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Disney aims for $1 billion profit from its streaming biz in new fiscal year

The profit at Disney's direct-to-consumer division even exceeded the earnings from its film division, which scored $3 billion in global ticket sales this summer from the blockbusters Inside Out 2

Jio Hotstar domain: Website acquired by new owners; it's not Reliance

The website first went viral when a Delhi-based techie registered the domain in 2023, hoping to get Reliance to fund his higher studies in exchange for the domain

Disney Hotstar head Sajith Sivanandan quits after merger with Reliance

After the merger, Disney and Reliance will together have more than 100 TV channels and two streaming apps

Reliance eyes completing merger with Disney's India business in Q3

The merger of media assets of Reliance Industries and the India business of global media house the Walt Disney is expected to be complete by the end of the third quarter of this fiscal, according to a regulatory filing by billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led group. The fair trade regulator CCI has already approved the merger of Viacom 18 and Star India and NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) has sanctioned the scheme regarding it. "The companies are in the process of obtaining other requisite approvals for the completion of the transaction and transaction closer is expected in 3Q FY 25," informed Reliance Industries on Monday in its quarter earning statement. The merger of Reliance group-controlled media assets - TV18 Broadcast and E18 - with Network18 Media & Investments has already been sanctioned by the NCLT and was made effective on October 3, it said. Earlier on September 27, the government approved the transfer of licenses relating to Non News & Current Affairs TV channels ...

Reliance-Disney merger holds promise for media business, but details matter

The merger will create a consolidated entity this market has never seen before. And it is, rightly, worrying. But it also contains the seeds of the argument for the merger

Zee Entertainment refutes $940 million damages claim by Disney's Star India

The dispute centres on an alliance agreement between Zee and Star India valued at $1.4 billion for the broadcasting rights for International Cricket Council (ICC) events

Anatomy of Reliance-Disney merger: What are the strategies and challenges?

The Rs 23,000 crore (revenues FY24) venture, announced in February, was cleared by the Competition Commission of India this week

RIL-Disney India merger worth $8.5 billion receives approval from CCI

Combined entity now India's largest entertainment conglomerate, with a portfolio of 120 channels and two streaming services

Disney-Reliance offer concessions for merger, but no cricket rights sale

Reliance-Disney are aiming to create India's biggest entertainment player which will compete with Sony, Netflix and Amazon

Disney-Reliance may need to dilute cricket dominance to seal merger deal

According to seven antitrust lawyers, to keep the deal alive the companies will now have to come up with structural changes to their arrangement or so-called behavioural remedies

CCI warns Disney, Reliance media merger could harm competition: Report

Antitrust experts had warned the merger, announced in February, could face intense scrutiny, especially on the sporting rights issue

RIL eyes JioCinema as sole OTT platform post Star-Viacom18 merger deal

In February this year, RIL and Disney agreed to merge Star and Viacom18, forming an $8.5 billion media giant with over 100 channels and two streaming platforms

Disney, RIL may shut some Hindi, regional channels for CCI merger approval

To gain approval, the companies are considering closing some secondary Hindi general entertainment channels while keeping their primary GECs, Star Plus and Colors operational within the merged entity

Reliance, Disney to offer concessions to win antitrust nod for merger

Antitrust experts have warned that the Reliance-Disney merger, announced in February, could face intense scrutiny as it will create India's biggest entertainment player

Disney Plus set to do away with password sharing starting September: Report

Disney Plus will put an end to password sharing with people outside the household from September. User might have to pay for sharing subscriptions with non-household members

Why are streaming apps worried over Prasar Bharati's this new move?

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati is planning to launch a wide range of content on its proposed video streaming platform, including news, entertainment and, potentially, sports

OTT releases this week: Here are the top 5 movies, shows to watch at home

OTT releases this week: Hundreds of movies release every week on different platforms, check top 5 releases for this week

Sony appoints Walt Disney executive Gaurav Banerjee as new India CEO

Banerjee has resigned from Disney's India unit where he was the head of content for its streaming service

NCLT approves merger process for Reliance's arm Viacom18 and Star India

The merger will be done in two stages: the transfer of Viacom18's TV and streaming assets to Digital18 and the demerger and vesting of these assets from Digital18 to Star India

IPL 2024: Star Sports registers a record 510 million viewers in 51 matches

Tata IPL 2024: Star Sports experienced an 18% increase from the previous edition in terms of total watch time, with viewers spending 356,000 million minutes