Japan’s Sony has appointed Gaurav Banerjee, a former govt at Walt Disney, as its new India chief govt. Banerjee will lead Sony’s tv and different media companies in India, in keeping with sources.

Banerjee lately resigned from Disney’s India unit, the place he was head of content material for its streaming service, Hotstar, and oversaw enterprise operations for the corporate’s TV channels in Hindi-speaking markets, as confirmed by one supply. One other supply talked about that Banerjee is predicted to hitch Sony in about two months.

Neither Disney nor Sony, nor Banerjee, responded instantly to requests for feedback.

Final week, Sony introduced it was looking for a successor to its present India chief govt, N.P. Singh, who had determined to step down. Sony operates 26 channels in India, overlaying basic leisure, sports activities, and films, together with a streaming service.

Earlier this 12 months, the corporate scrapped a deliberate merger with India’s Zee Leisure, which might have created a $10 billion enterprise.

Banerjee’s departure from Disney coincides with the US firm’s efforts to realize approval from Indian regulators for a merger of its Indian media belongings with these of Reliance, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani. This merger goals to type India’s largest leisure firm.