Reliance Industries' media merger could preview wireless venture

Analysts say the move signals plan to float Reliance Jio IPO

20200220 Mukesh Ambani

Reliance has spent billions of dollars disrupting India's telecommunications market with its wireless venture Jio. © Reuters

MUMBAI (NewsRise) -- Reliance Industries' move to consolidate its media and distribution businesses into unit Network18 Media & Investments could be a prelude to billionaire Mukesh Ambani's plan to rope in an investor for the wireless business.

Earlier this week, the company said it will merge its TV18 Broadcast business with Network18, and maintain the cable and broadband businesses of Hathway Cable & Datacom and Den Networks, which it bought in 2018, as separate wholly owned subsidiaries of Network18.

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