The merger of Viacom18 and Star India into JioStar brought JioHotstar, combining JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar. Jio also offers a 90-day free JioHotstar subscription and JioFiber/AirFiber trial ...

Disney+ Hotstar lost the rights to offer Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket last year, but the streamer remains India’s market leader, according to Ampere Analysis. The Disney-owned service has ...

Disney+ Hotstar lost its streaming rights for IPL matches to JioCinema last year for five years until 2027. Due to the shift, the latter started streaming the cricket tournament for free this year.

Disney+ Hotstar broke the previous record held by competitor JioCinema, which reported 3.2 Cr concurrent viewers during the IPL 2023 finale in May 2023.

Coldplay's Ahmedabad concert draws 8.3 million Disney+ Hotstar livestream views, Chris Martin performs 'Vande Mataram' with 134,000 live audience.

Disney acquired Hotstar, which already owned IPL rights, as part of its $71BN acquisition of 21st Century Fox global assets in 2019. While IPL matches were previously offered for free, Disney made ...

Disney+ Hotstar lost the rights to offer Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket last year, but the streamer remains India’s market leader, according to Ampere Analysis. The Disney-owned service has ...

And so retaining IPL rights was a critical part of future success. To wit, around this time last year, Disney+ Hotstar subscriptions rose by 8 million in anticipation of the IPL season.

Despite recent subscriber declines, Disney+ Hotstar leads the subscription video on demand (SVOD) market, with a 29% share. As of the end of Q1, 2023 (Disney’s FY 2023), it had 52.9 million ...