I'm not too surprised.
India basically has 5 large TV groups: Star, Sony, Zee, Sun, and TV18.
1) Star is already a part of Disney (via Fox) and is the clear #1 due to cricket rights for its Star Sports channel and Hotstar streaming service which has a huge first mover advantage in streaming in India.
2) Sony is already owned by its namesake.
3) Zee is a mostly pure play TV/film group that's independent.
4) Sun is a TV group that's part of a complete media conglomerate with tv/radio/newspaper/etc.
5) TV18 actually has a bunch of CNBC channels through a NBCU deal, but it's owned by Reliance which is one of India's largest conglomerates. They won't sell that, and even if they did Viacom has a joint venture with them so might be at an advantage in buying them out.
Basically, if you're Comcast then the only way into the Indian market in a big way is to make a play at Zee or Sun because Star and TV18 are off-limits now, and the only way that Sony's Indian division comes up for sale is if Sony sells its entire tv/film entertainment division.