Reliance Entertainment
 | |
| Division | |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Anil Ambani, Chairman |
| Products |
Motion Pictures Music Television Games |
| Parent | Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
| Website | Official Website |
Reliance Entertainment (formerly known as Reliance BIG Entertainment) is a division of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group handling its media and entertainment business, across content and distribution platforms.
The key content initiatives are across movies, music, sports, gaming, Internet & mobile portals, leading to direct opportunities in delivery across the emerging digital distribution platforms: digital cinema, IPTV, DTH and mobile TV.
Subsidiaries
Current
- Storyteller Holding Co., LLC[1] (Amblin Partners) (investor, 20%)
- Amblin Entertainment - Family-Friendly Label
- DreamWorks Pictures - Mature Label
- Amblin Television - Television Division
- Storyteller Distribution Co. LLC - Copyright Holder
- Big Animation - (Airtight Info media)
- Big Home Entertainment - Home Video Division
- Big Music - Record Label Division
- BIG Star Entertainment Awards
- Code masters (60.41% owned)
- Jump Games (ParadoX Studios)
- Riverstone Pictures
- Reliance Big Pictures - Movie Production & Distribution Division
- Reliance Broadcast Network Limited
- Big Broadcasting - TV Broadcasting Division
- Big CBS - General Entertainment Channel Division
- Big Digital - Digital Content Development, Internet Radio and New Media Division
- Big 92.7 FM - Radio Division
- Big Live - Events and BTL Activations Division
- Big Productions - TV Production Division
- Big Street - Out of Home Advertising Division
- Big TV - Direct To Home Satellite TV Division
- Reliance Games - Mobile Games Development Studio
- Reliance Media Works Ltd
- Big ND Studios
- Big Synergy - Non Fiction TV Production Division
- Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Lowry Digital)
- Reliance Media Works Studio - Filmcity Mumbai
- Talenthouse
Former
History
- Reliance forayed into the largely untapped video rental market in India by launching BIGFlix.[3]
- The company plans to launch TV Channels.[4]
- On July 15, 2009, Reliance and Steven Spielberg announced a joint venture with funding of $825 million.[5]
- Big 92.7 FM launched a radio station in Singapore considering 8% of the population residing there is Indian.[6]
- On April 5, 2010, Reliance acquired a 50% stake in Codemasters.[7]
- On May 28, 2010, the company achieved the first ever Bollywood cross-over into the Hollywood box office market with the release of Kites.
- Reliance co-produced director Steven Spielberg's film War Horse, which was released worldwide on Christmas Day in 2011. Many other projects from the director also have the company as a producer.[8]
- In January 2012, it was announced that Reliance DreamWorks movies garnered 11 Oscar nominations.[9]
- In November 2014, the company announced plans to begin the acquisition process of the North American and European mobile game studios of DreamWorks Studios in early 2015.[10]
References
- ↑ "EX-99.1". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ↑ Brzeski, Patrick (June 2, 2016). "IM Global Acquired by Tang Media Partners, Launches TV Joint Venture With Tencent". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Anil Ambani eyes video rental business". Anil-ambani-news.newslib.com. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ↑ "Anil Ambani to launch 20 TV channels". Anil-ambani-news.newslib.com. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ↑ Anil Ambani meets Spielberg; to provide Rs 4,000 cr for films The Economic Times.
- ↑ "Anil Ambani Group launches radio station in Singapore DNA". Dnaindia.com. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ↑ Hinkle, David (2010-04-05). "Reliance Big Entertainment acquires 50% stake in Codemasters". Joystiq. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ↑ Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008 at 1314 hrs IST (2008-06-24). "Reliance, Spielberg in talks over $2 bn movie venture". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ↑ "Reliance Dreamworks movies garner 11 Oscar nominations - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ↑ Exclusive: India's Reliance Entertainment plans to acquire Western game studios in 2015. Reuters, 15 November 2014
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