Mumbai: Sports media company Nazara Technologies has entered an agreement to acquire 55 per cent stake in programmatic advertising and monetisation company Datawrkz valuing the company...
MUMBAI: WPP’s wholly owned operating company GroupM has acquired New Zealand based media agency Chemistry Media Ltd. Chemistry Media is a media planning and buying agency with operations in...
MUMBAI: In a first for the channel, Zee Tamil has licensed the format of a show called DNA from the Singapore-based distribution and production agency, Bomanbridge...
MUMBAI: The Maurice Levy led Publicis Groupe has acquired the French press agency Relaxnews for a sum of €15 million (€9.58 euros a share). Earlier...
MUMBAI: Sony Corporation of America (SCA) has acquired Optical Archive Inc. (OAI), a company that specializes in optical storage systems for the data center market. The...
MUMBAI: Screenwriter and director Emily Skopov has acquired the film and television rights to the Detective Emilia Cruz series by mystery author Carmen Amato. The...
MUMBAI: WPP has acquired a majority stake in London based sports marketing agency Two Circles. Following the deal, Two Circles will become part of ESP...
MUMBAI: With an aim to ramp up its presence in India’s secondary property market, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp-backed real estate portal PropTiger has acquired rival Makaan.com...
MUMBAI: With the aim of strengthening its presence in Israel and neighbouring countries and enhancing the range of digital services provided, Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd. has...
BENGALURU: Reliance MediaWorks Limited (RMWL) along with Reliance Land Works Private Limited (RLWPL) and others had sought to acquire 26 per cent or 7,77,08,534 shares (about...
MUMBAI: E-commerce portal Myntra has acquired San Francisco-based Fitiquette, a technology solutions company that aims at solving size and fit issues for online shoppers. Through this...
MUMBAI: Adlabs-Reliance (The joint venture between Adlabs Cinema Group and Reliance Infocom) has acquired the overseas distribution rights of the upcoming Hrithik starrer Krrish produced by...
MUMBAI: These days, hardly a successful Western format escapes Indian television’s attention. Same way, the obscenely popular ABC soap Desperate Housewives – which is presently having...
MUMBAI: MTV Networks has acquired IFilm Corp, which is one of the leading video destinations on the web, for $49 million. The announcement was made by...
MUMBAI: Internet service provider America Online in the US has announced that is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire blogging firm Weblogs. The financial terms...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Digital Media (formerly National Geographic Film Library) in the US has acquired the global rights to veteran storm chaser Mike Theiss’ widely publicized...
MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution has sold the star-studded period drama, Fingersmith, to Viacom’s new cable channel, Logo. The show is produced by Sally Head Production. Logo...
MUMBAI: Global sports marketing major IMG today announced it has acquired rival CSI Sports group of companies from CSI Sports’ management team. The terms of the...
MUMBAI: Star has inked a deal with Indonesia’s national network ANTV wherein it has acquired a 20 per cent stake in the company. ANTV, which is...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports today concluded a multi-year broadcast agreement for the MotoGP World Championship. The broadcaster has been showcasing the MotoGP for 10 years and...
MUMBAI: Microsoft Corp. has acquired Teleo Inc., a provider of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) software and services that enable the placement of phone calls from...
NEW DELHI: Zee Sports, the first Indian private sports channel, today announced an exclusive three-year deal with International Tennis federation (ITF) for Davis Cup and Federation...
MUMBAI: UK-based private equity and venture fund 3i is acquiring around 33 per cent stake in Mumbai-based Nimbus Communications for $45.50 million (approx Rs 1.97 billion),...
MUMBAI: Giving fillip to the launch plans of its Hindi movie channel Filmy, Sahara India Mass Communication Ltd has acquired Satellite and Pay TV broadcast rights...
MUMBAI: Interactive Television Networks, Inc. (ITVN) has signed a licensing agreement with Academy Entertainment for the rights to over 1400 classic cinema titles featuring such stars...
MUMBAI: The Norway-headquartered Mobile Media Company, one of the global providers of wireless interactive entertainment services and marketing applications, has acquired the UK-based Rubberduck Media Lab...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch-controlled News Corp announced today it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Intermix Media for approximately $580 million. In a separate...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports has acquired the newly launched motor sports event, the A-1 Grand Prix. The broadcaster has signed a three year agreement with the...
MUMBAI: Television measurement agency Nielsen Media Research in the US has announced that it has acquired Audio Audit. Audio Audit provides broadcast verification technology services for...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Zee Sports today announced the successful acquisition of a cricket property — the Afro Asian Cup. The broadcasting rights are for the Indian sub-continent....
MUMBAI: Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) has acquired 67 per cent stake in Asian Age Holdings Ltd for Rs 171 million, scaling up its holdings in...
MUMBAI: AXN has acquired exclusive television rights of the blockbuster action comedy movie Kung Fu Hustle. Produced by Bill Borden and directed by Asia’s top...
MUMBAI: In a move that is likely to surprise many in the cable & satellite television industry, the Zee Telefilms controlled Siti Cable has concluded a...
MUMBAI: The Fireworks International library, which includes TV series such as Zoe Busiek, Wildcard and Andromeda and the feature films Rat Race and Rules of Engagement,...
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications has acquired the rights to market commercial airtime on Alli Rajyam, a weekly comedy produced by the Chennai-based media house Vikatan Televistas....
MUMBAI: Soon to be launched liquor Baron Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines, today announced that it has inked a deal with Tata Motors for the purchase of...
MUMBAI: Sports Entertainment Enterprises, Inc’s CKX Inc., the control of which was recently acquired by Robert F X Sillerman, announced that it had acquired UK based...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports has acquired the telecast rights for the US Open, adding a further property to its tennis programming. The sports channel already has the...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports has acquired the telecast rights for the US Open, adding a further property to its tennis programming. The sports channel already has the...
MUMBAI: Sahara has acquired the television telecast rights of Lakshya from UTV Software Communications for Rs 45 million. The rights are for a period of seven...
LONDON: Taylor Nelson Sofres plc (TNS), a world leader in market information, announced the proposed acquisition of NFO WorldGroup, Inc. (NFO) from The Interpublic Group of...
NEW YORK: Listed advertising major and strategic holding company Omnicom, which owns BBDO, TBWA and DDB networks, has acquired independent branding and identity firm Siegelgale. Siegelgale,...
WARWICK, UK: Millward Brown has acquired Sadek Wynberg Research, one of the UK’s most innovative and best respected qualitative research agencies to create one of the...