India’s entertainment landscape shifted Thursday as Reliance Industries and Disney completed their long-awaited media merger, creating an Indian powerhouse valued at $8.5 billion. The deal combines Disney’s Star India with Reliance’s Viacom18 and streaming platforms JioCinema and Hotstar.

(Reuters) - 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.

Head of newly formed Jio Star says traditional linear format is still important in the country during streaming era

Disney and Reliance Industries have completed the $8.5B deal to form a media and entertainment giant in India.

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 that will dominate the streaming and television markets in the world's most populous nation.

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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,