Tag: Media

Vincent Bolloré’s Vivendi to split into four individually listed companies

The decision however, still requires the green light from lenders, employee groups and regulators. (Representative image by Pablo García Saldaña via Unsplash)

Vivendi would be split into film and TV studio Canal+, communications firm Havas, an investment business and another entity that will hold the company’s majority share in publishing group Lagardere that includes travel operations as well as Prisma Media.

Disney’s valuation slips in Viacom18 deal: What went wrong?

The combined entity will have lucrative sports properties which not only include premium cricket IPs like Indian Premier League (both TV and digital), ICC cricket tournaments (both TV and digital) but also other major sporting events like Wimbledon and Pro Kabaddi League.

The current deal size is significantly below Disney’s initial expectation of $10 billion.

BREAKING: Disney’s deal with Viacom18 expected to close this month

The merger would create one of India’s biggest entertainment empires, setting it in competition with TV players like Zee Entertainment and Sony and streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Disney reaches pact to sell 60 percent of its India unit to Viacom18, as per reports on CNBC-TV18, quoting Wall Street Journal.

Sony alleges Mad Man Films is a proxy for ZEE

The companies will also withdraw the respective Composite Schemes of Arrangement from the NCLT and inform the relevant regulatory authorities.

Sony asks Singapore International Appellate Tribunal to restrain Zee from seeking legal relief from National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

Ashneer Grover on RBI restrictions on Paytm: ‘RBI does not want FinTechs in business’

Today IIM and IIT are struggling to place people - we as a country cannot afford such overreach ! Tom-Tom-Ing @UPI_NPCI to the world and punishing pioneers in the space is pure ‘Doglapan’! (Image sourced via Moneycontrol)

The Reserve Bank of India has restricted Paytm Payments Bank Ltd from accepting any new transactions across its services.

Down with marketing-gimmick Fever: Why an FM radio channel’s stunt backfired

the question that has been raised as a result of this campaign is if announcing the demise of a brand is a good marketing strategy. (Representative Image: Daria Nepriakhina via Unsplash)

What is the purpose of a campaign? To grab eyeballs, to turn viral and to get everyone to talk about it. From that stance, it was a success. But another very important aspect of marketing is getting the right message across. Did HT Media succeed in doing that? That has been the debate.