Former U.S. President Donald Trump came a step closer on Friday to reaping a major windfall from his social media firm after investors in a blank-check acquisition company approved a tie-up currently worth about $6...
Dashmani Media Amplifies Digital Dominance with Acquisition of Crazy 4 Bollywood, Crazy 4 TV, Bachelors Society, and Purvanchal Live
Dashmani Media Private Limited has strategically broadened its portfolio in the digital entertainment sector with the acquisition of four prominent content platforms: Crazy 4 Bollywood, Crazy 4 TV, Bachelors Society...
Planetcast acquires Australia’s Switch Media
Apollo Global Management-backed Indian media tech company Planetcast Media Services has acquired Australia’s Switch Media, a white-label OTT platform provider in Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the US. As per the...
France’s YKONE buys marketing agency Barcode
French international influencer marketing agency YKONE has bought a controlling stake in Indian content and influencer marketing agency Barcode Entertainment to foray into the Indian market, top executives of both firms...
Dashmani Media Expands Digital Empire with Strategic Acquisitions of Total Filmi and Bollywood Paparazzi
Dashmani Media Private Limited is making significant strides in the digital media world with its recent acquisitions of Total Filmi and Bollywood Paparazzi, two influential content platforms. These acquisitions are a...
Paramount to sell its remaining stake in Viacom18 to RIL
Paramount Global will exit Viacom18 by selling its remaining 13.01% stake to Reliance Industries for ₹4,286 crore, a deal that will value the Indian media company at about ₹33,000 crore. In separate regulatory filings...
Reliance to buy 13% of Paramount’s stake in Viacom18 for Rs 4,286 crore
Reliance Industries has agreed to buy Paramount Global’s entire 13.01% stake in local entertainment network Viacom 18 Media for approximately Rs. 4,286 crore, RIL said in a regulatory filing. “A binding...
Canal+ to make firm offer to buy remainder of S.Africa’s MultiChoice by April 8
Vivendi’s French media company Canal+ will publish a firm intention to buy shares of South African pay-TV company MultiChoice that it does not already own by no later than April 8, it said on Monday. This follows...
Viacom18-Star merger may face intense CCI scrutiny
The proposed merger between Reliance Industries-owned Viacom18 and Walt Disney’s Star India is likely to go through greater scrutiny by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) given the impact it could have on...
Reliance, Disney announce deal to create $8.5 billion media goliath
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Viacom18, and Walt Disney have signed definitive agreements to form a joint venture by merging Viacom18’s media operations into Star India through a court-approved scheme of...
Reliance, Disney may announce Star-Viacom18 merger this week
Reliance Industries and the Walt Disney Company have signed a binding agreement to merge Viacom18 and Star India, with the deal expected to be announced early this week, people privy to the development told ET. The...
Media firm Dailyhunt in advanced talks to acquire India’s X alternative Koo
Dailyhunt is in the advanced stages of talks to acquire social media platform Koo, according to a report by TechCrunch released on Wednesday. The deal could be finalised “within weeks” and involves a share...
