# The Making of Star India

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- Authors: [Vanita Kohli Khandekar](https://www.bookquiver.com/vanita-kohli-khandekar)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2019-07-01

## Description

When Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman, News Corporation, blew up more than $870 million buying Star TV from Richard Li in the early 1990s, analysts were dismayed. Why on earth had Murdoch invested in a pan-Asian broadcaster that was neither fish nor fowl? More than twenty-five years later, with revenues of over $2 billion, Star India is one of the country’s three largest media firms. Murdoch’s instinct had done what a hundred investor summits could not: showcased the potential of the Indian media market to the world. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar tells the thrilling story of Indian television through its most notable protagonist: Star TV. The narrative is peppered with delicious anecdotes and a fascinating cast of characters that includes Rathikant Basu, Peter Mukerjea, Uday Shankar, Sameer Nair and the Murdochs, who loom large over every scene.

## Editions

### The Making of Star India

- Publisher: india_portfolio
- ISBN: 978-06-7009-079-2
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2019-07-01
- Language: en_IN