Dec 23, 2024 · While 2024 saw players come together to ride out the tough times, the convergence model created by consolidation is expected to be tested in 2025, say experts, as big firms get down to doing...

May 1, 2008 · Technology and talent have driven impressive growth in India's entertainment and media industry in recent years. While that growth has tapered off, many are predicting a period of consolidation as the industry waits for its second wind.

Jan 13, 2023 · The country’s largest and second-largest theatre chains, namely, PVR and Inox, received the final approval for their proposed merger on Thursday. The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal in a verbal order approved the proposed merger in a ratio of three shares of PVR for 10 shares of Inox.

Sep 5, 2024 · The $8.5bn (£6.5bn) merger aims to create India's largest entertainment company, potentially capturing 40% of the TV market, reaching 750 million viewers across 120 channels, and dominating the...

Mar 28, 2022 · India is hugely underserved in terms of cinema screens and the combined entity will give PVR-Inox enough muscle and heft to scale much faster in adding additional screens in Tier-II and Tier-III markets.

Dec 28, 2023 · Home to Bollywood films and premier cricket league matches, India ’s media and entertainment industry is set for a major shake-up with up to two mega-corporate mergers next year that could...

Dec 22, 2024 · Deshpande predicted that India’s fragmented entertainment industry would enter a period of consolidation. In October, Indian vaccine billionaire Adar Poonawalla marked his first foray into...

Dec 31, 2024 · Indian film and television veteran Siddharth Roy Kapur points to increasingly polarized theatrical results and a period of strategic recalibration in streaming as key trends that shaped...

Apr 1, 2022 · Led by PVR’s Ajay Bijli as MD, the combined entity PVR-Inox will have an invincible size advantage with its 1546 screens across 341 in 109 Indian cities, against Carnival and Cinepolis’ nearly...

Jul 12, 2024 · The Indian film industry in 2050 will be vastly different from what we see today, shaped by technological advancements, changing audience preferences, and a more interconnected world.