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MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has taken a strategic call to phase out its Hotstar streaming service in North America — which is essentially targeted at audiences of South Asian descent.

The plan, first reported by Variety, which is to be completed by end-2022, is to transfer the sports programming on Hotstar to ESPN+ (which will pick up all of Hotstar’s US cricket rights), while the streamer's movies and TV series will be migrated to Hulu.

Apr 04, 2019 15:04
MUMBAI: Star India’s video streaming platform Hotstar is bringing #KoiYaarNahiFar, an exciting story about the VIVO IPL 2019 campaign. #KoiYaarNahiFar has been conceptualized and created by the DDB Mudra Group.
Mar 28, 2019 12:03
MUMBAI: The initial numbers are in and Star India looks to be reaping the dividends of the Hindi and regional language focus as far as its coverage strategy for the Indian Premier League is concerned.
Mar 23, 2019 15:03
LONDON: BT Sport have confirmed that they will, for the first time, broadcast every game of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2019. The announcement, made on the eve of the tournament, came just days after pay-TV rival Sky Sports revealed that it had lost coverage of the competition only one season into its multi-year agreement with global rights holder Star India.
Mar 20, 2019 15:03
MUMBAI: Star-India owned OTT platform, Hotstar has introduced a new subscription pack ahead of the IPL 2019 called ‘Hotstar VIP’ which will provide its users with the best of content from the world of sports and entertainment worth Rs 365 per year.
Mar 19, 2019 16:03
MUMBAI: So much for all the talk that competition for advertising rupees from the upcoming general elections would make it especially tough for Star India to meet its revenue targets for this year's Indian Premier League.
Mar 15, 2019 15:03
MUMBAI: India’s largest digital video streaming platform, Hotstar has received a new set of funds worth Rs 10.66 billion ($153 million) from Star India’s India and USA subsidiaries in total according to paper.vc, the online business intelligence platform.
Mar 09, 2019 14:03
MUMBAI: Novi Digital Entertainment Private Limited, the Star India subsidiary that owns video streaming platform Hotstar, believes that it can reach the ambitious, never-seen before figure of 300 million in viewership during IPL 2019.
Feb 25, 2019 12:02
MUMBAI: Star India has refuted a media report that its digital arm, Novi Digital Entertainment Private Limited, which operates Hotstar, has elevated Varun Narang, head of the product and technology division at India's leading video streaming platform, to replace Ajit Mohan as the company’s CEO.
Feb 09, 2019 14:02
BHUBANESWAR: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has confirmed that the Hero Gold Cup will take place at the Kalinga Stadium in the Odisha capital city in association with the state government from Saturday at 7 pm and all its matches will be streamed live on Hotstar.
Feb 06, 2019 14:02
MUMBAI: Hotstar, the Star-India owned OTT platform, has upped the digital co-presenting sponsor rates for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 to Rs 500 million, which is nearly a 60% increase from the last season, Exchange4Media reports. For some context, it bears noting that in 2017, the likes of Vivo and Maruti had paid Rs 150-200 million to Hotstar for the same.