Nachiket Pantvaidya To Become MD At Fox TV Studios India
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Fox Television Studios India is hiring Nachiket Pantvaidya as managing director, a person familiar with the development said. An announcement is expected soon.
Fox Television Studios is the TV production unit of News Corp.‘s Fox Entertainment Group, and is a leading producer of TV shows globally, alongside companies such as Mediaset-controlled Endemol and Bertelsmann AG’s Fremantle Media. Endemol has had a good run in India, with shows such as Bigg Boss, while Fremantle recently said it is setting up shop in India.
News Corp.-owned Star India is the country’s leading private broadcaster.
Both Pantvaidya and Fox TV Studios India’s current head, Mohinder Walia, were unreachable for comment. Neither responded to text messages.
Pantvaidya was, till recently, CEO of Balaji Telefilms’ TV content business. Prior to that, he worked at BBC Worldwide as general manager, south Asia, for its global channels business. A graduate of IIM Ahmedabad, he has also worked as executive director, programming and production, at Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) India.
@sruthijith
Nov 14, 2009 5:55 AM ET
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