EXCLUSIVE: Star TV’s Hyde Park event postponed

BizAsia can exclusively confirm that Star TV’s ‘Celebrate Bollywood’ event, which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday 10th July has been postponed.

The event, which was due to take place at Hyde Park in London, will now be held later this year. According to our sources at Star TV, ‘Celebrate Bollywood’ will be postponed for about three months. A new date and venue will be announced on BizAsia in the coming weeks.

The main reason for the delay is due to legalties not being cleared in time. However, Star TV has said that stars have been made aware of the date change and will still be performing as planned on the new date and venue.

‘Celebrate Bollywood’ was launched to coincide with 100 years of Indian cinema celebrations. ‘Celebrate Bollywood’ would had been a first for an Indian entertainment event to be held at the iconic Hyde Park.

The broadcaster is now focussing on the launch of Star Plus HD on Thursday 5th July on Sky Digital.