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<keyword id="6355199" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="reliance-industries" source="Orion">Reliance Industries</keyword> - India's largest corporate by revenues, profits and market value - topped 2021 Wizikey News Score ranking as India's most visible corporate in the media. The recognition comes on the back of Exchange4Media Group's recognition recently to Reliance as one of India's Brands with Best In-house Communications Professionals 2021. Role of a vibrant and savvy Corporate Communications team is extremely important in ensuring media visibility for any company. Wizikey's News Score is world's first standardised metric to measure news visibility for brands and individuals using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning and media intelligence. The News Score takes into account various key criteria like volume of news, headlines presence, the reach of publications, readership and the like. The score ranges from 0 to 100, and is based on monitoring of over 5000 publications. It represents the media presence of a brand in publications that matter. For its No 1 position Reliance has a News Score of 84.9 for 2021, followed by State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Tata Motors. Only a few global companies like Google and Facebook have a score above 90. Reliance's News Score excludes standalone headline mentions of 'Jio'. The inclusion should have meaningfully enhanced the score. Reliance made quite a few key announcements this year across its businesses, as well as philanthropic initiatives, which played a key role in its media visibility. Reliance was at the forefront of India's fight against Covid during the second wave in 2021. Most importantly, it transformed its manufacturing units to emerge India's single largest medical oxygen producer equivalent of 11 per cent of India's total production. Reliance supplied over 1000 MT per day liquid oxygen to support over one lakh hospitalized patients free of cost. Reliance also carried out the largest vaccine drive among India Inc to administer over 2.5 million vaccine doses to its employees, their families, as well as members of society. Reliance announced its road map to lead India's transition to Green Energy, including four Giga Factories at Jamnagar with over $10 billion of investment commitments Reliance announced five key collaborations - NexWafe, REC, Ambri, Sterling &amp; Wilson Solar and Stiesdal - for critical next generation technologies and implementation capabilities to drive its Green Energy foray. Reliance commissioned two gas fields in KG basin and successfully conducted auctions to sell its gas to domestic consumers. Reliance is now on its way to contribute 15 per cent of India's total natural gas requirement. Reliance Jio augmented its spectrum by 55 per cent in the auctions held in March 2021 and emerged the largest holder of sub-GHz and 2300 MHz bands. Reliance launched the most affordable smartphone 'Jio Phone Next' in collaboration with Google at an entry level cost of Rs 1,999. The phone runs on optimized version of Google's Android OS called 'Pragati OS'. In line with its vision to add technology-led solutions to serve customers better, Reliance group also made a few acquisitions during the year. They included JustDial, SkyTran, and Urban Ladder. Jio-bp launched their first fuel retailing outlet to start offering additivated fuels and a differentiated value proposition. Reliance has been a leading newsmaker among Indian corporates in the past as well. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/snapdeal-ipo-paper-reveals-that-it-is-going-offline/articleshow/88408081.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Snapdeal IPO papers reveal the e-tailer’s offline aspirations for budget fashion</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/mapmyindia-ipo-makes-a-positive-stock-market-debut/articleshow/88403594.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">MapmyIndia debuts below expectation but IPO investors still make a sweet 53% return on listing</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/zepto-raised-100-million-at-570-valuation-to-deliver-product-in-10-minutes/articleshow/88394937.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Two teenage Stanford dropouts have made their startup worth half a billion in 7 months</a>

Reliance Industries ranked as India's most visible corporate in media

Reliance Industries will sell a 3.1% stake in <keyword id="187715" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Network18">Network18</keyword> Media pegged at $32 million. This is to comply with rules authorizing public ownership in listed firms. 
 
Reliance said today that the sale of 32.5 million shares on Wednesday would help it meet the minimum 25% public ownership regulation. 
 
Reliance bought a stake in the media group last year. The media group currently runs business news channels, a news portal and other news and e-commerce websites. 
 
The stake is valued at $32 million. Reliance plans to sell its shares through stock exchanges. 
 
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Reliance
will sell its stake in Network18

<ul><li>The five businesses that made the most <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> in the year are <keyword id="6355199" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="reliance-industries">Reliance Industries</keyword>, <keyword id="6358200" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="jet-airways">Jet Airways</keyword>, Amazon India, <keyword id="46894" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tata-Sons">Tata Sons</keyword> and <keyword id="6354706" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndiGo">Indigo</keyword> Airlines.</li><li>A report made by the technology led PR platform Wizikey shared insights into what made these companies the newsmakers of 2019. </li><li>From Reliance’s AGM to Jet Airways downfall, it was a mix of good and bad that brought these companies in the news.</li></ul>2019 was a year of headlines – from Indian general elections to the economic slowdown. Businesses have been at the receiving end – from those which shut shop to those that opened new doors to success. The top five businesses that generated the most news are Reliance Industries, Jet Airways, Amazon India, Tata Sons and Indigo Airlines, according to a report by the technology-led PR platform Wizikey. They stayed in the news for both good and bad reasons. Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance recently created history in the stock market with its market cap crossing ₹10 lakh crore. It was the first Indian company to do so. But that wasn’t the only news that caught everyone’s attention. The stock and the company has been buzzing especially during the second half of the year. According to the Wizikey report, Reliance holds the credit for one-third of the total news created by the top 5 companies. The busiest news month for the company was in August, when it held its annual general meeting. At the AGM, Ambani made major announcements -- like fundraising apart from unveiling next-gen technology. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="70638299" title="Mukesh Ambani's speech at the Reliance Industries AGM had ten big takeaways" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

 Jet Airways The Indian airlines shut shop in April this year and not surprisingly, that was the month it was mentioned the most. The report said that the most common buzzwords around Jet Airways were “flight cancellation, aircraft grounding, insolvency proceedings, debt resolution and management takeover”. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="69878191" title="It’s official-- Jet Airways is bankrupt, declares a Indian court on the same day the share price jumped 93%" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

 IndiGo Accompanying Jet Airways in the newsmakers sector, was one of India’s largest airlines – IndiGo. Having gained from the collapse of Jet Airways, with more bookings coming its way, IndiGo too had its fair share of trouble. A feud between its founders Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal over company’s control took an ugly turn. Both of them had landed in the courts in July 2019, after Gangawal’s sensational expose on the workings of the airline. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="71740625" title="Indigo debt has swollen by seven times in one year" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

 Amazon India Amazon India has been generating both good and bad news this year. “Amazon saw itself being mentioned the most throughout the year - for all the wrong reasons,” said the Wizikey report. October was the month of most mentions, after the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade called in the e-commerce giant for its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/headline-amazon-dismisses-deep-discounts-and-says-sellers-set-their-own-pricesamazon-dismisses-deep-discounts-and-says-sellers-set-their-own-prices/articleshow/72450155.cms">deep discounts</a> and possible foul play. But it was also the festive month, where Amazon’s great sales kept it in the news. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="70222978" title="Amazon India sets up ‘war rooms’ to handle Prime Day pressure" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

 Tata Sons Tata Sons owe their “newsy” year to one person – Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, when he was appointed the Minister for External Affairs. Jaishankar held the post of President, Global corporate affairs at Tata Sons, which is why his appointment in the ministry shared the spotlight on the company. But that’s not all. “Rumours around Jaguar being sold to BMW saw Tata mentioned in the news early in the year,” said the report. Tata’s interest in Jet Airways too got them a lot of space in the papers. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="71802900" title="Not just Tata Motors, a lot of other companies are excited by Jaguar Land Rover numbers" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, Jet Airways and other top newsmakers of 2019

New Delhi, Nov 28 () Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries on Thursday denied reports of selling its news media business to Times Group.
Bloomberg early on Thursday reported that Ambani "is in talks to sell his news media assets to India's Times Group, as Asia's richest man plans to unload a business that's been losing money".
"Reliance Industries firmly denies (the) story. The story is baseless and false," a company spokesperson said.
The report had quoted people familiar with the matter to say that Bennett Coleman &amp; Co, the publisher of the Times of India, is looking to hire advisers for due diligence on the news properties of Ambani's Network18 Media &amp; Investments Ltd.
Bennett Coleman's spokesperson couldn't be immediately reached for comments.
Reliance had in 2014 bought Network18, which owns and operates 56 local channels spanning news and entertainment, for up to Rs 4,000 crore.
Network18 owns TV channels (including CNBCTV18, CNN-IBN, CNN Awaz), websites (firstpost.com, moneycontrol.com), magazines (including the license for Forbes India), entertainment channel (Colors and MTV) among other businesses.
Unlisted Bennett Coleman, also known as the Times Group, already has two news channels -- Times Now (for general news) and ET Now (the business news channel) which compete with Network18's general news channel News18 and business news channel CNBCTV18.
TV18 Broadcast Ltd - the BSE-listed firm that houses the news channels - has a market cap of about Rs 4,100 crore. Promoters hold 60.40 per cent interest in the company which had in the July-September quarter reported a net loss of Rs 1.03 crore. It had a profit of Rs 8.5 crore in 2018-19 fiscal.
Last month, Reliance in its consolidated earnings statement for the July-September quarter reported a Rs 47 crore pre-tax profit from its media business on a revenue of Rs 1,174 crore.
"Robust 43 per cent growth in subscription income post-implementation of new tariff order (NTO) was offset by a weak advertising environment," it had said. "News portfolio solidified its leadership with a 10.9 per cent viewership share. Broad-based cost optimizations led to Entertainment Business-as-usual (BAU) margins rising to 12.9 per cent, vs 9.9 per cent in 2Q FY19." PRS ANZ BAL

Reliance denies selling news media biz to Times Group, says reports false, baseless

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6355199" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="reliance-industries">Reliance Industries</keyword> has offered to sell <keyword id="18635" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Amazon">Amazon</keyword> a 40% stake in its <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> arm in a deal that could be worth $20 billion, a source told <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-10/reliance-said-to-offer-20-billion-stake-in-retail-arm-to-amazon?srnd=premium">Bloomberg News</a>.</li><li><keyword id="58448" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reliance-Retail">Reliance Retail</keyword> is <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>'s largest retailer, and owns more than 11,000 stores.</li><li>It also owns e-commerce platform JioMart, which is a growing threat to Amazon in India.</li></ul>India's <a href="https://www.forbes.com/global2000/#7aeb3d4f335d">largest company,</a> <keyword id="10926" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reliance">Reliance</keyword> Industries, has offered to sell 40% of its retail arm to Amazon for around $20 billion, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-10/reliance-said-to-offer-20-billion-stake-in-retail-arm-to-amazon?srnd=premium">Bloomberg News reported</a>.This deal would be <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/reliance-reportedly-mulls-20-bln-stake-sale-in-retail-unit-to-amazon-1029576696#">one of Amazon's largest-ever investments</a>. Reliance Retail owns e-commerce platform JioMart, a major, fast-growing rival to Amazon in India. In June, Amazon was reportedly considering buying a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-could-team-up-with-jiomart-in-india-2020-7">9.9% stake</a> in Reliance Retail, India's largest retailer by revenue. This followed an August 2019 report that said Amazon might acquire <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-stake-india-reliance-retail-2019-8">a 26% stake</a>.Bloomberg's report, which cites a personal familiar with the matter, says no final decision has been made on the potential deal, and a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-reliance-investment-amazon-com/reliance-approaches-digital-unit-backers-to-invest-in-retail-arm-sources-idUSKBN2610V7">Reuters report</a> named Saudi Arabia's Public <keyword id="6355120" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="investment">Investment</keyword> Fund (PIF) and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company as other potential buyers.Reliance Retail owns more than 11,000 stores, including convenience shops, supermarkets, apparel, and electronics. Most are in India, but it also owns Hamleys in London – the oldest and largest toy shop in the world.It turned over <a href="https://www.ril.com/DownloadFiles/Retail/RRL%20Annual%20Report%202019-20.pdf">around $20 billion</a> in the year to March 2020, an increase of 27% on the year before.Reliance has recently expanded into online grocery delivery. In May 2020, it launched JioMart from its subsidiary Jio Platforms, and it plans to expand beyond groceries, which would make it even more of a threat to Amazon. Amazon's investment in Reliance Retail could allow it to collaborate with JioMart, rather than compete.Reliance Retail is a subsidiary of the conglomerate Reliance Industries, which has businesses in the energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, and telecommunications sectors.It is led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani – Asia's richest man, with a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-jio-mukesh-ambani-global-international-sixth-wealthiest-person-2020-7?amp">$72 billion net worth</a>.Reliance has already raised $20 billion of investments so far in 2020. This includes Facebook investing <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-invests-in-jio-india-mobile-internet-service-2020-4">$5.7 billion investment</a> into its mobile internet service, Jio Platforms, in April. This was followed by a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-invest-billions-india-telecoms-reliance-jio-2020-7">$4.5 billion investment from Google</a> in July — and together, Google and Jio have announced plans to produce and sell <a href="https://www.india.com/technology/reliance-jio-to-launch-10-crore-smartphones-this-year-report-4136110/">more than 100 million low-cost smartphones</a> in India to compete with Chinese firms. Reliance Retail also announced its acquisition of rival Future Group's retail arm in August, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reliance-to-buy-future-groups-retail-arm-for-338-billion-2020-8">for $3.38 billion</a>, and on Wednesday announced a $1 billion investment from US private equity firm <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/reliance-reportedly-mulls-20-bln-stake-sale-in-retail-unit-to-amazon-1029576696#">Silver Lake Partners</a>, which took a 1.75% equity stake.

India's largest company, Reliance Industries, has reportedly offered Amazon a 40% stake in its retail arm for $20 billion

New Delhi, Feb 21 () Reliance Industries' move to consolidate its media and distribution businesses under one entity Network18 Media &amp; Investments will create a cleaner structure and make the merger of entertainment channels with Sony less likely, experts said. Earlier this week, the company said it will merge its TV18 Broadcast business with Network18, and maintain the cable and broadband businesses of Hathway Cable &amp; Datacom and Den Networks, which it bought in 2018, as separate wholly-owned subsidiaries of Network18. Network18's portfolio includes Nickelodeon, MTV, and CNBC TV18, among others. "From RIL's perspective, this creates a cleaner structure and is easier to manage (as it reduces listed entities)," BofA Securities said in a report Friday. In a separate report, CLSA said the rejig will make a deal with Sony for merger of entertainment channels less likely as the news broadcasting sector has a restriction of 26 per cent foreign ownership. Between content and distribution, BofA considered distribution to be the more important component for RIL's media business as it generates higher margins and return ratios as compared to content that could be aggregated. "The merger helps improve capital structure as the combined entity will be debt-free and has a balanced mix of subscription (53 per cent) and advertisements (47 per cent) in its revenues," it said. From Network18 perspective, this helps reduce dependence on ads and helps especially in times of slower GDP growth. Stating that synergies aren't much except removal of overheads, the report said NW18 channels could be included in Den/Hathway packs at lower prices. "We consider RIL via the combined entity to emerge as one of the dominant entities in the media space and through the merged entity gives an opportunity to invest in the high growth segments," it said. Media contributes to 2.1 per cent of RIL's EV and is not a big driver. "It, however, helps RIL improve customer stickiness with the potential to offer bundled products in the future and better analyse customer trends/segmentation," it added. In a separate report, CLSA said the restructuring of media assets may be a precursor to Reliance Jio IPO. RIL "is restructuring its media businesses to mainly a defunct dual holding structure of broadcast operations and merging Hathway and Den Networks," it said adding that multiple businesses are being folded into Network18, which will be the sole listed entity and will be 64 per cent owned by RIL. "We do not see these deals as a media sector consolidation, but as a precursor to a likely IPO of Reliance Jio," CLSA said. "Reliance's 'news' (carries 26 per cent foreign ownership restriction) and 'distribution' businesses post deals housed in Network18 will likely make a subsequent deal with Sony to merge entertainment channels less likely." Viacom US, the foreign partner of Reliance, will continue to own 49 per cent in broadcast operations via Viacom18 Media which will be a 51 per cent subsidiary of Network18. Reliance through subsidiaries currently owns 82 per cent in Den and 80 per cent in Hathway and has spent about Rs 6,400 crore in acquiring these companies, which surprisingly have seen subscribers drop from 24 million (when acquired in end-2018) to current 15 million. ANZ MKJ

Reliance rejig of media business makes Sony deal less likely: Experts

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US private equity firm <keyword id="6354544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kkr">KKR</keyword> will invest $755 million in <keyword id="58448" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reliance-Retail">Reliance Retail</keyword>, owned by <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>’s biggest company <keyword id="6355199" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="reliance-industries">Reliance Industries</keyword>, for a 1.2% stake.</li><li>This is KKR’s second <keyword id="6355120" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="investment">investment</keyword> in Reliance Industries — in May it invested $1.5 billion in Jio Platforms, Reliance’s digital arm that includes India’s largest mobile network.</li><li>The new investment values Reliance <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">Retail</keyword> at 4.21 trillion rupees ($57 billion).</li><li>Reliance has courted investors about its retail arm in recent months, including Silver Lake and, reportedly, Amazon.</li></ul>US private equity firm KKR will invest $755 million in the retail unit of India's biggest company, Reliance Industries, <a href="https://www.ril.com/getattachment/006e6f9c-d074-4fa3-81e9-a74a7a841079/KKR-TO-INVEST-%E2%82%B9-5,550-CRORE-IN-RELIANCE-RETAIL-VEN.aspx">it said on Wednesday</a>. KKR's investment for a 1.28% stake in Reliance Retail values the company at 4.21 trillion rupees ($57 billion), Reliance said.This is KKR's second investment in Reliance Industries — in May, it invested $1.5 billion Jio Platforms, Reliance's digital arm, which includes India's largest mobile network.It means that investors have poured $1.78 billion into Reliance Retail within a month. Tech investor Silver Lake will invest <a href="https://www.ril.com/getattachment/ae325405-1207-4f86-8874-3f24111b2b16/Silver-Lake-to-Invest-%E2%82%B9-7,500-Crore-in-Reliance-Re.aspx">$1.02 billion</a> in Reliance Retail, it said on September 9, after making a <a href="https://www.ril.com/getattachment/2cc98337-9b5b-4896-817f-524a69097b53/Silver-Lake-to-Invest-%E2%82%B9-5,655-75-Crore-in-Jio-Plat.aspx">$1.35 billion</a> investment in Jio Platforms in May.As India's biggest retailer, Reliance Retail owns around 12,000 stores, including convenience shops, supermarkets, apparel stores, and electronics stores. Most are in India, but it also owns Hamleys in London — the oldest and largest toy shop in the world.It turned over around $20 billion in the year to March 2020, an increase of 27% on the year before. Reliance struck a $3.38 billion deal last month to acquire rival Future Group's retail business.<h3>Reliance lined up other investors</h3>Reliance Industries, controlled by Asia's richest man <keyword id="3820" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mukesh-Ambani">Mukesh Ambani</keyword>, has been lining up investors for Reliance Retail in recent months.Reliance Industries <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-reliance-retail-offers-amazon-stake-worth-20-billion-report-2020-9">offered to sell Amazon a 40% stake</a> in Reliance Retail in a deal that could be worth $20 billion, a source told <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-10/reliance-said-to-offer-20-billion-stake-in-retail-arm-to-amazon?srnd=premium">Bloomberg News</a>. Reliance later called this "speculative" and <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/reliance-terms-reports-of-stake-sale-to-amazon-speculative/article32579297.ece">said</a> it "cannot confirm or deny any transaction which may or may not be in the works."It follows an investment drive for Jio Platforms, which includes India's largest mobile network operator as well as streaming services and a video-conferencing app. Reliance has received $20 billion this year from global investors, including Facebook, for Jio Platforms, and has approached many of those same firms about Reliance Retail, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN25R1U4">Reuters reported</a>.Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms launched <keyword id="35621" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="e-commerce">e-commerce</keyword> platform <keyword id="8506093" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jiomart">JioMart</keyword> in May. It plans to expand beyond groceries and is becoming a major, fast-growing rival to Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart in India.

India's biggest retailer Reliance Retail is now valued at $57 billion, following a fresh investment from KKR

New Delhi: The merger of media assets of Reliance Industries and the India business of global media house the Walt Disney is expected to be complete by the end of the third quarter of this fiscal, according to a regulatory filing by billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led group. The fair trade regulator CCI has already approved the merger of Viacom 18 and <keyword id="19976122" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Star-India" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Star India" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Star India">Star India</keyword> and NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) has sanctioned the scheme regarding it. "The companies are in the process of obtaining other requisite approvals for the completion of the transaction and transaction closer is expected in 3Q FY 25," informed Reliance Industries on Monday in its quarter earning statement. The merger of Reliance group-controlled media assets - TV18 Broadcast and E18 - with Network18 Media &amp; Investments has already been sanctioned by the NCLT and was made effective on October 3, it said. Earlier on September 27, the government approved the transfer of licenses relating to Non News &amp; Current Affairs TV channels held by media entities of Reliance Industries to Star India. "The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, vide its order dated September 27, has granted its approval for transfer of Licenses relating to Non News &amp; Current Affairs TV channels held by <keyword id="19976121" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Viacom18" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Viacom18" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Viacom18">Viacom18</keyword> Media Private Limited in favour of Star India," it had said. Viacom18 is the holding company that owns the media and entertainment business of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Bodhi Tree Systems. Both sides are in the final stages of the merger, making some adjustments in the business as per the Competition Commission of India (CCI) directions. On August 30, the NCLT had approved the scheme of merger of Viacom18 Media and Digital 18 Media, holding media and entertainment assets of Reliance Industries with Star India. The scheme had proposed the transfer and vesting of Media Operations Undertaking from Viacom 18 and Jio Cinema into Digital18, which is a subsidiary of Viacom 18. This would be followed by "demerger, transfer and vesting of V18 Undertaking from Digital 18 into Star India". The merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Co.'s India business will create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000 crore. Earlier, the CCI had said it has cleared the "proposed combination involving Reliance Industries Ltd, Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd, Digital18 Media Ltd, Star India Pvt Ltd and Star Television Productions Ltd, subject to the compliance of voluntary modifications". Viacom18 is part of the RIL group, and Star India is wholly owned by The <keyword id="19986269" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Walt-Disney-Company" source="keywords">Walt Disney Company</keyword>. Star Television Productions, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, is owned indirectly by Walt Disney. The CCI, however, did not disclose voluntary modifications in the original deal made by the two parties. As per the deal, Mukesh Ambani-led RIL and its affiliates will hold 63.16 per cent of the combined entity that will house two streaming services and 120 television channels. Walt Disney will hold the remaining 36.84 per cent stake in the combined entity, which will also be India's largest media house. Reliance Industries has also agreed to invest close to Rs 11,500 crore into the joint venture to give it the muscle to fight rivals like Japan's Sony and Netflix. Nita Ambani, wife of billionaire and RIL Chairman <keyword id="19916798" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mukesh-Ambani" source="keywords">Mukesh Ambani</keyword>, will head the joint venture, while Uday Shankar will be the vice-chairperson.

Reliance expects to complete merger with Disney's India business in Q3

<ul><li>The 30-share BSE index was trading 309 points higher, and the broader NSE Nifty was trading 0.65% higher on Monday at 9:40 am. </li><li>Here’s a list of the top losers and gainers in the Nifty pack. </li><li>These are the top stocks that are buzzing in trade today.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/">Check out the latest news and updates on Business Insider.</a> </li></ul>Indian equity benchmark indices surged in early trade on Monday, tracking gains in index-heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and Infosys amid largely positive cues from global markets and sustained foreign fund inflow. The 30-share BSE index was trading 309 points higher, and the broader NSE Nifty was trading 0.65% higher on Monday at 9:40 am. Here’s a list of the top losers and gainers in the Nifty pack. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Top Nifty Gainers </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Top Nifty Losers </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">IndusInd Bank </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Tata Motors </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Hindalco </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">ICICI Bank </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Divi’s Lab </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">HDFC </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">NTPC </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Axis Bank </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">RIL </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.9907650000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">SBI </td></tr></tbody></table>*as of November 23, 9:57 am These are the top stocks in news today. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank leaps over 10% The shares of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank gained over 10% after the central bank’s Internal Working Group (IWG) <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/rbi-panel-proposes-raising-promoter-stake-cap-allowing-nbfcs-to-become-banks-and-large-corporation-can-own-banks/articleshow/79323107.cms">has proposed 12 changes to ownership</a> guidelines and corporate structure for Indian private sector banks. The panel recommends that banks currently under NOHFC (non-operative financial holding company) structure may be allowed to exit from such parameters. Reliance Industries and Future Retail gain after CCI approval The shares of Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries gained over 2% after The Competition Commission has approved Reliance's proposed acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of Future Group. The ₹24,713 crore deal will boost Reliance Industries' fast-growing retail business. The shares of Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail were also locked in a 10% upper circuit during the morning trade. Pfizer shares gain over a percent The shares of COVID vaccine manufacturer Pfizer gained over a percent after <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/22/pfizer-covid-vaccine-could-get-green-light-end-week/">news reports</a> hinted that the UK could give regulatory approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine this week, even before the United States authorises it. CG Power locked in 5% upper circuit The shares of CG Power were locked in a 5% upper circuit after lenders agreed to a one-time loan restructuring to pave way for the Chennai-based Murugappa Group taking over the scam-hit equipment maker. CG Power’s total debt stands at ₹2,161 crore, of which a consortium of 14 banks have taken a haircut of ₹1,100 crore and restructured the remaining. 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New Delhi, Mar 25 () Social media major Facebook is reportedly planning to buy 10 per cent stake in the country's biggest telecom company Reliance Jio. Reliance Industries Limited had set a target to make its telecom services arm Jio debt-free by March 31, 2020. According to Financial Times, Facebook is looking at buying a multibillion-dollar stake in Reliance Jio which has been valued at USD 60 billion by analysts at Bernstein. Both Reliance Jio and Facebook did not comment on the report. The international financial daily said that the lockdown may have an impact on the timing of the deal. Reliance Industries (RIL) in October had announced to set up a new subsidiary to bring all its digital initiatives and apps under a single entity, and infuse Rs 1.08 lakh crore equity into this new unit. Jio apps like JioTV, JioCinema, JioNews etc are to be brought under this new entity in a move to consolidate digital platforms into an elegant capital structure to increase the attractiveness and simplify the structure for possible strategic investors. On March 18, RIL took over some of the debt of Reliance Jio but the company neither disclosed financial details of the transaction nor the names of creditors. In March last year, assets worth about Rs 1.25 lakh crore were demerged from RJIL to Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) aimed at optimising operational efficiencies and better monetisation of core digital connectivity platform, tower and fibre passive infrastructure. PRS MRMR

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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=reliance+jio&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Reliance Jio</a> has filed a complaint, accusing <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=airtel&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Airtel</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=vodafone&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Vodafone</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Idea&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Idea</a> of lobbying against it. A complaint has also been registered against the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Cellular+Operators+Association+of+India&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Cellular Operators Association of India</a> (COAI) As per reports, the Competition Commission of India (<keyword id="47183" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="CCI">CCI</keyword>) has ordered a detailed probe against <keyword id="15491" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Airtel">Airtel</keyword>, Vodafone, <keyword id="6354924" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Idea-Cellular">Idea Cellular</keyword> and COAI in this matter and will investigate whether unfair business practices were done. Sources told ET the CCI would also examine COAI’s conduct. The probe by the Director General (DG) has been ordered for allegedly trying to restrict the entry of <keyword id="6354504" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Reliance-Jio">Reliance Jio</keyword>, the official added. Director General (DG), which is the investigation arm of the CCI, will look into the matter. An Airtel spokesperson told ET, "We have not received any such communication from the CCI and would, therefore, not be able to comment. We have already stated that we have always responded with alacrity and provided a staggering quantum of PoIs (Point of Interconnections) to Reliance Jio in record time." "Though we have not seen the order as it has not been published yet, we are disappointed at the apparent news (if confirmed), that the CCI has decided to go forward with an investigation into the complaint filed by Reliance Jio," COAI Director General Rajan Mathews told ET. Also, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has alleged the incumbent telecom players that they do not provide sufficient network connectivity. Sources told ET the watchdog has concluded that dominant telecom players allegedly colluded and used the platform of COAI to deny point of interconnection to Reliance Jio.

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New Delhi, Walt <keyword id="19899232" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="disney" source="keywords">Disney</keyword> CEO <keyword id="20023956" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bob-iger" source="keywords">Bob Iger</keyword> has said a joint venture with <keyword id="19936674" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="reliance" source="keywords">Reliance</keyword> Industries after merging its <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="india" source="keywords">India</keyword> business would benefit the company in terms of profit and also "derisk" its business in the Indian market. The merger deal will create a big entity and help it to stay in the market at a "significant level", said Iger at a Morgan Stanley investor conference earlier this week. "We had an opportunity to align with Reliance, which is obviously the company that has done very well there and one that we respect. And in doing so, end up owning part of a bigger media company. And we believe that, that not only should benefit us in terms of the bottom-line, but derisk us as well there," he said. Last month, Walt Disney Co. and Reliance Industries announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India. Under the deal, Reliance and its affiliates will hold 63.16 per cent and Disney will have 36.84 per cent in the JV, which will create India's leading media company that will house two streaming services and around 120 television channels. "We wanted to stay in India. We made a big investment in India when we purchased the assets of 21st Century Fox. We are one of the biggest media companies in India. But even though it is the most populous country in the world, we felt we want to be there because of that, we also know that there are challenges in that market," he said. Iger said, the merger will create a big entity and help it to stay in the market at a "significant level". "So, it's kind of the best of both worlds. We stay in the market at a significant level. We have a very good partner in Reliance, and we get to have a chance of growing a business and lowering the risk of doing so," he added. The transaction values the joint venture at Rs 70,352 crore (USD 8.5 billion) on a post-money basis, excluding synergies. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance has also agreed to invest at closing Rs 11,500 crore into the joint venture to give it the muscle to fight rivals such as Japan's Sony, and Netflix. Its OTT platform Disney + Hotstar has seen its paid subscriber base decline from around 55 million to 40 million in the first quarter of FY24 because of Reliance's <keyword id="19985346" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jio-cinema" source="keywords">Jio Cinema</keyword> winning exclusive rights for live sports. The combined entity will have the largest OTT subscriber base. Disney + Hotstar was launched in India in 2020, post the acquisition of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox at a valuation of USD 71.3 billion, thereby taking over the operations of Star India and Hotstar. It housed entertainment and cinema channels such as StarPlus and StarGold as well as sports channels like Star Sports. While Disney + Hotstar rapidly increased its subscriber base initially with the streaming rights of cricket matches (IPL, World Cup), it lost the bid for the digital streaming rights in 2023-27 cycle, which was won by Reliance-backed Viacom18 for USD 720 billion, 12.92 per cent higher than what Star India had paid on an average per match value. Media ventures of Reliance are currently housed in Network 18, which owns TV18 news channels as well as a plethora of entertainment (under the 'Colors' brand) and sports channels. NW18 also has stakes in moneycontrol.com, bookmyshow and publishes magazines. NW18 owns news channels CNBC/CNNNews. Reliance separately owns a movie production arm - JioStudios, and majority stakes in two listed cable distribution companies, Den and <keyword id="20777796" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hathway" source="keywords">Hathway</keyword>. 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<ul><li>Supreme Court decision to make Airtel and Vodafone pay up spectrum dues gave a boost to RIL stock. </li><li>In the last one week, <a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/ambani-said-in-talks-to-sell-news-assets-to-india-s-times-group">Bloomberg reported</a> that RIL has been trying to sell its media business to two different entities. </li><li>Ambani also said that he plans to turn the company<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/airtel-tata-sky-and-pvr-shares-fall-after-mukesh-ambanis-vision-for-ril/articleshow/70655108.cms"> virtually net-debt free</a>. </li><li>This year, Reliance Retail also crossed ₹2,000 crore in pre-tax profits during the first quarter. </li></ul>It was a much anticipated event but the market value of Reliance Industries hit crossed ₹10 lakh crore in today’s trade. In the morning session it ₹10,00,382.68 crore even as the stock went up only by a marginal 0.5% today. But the company stock withstood erratic sessions of highs and lows and various global cues, to grow steadily for the last four months. The flurry of good news started after Ambani unveiled his next generation plans at his<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/highlights-of-mukesh-ambani-speech-at-reliance-industries-agm/articleshow/70638299.cms"> annual general meeting</a>. But many unprecedented activities also made him the undisputed king of the telecom market. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Rivals loss is Ambani’s gain Jio was gaining customers, mostly at the expense of Vodafone-Idea, but that came at the cost of very cheap prices. It wasn’t clear if Jio will be able to keep the lead if it raised tariff. That worry had been laid to rest after the top three mobile service providers ⁠— Airtel, Vodafone-Idea, and Reliance Jio⁠— announced their plans to<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/jio-will-raise-tariffs-after-airtel-and-vodafone-idea/articleshow/72138425.cms"> hike</a> tariffs. It gave a golden opportunity for Jio to make more money while maintaining the lead over others. Then came the deathly blow for Jio’s rivals from none other than the Supreme Court, which ordered telcos to pay up around ₹92,000 crore ($13 billion) in dues to the Indian government. The companies had lost a decade-old case on how much they have to pay in spectrum fees that left them heavy interest and penalties included. The other two companies which were much older had to pay a lot more than Jio, which was a blessing in disguise for <keyword id="3820" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mukesh-Ambani">Mukesh Ambani</keyword>’s company. Many stockholders believed that Jio would end up with a virtual monopoly over the market as the debt of Airtel and Vodafone is all set to rise The sentiment effect too boosted the stock value by a great margin for a few weeks. Sale of Reliance’s media business In the last one week, wire agency<a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/ambani-said-in-talks-to-sell-news-assets-to-india-s-times-group"> Bloomberg reported</a> twice that RIL has been trying to sell its media business to two different entities—Japanese major Sony and the Times Group. The media business of Network18 that RIL acquired in 2014 is a loss-making entity. The group owns the television channels of Eenadu TV along with those of Network18 like CNBCTV18 and CNN-IBN, Colours and more. It also owns multiple websites like moneycontrol and Firstpost. The news of a possible sale and cash flowing also boosted the stock price. At the AGM in August, Ambani also said that he has plans to carve out retail and Jio into separate entities to unlock value. Plan to go debt free, bonuses and IPOs Apart from announcing various futuristic plans, Ambani also said that he plans to turn the company<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/airtel-tata-sky-and-pvr-shares-fall-after-mukesh-ambanis-vision-for-ril/articleshow/70655108.cms"> virtually net-debt free</a>. For a company which is saddled with a debt of around ₹1.5 lakh crore, it is good news for investors. This is especially true in a market where every third company is either weighed down by or going <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/subhash-chandra-the-man-who-started-tv-revolution-in-india-now-bows-out-after-piling-on-1-6-billion-debt/articleshow/72251788.cms">under debt burden</a>. He also walked the talk by announcing massive deals with international oil majors –British Petroleum and Saudi Aramco which will bring in as much as ₹1.1 lakh crore in commitments. Reliance Retail starts churning profits This year, Reliance Retail also crossed ₹2,000 crore in pre-tax profits during the first quarter. “In our core retail, we crossed the best margin ever at 8.9%. We now have 10,644 stores across the country now,” said Alok Agarwal, CFO of the company during <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/mukesh-ambanis-reliance-retail-reports-over-47-growth-in-revenue/articleshow/70295939.cms">the quarterly results</a>. But this is not the only good news that the business brought. Ambani unveiled his plans to use the synergies of digital business of Jio with retail and take on Flipkart and Amazon in the online space. In fact, the company unveiled plans of a virtual reality powered shopping experience This, along with promise of public offers and possible bonuses put RIL stock on the fast lane.

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