In a state that usually plumbs for a Dravidian major, three candidates have a chance of delivering for the BJP, observes A Ganesh Nadar. IMAGE: Narendra Modi goes on a roadshow in Coimbatore,......
'The people of Tamil Nadu, in particular Chennai, know about the double standards of the BJP. Nothing will work for them here.' IMAGE: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian......
Adani has talked about the NDTV acquisition being a 'responsibility rather than a business opportunity'.If that is the intent, good luck to him.If not, then this round of corporatisation will be......
The government on Thursday said it has blocked more than 60 social media accounts, including YouTube channels and Facebook and Instagram pages, in the last two months for spreading anti-India fake......
The events of the last few years shows that pessimism about where we have arrived and where we are headed is justified, argues Aakar Patel. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The big story......
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Viacom18 Media (Viacom18), and The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday that they have completed the merger of Viacom18’s media and JioCinema......
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has completed the merger of its media assets with the India business of global media house Walt Disney and formed a joint venture with a valuation......
The Competition Commission of India on Wednesday approved the merger of media assets of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000......
As vice chairman of the Reliance-Walt Disney JV, Uday Shankar is expected to create a content engine that feeds both digital and TV and push up the value. IMAGE: Uday Shankar, president, FICCI,......
Stepping up the company's AI and cloud play, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that Jio users will get up to 100 GB of free cloud storage to securely store and access......
'I have no family (in the industry), no network, no mentor.''Still, I'm consistently working since 20 years and now I have a National Award.''It may take time, but if you're consistently at it,......
'In the audience's mind there is no urgency to go see a film in the theatre.''If you pay for social media buzz it does not convert into bums on seats.' IMAGE: Madhavan as Vanraj Kashyap, Ajay......
Disney Star India, bought at a valuation of $15 billion, could be on the block for roughly one-third that amount. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters For the first time since it entered India in 1993,......
Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors.That is a reach just under half of......
'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......
Star India successfully bagged the global media rights for the next five seasons of Indian Premier League -- including broadcast and digital -- for a massive Rs. 16,347.50 crores ($2.55 billion),......
'This is a first-of-its-kind partnership in the Indian media & entertainment landscape, and this association with Disney Star reflects our sharp, strategic vision for the sports business India.'......
Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano said the group had been looking for years at soccer in India and the Indian Super League (ISL), which is currently in its sixth season. IMAGE: The City Football......
'Advertising this season will help IPL surpass $550 million in ad revenues, across digital and pay TV.''It should still represent a steep loss against annualised 2023-2027 IPL rights fees of $1.2......
Disney-Star is positioning IPL as a "big-screen experience" where families and friends can come together over a game of cricket, much the way football is consumed in Europe and other parts of the......