Business Intelligence

Dec 18, 2018 14:12
NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has named new Walt Disney Asia Pacific President and Star India chairman Uday Shankar as its new vice president after its 91st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 14-15 December. This caps off a remarkable week for the award-winning media veteran, who has over two decades of experience in the industry.
Dec 14, 2018 15:12
MUMBAI: As The Walt Disney Company inches towards closing in on the pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the company has restructured its international operations. Uday Shankar is all set to become chairman, Star and Disney India, and president, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific. Shankar is currently president 21st Century Fox Asia and chairman and CEO, Star India. 
Dec 14, 2018 09:12
MUMBAI: Adidas director of heartbeat sports in emerging markets Hrishikesh Shende has pointed to the lack of quality in football stadiums and training grounds in India being the biggest challenge in attracting more fans to watch games.
Dec 11, 2018 14:12
NEW DELHI: The second edition of the Sport Symposium on 'France India Sports Business', took place on 26 November at the Embassy of France in New Delhi. The event was organised by Business France, the country’s trade and investment Commission, which had also roped in Yes Bank as its official Knowledge Partner.
Dec 11, 2018 10:12
MUMBAI: The excitement around the FIFA World Cup and bagging more broadcast rights of major sporting events around the world resulted in OTT platform SonyLIV clocking around 200 million video views for both live and non-live sports content online as well as on its app in 2018.
Dec 10, 2018 17:12
MUMBAI: After nearly five years of existence, Indian Super League (ISL) club Kerala Blasters' main focus continues to be on investing in brand building and upgrading infrastructure, iQuest Enterprises CEO Nitin Kukreja declared at the Star Sports India Football Forum 2018 on 30 November, which was curated and organised by SportzPower.
Dec 08, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: China's Anta Sports Products is leading a consortium to purchase Finnish headquartered sporting goods company Amer Sports for a reported $5.2 billion.  Amer Sports, the maker of Wilson tennis rackets and Louisville Slugger baseball bats, owns both ENVE Composites and Mavic, as well as other active brands such as Arc'teryx, Salomon, Atomic, Peak Performance, Precor and Suunto.
Dec 08, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: ‘Size doesn’t matter, its about doing things right’. These were the words used by LaLiga's India head Jose Antonio Cachaza to kick off an insightful address on ‘Building a Viable Football Ecosystem’ in India at the Star Sports India Football Forum 2018 in the city, organised and curated by SportzPower on 30 November.
Dec 08, 2018 14:12
MUMBAI: Tabono Sports, a sports and fitness company based out of Gurugram, has successfully raised pre-series A round of funding from Indian venture capital firm, Inflection Point Ventures (IP Ventures), Economic Times reports.
Dec 07, 2018 15:12
MUMBAI: Twitter's primary role is to allow the democratization of voices amongst those in the sporting ecosystem in India, Aneesh Madani, head, Sports Partnerships, Asia Pacific, for the social media giant argues.