MUMBAI: Netflix is betting the house on Hollywood heritage. At the UBS Global TMT conference on 8 December 2025, co-chief executives Theodore Sarandos and Gregory K....
MUMBAI: Independent agencies Jack in the Box Worldwide and Tidal7 have sealed a merger, creating a new entity called J7 that aspires to be a “future-ready”...
LUXEMBOURG: Satellite heavyweight SES has wrapped up its acquisition of Intelsat, creating a turbocharged space communications firm with a 120-strong satellite arsenal spanning geostationary (Geo), medium...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has received the green light from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, for its Composite Scheme of Arrangement that merges its wholly...
MUMBAI: India’s competition watchdog has given a decisive thumbs-up to one of the biggest shake-ups in adland: Omnicom Group Inc.’s acquisition of sole control over The...
MUMBAI: In a mega-merger straight out of a business blockbuster, Charter Communications and Cox Communications have inked a definitive agreement to combine their businesses, creating an...
MUMBAI — A major consolidation is underway in India’s television distribution landscape as Tata Play and Airtel Digital TV prepare to merge through a share swap,...
MUMBAI: It’s a giga merger. Two of India’s leading brands fusing into one. Can the branding, the logo, and brand ident that emerge be any less?...
MUMBAI: Deepti Sampat has officially transitioned to the role of vice president marketing at Air India, following the merger of Vistara and Air India. Her shift...
MUMBAI: In the enchanted realm of acquisitions, The Walt Disney Company has long been the master storyteller, weaving tales of strategic mergers and blockbuster stakes. With...
MUMBAI: The merger did happen. Just as Wall Street Journal had predicted. Omnicom and The Interpublic group today announced their boards have unanimously approved a definitive...
MUMBAI: The headline in the Wall Street Journal was loud and clear just as the west was waking up and we in the east were getting...
MUMBAI: Pay TV is going through its travails. A second attempt to create one of the largest pay TV operators in the US fizzled out on...
MUMBAI: That the television industry is going through a rough phase has been talked about ad nauseum. Normally, the June-September quarter is subdued -especially in media...
Mumbai: The much-anticipated merger of Zee and Sony has come in a different mode on Tuesday. Zee clarified to the stock listing department about news led...
Mumbai: It’s on. It’s off. It’s on again. It’s off again. The yes and no speculation about the Zee Entertainment merger with Culver Max Entertainment (Sony...
Mumbai: Us-based International conglomerates Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount global chiefs met on Wednesday, sources told Reuters. Both companies attributed to making international content are planning...
Mumbai: Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman, donned a serious hat with his human appeal on Twitter, just hours after his amusing entry at the company’s headquarters...
Mumbai : Media baron, Rupert Murdoch has begun the process of reuniting his media empire, according to News Corp and Fox Corp, which announced on Friday...
Mumbai: WPP announced that it has purchased the remaining 26 per cent stake in MediaCom Communications in India from Sam Balsara and Lara Balsara Vajifdar. According...
Mumbai: On Tuesday, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced the amalgamation of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) and Bangla Entertainment (BEPL) with Culver Max Entertainment (CME),...
Mumbai: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the proposed merger of Jio Cinema OTT and Viacom18 Media on Monday. Following an investment by BTS Investment...
Mumbai: According to an official notice seen by Reuters, the country’s antitrust watchdog the Competition Commission of India (CCI) found in an initial review that a...
Mumbai: Nykaa has confirmed its board’s approval for the acquisition of Iluminar Media’s Little Black Book (LBB), a millennial-focused lifestyle discovery platform. This is in line...
MUMBAI: In a bid to end the standoff between the company and Elon Musk, Twitter will grant Tesla’s CEO unprecedented access to its “firehose” of public...
Mumbai: WPP’s media investment group GroupM announced on Wednesday its plans to merge Essence with MediaCom and Mindshare with Neo in its latest steps to transform...
Mumbai: The all-stock merger between two of the country’s largest multiplex chains PVR and Inox Leisure announced earlier this week has been reckoned as positive for the industry...
Mumbai: Top multiplex chains PVR Ltd and Inox Leisure Ltd have announced a merger following a meeting of their board of directors on Sunday. The combined...
Mumbai: Discovery, which is expected to close its acquisition of WarnerMedia in the second quarter of 2022, confirmed its plans to combine its streaming service Discovery...
Mumbai: Discovery’s mega-deal to merge with AT&T’s WarnerMedia business is all set to close in mid-2022, subject to approval by Discovery stockholders and additional closing conditions....
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited (SPNI) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zeel) announced early on Wednesday that they have signed definitive agreements to merge Zeel...
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has released a statement after being embroiled in the Zeel-Invesco dispute on Wednesday. The company said that it has never resorted...
Mumbai: Invesco Developing Markets Fund has written a biting open letter addressed to the shareholders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel). The investor has raised concerns...
Mumbai: After days of conjectures fueled by boardroom battles, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) pulled off a tour de force early on Wednesday announcing the company’s...
New Delhi: Putting speculation to rest, the entertainment giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) on Monday said, there are no merger talks underway with Viacom18, as...
New Delhi: It’s the season for mergers. Following in the footsteps of big media mergers globally, two entertainment giants back home- Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd and...
MUMBAI: When two well-known media firms fuse, there’s always a big debate about what the new organisation should be called? But the folks at Discovery and...
MUMBAI: When you swing a deal like he has done, you probably deserve to be rewarded. Discovery president & CEO David Zaslav played a key role...
MUMBAI: Fierce competition forces alliances upon nations, people, and companies. As it is doing in the media and entertainment globally today. Close on the heels of...
MUMBAI: In one word. Yes. At least it gives them a chance in hell to play catch up with the well-muscled and well-entrenched rivals like Netflix,...
MUMBAI: Large format event producer The Entertainment Foundation (TEF) has announced a merger with Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation awardee and Sai Mehar Media founder Rajiee M Shinde. TEF has...
MUMBAI: Consumer electronics firm Voltas has posted net profit of Rs 80 crore for the quarter ended 30 September 2020. This is a decline of 26...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Co (Disney) has finally closed the deal with on its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox (Fox). In recent months, the acquisition...
BENGALURU: Broadband internet services provider Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited reported a standalone profit after tax and standalone net comprehensive income of Rs 6.44 crore and...
MUMBAI: The long-awaited fusion of Dish TV and Videocon d2h finally saw the light of day on 22 March 2018. The pioneer in the direct-to-home (DTH)...
MUMBAI: Gone are the days when we had to book a cab by calling a local can agency, and that’s because cab aggregators in India have...
MUMBAI: The long drawn out merger of direct-to-home operators Dish TV India Ltd (Dish TV) and Videocon d2h Ltd (Videocon d2h) has finally come to pass....
MUMBAI: Videocon d2h, which is looking at a merger with Indian direct-to-home (DTH) company Dish TV, has announced that it will be delisting from the US...
MUMBAI: Coming on the heels of the Fox-Disney merger, CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc are inching toward formally exploring a corporate reunion of the two halves...
MUMBAI: The Dish TV-Videocon d2h merger had reached the final stage with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) giving it the green signal. Then, suddenly...