Multiple bidders in the fray to buy stake Zee Entertainment

[Raju lal]

Assumptions bro.
Just think what all drama happened last year.
Reliance head mukesh ambani said that he don't want Reliance to be media and broadcasting brand rather be consumer market and oil industry hence said he would make jio as a separate company.
Later Jio started to grow by introducing sports channel in Jio tv.
Later back in few months Jio acquired India's leading cable company Den and Hathaway.
These show how Jio is eager to purchase and become bigger.

In terms of zee. Jio first removed all zee channels from its online tv app and when zee gave right to airtel jio suddenly comes in with talks of telecasting zee channels on Jio tv.
Also Viacom and zeel have had many friendly agreements before in films production space. Also zee was the first to introduce nick,Mtv in india letter given to network 18 . Big ganga , big magic , 97.5 big fm were first belonging to Reliance and then sold to zeel.
Hence zeel believes that relationships with Reliance is trust worthy and good for both.

Hence I came to this conclusion ( also Reliance is interested in shares of zeel as said in ET now )

Then please give any indications that it was your own sentence

 

[rishuboy]

Assumptions bro.
Just think what all drama happened last year.
Reliance head mukesh ambani said that he don't want Reliance to be media and broadcasting brand rather be consumer market and oil industry hence said he would make jio as a separate company.
Later Jio started to grow by introducing sports channel in Jio tv.
Later back in few months Jio acquired India's leading cable company Den and Hathaway.
These show how Jio is eager to purchase and become bigger.

In terms of zee. Jio first removed all zee channels from its online tv app and when zee gave right to airtel jio suddenly comes in with talks of telecasting zee channels on Jio tv.
Also Viacom and zeel have had many friendly agreements before in films production space. Also zee was the first to introduce nick,Mtv in india letter given to network 18 . Big ganga , big magic , 97.5 big fm were first belonging to Reliance and then sold to zeel.
Hence zeel believes that relationships with Reliance is trust worthy and good for both.

Hence I came to this conclusion ( also Reliance is interested in shares of zeel as said in ET now )

Reliance that owned big magic and the reliance that owns network 18 are completely different.

 

[iDJ]

Mark my words Subash Chandra will never sell a single percent of his stake to any of the Ambanis.

 

[JollyLNB]

What about another big company like Tata, Birla or Godrej buying shares in Zee? Is that too much diversification for the likes of Godrej and ITC?

 

[Arundass]

What about another big company like Tata, Birla or Godrej buying shares in Zee? Is that too much diversification for the likes of Godrej and ITC?

Now that's an interesting angle. Tata's Birla's, Godrej, ITC etc entering or bailing out Subhash Chandra is quite possible. What If Zee being one of the only pan India media house thats owned by Indians gets funding from Baba Ramdev to keep stakes within India.

 

[Sarkar]

I really hope Sony lost this bid, i hate them

 

[Mystique]

Assumptions bro.
Just think what all drama happened last year.
Reliance head mukesh ambani said that he don't want Reliance to be media and broadcasting brand rather be consumer market and oil industry hence said he would make jio as a separate company.
Later Jio started to grow by introducing sports channel in Jio tv.
Later back in few months Jio acquired India's leading cable company Den and Hathaway.
These show how Jio is eager to purchase and become bigger.

In terms of zee. Jio first removed all zee channels from its online tv app and when zee gave right to airtel jio suddenly comes in with talks of telecasting zee channels on Jio tv.
Also Viacom and zeel have had many friendly agreements before in films production space. Also zee was the first to introduce nick,Mtv in india letter given to network 18 . Big ganga , big magic , 97.5 big fm were first belonging to Reliance and then sold to zeel.
Hence zeel believes that relationships with Reliance is trust worthy and good for both.

Hence I came to this conclusion ( also Reliance is interested in shares of zeel as said in ET now )

Then this is pure imagination by your own . India is big market with potential of great growth . In developed market like USA , people are switching to online content providers like Netflix , Amazon prime etc . Now their big TV networks like Chromecast are exploring growth opportunities outside of US and especially Indian because of size of Indian market . Also Facebook / Amazon are planning to bet on This deals as they know very well that once they have offline presence , they could easily bid for Indian cricket rights . In future with only online presence they won't cover the cost of cricket bidding if they outbid star . These big media houses won't let go such huge opportunity of acquiring network like Zee . Chromecast missed chance of owning STAR , they may look for Zee

So forget Ambanis. Small one is already struggling with business and big brother is busy with his plan to proved Jio broadband & services.

 

[Raju lal]

IMO rivals should not have common major stakeholders.It will exploit the thrill of competition .So I want neither Sony or Reliance to acquire stake in Zeel. Instead Comcast, AT&T,Amazon etc can really pick Zee to new level.Those are global brands so that Zee can be an equal fighter against Star.And a huge expansion for Zee5 with lots of international contents and high quality streaming experience(Even though Sony Corp is a global brand but we know the standard of Sony Liv.Thats why I am not interested with Sony's acquisition). Amazon prime holds rights of many Indian movies and original contents. So linking it with Zee5 gives mutual benefit if amazon buys stake.

 

[vinit]

The promoters of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) are considering selling up to a 25 per cent stake to a strategic partner, according to informed sources.


As part of an earlier plan, Chairman Subhash Chandra and his family had announced that they were willing to sell up to 50 per cent of their 41.6 per cent stake in the company.


Zee Entertainment promoters may sell up to 25% stake to a strategic partner

 

[vinit]

Zee Entertainment Enterprises chief executive officer (CEO) Punit Goenka has said that the company will complete stake sale process before the April deadline, a media report said.


ZEE Entertainment in talks with global players, mostly US firms

Zee Entertainment stake sale process to be completed before April deadline; in talks with US firms: CEO Punit Goenka - Firstpost