JioHotstar Launches Plans: What It Means for Hostar and JioCinema Users
Reliance Industries and Walt Disney's India business completed their partnership in the month of November. They then formed the joint venture Viacom18 Media.
JioHotstar Launches Plans: What It Means for Hostar and JioCinema Users
The Reliance and Disney JV has launched JioHotstar and is a merger of India's two most popular streaming platforms, aiming to compete with Netflix as well as Amazon Prime Video.
The brand new platform, which is a combination of JioCinema as well as the Disney+ Hotstar content library, it is a redesigned version Disney+ Hotstar.
Merger combines the best sports rights of India under one roof, which includes India's premier cricket tournaments, the Indian Premier League cricket and International Cricket Council tournaments, along with soccer's English Premier League soccer.
This joint venture is expected to include content from major international studios like Disney, Warner Bros., HBO, NBCUniversal Peacock and Paramount.
What do the latest JioHotstar application offer users The app will not offer free IPLs New subscription plans, and much more.
The streaming platforms in India has grown quickly. According to a report from Equentis Research, the market was worth $200.5 billion by 2022. It will likely to reach $836.5 billion in 2032, a growth rate of the rate of 17.2 percent. The rising need for online content as well as the increasing competition among streaming platforms is the main factors driving this growth.
The brand new JioHotstar is the end of totally gratis IPL cricket streaming since the partnership continues to transform its huge users into paying subscribers.
Subscription plans start at Rs149 for 3 months, with ads. an ad-free premium plan is priced for 499 rupees.
It is expected that the JioCinema app will gradually be removed, and current subscribers to both Reliance and Disney JV will automatically move to the new app when their current subscriptions end.
JioStar was created through Reliance's $8.5 billion acquisition of Disney's Indian assets in the latter half of 2024, is now in control of 85% of India's online market and a significant portion of its television viewers. JioStar's combined platform has more than 300,000 hours of content across 10 Indian languages, as well as 500 million people.
