global: ZEE5 Global’s subscription revenue up 35%, says executive

Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ global streaming platform, ZEE5 Global, is growing its subscription revenue by 35% year over year, with the United States being its largest market, a senior company executive said. ZEE5 Global chief business officer Archana Anand said the platform contributes 30% to ZEE5’s B2C subscription revenue, even as the subscriber base remains lower …

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zee: Zee, Sony merger energised as SAT lifts ban on Punit Goenka

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday overturned a regulatory ban on Punit Goenka, managing director and chief executive of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, that prevented him from holding a directorship or top managerial role in a listed entity. SAT’s ruling has potentially hastened the Indian media company’s proposed merger with the local arm of Japan’s …

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sony: Sony, ZEEL hope to close merger by November

Sony Group Corp’s India unit and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) expect to close the pending merger deal – billed as one of the biggest in the country’s media industry – as early as next month, multiple people familiar with the progress of the proposed transaction told ET. One of the sources said that despite …

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Bilateral cricket media rights: Will BCCI make a killing again?

The hope is that the three bidders — Disney Star, Viacom18 and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) — will loosen their purse strings once again. The last time they did that, BCCI waltzed away with ₹48,390 crore in IPL (Indian Premier League) rights for the 2023-27 cycle. That included ₹23,575 crore from Disney Star (TV …

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zee sony merger: NCLT allows Zee’s application of merger with Sony

The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday approved the merger scheme between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and Culver Max Entertainment (Sony). The bench in its oral order allowed the application for the merger. Earlier on July 10, the division bench of judicial member HV Subba Rao and technical member …

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