Walt Disney is reportedly near a cash and stock deal to sell its operations in India to Mumbai-based multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries. Disney's India operations have suffered due in part to losing streaming rights to air cricket, a popular sport in India. According to Bloomberg, as part of the deal, Disney...
India Unit Helps Disney Plus Hit 95 million Subscribers
Since it purchase of some News Corp assets the Walt Disney company has grown its footprint in India. One such value came from the Star TV network which includes the Hotstar streaming service. According to the Los Angeles Times The Disney+ subscriber count of 94.9 million is up from the 86.8...
Jungle Book: Highest Grossing Hollywood Film in India
Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book has become the highest-grossing Hollywood release ever in India, a country where 90% of the box office grosses go to films that are home grown. . After only 12 days in release in the country, the movie has grossed $24.6M This release is the most...
Disney Ties-Up With Vodafone in India
The entertainment giant Walt Disney Co teamed-up with the telecom operator Vodafone to launch games and apps in India. Disney India's interactive business will power Vodafone's games and apps on both feature and smartphones. "Our endeavor has always been to provide engaging games to existing and new users in India through multiple...
Hollywood studios look for sweet spot in the Indian movie market
American studios have started playing in the Indian movie scene with local content. Here is an excerpt from the Hollywood Reporter on how they did in 2010: It was smaller films that found favor, such as comedies Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge and Phas Gaye Re Obama (both released by Warner...
Hollywood spikes presence in India
Years ago, only a small sliver of Indian who lived in large metro cities and had a western inclination would see Hollywood movies, which typically arrived years late and were not dubbed locally. Subsequently VCD and DVD piracy affected the long lead market as well. All that has changed now,...