entertainment major, UTV and US media giant, Walt Disney joining
hands.
A leading economic newspaper in Mumbai carried a report about Walt
Disney, which operates two television channels in India '
Disney Channel and Toon Disney ' joining hands with UTV to
battle Time Warner's Cartoon Network in the kids channel
space in India. It is common knowledge that Hungama Television
(owned by UHE) is a leading children's channel in India and a joint
venture in which UTV holds 49% stake, and a move between the two
giants to collaborate in some form will help Disney consolidate its
foothold in India using UTV's expertise while the latter would
secure a huge investment. When contacted, Tanuj Garg, who heads
UTV's affairs in the UK remarked, "I cannot comment, nor am I aware
of this." We hear that UTV HQ in Mumbai has issued a denial and we
must admit that the exact nature and structure of the deal, if any,
is still not known, but the wind in the market that something is
brewing between UTV and Walt Disney is strong!
UTV's next international film releases are 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' (22nd
September) and 'Don' (20th October). Disney are famous for many
kiddie flicks, including the Lindsay Lohan starrer Herbie Rides
Again. Could we be seeing a collaboration between the two giants,
and maybe a film that stars Shah Rukh Khan and Lindsay Lohan?
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