Entertainment
AT&T completes $85-bn acquisition of Time Warner
18 Jun 2018
The deal that brings together global media and entertainment leaders Warner Bros, HBO and Turner under AT&T’s banner, can still be challenged by the US justice department
Comcast seeks to upset Walt Disney's bid for Twenty-First Century Fox
08 May 2018
US cable operator Comcast Corp has approached investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by $60 billion to outbid Walt Disney for the media assets of Twenty-First Century Fox
Google’s YouTube under fire for mining data, aiming ads at under-13 kids
10 Apr 2018
A coalition of US child advocacy and privacy groups has filed a complaint alleging that Google’s YouTube collects personal information on children under 13 and runs ads specifically aimed at them
RelinceJio Music to merge with Savan
24 Mar 2018
India’s media, entertainment industry to cross Rs2 trillion by 2020
05 Mar 2018
The country’s media and entertainment (M&E) industry touched Rs1.5 trillion ($22.7 billion) in 2017, a growth of around 13 per cent over 2016, and will continue to outpace GDP growth, says a FICCI-EY study
Spotify Technology to list shares on NYSE
01 Mar 2018
Comcast’s $22 bn bid for Sky throws up multiple possibilities
28 Feb 2018
US cable giant Comcast’s $22.1-billion bid for the UK’s Sky network tops the $10.75 a share offer from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, and with Disney as a possible third bidder, the race is wide open
JioTV to broadcast the Winter Olympic Games 2018
09 Feb 2018
Broadcom to sweeten hostile bid for Qualcomm to $120 bn
05 Feb 2018
Broadcom is likely to raise its acquisition offer to about $80 to $82 per share, as Qualcomm had dismissed Broadcom's earlier proposal of $70 per share as not being worth considering
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
