JV & Investment

Private Treaties Acquires Stake In ApnaCircle.com; MouthShut Doing PT Deal For Dekhona? - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 13 May 2008 08:50 PM PST

Two announcements from Private Treaties, the investment arm of the Times Group. The first, it has acquired a minority stake (rumored to be in the 20-30% range) in social network…

SlideShare Gets $3 Million For Presentation Docs Hosting - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 May 2008 06:37 AM PST

Powerpoint presentation sharer SlideShare has raised a $3 million first-round investment. David Siminoff, a partner with lead investor Venrock, is joining a board that includes Guy Kawasaki, Marc Cuban, Ross…

Vodafone To Launch iPhone In India This Year - 10 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 06 May 2008 08:31 AM PST

So, we eat humble pie. Vodafone confirms a month old Business Standard story, it will launch the iPhone in India along with Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal,…

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Images Multimedia Group Gets FIPB Approval For Rs. 33.37 Crores - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 02 May 2008 06:29 AM PST

Delhi based Images Multimedia group has received a clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board for bringing in a foreign direct investment (FDI) of Rs. 33.37 crore, for a dilution…

Zapak Targets BRIC Countries; Jump In Talks For F1 Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 01 May 2008 10:40 PM PST

We’ve heard often about Zapak Digital Entertainment, the online gaming company from the Reliance ADA Group, planning to launch a China site; the doors to China may have been opened…

News Corp Owned STAR Star In Talks With UB Group For Print Foray: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 28 Apr 2008 02:45 AM PST

STAR India, a wholly owned subsidiary of STAR Hong Kong, and a News Corp company is currently seeking a joint venture in India for a print media foray. Business Standard…

Tata Teleservices To Raise $1 Billion Through 15-30% Equity Sale - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sat 19 Apr 2008 03:50 PM PST

Tata Teleservices plans to raise $1 billion by selling 15-30% of its stake to private equity and strategic investors reports ET. Tata, as per the latest TRAI report, holds 35.41%…

You Telecom And Red Snapper Form Wireless Network JV: YouSnapper - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 16 Apr 2008 12:12 AM PST

YOU Telecom, an Internet Service Provider in which Citigroup Venture Capital has a majority stake, has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Red Snapper, a Malaysian wireless and VoIP service…

CyberMedia Buys UBMs Stake In Publishing JV - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:59 AM PST

CyberMedia India appears to be in consolidation mode: the company has acquired the entire equity in UBM-CyberMedia LLC for an undisclosed sum, buying out the stake of their partner United…

DQ Entertainment Picks Up 20% Stake In Method Films - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 28 Feb 2008 06:53 AM PST

DQ Entertainment, an animation and gaming company has acquired 20 percent stake in Method Films, a French animation company which produces content for broadcasters like Nickelodeon, BBC, ITV (LSE: ITV),…

Disney Ups Stake In UTV To 32.1 Pc For $200M; Open Offer For 20 Pc - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 18 Feb 2008 01:03 AM PST

Update: Looks like Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) got it wrong: just spoke to a UTV spokesperson, who told me that Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) open offer to UTV Software shareholders is a…

Disney To Increase Stake in UTV; Announcement Monday - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 16 Feb 2008 11:37 AM PST

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), which has been a 15 percent stake holder in Indian TV company UTV, is going to announce an increase in its stake this Monday. The announcement…

Warner Bros MPI In A Post-Production Alliance With India’s Prime Focus - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 08 Feb 2008 04:15 AM PST

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging has entered into a strategic alliance with Indian co Prime Focus; the latter will provide digital post production facilities to film-makers. Prime Focus apparently has…

Dice Exits Job Portal JV With Cybermedia - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 08 Feb 2008 02:31 AM PST

This just in: Dice Holdings has sold its stake in Cybermedia Dice Careers to Pradeep Gupta, the founder of speciality media house Cybermedia, a BSE listed entity. Cybermedia Dice Careers,…

Turner Revamps Cartoonnetworkindia.com; Partners With Outblaze - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 07 Feb 2008 02:48 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Turner has tied-up with Outblaze for a joint venture in Asia called TurnOut, which will create online communities for Cartoon Network portals. Outblaze, according to this Agencyfaqs…

Microsoft Picks Up 35 Percent Stake In Oxigen Services; CitiGroup Venture Capital Exits - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 24 Jan 2008 08:00 AM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has acquired a 35 percent stake in Oxigen Services India, a company that enables aggregation of recharge, bill payments and subscriptions for telecom operators, ISPs, DTH service…

Reuters-BCCL Partnership Headed For A Split? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 23 Jan 2008 07:52 AM PST

Well, the rumour has been around for a while now - I first heard about it in December, but was unable to confirm it; “Why break off a successful partnership?”…

It’s Official: NBC Universal Picks Up 26 Percent Stake In NDTV Networks For $150 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 22 Jan 2008 04:15 AM PST

We had confirmed this on Jan 2nd, and now here’s the official statement regarding NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) picking up 26 percent stake in NDTV Networks Plc, the UK subsidiary…

NBC Universal Takes Major Stake In India’s NDTV for ‘Nine Figure Sum’ - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 02 Jan 2008 06:27 PM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), through its international arm, has taken a major stake of around 30 percent in NDTV’s UK arm, ContentSutra has learned. This has been rumored for a…

IBN Parent Gets Govt Nod To Raise Rs 500 Crores; Sell 26 Percent Stake - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Dec 2007 04:41 AM PST

Something about Rs 500 crores these days...the number is in fashion. First Naukri.com parent decides to raise the amount, and now Global Broadcast News Ltd., parent of CNN-IBN and IBN-7…

InfoEdge/Naukri.com To Raise Rs 500 Crores; Increasing FII Up To 40 Percent - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 24 Dec 2007 09:58 AM PST

As we reported last week, Info Edge (BOM: 532777) India (the Naukri.com Group) had a board meeting on Dec 21st, to decide on raising more funds for the company, to…

DQ Entertainment Raises $56 Million From London’s Alternate Investment Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 21 Dec 2007 04:20 AM PST

DQ Entertainment (DQE), an Animation and Gaming company, has raised funds of $56 million through its listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the 18th of December. The company…

SET Renamed Multi-Screen Media; Dressing Up Before A Sale? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 21 Dec 2007 12:21 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television (SET) has been renamed Multi Screen Media (MSM), a move which CEO Kunal Dasgupta told IndianTelevison reflects a change in company’s strategy. SET intends to…

Naukri Looking To Raise More Funds; Invests $500,000 In Study Places Inc - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:11 PM PST

Info Edge (BOM: 532777) India (the Naukri.com Group) has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company’s board of directors will meet today (21st of December) to “discuss raising of…

Turner International Picks Up Minority Stake In Miditech; ICICI Ventures Gets An Exit - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 12 Dec 2007 06:46 AM PST

This just in: Turner International has acquired a minority stake television production company Miditech. The stake includes all the shares held in Miditech by ICICI ventures. Turner and the Alva…