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JioHotstar Crosses 200 Million Paying Subscribers on IPL Frenzy
JioHotstar has increased its paying subscriber base to over 200 million, driven by multi-language live broadcasts of the hugely popular Indian Premier League cricket matches. To get so many paying subscribers just from India in such a short time was “pretty satisfying,” said Uday Shankar, vice chairman of JioStar.
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India's Tata Play, Airtel Digital TV Reportedly Near Merger
India's Tata Group and Bharti Group are close to merging their satellite TV businesses. The merged entity is expected to be run by Bharti Airtel, which will likely hold between 52 percent-55 percent with the remaining held by Tata Play shareholders, including Walt Disney, sources familiar with the matter have told the media.
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Reliance-Disney Said to Stop Completely Free IPL Cricket Streaming in India
The Reliance-Disney joint venture will no longer offer completely free streaming for IPL cricket matches. The decision to change the terms of streaming the Indian Premier League (IPL) comes after Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and Walt Disney combined their India media assets in an $8.5 billion (roughly Rs. 73,787 crore) merger last y...
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Disney Bets on Korean and Japanese Originals in Asia Growth Push
Disney is focusing on select Asian markets to help scale up the local subscriber base and draw international viewership, while cutting content investment in Southeast Asia. Its India operation merged with Reliance Industries’s media business to form a joint venture called JioStar.
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Reliance, Walt Disney Close $8.5 Billion Merger Of Indian Media Assets
Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Thursday completed the $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets, which have been split into three divisions, with each unit having its own CEO.
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Reliance and Disney Complete Merger to Create a Rs. 70,352 Crore Joint Venture
Reliance Industries Limited announced the completion of a merger with the India business of global media house Walt Disney on Thursday. With this, Viacom 18 Media Private Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, and The Walt Disney Company announced the formation of a joint venture. The joint venture was formed after the approval by the National Compa...
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NCLT Approves Merger of Viacom 18, Star India After CCI Nod
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday approved a merger scheme that will allow Viacom 18 Media with Star India. The merger of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co's media assets was approved earlier this week by the Competition Commission of India and will create the country's largest media empire.
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Tribunal Approves $8.5 Billion Reliance, Walt Disney Merger
A company tribunal has approved the $8.5 billion merger of Reliance Industries and Disney's Indian media assets, Reliance said on Friday.
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Anti-Trust Body Clears Reliance, Walt Disney Mega-Deal Merger
The Competition Commission of India on Wednesday approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000 crore.
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CCI Said to Have Flagged Disney-Reliance $8.5 Billion Merger Over Cricket Rights Concerns
India's antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion (roughly Rs. 71,199 crore) India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media assets harms competition due to their power over cricket broadcast rights, four sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
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JioHotstar Crosses 200 Million Paying Subscribers on IPL Frenzy
JioHotstar has increased its paying subscriber base to over 200 million, driven by multi-language live broadcasts of the hugely popular Indian Premier League cricket matches. To get so many paying subscribers just from India in such a short time was “pretty satisfying,” said Uday Shankar, vice chairman of JioStar.
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India's Tata Play, Airtel Digital TV Reportedly Near Merger
India's Tata Group and Bharti Group are close to merging their satellite TV businesses. The merged entity is expected to be run by Bharti Airtel, which will likely hold between 52 percent-55 percent with the remaining held by Tata Play shareholders, including Walt Disney, sources familiar with the matter have told the media.
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Reliance-Disney Said to Stop Completely Free IPL Cricket Streaming in India
The Reliance-Disney joint venture will no longer offer completely free streaming for IPL cricket matches. The decision to change the terms of streaming the Indian Premier League (IPL) comes after Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and Walt Disney combined their India media assets in an $8.5 billion (roughly Rs. 73,787 crore) merger last y...
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Disney Bets on Korean and Japanese Originals in Asia Growth Push
Disney is focusing on select Asian markets to help scale up the local subscriber base and draw international viewership, while cutting content investment in Southeast Asia. Its India operation merged with Reliance Industries’s media business to form a joint venture called JioStar.
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Reliance, Walt Disney Close $8.5 Billion Merger Of Indian Media Assets
Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Thursday completed the $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets, which have been split into three divisions, with each unit having its own CEO.
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Reliance and Disney Complete Merger to Create a Rs. 70,352 Crore Joint Venture
Reliance Industries Limited announced the completion of a merger with the India business of global media house Walt Disney on Thursday. With this, Viacom 18 Media Private Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, and The Walt Disney Company announced the formation of a joint venture. The joint venture was formed after the approval by the National Compa...
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NCLT Approves Merger of Viacom 18, Star India After CCI Nod
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday approved a merger scheme that will allow Viacom 18 Media with Star India. The merger of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co's media assets was approved earlier this week by the Competition Commission of India and will create the country's largest media empire.
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Tribunal Approves $8.5 Billion Reliance, Walt Disney Merger
A company tribunal has approved the $8.5 billion merger of Reliance Industries and Disney's Indian media assets, Reliance said on Friday.
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Anti-Trust Body Clears Reliance, Walt Disney Mega-Deal Merger
The Competition Commission of India on Wednesday approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000 crore.
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CCI Said to Have Flagged Disney-Reliance $8.5 Billion Merger Over Cricket Rights Concerns
India's antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion (roughly Rs. 71,199 crore) India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media assets harms competition due to their power over cricket broadcast rights, four sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
