Hong Kong - News Corporation finally announced the restructure of its Asian broadcast businesses into three units. The business will be hived off into Star India, Star Greater China and a third operation covering the rest of Asia known as Fox International Channels, which will combine English-language channels such as Star World and Star Movies with those carrying the FOX and National Geographic brands. In an internal memo to staff, James Murdoch, chairman and chief executive, Europe and Asia, … [Read more...] about 170 jobs to go as News Corp. restructures in Asia
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STAR and DIRECTV extend deal
DIRECTV and News Corporation’s STAR announced the signing of a multi-year extension for continuing carriage of STAR India PLUS, STAR ONE, STAR India NEWS and VIJAY in the US. DIRECTV was STAR’s first distribution partner in the US back when the four STAR channels made their American debuts in November 2004. DIRECTV's HindiDirect and HindiDirect II programming packages are part of the WorldDirect programming platform and are tailored toward Hindi speaking audiences within the United … [Read more...] about STAR and DIRECTV extend deal