Breaking Disney exploring options to sell or join venture Disney Star India Business

[RdX]

Better if ETV purchase Star India from Disney...even few years back ETV north channels top position.

Currently Hotstar/Novi Digital and Sports business only talks going for acquisition and joint venture, Star entertainment south channels itself worth more than 6,000 cr. If they put Star South entertainment channels too separately then Maran/Sun should acquire they already doesn't have Good Non fiction Shows IP, these can help their channels.

 

[iDJ]

IMO all tv networks needs to avoid upcoming auction for cricket rights. Let Doordarshan air it through national importance. Pricing of rights will become realistic by next cycle.

 

[Rajpatil98]

Only if Disney invests money wisely by retaining all these assets their success will remain unparalleled. No one will be able to diminish their glory.

And If they don't want to invest money, then why do they enter different regions??
These ppl only want profits without putting in the necessary effort.

Star India is a highly profitable entity and continues to be number one in India. They heavily relied on the IPL, and after loosing IPL rights now they want to sell star/hotstar??.

They are currently experiencing temporary losses like what they evn expected after losing the IPL digital rights. Obviously subscribers will decrease but at same time, they have numerous opportunities to strengthen hotstar even further with more stronger content.

Currently they are considering selling star/hotstar. Like go and ask Amazon what they did in the past to gain half of hotstar's subscribers. Hotstar's subscriber base remains strong even after losing millions of subscribers. Only if disney utilizes them properly hotstar will survive without cricket as well.

Similarly they also launched Disney Plus Korea in 2021 but they don't create quality series or do proper promotions nd launches. When their shows didn't work, they lay off employees and halt the production of upcoming shows.

Each country has its own unique way of functioning, but these ppl insist on applying their US style everywhere & when things don't work out, they blame others & try to sell off.

If they don't want to work properly, they should just stay in the US instead of infiltrating every region.

 

[Aksgr]

Hollywood Reporter too added analysts some interesting words to their article

The analysts outlined “two obvious options” for the Hollywood giant. “First, Disney can turn to the new joint venture run by their former executive (Uday Shankar) and create an even larger joint venture, which will de-consolidate India results and put the asset into stronger and more strategic hands,” the MoffettNathanson team highlighted. “Second, Disney can turn to Sony, which already has a significant presence in India, and try to partner with them.”

Sony has been waiting the past year and a half for Indian regulatory approval for an ongoing merger of its India TV business with local entertainment powerhouse Zee Entertainment, so MoffettNathanson noted that there could be some difficulty to the company also working with Disney. Other conceivable partners not mentioned by the analysts include Airtel, Reliance’s largest teleco competitor, or the Tata Group conglomerate. Disney already holds a stake in Tata’s satellite television subsidiary, Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky).

Disney Faces TV and Streaming Crossroads In India

Amid reports that Disney could be looking for new partners for its Star India business, analysts discuss potential suitors and the strategic path forward for the company in the world's most populous nation.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Tata ruled out, airtel not intrested in linear tv.
Sony has a chance. Or you forgot the big shark
Mr indian wonderful Adani ji

 

[Aksgr]

Only if Disney invests money wisely by retaining all these assets their success will remain unparalleled. No one will be able to diminish their glory.

And If they don't want to invest money, then why do they enter different regions??
These ppl only want profits without putting in the necessary effort.

Star India is a highly profitable entity and continues to be number one in India. They heavily relied on the IPL, and after loosing IPL rights now they want to sell star/hotstar??.

They are currently experiencing temporary losses like what they evn expected after losing the IPL digital rights. Obviously subscribers will decrease but at same time, they have numerous opportunities to strengthen hotstar even further with more stronger content.

Currently they are considering selling star/hotstar. Like go and ask Amazon what they did in the past to gain half of hotstar's subscribers. Hotstar's subscriber base remains strong even after losing millions of subscribers. Only if disney utilizes them properly hotstar will survive without cricket as well.

Similarly they also launched Disney Plus Korea in 2021 but they don't create quality series or do proper promotions nd launches. When their shows didn't work, they lay off employees and halt the production of upcoming shows.

Each country has its own unique way of functioning, but these ppl insist on applying their US style everywhere & when things don't work out, they blame others & try to sell off.

If they don't want to work properly, they should just stay in the US instead of infiltrating every region.

Hotstar is very different from other disney plus. Hotstar mainly has serials from star which are useless after a certain period.

Thats the reason they want to get rid of hotstar and not disney plus.

 

[Rajpatil98]

Hotstar is very different from other disney plus. Hotstar mainly has serials from star which are useless after a certain period.

Thats the reason they want to get rid of hotstar and not disney plus.

Hotstar still have very solid subscriber base and only if they uses it properly it will be very profitable for them.

In future india will play very big role in OTT streaming's growth thats why each and every big player wants to build stronger base in india, no wonder amazon & netflix is still trying to survive with various ways as they know indian market's value very well.

First thing hotstar can do is stop remaking each nd every american series, they need to produce some quality originals with high budget.
Star producing some variety/reality content for digital audience.

There are plenty of ways in which they can invest money wisely in hotstar. But they just dont want to put efforts, they only want quick profits, nothing else.

 

[Mylanji]

After seeing all this, I think it would have been better if the Comcast-Fox deal had gone through. Comcast already had a Murdoch property under the Sky brand. If Comcast had acquired 21st Century Fox and Merged it with Sky, this situation wouldn't have arisen. Yes. I would still agree Comcast has a bad and notorious reputation in broadband and internet services but in the broadcasting business, they know how to handle things properly. They are the owners of NBC, but let Sky function as an Independent brand under their umbrella.

Star India if it had been under Comcast would've continued to function as an independent brand alongside the Sky brand. And I would've loved to see Sky channels finally making a debut in India.

But Disney gave no chance to Murdoch for going ahead with that deal.

And now they're (i.e. Disney) biting their nails over the raita they have failao-ed with their hasty decisions.

Let's hope Comcast acquires Star and makes it an Independent brand, or well enough merge with Sky. Because NBC is not that popular in India. And Sky channels are much more ahead of others when it comes to quality content.

 

[StoriesWithPK]

Star india is not helping disney make any money. And they are least intrested in tv buisness. They only kept star india for hotstar. Now that bob openly talked about hiw disinterest in espn and hotstar. Its clear star india's portion of stake if not full will be for sale.

The problem with having a degrading asset is it will be hard to find buyers at the right valuation. So Disney should be ready to sell it at a loss.

 

[StoriesWithPK]

Hotstar still have very solid subscriber base and only if they uses it properly it will be very profitable for them.

In future india will play very big role in OTT streaming's growth thats why each and every big player wants to build stronger base in india, no wonder amazon & netflix is still trying to survive with various ways as they know indian market's value very well.

First thing hotstar can do is stop remaking each nd every american series, they need to produce some quality originals with high budget.
Star producing some variety/reality content for digital audience.

There are plenty of ways in which they can invest money wisely in hotstar. But they just dont want to put efforts, they only want quick profits, nothing else.

Hotstar has very solid subscriber base?

Who? Those 59 cents ARPU base which Hotstar gets through Telecom deals?

Without IPL/HBO/F1, they don't have any base.

You're telling me Anupama and Saas Bahu attracted 50 Million+ users?

 

[RdX]

Tata ruled out, airtel not intrested in linear tv.
Sony has a chance. Or you forgot the big shark
Mr indian wonderful Adani ji

Adani out of syllabus here let's see, But strong buzz from media persons is same industrial multinational company already own stake in US media company again trying to their best acquire another media company Stakes. Now imagine If they Acquire now real problem will start, will they close existing joint venture media company Regional, English/music, No.1 kids Network just sake of No.1 title ?