Breaking CCI Released Detailed Notification on Viacom - Star Merger

[daydreamer18]

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

What about k Madhavan he is big reason for star massive trp in barc ... does Kevin will maintain star same as madhavan?

 

[Shark]

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.

Buying Colors Marathi and other channels does not make sense as broadcasters can easily get the license of these channels and also the buyer cannot use the brand name of Colors and Star. But buying Hungama and Super Hungama is a very good deal. Hungama is coming with a huge legacy of Shinchan and Sony already has the rights of Shinchan. So if Sony buys this channel they can retain the Hungama brand name and run Shinchan. This is a completely deadly deal.

What about k Madhavan he is big reason for star massive trp in barc ... does Kevin will maintain star same as madhavan?

As per some media outlets, K Madhavan set to step down from Star india with Disney+ Hotstar head Sajith Savnandan.

 

[hike]

Reliance-Disney media giant may be born in November
The merger between RIL's Viacom18 and Disney's Star India will conclude in early November. This will form India's largest media conglomerate, valued at $8.5 billion. Viacom18 will transfer assets to Star India, creating an entity with over 100 TV channels and two streaming platforms. Kevin Vaz and Kiran Mani will be co-CEOs.

Reliance-Disney media giant may be born in November

The merger between RIL's Viacom18 and Disney's Star India will conclude in early November. This will form India's largest media conglomerate, valued at $8.5 billion. Viacom18 will transfer assets to Star India, creating an entity with over 100 TV channels and two streaming platforms. Kevin Vaz...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[PowerStar]

According to Me Selling Channels are Perfect for

Colors Super - Sony
Jalsa Movies - Since Sun is not present Movies sub Segment, Better they can go for this Channel, Also they will get access for Movies library for Certain time.
Colors Marathi - ETV
Hungama / Super Hungama - Zee [ Not Present in Kids Segment]

 

[daydreamer18]

Reliance-Disney media giant may be born in November
The merger between RIL's Viacom18 and Disney's Star India will conclude in early November. This will form India's largest media conglomerate, valued at $8.5 billion. Viacom18 will transfer assets to Star India, creating an entity with over 100 TV channels and two streaming platforms. Kevin Vaz and Kiran Mani will be co-CEOs.

Reliance-Disney media giant may be born in November

The merger between RIL's Viacom18 and Disney's Star India will conclude in early November. This will form India's largest media conglomerate, valued at $8.5 billion. Viacom18 will transfer assets to Star India, creating an entity with over 100 TV channels and two streaming platforms. Kevin Vaz...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

I think they will born in diwali itself I'm expecting a official news from reliance in this week

 

[Rajpatil98]

Buying Colors Marathi and other channels does not make sense as broadcasters can easily get the license of these channels and also the buyer cannot use the brand name of Colors and Star. But buying Hungama and Super Hungama is a very good deal. Hungama is coming with a huge legacy of Shinchan and Sony already has the rights of Shinchan. So if Sony buys this channel they can retain the Hungama brand name and run Shinchan. This is a completely deadly deal.

Surely, with Jalsha Movies, it doesnt make sense to buy that channel. However, i disagree when it comes to Colors Marathi. Currently, the channel holds the No. 2 or 3 position consistently in a big market like Maharashtra and its one of the oldest channels. Networks like Enter10 or even ETV could buy Colors Marathi, keep the channel name and logo for the next five years and successfully run it. Of course, they wont get Colors Marathi’s existing programs but they can produce their own shows and still succeed using the brand image of Colors Marathi. Its a very good deal.

Regarding Hungama and Super Hungama, you have already shared your opinion and i agree with you. However, Sony, Zee and Sun cannot purchase Star-Viacom channels. Warner Bros on the other hand, could buy and successfully run those channels as they have enough children's cartoon content to manage 2-3 channels simultaneously.

 

[Divyam]

what about colors cineplex channels will they run after merger or they shutdown/sold after merger because they are not popular like star gold sony max zee cinema

 

[Rajpatil98]

According to Me Selling Channels are Perfect for

Colors Super - Sony
Jalsa Movies - Since Sun is not present Movies sub Segment, Better they can go for this Channel, Also they will get access for Movies library for Certain time.
Colors Marathi - ETV
Hungama / Super Hungama - Zee [ Not Present in Kids Segment]

If im not mistaken, Zee, Sony and Sun cannot participate in buying the Star-Viacom channels. Therefore, the only suitable buyers for these channels are Enter10, ETV and Warner Bros.

Even if Zee, Sony and Sun were to get permission to buy the Star-Viacom channels, Zee shouldnt consider buying Hungama & Super Hungama, as they dont have any kids content in their library to run those channels. However, Sony could buy Hungama and Super Hungama if they receive permission. If not Warner Bros has a higher chance of acquiring them.

 

[hike]

They'll not let Hungama TV to go so easily, isn't it possible Network18 buys the Hungama TV?

 

[Raju lal]

They'll not let Hungama TV to go so easily, isn't it possible Network18 buys the Hungama TV?

No. The buyers shouldn't have any type of relation with RIL, V18, SIPL, STPL.