Breaking Reliance and Disney merger approved by CCI

[L3G3ND]

Reliance and Disney have spent roughly $9.5 billion in recent years for TV and streaming rights for the world's richest cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League, the International Cricket Council's matches such as the one-day and T20 World Cups, and matches organised by the Indian cricket board.

To get the merger over the line, the two companies have offered concessions to the CCI, including a commitment to not raise advertising rates unreasonably for streamed cricket matches, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

They also pledged not to bundle and sell advertising slots for different cricket tournaments, the source added.

Disney and Reliance's merged entity will also own Indian broadcast rights for the Wimbledon tennis championship, MotoGP and the English Premier League, among other sporting events.

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Laliga is not with Reliance

 

[Rk.]

Reliance and Disney have spent roughly $9.5 billion in recent years for TV and streaming rights for the world's richest cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League, the International Cricket Council's matches such as the one-day and T20 World Cups, and matches organised by the Indian cricket board.

To get the merger over the line, the two companies have offered concessions to the CCI, including a commitment to not raise advertising rates unreasonably for streamed cricket matches, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

They also pledged not to bundle and sell advertising slots for different cricket tournaments, the source added.

Disney and Reliance's merged entity will also own Indian broadcast rights for the Wimbledon tennis championship, MotoGP and the English Premier League, among other sporting events.

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So this means from this point on, there will be low/no freely watchable sports on their platform. Free Days Are OVER!

 

[amty]

hope Star plus gts back to old glory... after disney takeover channel has been dishing out some ugly useless shows specially after increasing price to rs22.

 

[Sparker0i]

hope Star plus gts back to old glory... after disney takeover channel has been dishing out some ugly useless shows specially after increasing price to rs22.

Colors too has been showing below par quality programs

 

[piinku1]

I hope more sports on tv and that too in 4K by closing duplicate channels

 

[amty]

Colors too has been showing below par quality programs

bro colors is atleast trying with different verity of shows like horror, reality, comedy reality etc Star plus has one dimension shows one guy 2 girls or married man having other affair no realty show on Star plus

 

[Manu]

May be some reality shows moved to star plus

 

[Jaffer7080]

Disney-Star is a big network why they want to merge with viacom18. And who will be in benefit?

 

[JollyLNB]

Disney-Star is a big network why they want to merge with viacom18. And who will be in benefit?

It’s actually Walt Disney which wants to either exit the TV business in a number of markets, or else find a local partner in several countries. In India, Ambani’s Reliance turned out to be the best partner. Best for Star and Viacom18 but detrimental to Zee, Sony, fair competition and everything else.

 

[Naimish555]

It's clear that Cricket (Reliance-Disney) vs other sports (all other broadcasters)

Cricket In England (ECB) - Sony Sports
Cricket In New Zealand (NZC) - Sony Sports

and Most Important Thing Truly 1080p50Fps
(Sony is not a broadcaster, but for me it's emotion
and it's my personal point of view)

1080p50Fps Vs 2160p25Fps