The $8.5 billion merger of Disney and Reliance Industries was completed on Thursday with Nita Ambani taking over as the Chairperson of the joint venture.

Reliance Industries and Disney completed their long-awaited media merger, creating an Indian powerhouse valued at $8.5 billion.

The joint venture has combined revenue of $3.1 billion and over 100 TV channels, 50 million subscribers, and 30,000 hours of TV entertainment content annually

Reliance and Disney have completed their landmark Indian media merger, creating an $8.5 billion entertainment powerhouse in the country's streaming and Reliance and Disney complete landmark Indian media merger,

Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Thursday completed the $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets, which have been split into three divisions, with each unit having its own CEO. The companies said the newly formed divisions are entertainment,

The head of Disney and Reliance Industries’ newly merged $8.5bn Indian entertainment titan plans to invest and “revitalise” television in the world’s most populous country even as western media organisations increasingly see it as a dying medium.

Disney and Reliance Industries have completed the $8.5B deal to form a media and entertainment giant in India. This brings together Reliance’s JioCinema business with Disney’s Star India, which houses Disney+ Hotstar,

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has completed the merger of its media assets with the India business of Walt Disney for an $8.5 billion ( ₹70,352 crore) joint venture (JV) that will be controlled by the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Disney (NYSE:DIS) have received final approvals from competition regulators based in Mumbai for their $8.5B Indian joint initiative, which will leverage over 100 TV channels and have access to over 50M subscribers on digital streaming platforms and a portfolio of sports rights,