MUMBAI: Star India has refuted a media report that its digital arm, Novi Digital Entertainment Private Limited, which operates Hotstar, has elevated Varun Narang, head of the product and technology division at India’s leading video streaming platform, to replace Ajit Mohan as the company’s CEO.
For the record, Narang joined Hotstar from US online video service Hulu in 2015 and is its designated chief product officer.
Mohan, who was instrumental in the success of building the Hotstar brand, joined Facebook India as managing director in January.
It is also worth noting that another name that has come up in conversations SportzPower has had with industry leaders (also officially denied) is that of Punitha Arumugam, the media agency veteran who joined Hotstar in late 2017 as platform evangelist.
Arumugam is best known for her leadership at Madison Media as group CEO for over 13 years.
Before joining Hotstar, she was at Google where she led the organisation’s agency business, first from India and later for the region from Singapore, as managing director, APAC Agency for Google APAC.
