The Walt Disney Co is believed to have held talks with Reliance Industries (RIL), which also owns a majority stake in Viacom18, at a time when the American media conglomerate is looking at various strategic options for its India business, people aware of the development told ET. Two topmost leaders in both companies have had …
Disney’s streaming service, Disney+, has experienced a third consecutive quarter of declining subscribers, mainly due to the loss of 12.5 million paid subscribers from Disney+ Hotstar during the third quarter ending on July 1, 2023. This drop is the largest decline ever recorded since the company started disclosing its paid member count in April 2020. …
MUMBAI: Sports broadcaster Star Sports and streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar, both owned by Disney Star, have recently unveiled their rate cards for advertisers interested in the upcoming Asia Cup and ICC Cricket World Cup. For the World Cup, Star Sports is requesting Rs 120 crore for co-presenting sponsorship and Rs 90 crore for associate sponsorship …
Disney recently took legal action against Google’s in-app billing system, joining a growing list of companies challenging the tech giant. Disney, which operates the popular Disney+ Hotstar streaming app in India, claimed that Google threatened to remove the Hotstar app unless it complied with the new payments system. The court ruled that Disney must pay …
Star Sports, the official broadcaster of ICC events, has set a new viewership record for the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2023. According to BARC data, a whopping 124 million viewers tuned in to watch the live broadcast of the ICC WTC Final ’23, making it the most-watched test match ever and surpassing the …
Mumbai: JioCinema, the official digital streaming partner of the IPL, has achieved a remarkable feat by setting a new world record of 2.57 crore concurrent viewers for the IPL 2023 Qualifier 2 match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. This historic moment was witnessed by the viewers as they experienced the breathtaking century by Shubhman …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) final between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) has made history by breaking streaming records in India and globally. The match attracted a staggering 32 million peak concurrent users on Viacom18’s JioCinema app, surpassing the 30 million peak concurrency mark for the first time in the country. …