The biggest hit of 2025 arrives on OTT this week, along with many other highs and horrors.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday allowed the merger of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Culver Max Entertainment (earlier known as Sony Pictures Networks India). This order by the Mumbai bench, headed by H V Subba Rao and Madhu Sinha, will pave the way for the creation of a $10-billion media company, the biggest in the country. The tribunal also dismissed all objections regarding the merger.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Friday issued notices to Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) over the petitions filed by IDBI Bank and AXIS Finance against an NCLT order that approved the media company's merger with Culver Max Entertainment. However, a two-member NCLAT bench comprising chairman Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka declined to grant any stay over the merger process during the pendency of the hearing. The appellate tribunal (NCLAT) has directed to list both petitions on January 8 for hearing, directing Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd to file a reply.
Rishi Sunak, who seems to be on an extended holiday in India -- we spotted the former UK PM at the Jaipur Lit Fest and at the fourth T20I at the Wankhede late January -- was at Lok Kalyan Marg on Tuesday.
The move comes on the back of the potential for the conventional televisions in India. Industry watchers said high-end televisions were gaining popularity in urban markets, while first-time buyers and rural markets prefer conventional televisions. Globally, Sony has taken a strategic decision to exit from the CRT TV business from this month-end due to a slow demand. Sony had reduced LCD prices to align with Korean duo LG Electronics and Samsung a few months back.
More than 50 per cent of SIP accounts come from semi-urban and rural areas.
'No words can heal the wounds of a mother who lost her child, or a friend who lost their companion. But we must speak, we must feel, and we must remember.'
INS Tushil made its first port call to London as a part of its maiden operational deployment.
'I am not a greedy film person, even as an actor.' 'While my contemporaries Dharmendra and Shashi Kapoor acted in nearly 300 films each, I've done hardly 35 films in my entire career.'
Uber launches India's -- and Asia's -- first water transport service with Shikara bookings for the Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Across the board, brands use influencers like a Bhuvan Bam or Kusha Kapila as the second or third rung of their strategy. The first rung is always a celebrity that has been created outside the Internet, through mainstream media.
Prime Minister Narendra D Modi dedicated three Made in India frontline naval combatants -- INS Surat, INS Nilgiri and INS Vaghsheer to the nation on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, morning, noting that this is the first time that a destroyer, frigate and submarine were being commissioned together into the Indian Navy.
Sony India, a leading provider of consumer electronic products, today launched its High Definition (HD) digital imaging products, which include four new HD camcorders and three new cyber-shot digital cameras in India.
'There is so much talk about Netflix and what they should be doing.' 'In two years, SonyLIV has done what Netflix should be doing.'
The government is believed to have permitted Japanese major Sony to undertake cash and carry wholesale trading in India for a range of hi-tech products.
Here is what you need to know about the year's Australian Open:
'When you are taking on something which is this big in India, there are so many pressures about wanting to do justice to them, so I am still scared.'
Private equity (PE) activity in India between January and November 2024 recorded a total value of $30.89 billion across 1,022 deals, a 22.7 per cent increase in value and an 18.4 per cent rise in deal count compared to $25.17 billion across 863 deals during the same period in 2023. Notable large deals during the period include Walton Street India Investment Advisors at $1.5 billion, and KiranaKart Technologies at $1.35 billion.
Food, feminism, fights, father-son issues, famous rivalries, OTT is as loaded as it gets this week.
The company plans 6-8 new models in six months across price bands, which may include a few in the sub-10,000 category.
What despots and dictators, jammers and competitors, had not managed to do in 83 years -- what the Soviet Union had failed to counter during the Cold War; what China had failed to crush during the Tiananmen Square uprising -- a US President had succeeded with his own hand, notes Krishna Prasad.
Competition Commission of India on Wednesday said it has approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire. The deal, announced six months ago, has been cleared by the CCI with certain modifications proposed by the two parties.
The Competition Commission of India on Tuesday approved with certain conditions the mega-merger deal between media groups Sony and Zee. In a tweet, the watchdog said it has cleared the deal with certain modifications. The proposed merger was announced in September last year. CCI said it has approved the "amalgamation of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and Bangla Entertainment Private Limited (BEPL) with Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (CME), with certain modifications".
The dust and water-resistant tablet sports a 10.1 inch 1920X1200p WUXGA display with a mobile Bravia Engine 2.
General Upendra Dwivedi, the chief of the army staff, drove to the Army Hospital Research & Referral from his home in the capital to meet an elderly Sikh gentleman who is recovering at the hospital.
Iconic landmarks shrouded in smog, casting a hazy veil over their majestic appearances.
Allu Arjun's biggest blockbuster, Satyajit Ray's story and Spidey's exciting new avatar, Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations on OTT this week.
Soon after he was sworn in by Vice President J D Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Penny Wong from Australia and Japan's Iwaya Takeshi for his first multilateral meeting as the top American diplomat.
Jaggery and wheat come together to make the fastest and most perfect Diwali sweet.
'When there is a money crunch in the industry, actors like us are the ones who face budget cuts. Not the big actors.'
'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.'
The product, Vaio X, which is a direct competitor of Apple's Macbook Air, weighs around 600 grams and is half an inch thick.
India's newly-forged coach-captain combination of Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav will look to make instant impact against a Sri Lankan team in disarray.
Besides colourful costumes, ethnic jewellery and the mandatory dandiyas, there's one more thing that is becoming de rigueur every Navratri.
Mumbai, infamous for its voter apathy, stepped out to exercise its franchise on Wednesday.
Sony India on Tuesday said it is eyeing 25 per cent sales growth this fiscal to over Rs 900 crore (Rs 9 billion) and will unveil several new internationally-renowned products, including Vaio notebook PCs, in the country soon.
'This is the Bengal story, where businesses are nurtured, dreams are realised, and legacies are built.'
Netflix has announced a thrilling line-up for 2025.
22 images that captures glimpses of a most unusual Indian who led the nation for 10 years.
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