How it started
History
Tata Sky was a joint venture between the Tata Group and News Corporation, which owned 80% and 20% stakes respectively until 2008, when Temasek Holdings picked up a 10% stake in Tata Play from the Tata Group. Tata Sky was incorporated in 2001, but launched services on 8 August 2006.
Tata Sky's holding company, 21st Century Fox, formerly owned an international group of DTH businesses that include Sky Italia in Italy and Sky UK in United Kingdom. The company uses the Sky brand under a licence from Sky Group.
Tata Sky partnered with Ericsson to launch the first Video on Demand (VOD) services in India in 2012.
On 9 January 2015, Tata Sky became the first Indian DTH operator to offer 4K set-top-boxes to its consumers.
On 20 March 2019, The Walt Disney Company completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox, making them their new 30% stakeholder, replacing 21st Century Fox.
From Wikipedia’s article on Tata Play, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2