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The film expected to be the widest release of 2012, across 3,000 screens worldwide.
Sony Pictures India will be splashing The Amazing Spider-Man across 1,000-plus screens, making it the widest release for any Hollywood movie.
The show is set to be telecast from May 5.
Anil Ambani-promoted multiplex chain may sell stake to the Mexico-headquartered global giant
DB Corp, which publishes the country's second most widely read paper Dainik Bhaskar, has been gradually reducing its stake in DNA and wants to focus on the growth in regional markets.
Murdoch may re-enter space after non-compete period lapses, ABP to control three news channels of MCCS
India's largest diversified media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd (BCCL), popularly known as the Times Group, has joined the race to pick up a majority stake in the two sports channels of Nimbus Communications.
According to back of envelope calculations, the value of shares released in the past two weeks worked out to be Rs 262 crore (Rs 2.62 billion).
R-Cap, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, may get a controlling stake in the venture if the negotiations fructify.
In what will be the largest media deal in India, Multi-Screen Media (MSM), which runs Sony Television in India, is set to buy Ramoji Rao-owned Eenadu TV's (ETV's) bouquet of 11 regional channels.
Cable and DTH companies cannot hold more than 20 per cent stake in each other.
After eight years of joint operations in news television, the relationship between Rupert Murdoch-controlled STAR Group and Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) TV has run into rough weather.
The website will now be repositioned as an e-commerce portal such as eBay.
Top multi-system operators (MSOs, or large cable operators) are in talks to form a consortium to challenge the new distribution joint venture of STAR and Zee which was announced on Thursday.
A top source in OneAlliance confirmed they were looking to join the JV. He did not give details.
The high profile movement has, in fact, put in focus a growing talent crunch in the industry at the top management levels, especially with new companies and newer technology companies entering the fray.
He is not a regular corporate honcho. The appointment of Raj Nayak, often decsribed as 'the people's person' and 'go-getter' by his peers, as the CEO of Colors, the general entertainment channel of Viacom18, came as a surprise to many.
"Star Wars films are the very fabric of film-making. Lucas film-tested our creative sensibilities and our pipeline before choosing us," said Namit Malhotra, founder and global CEO, Prime Focus.
DE Shaw, a global private equity (PE) and hedge fund company, is close to acquiring a 14.2 per cent stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV) for Rs 70 crore (Rs 700 million).
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