Walt Disney Company India Private Limited, known simply as Disney India, is the Indian subsidiary of the Indo Pacific region of the American media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Walt Disney India was formed in August 1993 with a licensing agreement as a joint venture partnership between The Walt Disney Company and Modi Enterprises.
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Disney India planned to focus initially on its channel operations before expanding in to other areas.
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In July 2006, Disney India acquired a controlling stake in Hungama TV from UTV Software Communications Limited while taking a 14.
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Disney Publishing Worldwide, a division of Walt Disney India, announced a licensing agreement in April 2009 with local publisher Junior Diamond to publish Disney comic books, in both English and Hindi.
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Disney India indicated in August 2016 that it was shutting down UTV Pictures, its Hindi film production unit, and focusing only on distribution of its Hollywood films.
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Disney India managing director Siddharth Roy Kapur indicated he would let his contract lapse on 1 January 2017.
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On 12 September 2017, Walt Disney International announced a restructuring of its business in Asia, and that Mahesh Samat is to lead the new Disney South Asia division, combining India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.
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Disney India launched its second HD channel UTV HD on 21 October 2018, showing Bollywood and Hollywood films in Hindi.
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On 7 November 2017, Disney announced the promotion of Abhishek Maheshwari as country head for India.
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Disney India was to report to Mahesh Samat, Walt Disney International South Asia managing director.
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On 14 December 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which includes Star India.
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Disney India XD was replaced with Marvel HQ channel on 20 January 2019 at noon.
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On 30 December 2020, Disney India announced that the Star branding will be replaced with Utsav from 1 February in Netherlands.
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