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Mukesh Ambani's consumer empire gets a cricket spin with IPL digital rights

The spoils from the digital rights for Indian Premier League cricket, snagged by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Viacom18 by dethroning Walt Disney & Co. for the next five years

Top Headlines: IPL media rights & Viacom18, CBDT on cross-border disputes

Digital media rights for IPL matches could lift the OTT play of Reliance Industries-led Viacom18, posing a challenge for the current leaders. Read more in our top headlines

IPL media rights likely to open floodgates for Viacom's OTT powerplay

Bidding for non-exclusive rights for the mega cricket league to continue today

IPL e-auction day 2: Disney Star, Viacom18 bag media rights for 2023-27

Thanks to all the action on Monday, the per-match value at the IPL now stands at $13.78 million (Rs 107.5 crore)

Sensex down 1457pts, Nifty gives up 15800 on global rout, ahead of CPI data

CLOSING BELL: The top laggards were Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Hindalco, Tech M, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Adani Ports, NTPC, and TCS

IPL media rights auction: Companies pad up for big cricket battle today

Telecast ownership is worth nearly Rs 60,000 crore: compared to the Rs 16,347.50 crore Disney-Star paid in 2017 for the 2018-22 period.

Lupa-Viacom18 deal: Murdoch's re-entry may see a bigger foray into sports

Last week, Bodhi Tree Systems, an arm of James Murdoch's Lupa Systems, announced that it will be picking up a 40 per cent stake in Viacom18 for Rs 13,500 crore

Paramount+ announces 2023 India launch in partnership with Viacom18

Paramount+, the global streaming service from Paramount Global, will launch in India in 2023 in partnership with Viacom18, as part of a recently announced agreement. Bob Bakish, President & CEO, Paramount, outlined the company's global plans for the streaming service during its first quarter Earnings Report announcement on Tuesday. The streamer will also be launched in South Korea in June and head to Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria in the second half of the year, a press release from Paramount stated. "Paramount is known for its leading portfolio of premium entertainment brands and a robust content engine that fuels our rapidly expanding streaming service, Paramount+. This year will be monumental for our streaming strategy as we accelerate our global ambitions, rapidly expanding Paramount+ in Europe beginning with the UK, Italy, Germany, France and more by the end of this year and debut in Asia with South Korea in June, followed by India in 2023," said Raffaele ...

Reliance, Viacom18 tie up with Bodhi Tree to form mega TV and streaming biz

Uday Shankar and Lupa Systems' Bodhi Tree to become major shareholder alongside Reliance and Paramount Global; Bodhi Tree to invest Rs 13,500 crore in Viacom18

Viacom18 gets digital, TV rights of Italian Serie A for Indian subcontinent

Entertainment-focused broadcaster Viacom18 has bagged TV and digital rights of Italian Professional Football League for the Indian sub-continent region for the next three seasons. The latest edition of Italian Serie A, which will kick off on August 21, will be available live across Voot, Viacom18's TV channels and Jio, a statement said. Italian Professional Football League, known as Lega Serie A, is the top football league in Italy and one of the most famous football leagues in the world. Italian Serie A has been voted as the World's Best Nation League in 2020 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, the statement said. "Sport is whitespace that we have been consciously experimenting with for some time now. The response to our initiatives, thus far, has been very encouraging. Italian Serie A is one of the most exciting & competitive leagues in Europe and we are excited to bring it to our viewers across digital and broadcast platforms, Viacom18 Digital ...

Reliance scraps merger of Viacom18 with Sony after 'strategic rethink'

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has called off the proposed merger of his group's entertainment business with Sony Pictures Networks India following a strategic rethink

Kids shows draw record viewers but fail to cheer advertisers

Of the top 10 kids networks almost all - Viacom 18, WarnerMedia, Disney, Sony Yay, Discovery Kids, and Sun Network - have seen a rise of 20-100 per cent in viewership.

The show must stream on: Media firms ensure connectivity in lockdown

As India overdoses on mass media, how are TV channels, DTH operators, streaming firms and others dealing with the challenges

Viacom18's Voot expects 50% revenue from new subscription-led service

From 100 million monthly active users, Voot sees its user base increase to 150 million by the end of this year as a whole

Punjabi to Bangla: TV channels bet on regional languages for success

Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia are among the new languages driving growth and action in the television market

Share of digital in our revenues will grow to 20% in 5 years: Viacom18 MD

'We don't want further changes to the new tariff order', said Sudhanshu Vats

Viacom18's Voot to start premium subscription by the end of 2019

Voot has already crossed the 100 billion watch-minutes mark in three years, and is now targeting 100 million MAUs this financial year

Viacom18 appoints Gourav Rakshit as COO, Viacom18 Digital Ventures

A University of Rochester and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, Rakshit is currently serving as the president and CEO at People Group that owns and operates Shaadi.com

Learn from the discipline of international studios: Viacom18's Ferzad Palia

The headroom for growth in India for pay TV in the English language is the highest in the world, Palia tells Shubhomoy Sikdar

Viacom18 announces new appointments for Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada channels

In an effort to further bolster its play in the regional entertainment space, the network has made key appointments in its Gujarati, Marathi and Kannada channels