Meta’s Muse AI not amusing experts; data privacy concerns raised 
Govt. body to examine ‘Satluj’ issue for future course of action 
Govt says security concerns led to directions to Z5 on ‘Sutluj 
DPOs seek to pare payout to b’casters amid revenue challenges 
Indian Govt. to summon Meta over Insta CSAM ads allegations 
Amazon Leo brings satellite internet to South Africa 
The Batman Part II’ first look revealed 
Netflix focuses on viewer engagement 
Prabhas’ ‘Fauzi’ gets December 3 release 
Network18 Q1 revenue up 10.3 percent to Rs.516 crore 
India’s Tata Group and Bharti Group are close to merging their satellite TV businesses, creating a nearly $1.6 billion entity with the aim of tiding over the sustained migration of subscribers to digital streaming, Reuters quoted an Economic Times as saying yesterday.
The merged entity is expected to be run by Bharti Airtel, which will likely hold between 52-55 percent with the remaining held by Tata Play shareholders, including Walt Disney, the report said, citing sources. (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/indias-tata-play-airtel-digital-tv-near-merger-et-reports-2025-02-25/)
Bharti Airtel, Tata Play and Disney did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comments.
Tata Play — a 70:30 venture between Tata Sons and Disney — and Airtel had a combined 35 million paid subscribers as of last September, more than half the 60 million subscribers industry-wide at the time, according to a government report.
The two businesses are being approximately valued between Rs. 60 billion ($690.76 million)-Rs. 70 billion ($805.89 million) each, with their revenue exceeding Rs. 70 billion in fiscal 2024, ET reported.
The deal is the second major one in the sector since Dish TV with Videocon d2h in 2016 and follows the $ 8.5 billion merger of Reliance Industries non-news media assets with Disney’s Indian media assets last year.
