| The executives, it is learnt, did not go to Star's Mumbai office though the team met some of its other business partners. The News Corp team visited the Tata Sky's office in the city and met the company's top brass. Tata Sky is a 80:20 joint venture between the Tatas and Star for the direct-to-home satellite business. |
| Star executives were not willing to divulge the schedule of the visitors from Hong Kong and New York, though sources said that Aiello and company are likely to visit Balaji Telefilms tomorrow and attend the Tata Sky board meeting on Friday. It is not clear whether restructuring of Star's Indian operations was discussed today. |
| The News Corp team's visit is a result of the churn at Star's Hong Kong and India offices. While Michelle Guthrie resigned as STAR Hong Kong's CEO, the company's India CEO Samir Nair is also reported to have put in his papers. |
| Paul Aiello, president of STAR who succeeded Guthrie joined STAR in April 2006 from Morgan Stanley where he was looking after Telecom, Media and Technology Group in the Asia Pacific region. |
| Media industry experts say that the changes in Hong Kong will affect Star's India operations as well and more departures are expected. |
| Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is a diversified entertainment company with interests in filmed entertainment, television, magazines and newspapers and direct to home satellite business. |
| World over, it employs nearly 30,000 people. |
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