Breaking Disney sells its stake to Tata in Tata Play

[Zeta Reticuli]

Disney has been keen to sell its stake in Tata Play (erstwhile Tata Sky) to joint venture partner Tata Group. But there was one problem: the Tatas refused to buy,

The curious case of Disney’s 30% stake in Tata Play

Disney wants to sell its stake in Tata Play, but the Tata Group is showing no interest in buying.Reliance Industries, with which Disney is merging its local unit Disney Star, doesn't seem interested either

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[dino29]

Great so now Tata have 100% Share in Tata Play. so they can go for IPO ASAP.

IPO plan stands cancelled / postponed

https://www.business-standard.com/amp/companies/news/tata-shelves-plans-for-ipo-of-media-unit-after-buying-out-temasek-124082900593_1.html.

I am sensing that later we might see either Tata Play merging with Airtel Digital TV or maybe merged Disney-Star + Reliance entity buying out Tata Play....Already Disney owns 30% stake in Tata Play, there was lot of news earlier on that Disney might sell this stake but it did not happen which further give rise to speculations whether some changes r on way

 

[Raju lal]

IPO plan stands cancelled / postponed

https://www.business-standard.com/amp/companies/news/tata-shelves-plans-for-ipo-of-media-unit-after-buying-out-temasek-124082900593_1.html.

I am sensing that later we might see either Tata Play merging with Airtel Digital TV or maybe merged Disney-Star + Reliance entity buying out Tata Play....Already Disney owns 30% stake in Tata Play, there was lot of news earlier on that Disney might sell this stake but it did not happen which further give rise to speculations whether some changes r on way

Don't think RIL is interested in DTH. They are in the fibre track. Already owns Hathway and Den, thereby present in the television distribution system.
There were no approaches came from RIL to buy Reliance Digital, D2H etc at that golden age of Television. DTH has no future. May Tata Play & Airtel Digital TV get merged.

 

[Shark]

I am sensing that later we might see either Tata Play merging with Airtel Digital TV or maybe merged Disney-Star + Reliance entity buying out Tata Play....Already Disney owns 30% stake in Tata Play, there was lot of news earlier on that Disney might sell this stake but it did not happen which further give rise to speculations whether some changes r on way

I don't think so. I think DTH operators will see Broadband providers as first choice for merge instead of other DTH Operator.
I don't think Airtel need Merger. Airtel Xstream doing well with Fiber.

 

[Ashok Varma]

Airtel airfiber with DTH and Jio airfiber with iptv will be the biggest threat to TATA play dth in future

 

[dino29]

Don't think RIL is interested in DTH. They are in the fibre track. Already owns Hathway and Den, thereby present in the television distribution system.
There were no approaches came from RIL to buy Reliance Digital, D2H etc at that golden age of Television. DTH has no future. May Tata Play & Airtel Digital TV get merged.

Let's wait n watch buddy.....DTH can be a major plus point for Disney-Star/Reliance as it shall help strengthen their foothold in Linear TV distribution + OTT + Broadband space as they will get access to huge subscriber base which can help expand Jio Fibre/Air Fibre / Jio TV+ service just like they did in Cable TV business + they will get Tata Play Binge OTT aggregator app which again can well integrate with its digital business as it can provide avenues to increase revenue while on DTH side they wil again get benefit of tying up with broadcasters + brands to offer unique marketing / ad solutions like Tata Play launched the targeted ads feature on some Disney-Srar channels.....There r several other things which add as a positive if they buy Tata Play or even enter a Joint Venture with Tata for the same

 

[dino29]

I don't think so. I think DTH operators will see Broadband providers as first choice for merge instead of other DTH Operator.
I don't think Airtel need Merger. Airtel Xstream doing well with Fiber.

Airtel & Tata Play both can gain immensely if they have a merger....ofcourse it will not be limited to just DTH business of Airtel but Bharti Airtel might have a partnership with Tata Play thereby leveraging its DTH + XStream Fiber business to fuel growth for the merged entity

 

[dino29]

Remember i had been stating that Tata might exit DTH business and either go for a merger or Airtel might acquire Tata Play..... I had pointed to this happening in some other threads too so those members who were saying it is not possible or now saying that they r surprised once news has come out to be true should refer to my previous posts as we had discussed on this

 

[SarFa]

Remember i had been stating that Tata might exit DTH business and either go for a merger or Airtel might acquire Tata Play..... I had pointed to this happening in some other threads too so those members who were saying it is not possible or now saying that they r surprised once news has come out to be true should refer to my previous posts as we had discussed on this

I'm Very Happy Now we'll not see long posts from You On ADTV Vs Tata Play in Tata Play Threads as Now both DTHs will be same under Airtel

 

[Digital Mastermind]

Remember i had been stating that Tata might exit DTH business and either go for a merger or Airtel might acquire Tata Play..... I had pointed to this happening in some other threads too so those members who were saying it is not possible or now saying that they r surprised once news has come out to be true should refer to my previous posts as we had discussed on this

Hopefully you and us will be on the same sides in the future and there would be an end to all the debates and long posts from your end