The Walt Disney company appoints Mahesh Samat as asia pacific head of consumer products commercialization

The Walt Disney Company today announced the appointment of Mahesh Samat, Executive Vice President, Disney Consumer Products Commercialization for the Asia Pacific region.  Reporting into Ken Potrock, President, Disney Consumer Products Commercialization, Mahesh takes on responsibility for the...

21CF special meet on Disney merger issue on July 10

NEW DELHI: Is the Disney-21st Century Fox merger a done deal? The twists and turns in real life probably match a Hollywood corporate thriller produced by the media company. Second suiter Comcast hasn’t yet given up even as the Rupert Murdoch family-promoted company said on Wednesday that on 10 July...

One on one discussion with Nikhil Gandhi, VP, The Walt Disney Company ? India

Disney acquires 33% stake in video streaming company BAMTech for $1 billion

BENGALURU: The Walt Disney Company (Disney) announced that it has acquired a thirty three percent stake in Direct-To-Consumer video streaming company BAMTech for $1 billion to be paid in two tranches. One instalment will be paid immediately and one will be paid in January 2017, with Disney having...

Time Warner invests into Hulu as equity owner

Time Warner Inc. and Hulu LLC announced today that Time Warner will become a 10 percent owner of Hulu, the premium streaming TV service that offers the best of current season programming, premium original content, films and full seasons of hit series. Time Warner joins The Walt Disney Company, 21st...