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Reliance tightens grip on Viacom18 after buying out Paramount stake
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, chaired and run by business mogul Mukesh Ambani, will buy out Paramount Global’s 13-per-cent stake in media group Viacom18 for $517m (€472m).
Reliance, Disney Star agree $8.5bn India media mega-merger
Disney Star and Reliance Industries, majority owner of Viacom18, today announced the merger of their Indian television and streaming assets, creating an $8.5bn media behemoth.
Zee claims $8.3m refund from Disney Star over ICC deal
The dispute between media groups Zee and Disney Star over their seemingly broken agreement for International Cricket Council (ICC) rights looks set to intensify, with Zee asserting that its counterpart…
Zee seeks to withdraw from $1.4bn deal with Disney Star for ICC rights
An immediate consequence of the collapse in the proposed merger between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment is that the latter now intends to withdraw its planned $1.4bn (€1.2bn) commitment to rival media group Disney Star towards rights fees for International Cricket Council events.
Sony-Zee merger hold-up returns ICC content to Disney Star linear channels
Disney Star, rather than Zee Entertainment, will show the upcoming International Cricket Council U19 World Cup on its linear channels, in the wake of the delay in the merger between Sony Pictures Networks…
Disney Star’s linear World Cup coverage watched by half a billion
More than 500 million people in India watched Disney Star’s linear coverage of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the pay-television broadcaster has announced.
Record OTT audience for Disney Star as 59m watch India suffer World Cup final defeat
India's defeat to Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup final on home soil drew a record peak concurrency of almost 59 million viewers on Disney Star's OTT platform yesterday (Sunday)
Viacom18’s Reliance closing in on Disney’s India business
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire media giant Disney's business in the country
Disney Star breaks OTT record with 35m viewers for India-Pakistan clash
Disney Star recorded a peak concurrency of 35 million viewers on its OTT platform during the ICC Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan on October 14, setting a new global sports streaming…
ICC introduces vertical broadcast feed for World Cup
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has claimed a first for the sport by announcing that it will produce an additional vertical video feed for India’s staging of the upcoming 2023 World Cup.
TNT Sports to show Asia Cup in UK and Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to cricket’s Asia Cup, which will take place in Pakistan and Sri Lanka from August 30 to September 17.
ISL issues first broadcast rights tender
Football Sports Development Limited, the operator of the Indian Super League, has launched its first invitation to tender for media rights to the country's pre-eminent football competition
Star bags Lanka Premier League rights
Media group Disney Star has secured exclusive rights in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East and North Africa to the Lanka Premier League T20 tournament
Multiple sponsors sign on for Disney Star’s coverage of WTC final
Pay-television broadcaster Disney Star has secured 28 sponsors for its coverage of India’s meeting with Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
IPL playoff audiences enter record books for Disney Star
Disney Star has announced record audiences for this year's Indian Premier League, which concluded in dramatic fashion earlier this week
Disney Star makes first-time free-to-air IPL provision
Disney Star has said it will provide free-to-air access to T20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the first time
BT Sport bags rights to Australia’s tour of India
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has secured exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland for Australia's tour of India, SportBusiness understands.
FanCode strikes Star deal for South Africa-England ODI series
Indian online sports streaming platform FanCode has acquired rights to the ongoing one-day international cricket series between South Africa and England through a sublicensing deal with pay-television…