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...
Warner Bros Discovery halts merger talks with Paramount Global, CNBC reports
Warner Bros Discovery is no longer pursuing a merger with Paramount Global, halting talks after several months of kicking the tires on merging the media companies, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with...
Zee, Sony huddle in dramatic twist to salvage merger
No twist is too dramatic for serialised shows that are staple of nighttime television in India’s vast market for general entertainment. It’s no different, it appears, in the two-year-long saga that has...
RedBird IMI strikes $1.45 bln deal for UK’s All3Media
Jeff Zucker-led investment group RedBird IMI has struck a 1.15 billion pound ($1.45 billion) deal to buy Britain’s All3Media, the production house behind hit TV shows “Fleabag” and “Squid Game:...
ZEE shareholder Mad Man Film Ventures files fresh application in NCLT against Sony
ZEE shareholder Mad Man Film Ventures has filed another application before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday stating that Sony cannot pre-empt proceedings while the matter is pending before the tribunal...
Sony challenges maintainability of Zee’s application before NCLT
Sony Group’s India units Culver Max Entertainment and Bangla Entertainment have filed applications before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) challenging the maintainability of Zee Entertainment...
Zee-Sony Row: Sony ‘disappointed’ after SIAC allows Zee to approach India tribunal over merger dispute
Sony Entertainment (India) has expressed disappointment over the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s (SIAC) order allowing Zee Entertainment to approach Indian tribunal to enforce a $10 billion merger...
Can go to NCLT to enforce Sony merger deal after SIAC rejects petition: Zee
Zee Entertainment can ask an Indian tribunal to enforce a $10 billion merger with Sony’s Indian unit after a Singapore arbitration centre rejected an emergency petition by the Japanese company for a stay of...
Reliance’s Viacom18 likely to pick up 50% stake in Disney India
Reliance continues to be in talks with Disney India to merge the American entertainment giant’s local businesses with Viacom18, with the Ambani-led company likely pick up atleast a 50% stake in the merged entity...
