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JioCinema was an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India.The service was merged with Disney+ Hotstar on 14 February 2025, to form JioHotstar.
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 ...
The merger will create India's biggest entertainment player, with 120 TV channels and two streaming services, and will compete with Sony, Netflix and Amazon. (Reporting by Kashish Tandon in ...
The brand was introduced as Hotstar for a streaming service carrying content from Disney Star's (formerly Star India) local networks, including films, television series, live sports, and original programming, as well as featuring content licensed from third parties such as Showtime among others.
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 ...
On May 14, 2024, It was reported the deal between Disney and Reliance was approved by National Company Law Tribunal, with the JioCinema streaming service being moved to the Digital18 unit as part of the merger. [33] [34] On 28 August 2024, the CCI has approved the merger of Disney+ Hotstar with Viacom18. [35]
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 ...
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 ...