Breaking CCI Released Detailed Notification on Viacom - Star Merger

[Divyam]

How does this selling channels work? Does the buyer get all the programming as well? For example whoever buys hungama/super hungama gets rights of shinchan, hagemaru, Pokemon etc?

Yes they will get

 

[daydreamer18]

Why hungama it's a very popular channel

Don't know how exact reason along this they are also going to shutdown colors marathi hd and SD , star jalsha hd and SD , colors super

Refer this article

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legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Sale or shutdown of colors marathi is worst decision instead of this they want's to shutdown colors bangla

 

[sid24]

Don't know how exact reason along this they are also going to shutdown colors marathi hd and SD , star jalsha hd and SD , colors super

Refer this article

Mega-merger: RIL, Walt Disney to divest 7 channels; not to bundle ad slots for cricket events - ET LegalWorld

RIL Walt Disney Merger: Reliance Industries and Walt Disney will divest seven TV channels and ensure separate, non-bundled advertisement sales for cricketing events, following Competition Commission of India’s approval for their media assets merger. They also committed to not unreasonably...

legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com

Sale or shutdown of colors marathi is worst decision instead of this they want's to shutdown colors bangla

So big boss will shift to another network?

 

[daydreamer18]

So big boss will shift to another network?

Bigg Boss will shift to star pravah

 

[daydreamer18]

If they sale hungama channel means what will Happen for the content in hungama ? Example old episodes of hungama will it shift to disney channel

 

[SarFa]

If they sale hungama channel means what will Happen for the content in hungama ? Example old episodes of hungama will it shift to disney channel

No one will Buy these channels so basically it'll shutdown within the given deadline. All contents will be shared on other channels.

 

[k939]

they also have to sell the best bengali movie channel jalsha movies. now that is bad news for me. whoever buys it can keep the brand name too according to the conditions for reasonable period of time. dont know what will happen to star jalsha and jalsha movies now.

 

[k939]

so apparently the date is Nov 7 according to this report Reliance-Disney media giant may be born in November

 

[Shark]

Viacom - Star Merger will be completed by 7th November. (Early November)
Neeta Ambani will became Chairman and Uday Shankar as Vice Chairman.
Combined entity will come under Star India.
Kevin Viz and Kiran Mani will became Co-CEOs
Kevin Viz will lead entertainment and Kiran Mani will lead Sports Business

Source: ET

 

[Rajpatil98]

No one will Buy these channels so basically it'll shutdown within the given deadline. All contents will be shared on other channels.

Maybe Enter10 can buy Colors Marathi and Warner Bros could go for Hungama.

If Sony, Zee and Sun were allowed to buy those channels, then Star Jalsha Movies would have been sold as well.