Mumbai: Star India’s EVP for distribution TS Panesar has decided to move. He was handling the distribution of all Star India channels for direct-to-home (DTH) and digital addressable system (DAS) markets.
He is currently serving his notice period and will move out of the company at the end of the month.
Panesar had a long stint at Star Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) and was part of the team that saw the sports channel go the pay TV way. He was instrumental in setting up the pay TV business for the sports network.
He was earlier ESPN Software India VP for affiliate sales. Industry sources hinted that Panesar could be moving to Discovery Networks.
