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NEW DELHI, MUMBAI : Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd, a unit of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), secured the media rights for all bilateral cricket matches to be played in India during the next five years for ₹5,963 crore through the e-auction conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday. The RIL-run broadcaster outbid Sony Pictures Networks India across digital and television, while the third bidder, Disney Star, placed just a couple of bids, according to two people familiar with the development.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) on a plea by IDBI Bank requesting initiation of insolvency proceedings against the company. IDBI’s plea is after the bank is unable to recover unpaid dues of around ₹150 crore. The Tribunal instructed both parties to submit replies and rejoinders, acknowledging that the case requires consideration.

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Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes because of the wildfires

From the 2003 Telgi story that shocked India to Denzel Washington as Robert McCall in 'The Equalizer 3', the month has many titles released on the OTT and theatres. There will be action, romance, fantasy, crime, thriller, comedy drama and many more. If you have access to multiple OTT platforms, it will be an exciting weekend.

Vu Televisions has always been focused on the luxury and large-size TV audienceVu started when the market of flat panel TVs in India was 300,000 units and the starting cost of a flat panel TV was Rs. 40,000. Vu focused its R&D and customer service on high-end products like the 84-inch TV launched in 2012 and sold its products through select retail outlets in tier 1 cities.

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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) in a plea by IDBI Bank to initiate insolvency proceedings against the company. IDBI Bank, in its plea, said it was unable to recover unpaid dues of around ₹150 crore from Zee. The tribunal instructed both parties to submit replies and rejoinders, acknowledging that the case requires consideration.

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Garena on Thursday announced the relaunch of Free Fire India, an Indian version of its popular battle royale game Free Fire, over a year and a half after it was blocked. The Sea Ltd-owned game has been relaunched just a few months after the most popular game in the Indian esports ecosystem, Krafton’s Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), returned from a government block on a three-month trial basis late in May. BGMI had roughly 100 million registered users in the country pre-block. Free Fire, a battle royale game where multiple players fight each other in a set location to “survive”, was one of the most popular online games in India before it was blocked, according to executives in the gaming industry. Garena is employing servers run by Yotta, a unit of the Hiranandani group, to provide cloud hosting and data storage services, the firm said in a statement.

New Delhi: IVM Podcasts has announced a new audio fiction show, in collaboration with SBI Life Insurance, titled Chitthiyaan voiced by actor Gajraj Rao. Conceived and directed by Safura Ubaid, Chitthiyaan marks IVM Podcasts’ first ever audio fiction anthology. “As audience preferences continue to evolve, we aim to captivate and fulfill their information and entertainment needs through storytelling with a difference.

Deepak Shenoy, Founder, Capital Mind, says: “We have just been adding very little churn these days. Markets have been kind. But I am looking forward to a couple of more sectors. There seems to be a turnaround in textiles. There seems to be something happening, early stages happening in chemicals so looking forward to some of that. We may end up replacing some of our stocks if we see a three to five-year trend.”What has been your last purchase in this market and where are you looking at exiting completely because you think the valuation or the template is now shaky?We generally do not get out on just valuation alone; the business has to have some kind of a negative trigger going forward.

Babil Khan, who finds it challenging to walk the fine line between honesty and pretense. The young actor's social media feed is full of fascinating tales about his late father Irrfan Khan and life lessons from his mother Sutapa, but Babil said he «struggles» to be honest in his expression on social networking sites. «I'm struggling so much because I was brought up in a household where I got a phone when I was 16 or 17 years old.

IDBI bank's plea against Zee Entertainment related to insolvency proceedings on Thursday. "Learned Counsel for Appellant prays for and is allowed a week’s time to file the Additional Affidavit," said the NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Barun Mitra, reported PTI. In its plea, the IDBI bank had challenged the orders of the Mumbai bench of the NCLT, which rejected the private lender's plea to begin the insolvency proceedings against Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

ZomatoMarquee investors including Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Kotak Mahindra MF, among others picked up stake in Zomato in block deal on Wednesday.ZEEQuant Mutual Fund has sold 48.1 lakh shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises through bulk deals on Wednesday.Sula VineyardVerlinvest Asia Pte is looking to offload up to 12.5% stake in Sula Vineyard through block deals on Thursday, according to reports.Read more: What changed the market while you were sleepingMahindra LogisticsThe company's board has approved the appointment of Saurabh Taneja, as Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel with effect from September 1.Natco PharmaNatco Pharma has invested $2 million in Delaware-based ISCA for bio control of pests.BHELBHEL has secured an order from NTPC for setting up the 2x800 MW supercritical thermal power project stage-II at Lara in Chhattisgarh through international competitive bidding.Fortis HealthcareFortis Healthcare has reached an agreement to acquire a multi-speciality hospital in Haryana for Rs 225 crore.NTPC The Board of NTPC has approved Rs 15,530 crore investment for 1,600 MW lara super thermal project.

Silver Lake is evaluating a potential debt deal to pay itself a dividend out of Ticketek owner TEG, its entertainment portfolio company that has been the subject of an estimated $2 billion sale campaign for at least three months.

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Wednesday directed the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to file its response by September 4 in an appeal filed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises promoter Punit Goenka against an order of the regulator. The tribunal also scheduled for September 8 the hearing of Goenka's plea, challenging Sebi's confirmatory order barring him from holding any directorship or managerial position in any listed company or their subsidiaries. Goenka, who is the MD and CEO of Zee, approached the appellate tribunal through law firm Economic Laws Practice. He has submitted that Sebi's order be set aside. A division bench of Justice Tarun Agarwala and technical member Meera Swarup, while allowing Sebi to file its response, observed that it was not satisfied with the regulator's timeline of eight months to complete the probe against alleged wrongdoings by the Zee promoters. The bench also referred to the merger deal between Zee and Culver Max Entertainment (Sony) that has received all the requisite approvals, including from the National Company Law Tribunal, Competition Commission of India and stock exchanges. «The merger has happened with the consensus of the shareholders.

Lego Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling is all set to premiere on streaming. As per a report in Variety, it will be a 22-minute official adaptation of the first Jurassic Park film by Steven Spielberg. Here are the streaming details.Lego Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling is in celebration of the 30th anniversary year since the release of the first Jurassic Park movie in 1993. Lego is also celebrating the Jurassic Park 30th anniversary with its special blocks. The animation Lego Jurassic Park special project has been produced by Universal Pictures along with the Lego Group, and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. Steven Spielberg directed the first two movies of the franchise, Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), of which the first movie is considered groundbreaking. Jurassic Park is originally a science-fiction novel by Michael Crichton, on which the first film was based.

Hollywood crew members are turning to nonprofits like the Entertainment Community Fund for assistance as they have also lost work during the writer and actors strikes