According to Andy Bird, chairman of Walt Disney International, theme park investment requires massive support infrastructure such as airports, power supply and roads, still not available in India.
Leading integrated media and entertainment company UTV Software Communications Ltd has decided to divest its entire stake in United Home Entertainment Ltd to the Walt Disney Company
New cars, new engines, change in qualifying, one rookie are among the many updates from the 2026 F1 season.
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 CCI has asked the companies to explain within 30 days why an investigation should not be ordered.
Hotstar on Friday said it will offer the Asia Cup and ICC Men's Cricket World Cup tournaments at no cost to users.
Disney Publishing Worldwide (India), a division of Walt Disney Company (India), has announced a licensing agreement with local publisher Junior Diamond to publish Disney comic books, both in English and Hindi.
After Do Dooni Chaar, the first Hindi live-action movie distributed by The Walt Disney Company (Disney) in India, won a National Award, the Hollywood studio tied up with UTV Motion Pictures (UTV) for more.
After its tie-up with master franchising group, Devyani International Ltd, Walt Disney launched on Saturday its first merchandise store in India, which will sell its branded kids products.
The Disney channel is conducting a country wide, in school interaction programme as a part of their promotional activities.
Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors. That is a reach just under half of India's largest streaming app: YouTube. 'This level of consolidation does not exist even in the US.'
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has flagged possible anti-competitive concerns with respect to the proposed USD 8.5-billion Viacom18-Star India merger and has sought detailed responses from the parties concerned, sources said.
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Now, high profile media barons have an India visit in their itinerary. Four months after the launch of two Disney channels in India, Walt Disney's CEO Michael D Eisner plans to visit India next week along with his successor, Robert A Iger.
Sukhbir Channa, a practicing Sikh American, applied for a job with Disney in 2006 but was not hired and was told that he did not have the "Disney look" -- a negative reference to his religiously-mandated dastaar (Sikh turban)
As part of the numerous educational offerings of Disney Youth Education Series (YES), 11 school groups from India will travel to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA to experience education Disney-style.
'Our intention is to make Disney-branded clean family movies for the entertainment of the local Indian market.'
Walt Disney has won a nearly two-decade-old legal battle over royalty rights to the cartoon character Winnie The Pooh.
In a significant move, entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company plans to buy longtime partner Pixar Animation Studios Inc for $7.4 billi
Sukhbir Channa, a 24-year-old Sikh musician, has filed a $1 million class action complaint against Walt Disney World.The lawsuit, filed in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Hillsborough County, Florida, claims that Channa was denied employment despite being qualified for the job because of the 'look problem' a reference to his turban and beard.
Mani Ratnam may direct the film, which will be produced by UTV and Disney.
Reuters reported earlier this week that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has sent a warning notice to the companies expressing concern that the merged entity will effectively have a monopoly on cricket broadcast rights worth billions of dollars, allowing it to squeeze advertisers.
Indus Clothing will manufacture branded jeans and fashion accessories in India.
Reliance-Disney skips bidding
Under the deal, reportedly worth more than $250 million, international matches and the domestic Big Bash League for men and women will be beamed to India "and other territories across Asia" from the 2023-24 season.
The surprise bid, if successful, will create one of the world's biggest media companies, after Time Warner Inc and News Corp.
Rediff.com looks at some surprising facts about Mickey Mouse on his 87th birthday.
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The Reliance-Disney joint venture's new, rebranded streaming app JioHotstar will offer subscription plans starting at Rs 149.
Only firms that have scale in content and a technology engine that drives its discovery and monetisation can compete,' explains Vanita Kohli Khandekar.
If you were one of those waiting for the entire fourth season of Succession to drop so that you could binge-watch it over a weekend, you have missed the train.
The Walt Disney company has withdrawn its application to trademark the term 'SEAL Team 6', on its toys, games and a TV show, to apparently cash in on the elite unit that killed Osama bin Laden after US Navy declared it would protect its rights.
