints with ESPN Star Sports, where he handled various roles in sales, marketing and distribution of the channels in South Asian countries, Set Discovery & Star Den Media Services.

Source: Bestmediainfo.com

Show me everything from anytime

Top 10 TV honchos to look out for in 2014

Uday Shankar has been vocal about the fact that sports (not only cricket) have tremendous potential as far as viewership is concerned.

Star India CEO, Uday Shankar to address gathering at Pitch Madison Media Advertising Outlook 2014 in Mumbai

Uday Shankar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Star India will deliver address the gathering and speak about “How advertisers can get the best out of TV, despite inflation?”.

Life OK rides on Screen Awards’ success

Life OK general manager Ajit Thakur said, “The 20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards were the channel’s first big-ticket Bollywood event and we are delighted with the response from our viewers not only in India but all over the world. With a clear intent to disrupt both – how an event is programmed and marketed, with Screen properties, we managed to reach out to more viewers than the biggest events and movies on television (in this year so far) – to be precise 74 million people.”

Imagine more
Id: 6114