Disney Star
Logo used since 2025 | |
| JioStar | |
| Formerly | Star India Private Limited (1990–2022) Disney Star (2022–2025) |
| Type | Joint venture |
| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Founded | 1 August 1990 as Star TV |
| Founders | Hutchison Whampoa Li Ka-shing |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Nita Ambani (chair) Uday Shankar (vice-chair) Kevin Vaz (CEO – Entertainment) Kiran Mani (CEO – Digital) Sanjog Gupta (CEO – Sports) |
| Services | Television broadcasting Films |
| Revenue | ₹260 billion (US$2.7 billion) (FY 2024) |
| Owners | Disney India (100%, 2019–2024; 36.84%, 2024–present) Viacom18 (46.82%) RIL (16.34%) |
| Parent | Li Ka-shing (1990–1993) News Corporation (1993–2013) 21st Century Fox (2013–2019) The Walt Disney Company (2019–present) Reliance Industries (2024–present) |
| Divisions | |
| Website | jiostar |
Disney Star, officially JioStar India Private Limited (and formerly Star India), is an Indian media conglomerate joint venture between Disney India, Reliance Industries and the latter's subsidiary Viacom18. On 14 November 2024, Viacom18 merged its assets with Disney India's subsidiary Disney Star to form JioStar. The deal, valued at $8.5 billion, involved the investment of ₹11,000 crore (US$1.1 billion) by Reliance Industries, which left Reliance Industries with a total stake of 63.16%, 16.34% directly and 46.82 percent through Viacom18, with Disney India controlling the remaining 36.84%. It is the largest television and entertainment network in India, operating more than 100 TV channels and a major streaming platform called JioHotstar.