Warner Music Group will not submit an offer to acquire French digital music company Believe, the music label said in a statement on Saturday. Warner Music had revealed plans last month to submit a bid of at least 17...
Vivendi’s Canal+ makes mandatory buyout offer for South Africa’s MultiChoice
French media group Vivendi’s Canal+ on Monday made a mandatory offer to buy all the shares of South African broadcaster MultiChoice it does not already own, both companies said. Canal+, the biggest shareholder in...
Paramount to enter into exclusive merger talks with Skydance: Report
Members of Paramount Global’s board agreed on Wednesday to enter into exclusive merger talks with Skydance Media, favoring the independent studio over a $26 billion offer from Apollo Global Management, a person...
Yahoo acquires Instagram co-founders’ AI news platform Artifact
Yahoo said on Tuesday it had acquired Instagram co-founders’ AI-driven news platform, Artifact, and will incorporate its technology across the U.S. web services provider’s news and other sites. The deal...
Investors greenlight Donald Trump’s $6 billion social media merger deal
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...
