Seeking to escape Western-centric discussions, European audiences at SportsPro Madrid, the inaugural setting of the rebranded OTT video conference, were granted an introduction to the Indian sports world from Sanjog Gupta, Head of Sports for Disney Star India. Times of turmoil for Disney in India cannot be ignored, although they most definitely were by Gupta. After losing streaming rights to the country’s famed Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket championship, Disney’s local OTT service Disney+ Hotstar hemorrhaged 23.7 million paid subscribers in a year—a 38% drop down to 37.6 million as of Q3 2023. Despite remaining profitable, the linear business has suffered as well. Disney Star reported a year-over-year consolidated net profit drop of 31%, and a 21% YoY decline in…