DHX Media Ltd is buying the entertainment unit of Iconix Brand Group Inc. for $345 million, adding the Peanuts comic strip and cartoon character Strawberry Shortcake to its roster of brands that includes Bob the Builder...
Zee Entertainment Enterprises in talks to buy 9X Media
Subhash Chandra-pro noted media conglomerate Zee Entertainment EnterprisesBSE -0.13 % is in advanced stages of discussion t buy 9X Media broadcast network that owns a clutch of Hindi regional music channels. Zee is...
MGM to take full ownership of Epix in $1 billion deal
MGM Holdings Inc said it would acquire the 81 percent of premium U.S. channel Epix it does not already own from two of its partners, Viacom Inc and Lionsgate Entertainment Corp, for about $1 billion. The deal is...
Mexico’s Cinepolis to invest Rs 250 cr in India, open 100 new screens
Mexican multiplex chain Cinepolis will invest Rs 250 crore to open over 100 cinema screens by the end of next year across India, its largest market outside Mexico. “We plan to invest Rs 250 crore in opening 100...
More Gaming Industry Deals on the Cards as GVC Eyes Takeovers
A wave of online gaming takeovers is set to continue this year as companies are driven to deals by increased regulation and taxation, according to the head of one of the industry’s leading consolidators. “I wouldn’t...
Wanda’s $1 billion purchase of Dick Clark Productions falls apart: report
Chinese conglomerate and cinema chain operator Dalian Wanda’s proposed $1 billion purchase of Dick Clark Productions Inc has fallen apart, online entertainment news website The Wrap reported on Monday, citing unnamed...
Time to merge in media & entertainment space
Consolidation, not investment, was the dominant story of the media and entertainment (M&E) industry in 2016. That is what the numbers News Corporation’s VCCEdge put together for Business Standard suggest. The total...
Kaustuv Ray to take over Sahara news channels
In a deal code-named Project Storm, a Kolkata-based entrepreneur with interest in media, films, and computer hardware is set to take control of the seven television news channels run by the embattled Sahara Group...
HC okays merger of 2 subsidiaries with PVR Ltd: BSE, NSE told
PVR LtdBSE 0.18 % has informed Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India that the Delhi High Court has approved the merger of two of its subsidiary companies with it, effective from April 1, 2015...
Tencent Is on the Lookout for Hollywood Deals
Tencent Pictures, the film unit of China’s biggest internet company, is looking for acquisitions that can accelerate plans to make its own blockbusters instead of just writing checks for them. The potential targets...
Eros joins hands with Russian film distribution company Central Partnership
MUMBAI: Indian film studio Eros InternationalBSE -1.88 % has entered into a strategic partnership with Russian distribution and production company Central Partnership (CP) – an affiliate of Gazprom-Media Holding – to...
Kwan buys out CAA’s stake in joint venture
MUMBAI: Indian celebrity management firm Kwan Entertainment & Marketing Solutions (Kwan) and Los Angeles-based entertainment and sports firm Creative Artists Agency (CAA) have ended their 4-year 50:50 joint venture...
