✖ Synopsis It all started with TRAI’s new tariff order back in 2017. Star challenged the regulator’s jurisdiction in courts, sparking a long-drawn legal battle. The broadcaster then decided to take a different route. A deep-dive investigation by The Economic Times reveals how Star & Disney India officials waged a war to oust TRAI from the broadcast sector. In Martin Scorsese’s 2006 crime thriller The Departed, Jack Nicholson’s character Frank Costello famously said, “I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me”.Much like Costello and many powerful businesses around the globe, India’s largest broadcasting company — Star & Disney India— reportedly tried to influence the Ministry of Information And Broadcasting (MIB) to suit its strategies. An