If content is king, Reliance Industries-Walt Disney Company to be kingdom

The Rs 70,352 crore ($8.5 billion) merged entity, in which RIL will infuse Rs 11,500 crore, will have a viewership share of more than 40%, enabling it to secure premium advertising rates and consumer average revenue per user (ARPU), they said. The failure of Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony Pictures Networks India to merge is expected to benefit Star-Viacom18, which would have had to contend with a duopoly if the Sony-Zee merger had also gone through.
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