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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Competition watchdog flags concern over $8.5 bn Disney-Reliance merger citing cricket broadcast rights

The merged company, majority-owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, would control cricket broadcast rights, sparking concerns over pricing power and dominance in advertising.

1970 Beatles Film is here again. This is how pop music history is done

Let It Be, both the film and the accompanying album of the same name reached the public a month after the band’s break up was announced

Reliance and Disney announce $8.5 billion media assets merger in India

Reliance will infuse $1.4 billion in the merged entity, with the company and its affiliates holding a more than 63% stake. Disney will hold about 37%, the companies said in a joint statement.

How Frozen ended Disney’s obsession with male-centric stories

Subsequent hits included the strongly female-centric Moana, Encanto, and Turning Red.

‘India cricket World Cup viewership set record for TV, streaming,’ says Walt Disney

A record 518 million viewers from India watched matches during 48-day event on TV, while Disney’s streaming app recorded a peak concurrent viewership of 59 million during finals.

Disney nears $10 billion deal to sell India operations to rival Reliance, reports Bloomberg News

Reliance values Disney's India assets, which comprises the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service and Star India, at between $7 billion and $8 billion, the report said.

Free cricket on smartphones: Disney’s new bid to revive streaming business in India

The India streaming operations, which were Disney's biggest last year globally by users, posted a loss of $41.5 million on revenue of $390 million for the year to March 2022.

Disney hikes streaming prices, focuses on costs as CEO Bob Iger moves to reassure investors

Disney also announced it would launch ad-supported streaming in Europe, Canada and provide US subscribers with a new, ad-free package in coming months.

Court order on Disney app fee in India is temporary, says Google

Disney in India has gone to court in what is the latest and most high-profile challenge to Google's policy of imposing a 'service fee' of 11-26% on in-app payments.

Disney wants to keep ESPN, will look for strategic partnerships to form joint venture, says CEO

ESPN has been a cash cow for Disney for a long time, but is caught between declining cable subscribers and increasing fees paid to sports leagues.

On Camera

Chinese memes, videos & commentaries say Modi overshadowed other leaders at SCO

On Douyin, many videos highlighted how Modi was all smiles during his China visit. Others focused on his handholding with Putin and Trump’s supposed irritation.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.