India’s largest media and entertainment business is getting stitched up, spanning 100 TV channels, two streaming platforms Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema, rights to premier sporting tournaments, including cricket Indian Premier League, as well as a robust international catalogue of content as American entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company and billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries have … Read more
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd said on Wednesday that “‘good faith negotiations” will happen with Japan-based Sony Group’s India unit to discuss an extension of the merger deadline. The deal to create a $10-billion media and entertainment powerhouse was first announced two years ago, but has been delayed due to regulatory and other uncertainties. “The Company … Read more
After the Super Mario Bros. live-action film bombed in 1993, Nintendo kept its top video game franchises away from Hollywood for decades. But with the runaway success of the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo will unleash its other top title upon movie audiences. Via The Hollywood Reporter, Nintendo and Sony Pictures are … Read more
Zee Entertainment Enterprises will be soon excluded from the MSCI Global Smallcap index, after it is merged with Sony Pictures, a report said on Saturday. At present, Zee Entertainment is part of the Nifty Midcap index. On August 11, the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the merger scheme between Zee … Read more
Following up on the TV success of The Last of Us on HBO and Twisted Metal on Peacock, Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions have one more big video game adaptation in 2023: Gran Turismo. But this is an unusual video game movie in that it’s not based on the actual game. Instead, it adapts the real … Read more