The on/off and much-delayed merger plan between Sony Pictures India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) could wrap during November according to reports out of Mumbai. The merger, which would create an entertainment and media giant in India, has been beset by legal problems and investigations by various regulators. Proposed back in 2021, the merged entity […]
Sony has continued its relationship with Vatican Media, the official institution within the Vatican responsible for broadcasting the Pope and the Vatican’s activity, by upgrading its broadcast system. The institution, previously called Centro Televisivo Vaticano, aims to make the look and feel of the Vatican accessible worldwide, and to provide high-quality footage for the historical […]
Further to the success of the Indian adaptations of Your Honor and Fauda (Tanaav) on Sony LIV, yes Studios has announced that a third of its scripted titles – Magpie – is to be adapted for the platform. The crime drama’s Hindi working title is Kan Khajura, which means centipede. Magpie (S1: 11×40 and S2: […]
Sony Group has said that the completion of the India merger between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) and Culver Max Entertainment, which is Sony Pictures Networks India, will take a few more months. The much-awaited merger was previously expected by the end of September. The Zee/Sony merger was approved by the National Company Law Tribunal […]
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has announced he will be stepping down in March 2024 after nearly 30 years with the company. He took over as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) in February 2019, having joined Sony a few months before the launch of the first PlayStation gaming console in 1994. Ryan said he took […]
The much-anticipated $10 billion merger between Zee Entertainment (ZEEL) and Sony’s Indian broadcast assets should complete by December, say reports in India. The plan is for shareholders to get 85 shares of the merged entity for every 100 shares held in ZEEL after the merger. Shares of ZEEL will then be delisted and relisted after […]
The latest allegations to hinder the long-awaited merger between Zee Entertainment and Sony’s India assets are that an ‘approval’ for the merger was illegal. Axis Finance has filed a petition to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that the l National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) which approved the Zee-Sony merger made its decision in […]
Gravity Media, a provider of complex live creative production and media services, has chosen Sony to upgrade and expand its camera fleet across the globe in a move to future-proof its technology for live broadcasting and accommodate further business growth. The initial contract saw a significant quantity of Gravity Media’s global camera fleet replaced with […]
Sony Corporation and Deutsche Telekom are working together on a programme of activities to leverage Sony’s expertise in camera, encoding, IoT and media orchestration with Deutsche Telekom’s latest developments in advanced 5G networking. The two organisations are jointly conducting trials to apply Deutsche Telekom’s dynamic network slicing technology to latest generation contribution and production workflows […]
Sony’s latest cinema camera, a sister to its high-end Venice unit, maintains the Venetian connection and is called Burano. It is a digital cinema camera that is specifically designed for single-camera operators and small crews; it is around 32mm shorter and 1.4 kilograms lighter than the Venice 2. Burano is part of Sony’s CineAlta portfolio. […]