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Star, and in turn Hotstar, were acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2019, as part of its acquisition of their US parent company 21st Century Fox. [16] [17]During a February 2020 earnings call, Iger announced that its recently launched international streaming brand Disney+ and its original programming would be integrated into Hotstar as part of a re-launch on 29 March 2020.
India’s entertainment landscape shifted Thursday as Reliance Industries and Disney completed their long-awaited media merger, creating an Indian powerhouse valued at $8.5 billion. The deal ...
JioCinema was an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Disney Star, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India. The service was merged with Disney+ Hotstar on 14 February 2025, to form JioHotstar .
On 4 January 2019, Star TV shut down its television operations in USA for the promotion of its digital counterpart, Hotstar. [35] On 20 March 2019, Star India became a subsidiary of Disney India after the US$71.3 billion deal in the acquisition of former parent company 21st Century Fox was closed. Now, Disney India owns television channels of ...
NEW DELHI/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -India's top conglomerate Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Wednesday announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5 ...
Disney and Reliance Industries have moved closer to a merger of their massive Indian TV and streaming businesses. A combination of the two – which include rival streaming platforms, India’s ...
Reuters reported last month that Disney Hotstar's CEO Sajith Sivanandan resigned from the role as business integration gathered pace for the merger. The entertainment division will be led by Kevin ...
Hotstar (now JioHotstar) is the most subscribed–to OTT platform in India, owned by JioStar as of February 2025, with around 500 million active users and over 650 million downloads. [5] According to Hotstar's India Watch Report 2018, 96% of watch time on Hotstar comes from videos longer than 20 minutes, while one–third of Hotstar subscribers ...