Three CEOs to lead Reliance-Disney media behemoth

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Viacom18 Media (Viacom18), and The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday that they have completed the merger of Viacom18’s media and JioCinema......

RIL in talks for stake in Tata Play, may buy Disney's 30% share

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries (RIL) is in discussions to acquire a 29.8 per cent stake in Tata Play from the Walt Disney Company, according to sources close to the development.......

Reliance, Disney merge to form Rs 70,000-cr JV

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has completed the merger of its media assets with the India business of global media house Walt Disney and formed a joint venture with a valuation......

CCI flags concerns over Viacom 18-Star India deal

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has flagged possible anti-competitive concerns with respect to the proposed $8.5-billion Viacom18-Star India merger and has sought detailed responses from......

Look Who's Following Karan Johar's Footsteps!

Siddharth Roy Kapur's RKF aims to raise around $50 million by offering up to a 50 per cent stake in the company. IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor in Deva. Mumbai-based Roy Kapur Films (RKF), founded by......

Is Karan Johar Planning To Sell Dharma?

Much of the discussion is happening at a "family level, not a corporate level".That means it is an Ambani or a Goenka in direct talks with Johar. IMAGE: Karan Johar on the sets of Koffee with......

'Making a good film is not enough today'

UTV Motion Pictures is one of the biggest production houses in the film industry today. While a chunk of credit goes to its head Ronnie Screwvala, its CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur deserves some too.......

Salman, Priyanka among 12 Indian Entertainment Leaders

Guess who else features on the Variety500 list? IMAGE: Salman Khan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra are among the 12 Indians named in Variety......

Why Disney-Reliance merger faces hurdle

IMAGE: The Mumbai Indians cheerleaders show off their moves. Photograph: BCCI India's antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt......

Disney, Fox, Warner Bros to collab for sports streaming

IMAGE: The new entity will be jointly owned by the three media companies, which will have equal board representation and agree to license their sports content on a non-exclusive basis. An......

Disney-Reliance merger may include compromises, watchdogs warn of 'monopoly'

IMAGE: India's Kuldeep Yadav lifts the trophy as they celebrate after winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. Photograph: WFI / X The Indian antitrust body's opposition to a proposed $8.5......

Disney to offer free mobile streaming of cricket in India like rival JioCinema

IMAGE: A smartphone with displayed "Disney" logo is seen on the keyboard in front of displayed ‘Streaming service’. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Walt Disney Co's Hotstar will......

Amazon, Reliance set to lock horns over IPL media rights

'Cricket is the second-biggest sport in the world with two-and-a-half billion fans and IPL is like its Super Bowl.' IMAGE: IPL's matches reached 350 million viewers during the first half of the......