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

[dino29]

For God’s Sake why dont u get it its not a joint venture chacha… reliance is buying out disney hotstar which is having losses and not able to cope with it.. as simple as this..

Mama Ji It is called a merger or Joint Venture when a company buys certain stake in another company and forms a single merged entity. Please go and read how Sony and Zee merger happened, i believe u r not aware that Sony bought stake in Zee Entertainment business and infused cash in the company alongwith this zee investors got 85 shares of sony for every 85 shares they held of zee and Sony gave "non competitive fee" to zee promoters which inturn was used by zee promoters to buy stake in merged company and increase their share in it to 3.9 % .

Zee was merged into sony not vice versa, sony now has deciding power to appoint board members , zee investors shares being swapped with that of sony....If u still do not understand that Sony acquired stake in ZEEL and then merged entity was formed with all the terms as mentioned above and in below articles forming part of agreement then sorry but u need to consult a business or stock market consultant to understand such deals. Similarly Disney-Star will be merging into another company with the said company buying stake in Disney-Star India Business thereby paving way for a single merged entity

Zee-Sony Merger: Deal Sealed, Punit Goenka CEO Of New Entity

Zee-Sony Merger: Deal Sealed, Punit Goenka CEO Of New Entity

www.bqprime.com

Sony bets on Zee merger to create Hindi entertainment powerhouse

Japan group on acquisition spree to fend off likes of Netflix, Amazon and Disney

asia.nikkei.com

Sony bets on Zee merger to create Hindi entertainment powerhouse

Japan group on acquisition spree to fend off likes of Netflix, Amazon and Disney

asia.nikkei.com

Sony Seeks to Take Over TV Network Zee Entertainment

Sony Group Corp.’s Indian unit signed a non-binding deal to buy the country’s largest publicly-traded television network Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., pouncing on a beleaguered company whose shareholders have sought removal of key officials.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[dino29]

It's now Sony/Zee will directly compete with Jio/Hotstar/Voot.Good for us only 2 OTT to buy,not like before spending separately for Jio/Hotstar/Sony/Zee/Voot,it use to be Rs3500 to 4000 before per year,now it may be Rs 2000 to 2500 max.In long run it is slow death of linear TV as OTT will @ cost of Rs 200 per month or max. Rs250.Most TV programmes of Jio/Colors/Star/ you will be able to see if you have Jio Sim connection for free,only for premium content may be you have to pay this Rs200 or so.

Linear TV will continue to grow....no chance of it fading away atleast for next 10 years in India

 

[dino29]

Yesterday match can reveal the figures 4.3 cr digital and 10 cr in TV, so 10% population watches Indian matches.

I guess u know what investment goes into buying key India cricket rights + add production + broadcast and other expenditures so revenue still falls short to even recover the money spent

 

[Year2000]

I really don't want this to happen...!!! Buying Disney+ star by language i a good idea than buying the total ones. Reliance have good Hindi content and they literally have zero in Telugu here they can buy Star property and use them. Simply buying the whole is not worth it...!!! We should always look into our weakness and improve it...!!!

 

[Aksgr]

Mama Ji It is called a merger or Joint Venture when a company buys certain stake in another company and forms a single merged entity. Please go and read how Sony and Zee merger happened, i believe u r not aware that Sony bought stake in Zee Entertainment business and infused cash in the company alongwith this zee investors got 85 shares of sony for every 85 shares they held of zee and Sony gave "non competitive fee" to zee promoters which inturn was used by zee promoters to buy stake in merged company and increase their share in it to 3.9 % .

Zee was merged into sony not vice versa, sony now has deciding power to appoint board members , zee investors shares being swapped with that of sony....If u still do not understand that Sony acquired stake in ZEEL and then merged entity was formed with all the terms as mentioned above and in below articles forming part of agreement then sorry but u need to consult a business or stock market consultant to understand such deals. Similarly Disney-Star will be merging into another company with the said company buying stake in Disney-Star India Business thereby paving way for a single merged entity

Zee-Sony Merger: Deal Sealed, Punit Goenka CEO Of New Entity

Zee-Sony Merger: Deal Sealed, Punit Goenka CEO Of New Entity

www.bqprime.com

Sony bets on Zee merger to create Hindi entertainment powerhouse

Japan group on acquisition spree to fend off likes of Netflix, Amazon and Disney

asia.nikkei.com

Sony bets on Zee merger to create Hindi entertainment powerhouse

Japan group on acquisition spree to fend off likes of Netflix, Amazon and Disney

asia.nikkei.com

Sony Seeks to Take Over TV Network Zee Entertainment

Sony Group Corp.’s Indian unit signed a non-binding deal to buy the country’s largest publicly-traded television network Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., pouncing on a beleaguered company whose shareholders have sought removal of key officials.

www.bloomberg.com

Absolutely wrong. RIL is acquiring disney star not merging or creating JV.
It will be called JV when two compines come together to form a new media house with certain stakes.
Eventhough uday shankar has 13. Sone shares in viacom18. Viacom18 is a JV btw Tv18 and paramount only. With some stakes held by bhodi tree.

Coming to merger, both zee and sony are media house who are merging.
Whereas here there is no sign still of RIL merging viacom18 with star. So its not a merger.

Adani aquired Ndtv not formed JV.
Ambani aquired future groups not formed JV.
Zee sony merged to form new entity.
Star india aquired maa and vijay tv not formed JV.

 

[dino29]

Absolutely wrong. RIL is acquiring disney star not merging or creating JV.
It will be called JV when two compines come together to form a new media house with certain stakes.
Eventhough uday shankar has 13. Sone shares in viacom18. Viacom18 is a JV btw Tv18 and paramount only. With some stakes held by bhodi tree.

Coming to merger, both zee and sony are media house who are merging.
Whereas here there is no sign still of RIL merging viacom18 with star. So its not a merger.

Adani aquired Ndtv not formed JV.
Ambani aquired future groups not formed JV.
Zee sony merged to form new entity.
Star india aquired maa and vijay tv not formed JV.

Merger happens between 2 media companies, individuals or equity firms buy share in the same and hence so did Bodhi Tree in Viacom18

Sony acquired stake in zee and later as i have stated a merged entity was formed where sony indirectly holds around 51% controlling stake while rest owned by Zee and zee investors got 75 sony shares for every 100 shares they held of zee. Sony even paid non competitive fee to zee promoters which happens when one media firm buys another and makes sure the one they r buying stakes of does not enter its competition for said period as agreed in the deal. Sony now has final say in deciding board members in this merged entity.

Similar thing will happen incase of Reliance buying Disney-Star where once the sale happens it will be transferred to Viacom18 and similar transaction / process as happened incase of Sony-Zee will follow suit

Also still it remains to be seen if such a deal will be approved by CCI or not as it will definitely create a huge media entity wherein it will have lead interms of viewership of channels and assets

 

[Aksgr]

Merger happens between 2 media companies, individuals or equity firms buy share in the same and hence so did Bodhi Tree in Viacom18

Sony acquired stake in zee and later as i have stated a merged entity was formed where sony indirectly holds around 51% controlling stake while rest owned by Zee and zee investors got 75 sony shares for every 100 shares they held of zee. Sony even paid non competitive fee to zee promoters which happens when one media firm buys another and makes sure the one they r buying stakes of does not enter its competition for said period as agreed in the deal. Sony now has final say in deciding board members in this merged entity.

Similar thing will happen incase of Reliance buying Disney-Star where once the sale happens it will be transferred to Viacom18 and similar transaction / process as happened incase of Sony-Zee will follow suit

Also still it remains to be seen if such a deal will be approved by CCI or not as it will definitely create a huge media entity wherein it will have lead interms of viewership of channels and assets

let the deal finalize and then we can see this merger or JV

 

[RdX]

If they looking for whole network/unit, they get access to Tatas Group own Tata Play DTH too. Retain complete ISL/FSDL ownership Rights and they become Pro Kabaddi majority stake holder with Anand Mahindra group remain minor owner.

 

[Akash Solanki]

 

[StoriesWithPK]

RIL won't pay $10 Billion for that scrap. Disney Star is hardly worth $3-5 Billion.