BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Zee Entertainment is making a last try and restart discussions with Japan’s Sony Group to revive their $10 billion merger deal which was scrapped on Jan. 22, Indian enterprise each day Economic Times reported on Tuesday, citing folks conscious of the matter.

Representatives from each events have been working to salvage the deal, with efforts to revive the merger gaining momentum over the previous two weeks, the report added.

However, there’s a probability that the discussions would possibly fail as vital variations stay unresolved and either side are standing agency on their positions, it mentioned.

Zee and Sony didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ request for feedback.

Sony terminated the merger with Zee because of sure unresolved “closing conditions” and management disputes, together with disagreements over CEO Punit Goenka’s involvement in regulatory points.

Zee is anticipated to inform Sony throughout the subsequent 24-48 hours relating to its willingness to just accept all phrases and circumstances and proceed with the merger, the newspaper mentioned.

If not, Sony is anticipated to withdraw its unique merger software with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) by the tip of this week, as agreed upon when the merger was initially proposed.

The Zee-Sony merger, within the works for 2 years, would have created an Indian tv juggernaut with greater than 90 channels throughout sports activities, leisure and information that may have competed with the likes of Walt Disney, and billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.

Shares of Zee rose 5.2% in early buying and selling on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H Okay)