India’s Zee Leisure urges Sony to revive blockbuster merger

Indian leisure conglomerate Zee Leisure on Wednesday mentioned it urged Sony to revive their blockbuster leisure merger and has sued the Japanese tech large over the deal’s termination.

Sony earlier this week referred to as of the transaction with Zee Leisure, which is reported to be value $10 billion. Sony is searching for a $90 million breakup charge from Zee over the collapsed deal, in response to Zee, which mentioned the corporate is searching for this sum “on account of

Zee was reportedly unable to hunt a termination charge itself from Sony over the deal termination, as mentioned termination had handed a deadline of Dec. 21, 2023 for the 2 corporations to finish the merger.

A serious media presence in India, Zee owns a number of TV channels, a film studio and a streaming service regionally.

A merger of Zee with Sony’s India subsidiary, Culver Max Leisure Pvt. Ltd., and its entity Bangla Leisure Pvt. Ltd. (BEPL), would have created a possible content material and leisure powerhouse within the southeast Asian nation.

Sony would have gained entry to Zee’s native content material, giving it an even bigger footing within the profitable Indian leisure market. Zee, which faces intense competitors at dwelling from gamers like Disney and Reliance Industries, would have benefitted from the backing of Sony.

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