During the finals of the men's cricket World Cup last year, Hotstar set a record with 59 million concurrent viewers, showcasing its capability to manage large-scale live broadcasts without glitches.

Disney and Reliance reportedly plan to stream the live sports content of the merged entity on Disney’s Hotstar app. Disney+ Hotstar will stream all live sports events, and the process of ...

Disney+ Hotstar also reported “strong viewership momentum” for other cricket properties, including the Asia Cup 2022, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, and ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023.

“Free cricket is the only bullet left.” Disney acquired Hotstar, which already owned IPL rights, as part of its $71BN acquisition of 21st Century Fox global assets in 2019.