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Star India now becomes a part of Disney 19 December 2017

Following Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Star India also becomes a part of the company. As part of the deal, all of Star India’s assets, including video-streaming service Hotstar, will move to Disney. With this, Star’s (Over-the-Top) OTT platform … Continue reading

Star India to introduce Virtual Reality for IPL 2018 07 December 2017

One of India’s biggest broadcasters, Star India along with its (Over-the-Top) OTT service Hotstar, is mulling the implementation of Virtual Reality (VR), to heighten viewer experience during the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) – one of the … Continue reading

Nat Geo now streaming on Hotstar Premium 04 December 2017

National Geographic has now made its content available on one of India’s premium streaming services, Hotstar. Nat Geo’s curated content will be available to stream for Hotstar users. Local stories from India will also feature in Nat Geo’s library which … Continue reading

Netflix to take measures to compete with Amazon in India 15 May 2017

Netflix which has currently fallen behind Amazon’s Prime Video service and local players in India, is making efforts to climb up the ladder in India’s booming video-on-demand market. With an estimated 9.5 million Prime Video subscribers since its launch in … Continue reading

Hotstar Reported to be the Top Video Streaming App in India 25 January 2017

Indicating local content is the key in Indian market, Broadcaster Star India Pvt Ltd’s OTT video service – Hotstar tops the list of video streaming apps by monthly active usage, followed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd’s JioTV and JioCinema, putting Netflix and Amazon … Continue reading