Breaking Disney Star and Viacom18 signs non binding merger agreement

[Aksgr]

Saddest part is Star India which is almost triple of Viacom 18 is going to that's subsidiary

Actually no, viacom18 is worth more than star india due to asset it owns and brand value.
HBO and Universal Exclusive deal, and recently during bodhi tree it was valued around 3B

 

[Rajpatil98]

Actually no, viacom18 is worth more than star india due to asset it owns and brand value.
HBO and Universal Exclusive deal, and recently during bodhi tree it was valued around 3B

Star's valuation experienced a decline following the recent Zee-Sony fallout, otherwise, it was easily $8 billion for sure. Had it not incurred losses in sports, the valuation might have soared to $12-14 billion, as seen in the original Disney-Fox deal. However Viacom18 cant reach that level, even at its fullest potential.

Even at its lowest point, Star's valuation surpasses Viacom18's peak valuation of $3 billion, with Star currently valued at $4 billion. Additionally, the market share Star commands is much larger than that of Viacom18.

 

[Raju lal]

Some speculations are coming, merged Disney+ Hotstar & Jio Cinema OTT will be called Disney+ Jio Star.

 

[Ashok Varma]

Another social media news: Jio can hurt D+HS popularity

OTT Merger: Jio Can Hurt Hotstar Reputation

OTT Merger: Jio Can Hurt Hotstar Reputation -The deal's financial aspects involve Disney valuing its Indian business at around $10 billion

www.m9.news

 

[Ajay.]

 

[Aksgr]

Another social media news: Jio can hurt D+HS popularity

OTT Merger: Jio Can Hurt Hotstar Reputation

OTT Merger: Jio Can Hurt Hotstar Reputation -The deal's financial aspects involve Disney valuing its Indian business at around $10 billion

www.m9.news

Nonsense they dont even know what they are talking. Hotstar has its own UI why would jio invest money for new UI. Also with available content they are unlikely to merge the apps. Jio cinema will likely act as a free app and hotstar paid

 

[Aksgr]

As per information
Network18 via viacom18 - 45%
Disney - 40%
Bodhi tree - 7%
RIL - 6%
Paramount - 2%

 

[hike]

Intresting development. BTW hotstar would be perfect name for OTT. Hotstar has significance value, it has that interference and kick which provides OTT vibes.
Jio or Disney prefix either gives vibe of mobile or cartoon network.

 

[kamathur]

Hey we need to wait and see the details around this. As what's going where! Currently there is no clarity on that. What is to be believed is Star - linear and OTT is the one which is going off. There's no mention of FOX, Disney, Marvel, HULU etc. anywhere. So in all probability, what may happen is Jio+Hotstar in one place (linear and OTT together). And Disney+ would remain in new avatar calling shots on Disney, Marvel, FOX, HULU etc. But we need to wait and see where it's going.

 

[Aksgr]

Hey we need to wait and see the details around this. As what's going where! Currently there is no clarity on that. What is to be believed is Star - linear and OTT is the one which is going off. There's no mention of FOX, Disney, Marvel, HULU etc. anywhere. So in all probability, what may happen is Jio+Hotstar in one place (linear and OTT together). And Disney+ would remain in new avatar calling shots on Disney, Marvel, FOX, HULU etc. But we need to wait and see where it's going.

No disney content will be part of this deal if materialized. Disney will be providing content for a period of 5years