Sony scrapped $10 bn merger as Zee failed to meet financial terms: Report

Sony scrapped the $10 billion merger of its Indian arm with Zee Entertainment in part because Zee failed to meet some financial terms of the deal and come up with a plan to address them, according to a termination notice reviewed by Reuters.

India’s Zee denied the allegations in a letter to Sony, also reviewed by Reuters, and accused the Japanese company of “bad faith” in calling off the merger.

A Zee-Sony merger in India would have created a media powerhouse in the world’s most populous nation with 90-plus channels across sports, entertainment and news.