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Disney Bets on Korean and Japanese Originals in Asia Growth Push
Disney is focusing on select Asian markets to help scale up the local subscriber base and draw international viewership, while cutting content investment in Southeast Asia. Its India operation merged with Reliance Industries’s media business to form a joint venture called JioStar.
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Reliance and Disney Complete Merger to Create a Rs. 70,352 Crore Joint Venture
Reliance Industries Limited announced the completion of a merger with the India business of global media house Walt Disney on Thursday. With this, Viacom 18 Media Private Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, and The Walt Disney Company announced the formation of a joint venture. The joint venture was formed after the approval by the National Compa...
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NCLT Approves Merger of Viacom 18, Star India After CCI Nod
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday approved a merger scheme that will allow Viacom 18 Media with Star India. The merger of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co's media assets was approved earlier this week by the Competition Commission of India and will create the country's largest media empire.
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Tribunal Approves $8.5 Billion Reliance, Walt Disney Merger
A company tribunal has approved the $8.5 billion merger of Reliance Industries and Disney's Indian media assets, Reliance said on Friday.
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Disney, Reliance Finalising Terms of Merger in Disney+ Hotstar, Star India Deal: Report
Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, and Walt Disney are finalising details of a non-binding term sheet to merge their Indian media operations, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday citing executives involved in the deal.
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Disney+Hotstar Said to Introduce Account Sharing Limit in India to Four Devices
Walt Disney's India streaming service plans to start enforcing a policy of allowing its premium users to login from only four devices, an effort aimed at limiting password sharing in a key market, two sources with direct knowledge said. Disney's plan comes just as streaming rival Netflix in May started telling subscribers in more than 100 countries...
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Disney Now Owns Hotstar After Buying Star India as Part of $71 Billion Fox Deal
Walt Disney Company now owns Indian TV giant Star, a Mumbai-based media company with dozens of sports and entertainment channels and other assets including Hotstar.
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From IPL To Bollywood, The India Edge For Disney In $ 52 Billion Fox Deal
Walt Disney Co's deal with Twenty-First Century Fox Inc gives the world's best-known entertainment company new advantages in India, such as cricket rights and local-language TV shows for the fast-growing media market.
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Tribunal Overrules Fair Trade Regulator In Plea Against Warner Bros, Others
The seven entities are US-based Digital Cinemas Initiatives LLC, a joint venture, and its six stakeholder partners - The Walt Disney Company India, Fox Star Studios, NBC Universal Media Distribution Services, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and Paramount Films India (respondents).
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Siddharth Roy Kapur Quits Disney, Mahesh Samat To Return As CEO
Walt Disney Company India today said its MD and CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur has stepped down and its former head Mahesh Samat will take over the role.
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Mohenjo Daro Effect? Now, Disney to Focus On Hollywood in India
There were reports that the studio was leaving Bollywood production following the poor box office performances of its recent releases -- Hrithik Roshan starrer Mohenjo Daro and Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapur's Fitoor
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Fair Trade Regulator Rejects Complaint Against Warner Bros
For the second time in more than a year, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed K Sera Sera Digital Cinema's allegations of unfair business practices made against firms including Walt Disney, Warner Bros and Fox Star Studios.
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Government Clears 19 FDI Proposals Entailing Rs 2,327 Crore Investment
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared 19 FDI proposals including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India) entailing total investments of Rs 2,326.72 crore.
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FDI Proposals of Walt Disney, 18 Others Cleared by Government
The government has cleared 19 foreign investment proposals (FDI), including those of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India), entailing a total investment of Rs 2,326.72 crore.
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Investment Board to Take Up 32 FDI Proposals on June 11
Meeting for the first time after formation of the new government, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) proposes to take up 32 foreign direct investment proposals from the likes of Pfizer, BNP Paribas and Bulgari International Corporation on June 11.
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Disney Bets on Korean and Japanese Originals in Asia Growth Push
Disney is focusing on select Asian markets to help scale up the local subscriber base and draw international viewership, while cutting content investment in Southeast Asia. Its India operation merged with Reliance Industries’s media business to form a joint venture called JioStar.
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Reliance and Disney Complete Merger to Create a Rs. 70,352 Crore Joint Venture
Reliance Industries Limited announced the completion of a merger with the India business of global media house Walt Disney on Thursday. With this, Viacom 18 Media Private Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, and The Walt Disney Company announced the formation of a joint venture. The joint venture was formed after the approval by the National Compa...
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NCLT Approves Merger of Viacom 18, Star India After CCI Nod
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday approved a merger scheme that will allow Viacom 18 Media with Star India. The merger of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co's media assets was approved earlier this week by the Competition Commission of India and will create the country's largest media empire.
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Tribunal Approves $8.5 Billion Reliance, Walt Disney Merger
A company tribunal has approved the $8.5 billion merger of Reliance Industries and Disney's Indian media assets, Reliance said on Friday.
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Disney, Reliance Finalising Terms of Merger in Disney+ Hotstar, Star India Deal: Report
Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, and Walt Disney are finalising details of a non-binding term sheet to merge their Indian media operations, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday citing executives involved in the deal.
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Disney+Hotstar Said to Introduce Account Sharing Limit in India to Four Devices
Walt Disney's India streaming service plans to start enforcing a policy of allowing its premium users to login from only four devices, an effort aimed at limiting password sharing in a key market, two sources with direct knowledge said. Disney's plan comes just as streaming rival Netflix in May started telling subscribers in more than 100 countries...
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Disney Now Owns Hotstar After Buying Star India as Part of $71 Billion Fox Deal
Walt Disney Company now owns Indian TV giant Star, a Mumbai-based media company with dozens of sports and entertainment channels and other assets including Hotstar.
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From IPL To Bollywood, The India Edge For Disney In $ 52 Billion Fox Deal
Walt Disney Co's deal with Twenty-First Century Fox Inc gives the world's best-known entertainment company new advantages in India, such as cricket rights and local-language TV shows for the fast-growing media market.
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Tribunal Overrules Fair Trade Regulator In Plea Against Warner Bros, Others
The seven entities are US-based Digital Cinemas Initiatives LLC, a joint venture, and its six stakeholder partners - The Walt Disney Company India, Fox Star Studios, NBC Universal Media Distribution Services, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and Paramount Films India (respondents).
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Siddharth Roy Kapur Quits Disney, Mahesh Samat To Return As CEO
Walt Disney Company India today said its MD and CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur has stepped down and its former head Mahesh Samat will take over the role.
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Mohenjo Daro Effect? Now, Disney to Focus On Hollywood in India
There were reports that the studio was leaving Bollywood production following the poor box office performances of its recent releases -- Hrithik Roshan starrer Mohenjo Daro and Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapur's Fitoor
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Fair Trade Regulator Rejects Complaint Against Warner Bros
For the second time in more than a year, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed K Sera Sera Digital Cinema's allegations of unfair business practices made against firms including Walt Disney, Warner Bros and Fox Star Studios.
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Government Clears 19 FDI Proposals Entailing Rs 2,327 Crore Investment
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared 19 FDI proposals including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India) entailing total investments of Rs 2,326.72 crore.
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FDI Proposals of Walt Disney, 18 Others Cleared by Government
The government has cleared 19 foreign investment proposals (FDI), including those of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India), entailing a total investment of Rs 2,326.72 crore.
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Investment Board to Take Up 32 FDI Proposals on June 11
Meeting for the first time after formation of the new government, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) proposes to take up 32 foreign direct investment proposals from the likes of Pfizer, BNP Paribas and Bulgari International Corporation on June 11.
