Breaking Sony is in talks to buy a stake in Network18

[kskies2]

Inorder to compete with Disney plus Hotstar, the merged entity should bring a single ott platform including all Sony and Viacom 18 contents.

Any guesses whether the merged entity will be SonyLIV or Voot?

 

[Mithun62]

Sony Colors, Sony Colors Kannada... I don't think such re brandings will happen after this deal happen. Both brands may function independently under same umbrella. Ofcourse there will be some adjustments in certain areas. Currently Viacom 18 is more efficient and successful in exploring regional markets than Sony. So most probably this will let all regional channels to run under 'Colors' brand. Sony Aath and Sony Marathi may get axed. Also Sony will not interfere in current Viacom 18's Kids, Music and English Entertainment genres. In Hindi genre both brands may retain as they have their own spaces in the market. Sony TV, Sony SAB, Sony Max, Colors TV, MTV will remain untouched. Rest hindi channels may be subjected to rebranding, shut down etc. Sports genre will be completely under Sony Brand. We can expect a complete revamp of Sony Sports channels.
Future of Sony BBC earth and History TV 18 will depend on the life of agreement.
Inorder to compete with Disney plus Hotstar, the merged entity should bring a single ott platform including all Sony and Viacom 18 contents.
And I am eager to see how Viacom will move along with or under Sony when this deal happen.

Can we expect any changes in sony pix?I think after this deal sony may reveal the new logo for all channels.

 

[sody]

Probable merge outcome :
Yellow - FTA Channel
HINDI GEC :
1.colors tv - colors TV
2.Sony entertainment channel - sony channel india.
3. Colors Rishtey - classic channel
4. Sony SAB - Hindi comedy channel ( hindi dubbed English comedy and drama )

HINDI MOVIES:
1. Sony wah - Sony movies ( pure Hindi movie channel)
2. Sony max - Sony movies2 ( pure Hindi movie channel )
3. Colors cineplex - Sony cineplex ( pure / dubbed )
4. Rishtey cineplex - rishtey cinema ( pure / dubbed )

Regional channel :
1. Colors Kannada - ( Kannada GEC )
2. Colors super - ( Kannada GEC )
3. Colors Kannada cinema - ( Sony movies Kannada )
4. Colors Tamil - ( Tamil GEC )
5. Colors Marathi - ( Marathi GEC )
6. Colors Bangla - ( Bangla GEC )
7. Colors odia - ( oria GEC )
8. Colors Gujarati - ( Gujarati GEC )
9. Colors Gujarati cinema - ( Sony Movies Gujarati )
10. Colors Bangla cinema - ( Sony Movies Bangla )
11. Colors Telugu
12. Colors malayalam
13. Colors Punjabi
14. BDM - rishtey bojpuri
15. Sony wah 2 - rishtey bojpuri cinema



Kids and music :
1. Nickelodeon
2. Sonic Nickelodeon
3. Nick Jr.
4. Nick HD - Nick original HD
5. Sony yay - Sony kids
6. Rishtey kids ( new channel for kids should be launched )
7. MTV beats
8. MTV classics

Youth And Infotainment
1. History tv18
2. MTV
3. MTV lifestyle
4. Sony BBC earth - Sony life
5. Sony world

English
1. Comedy central
2. Colors infinity
3. Sony pix - Sony pictures
4. COLUMBIA PICTURES

Sir where is Colors Punjabi Nd when launched

 

[Raju lal]

Any guesses whether the merged entity will be SonyLIV or Voot?

Sony LiVoot..! How is the name? (Just Joking)

Can we expect any changes in sony pix?I think after this deal sony may reveal the new logo for all channels.

Touching on established channels is risk. So I am not expecting any changes in Sony Pix.

 

[Amit1079]

Sony Vooliv

 

[Aksgr]

Sony liv + voot = suit

 

[JollyLNB]

Remember that SonyLIV has spent money to rebrand recently. It is unlikely to give up the name.

 

[greylala91]

Brands can co-exist for better focus, so colors and sony will live under the same parent company.. Eg:- Redmi, Poco, Mi under Xiaomi

 

[Aksgr]

Brands can co-exist for better focus, so colors and sony will live under the same parent company.. Eg:- Redmi, Poco, Mi under Xiaomi

It would be better if entertainment channels are under colors brand ( except Hindi ) and movies are under Sony Brand. Caz it was mentioned this deal is not money exchange deal. It's content and production based

 

[shubhodaya]

what is the future of Nick kannada?. whether it is launch or not