To expand its services in the five-player private direct-to-home market, Reliance Big TV Ltd, the promoter of Big TV DTH services of the Reliance ADA Group, plans to sell up to 49 per cent to foreign private equity companies and global DTH players.
"The new name reflects the branding philosophy followed by the ADA Group, where name signifies the space in which business operates and create a sharper brand presence among the stakeholders. The name change will not affect any of the rights of the company or the shareholders of the company," a senior company official said. The board of directors has decided to change the name of the company, subject to the shareholders approval and compliance with related formalities.
Shares of Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd on Tuesday tanked in the range of 4-8 per cent on the bourses after reports surfaced that these two ADA Group firms are involved in fraudulent banking activities overseas.
The company will now focus on value creation for shareholders in the defence and construction businesses.
Having received permission to expand the asset management business to Singapore and the United Kingdom, Reliance ADA Group is also planning to enter the Gulf market via Dubai International Finance Centre. In addition, it wants to take its life insurance business overseas. By the end of the year, the group is planning to seek at least one licence in either South-East Asia or West Asia.
Competition with online international networks hots up in cyberspace.
This would be company's second acquisition in the WiMax space. In February, the company had acquired a significant stake in a French WiMax chip manufacturer Sequans Communications. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Further, RCom will expand its reach across countries in the Saarc region, Mediterranean and other South African nations. RCom intends to provide high-speed broadband services, voice, video and data suite and 4G services.
Reliance ADA Group announced the launch of its online casual gaming portal Zapak.com on Saturday.
ADA Group's Reliance Energy and GMR Infrastructure are the two Indian firms that have been shortlisted in the bidding process to acquire Singapore's Tuas Power, one of the three power firms put on block.
Anil Ambani group's Reliance Money on Tuesday sparked a price war in the highly competitive brokerage space by offering a free trading account to its demat account holders, with an aim to tap up to 30 crore (300 million) potential clients. Reliance Money also announced a partnership with Corporation Bank to offer broking services to 9.5 million account holders of the public sector lender.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has accumulated stakes worth Rs 1,047.8 crore
Trai has announced that it may fix prices of pay channels on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in line with the Rs 5 per channel cap on conditional access system (CAS) services in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. This move will lower the fees but hit the income of broadcasters from DTH companies. However, new DTH entrants will benefit from the move as their cost of content will decrease. For the 2 existing DTH companies, Dish TV & Tata Sky, the current rates are likely to continue.
Bigflicks.com has about 1,000 movies, downloadable for $2 to $15.
Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited, a Reliance ADA Group venture, formally launched India's first full-feature online multiplayer cricket game in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Sasan Power Ltd, the special purpose vehicle floated by Power Finance Corporation for the 4,000 MW project, will on Wednesday issue the Letter of Intent to Reliance Power Ltd.
The next time you walk into a pizza joint don't be surprised if you see 'ZaPizza' on the menu.
Anil Ambani on Wednesday took over as the Chairman of Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd, a day after the Mukesh Ambani Group handed over management control of the demerged companies to the younger sibling.
Continuing its attack on the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, the Mukesh Ambani camp on Tuesday alleged that shares of their group worth nearly Rs 535 crore (Rs 5.35 billion) were transferred "fraudulently" -- a charge denied by ADAG stoutly.
The Anil Ambani Group has acquired additional one per cent stake in media house, TV Today Network to increase its holding to nearly 12 per cent in a transaction worth around Rs 7.8 crore (Rs 78 million).
The Anil Ambani Group has increased its stake in media house TV Today Network to nearly 12 per cent by acquiring an additional one per cent stake in a deal that could be estimated at about Rs 8 crore (Rs 80 million).
Striving to expand its investment in media companies, the Anil Ambani Group has increased its stake in TV Today Network to over 10 per cent by acquiring an additional 0.96 per cent stake for an estimated Rs 6.50 crore.
Reliance was the highest bidder at Rs 63 cr for the 5 airports project.
All India Congress Committee General Secretary Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday threatened to immolate himself if his demand for reduction in power tariff in Mumbai was not accepted.
On the telecom sector, he demanded auctioning of more spectrum.
Commodity exchanges are all restructuring their boards of directors, after the recently issued guidelines of the Forward Markets Commission.
A Delhi court on Saturday issued fresh summons to Reliance ADA Group Chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani to appear as prosecution witnesses before it next month in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
CBI on Monday submitted a list of five witnesses, including Anil Ambani, who are scheduled to be called for recording of their statements before the court.
50-odd biz leaders are part of Modi's entourage for the 3-nation tour
CBI prosecutor K K Goel opposed the application saying it was "dragging the trial" and noted that Anil Ambani too had filed a similar plea earlier.
Several high profile companies are burdened with losses, mounting debt and have a huge load of operational costs.
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