K Madhavan is Star-Disney India head, Uday Shankar to oversee Hotstar

Both Gupta and Mohan have worked on the Hotstar business while at Star

Media veteran K Madhavan has been appointed the country head of Star and Disney India in a top-level reorganisation announced on Friday. 

The rejig will also see Uday Shankar, chairman of Star and Disney in India, directly overseeing Hotstar, pitting him against former colleagues Sanjay Gupta and Ajit Mohan, who now head Google and Facebook, respectively. Madhavan’s appointment is effective from January 1.  In an internal note to employees, Shankar, who is also president of The Walt Disney Company Asia-Pacific, said: “For the time being, I shall have a direct oversight on Hotstar. And the Hotstar leadership will work directly with