Sony, India’s Zee settle dispute over scrapped $10bn merger BENGALURU: India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony’s unit in the country have agreed to withdraw all claims... Published 27 Aug, 2024 04:53pm
Business & Finance India flags cricket rights concerns with Disney-Reliance $8.5bn merger NEW DELHI: India’s antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance... Published 21 Aug, 2024 10:53am
Technology Sony posts 10% profit rise in Q1, beating estimates TOKYO: Sony on Wednesday booked a 10% rise in operating profit in the April-June quarter, beating analyst estimates.... Published 07 Aug, 2024 11:39am
Technology Sony stresses PlayStation user engagement as hardware sales taper off TOKYO: Japan’s Sony on Thursday emphasised the strength of user engagement with its gaming platform as sales of the... Published 30 May, 2024 11:49am
Markets Japanese shares rise on Sony, chip stocks boost; caution ahead of US data weighs TOKYO: Japanese shares rose on Wednesday, led by Sony Group and chip-related stocks, although caution ahead of a key... Published 15 May, 2024 10:07am
Business & Finance Sony and Apollo propose $26bn Paramount offer, WSJ reports Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and private equity firm Apollo Global Management have made a $26 billion cash... Published 03 May, 2024 06:35pm
Business & Finance Sony unit continues merger talks with India’s Zee BENGALURU: The Sony Group continued to hold talks with Zee Entertainment Enterprises to merge their businesses in... Published 10 Jan, 2024 11:49am
Life & Style Zee asks Sony’s Indian arm for extension of merger deadline MUMBAI: India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises said in a stock exchange filing on Sunday that it had sought a further... Updated 18 Dec, 2023 08:36am
Print Branded mobile phones: Customs’ values on import of 1,160 models revised ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has rationalized customs values on the import of... Updated 15 Dec, 2023 10:01am
Business & Finance Sony Q2 profit falls 29%, hit by chips division TOKYO: Sony’s operating profit fell 29% in the July-September quarter, below estimates, as the company was hit by a... Published 09 Nov, 2023 11:43am
Business & Finance Sony quarterly profit tumbles as movie business disappoints TOKYO: Japan’s Sony logged a hefty drop in first-quarter profit, hurt in part by a weaker performance from its... Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am
Business & Finance India clears Sony-Zee deal to form $10bn entertainment powerhouse NEW DELHI: India paved the way on Thursday for a $10 billion media and entertainment powerhouse, giving Zee... Published 10 Aug, 2023 05:34pm
Technology Sony Q1 profit tumbles as movie business disappoints TOKYO: Japan’s Sony on Wednesday said first-quarter profit tumbled due to weaker performances from its movies and... Published 09 Aug, 2023 12:30pm
World Indian court dismisses plea by Zee’s ex-chairman, CEO over market regulator ban BENGALURU/MUMBAI: An Indian tribunal on Monday dismissed an appeal by former Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and... Published 10 Jul, 2023 04:50pm
Life & Style New Spider-Man film will not screen in UAE, as region debates values DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates will not screen Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’, Vox Cinemas said on... Published 16 Jun, 2023 03:44pm
Life & Style Latest Spider-Man spins silver screen gold LOS ANGELES: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ Sony’s newest chapter in the webslinger series, soared to North... Published 05 Jun, 2023 12:32pm
Business & Finance Sony expects profit to slip despite record PlayStation 5 sales TOKYO: Sony Group Corp on Friday said PlayStation 5 sales will jump by six million units this business year, but... Published 28 Apr, 2023 05:37pm
Technology Sony posts record annual profit driven by chip, music units TOKYO: Sony Group Corp on Friday posted a record annual profit due to strong performance at its music and microchip... Published 28 Apr, 2023 11:35am
Technology Sony hikes net profit forecast as weak yen boosts gaming TOKYO: Sony upgraded its annual net profit forecast on Thursday, saying it expects strong results in its key gaming... Published 02 Feb, 2023 12:02pm
Technology ‘Call of Duty’ to be released on Nintendo Switch, Microsoft says TOKYO: The hugely popular “Call of Duty” game franchise will become available on Nintendo’s Switch console if the... Published 07 Dec, 2022 02:39pm
Business & Finance Zee, Sony unit merger approved by India’s competition regulator NEW DELHI: India’s competition regulator on Tuesday approved a merger between the Indian unit of Japan’s Sony ... Published 05 Oct, 2022 07:02am
Business & Finance Zee, Sony unit merger gets approval from India competition regulator NEW DELHI: India’s competition regulator on Tuesday approved a merger between the Indian unit of Japan’s Sony and... Published 04 Oct, 2022 07:48pm
Business & Finance Sony, Zee offer concessions to ease India watchdog worry over merger NEW DELHI: A unit of Sony Group and India’s Zee Entertainment have proposed offering concessions such as pricing... Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:52pm
Life & Style 'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero' crushes Idris Elba's 'Beast' with $21mn debut LOS ANGELES: 'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero' topped the box office in its debut, beating expectations by collecting... Published 22 Aug, 2022 06:46pm
Life & Style Anime 'Dragon Ball' roars to top of N.American box office LOS ANGELES: Computer-animated martial arts film "Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero," the 21st in the Japanese ... Published 21 Aug, 2022 11:02pm
Technology Sony launches PC gaming gear, expanding beyond PlayStation TOKYO: Japan's Sony is launching a new brand that will offer PC gaming gear, the company announced Wednesday, as it... Published 29 Jun, 2022 06:25pm
Technology Sony, Honda sign JV to sell electric cars by 2025 Japan’s Sony and Honda Motor on Thursday officially agreed to an equally owned joint venture that will start selling... Published 17 Jun, 2022 12:33pm
Sports Media giants in pitch battle for India cricket rights MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Disney, Sony and India’s Reliance will vie on Sunday for media rights to Indian Premier League... Published 12 Jun, 2022 10:27am
Technology Sony readies for metaverse revolution with cross-platform push TOKYO: Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corp said it is well-positioned to play a leading role in the metaverse, or... Published 18 May, 2022 12:51pm
Life & Style 'Morbius' Opens to No. 1 With Decent $39 Million LOS ANGELES: "Morbius," the latest comic book adventure from Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters, opened in first... Published 03 Apr, 2022 11:21pm
Capacity-based model transition to take-and-pay model: 24 conditions proposed to strike new deals between govt, IPPs