• Filmyatra Movie
• 01 Jan, 1970

DINEY  HOTSTAR

•JioCinema and Disney' Hotstar merge to form JioHotstar

•India's OTT market is rapidly growing, driven by digital demand

•New features include 4K streaming, AI-powered insights

•JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar have officially merged to create a new streaming platform, JioHotstar. The new service was launched on 14 February by JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries and The Walt Disney Company.                                        The merger brings together two of India’s most popular streaming platforms, combining their content libraries, sports coverage, and technology to offer a wider range of entertainment.

Reliance and Disney’s combined JioHotstar platform is now live. This new streaming platform combines the content libraries of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar. This merger brings together India's most valuable sports rights, including the Indian Premier League, International Cricket Council tournaments and the English Premier League as well as content from major international studios like Disney, Warner Bros., HBO, NBCUniversal Peacock, and Paramount, all under one roof. But, what happens to the existing customers of Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema? What happens if these customers try to access the separate platforms through their app or website? Here we’ve answered all the questions about existing customers who are trying to access the Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema platforms separately.

JioStar, the joint venture between Reliance-owned Viacom18 and Walt Disney-owned Star India, has rolled out JioHotstar, which combines the catalogues of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar into a single streaming platform. JioHotstar also has a new logo: a ‘Big Bang’ that, the company says, represents “the dawn of a new era.”

The unified streaming platform hosts content from Disney+ Hotstar — including series, movies, and documentaries from Marvel, Pixar, Disney, Hotstar Originals, and National Geographic — and JioCinema, which has streaming rights to the entire catalogue of Peacock, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery HBO, and Paramount. That makes it the only platform to offer a wide content library from all leading streamers, accounting for over 3 lakh hours, which JioStar claimed will serve more than 500 million (50 crore) users.

As part of the revamp, Disney+ Hotstar branding for the app has been replaced by JioHotstar. JioCinema users will be redirected to JioHotstar when they play a movie or a show. Users have also been upgraded to JioHotstar Premium automatically, but the subscription will likely last the next few days. The app welcomes users with a “complimentary” subscription, urging them to “explore plans” for an “uninterrupted experience.”

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