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Disney+ Hotstar


Disney+ Hotstar is an Indian subscription video-on-demand streaming service owned and operated by Star India, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The Disney Plus streaming service was launched in the US back in November. It quickly expanded to many other countries, including India.

But instead of getting a dedicated app, Indian users saw the existing Hotstar streaming platform rebranded to Disney Plus Hotstar. At the time of its April launch in India, the newly packaged Disney Plus Hotstar also raised subscription prices and added a trove of new content to the existing service.

Hotstar Subscription


It features two paid subscription plans VIP, which focuses on domestic programs and sports content, and Premium featuring premium international films and television series. As of July 2020, VIP Plan costs ₹399 for a year and Premium Plan costs ₹1,499 per year or ₹299 for a monthly plan. As of March 2020, Disney+ Hotstar has at least 300 million active users.
In February 2020, following the purchase of Star India's parent company 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019, the company announced plans to integrate its new international streaming brand Disney+ with Hotstar in April 2020 leveraging Hotstar's existing infrastructure and userbase. On 3 April 2020, the platform was merged with Disney+.

Disney+ Hotstar can be accessed on its official website or it can be accessed on Disney+ Hotstar app


Hotstar In India

In India, the service is operated as both a free ad-supported service and two subscription-based tiers. The ad-supported service includes access to selected Indian films and Star series after their television broadcast. The Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription is oriented towards domestic content, including series from Star's Indian-language television networks and the Hotstar Specials banner, early access to Star's Indian television serial programs before their television premiere, cricket coverage, Premier League football from the United Kingdom, and access to content from the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. The Hotstar Premium tier adds access to premium international films and series, including content from Disney, HBO, Showtime, and much of Disney's 20th Century Studios content.

Some early original content on the service included the news comedy program On Air With AIB, and CinePlay. In March 2019, the service launched a new premium original content brand, Hotstar Specials, with the first production being Roar of the Lion-a drama miniseries involving the Chennai Super Kings in the 2018 Indian Premier League. Hotstar stated that these series would be at least six episodes in length, be available in seven regional languages (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu) and focus on providing "big-scale, high-quality drama". Hotstar partnered with a large number of Indian filmmakers to produce series for the brand.

In December 2015, Hotstar gained domestic streaming rights to current and past HBO original series, as part of Star's larger deal with the network. It reached a similar deal with Showtime in July 2017. In October 2018, Hotstar partnered with HOOQ to offer its content on its premium service, including rights to films and series from its co-owners Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., as well as its other content partners. The partnership between Hotstar and HOOQ ended in 2020 when the latter shut down due to bankruptcy. It was eventually acquired by Coupang in July 2020.

On 29 June 2020, Hotstar launched a new venture, Disney+Hotstar Multiplex. Under this new venture, Hotstar is offering a Friday release of new Bollywood movies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting with 

Dil Bechara on 24 July 2020, followed by 

Sadak 2

The Big Bull

Lootcase

Khuda Haafiz

Laxmmi Bomb

Bhuj: The Pride of India, etc.

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