JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar merge to form new platform JioHotstar, announce new subscription plans

JioHotstar, the newest OTT platform in India, was launched on Friday after merging JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar.

Updated on: Feb 14, 2025, 08:43:57 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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There is a new OTT platform in the Indian market and it is already one of the largest, if not the absolute largest, in terms of subscriber base and users. On Friday morning, JioStar, the recently formed joint venture with the merger of Viacom18 and Star India, announced the launch of JioHotstar. The platform has been formed by bringing together JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar – two of India’s leading platforms for sports, entertainment and more. (Also read: JioHotstar domain dispute: Dubai-based siblings to transfer it to Reliance ‘free of cost’ as an act of ‘Seva’)

The new OTT platform JioHotstar has launched, combining JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar.

About JioHotstar

This means the platforms are merging their content and pooling their subscribers together. According to a press note shared by JioStar, the new platform boasts of 'close to 3 lakh hours of entertainment, and more than 50 crore users'.

Speaking on the launch of JioHotstar, Kiran Mani, CEO, Digital, JioStar said, “At the core of JioHotstar is a powerful vision—to make premium entertainment truly accessible to all Indians. Our promise of Infinite Possibilities ensures that entertainment is no longer a privilege, but a shared experience for all. By integrating AI-driven recommendations and offering streaming in over 19 languages, we are personalizing content like never before.”

New JioHotstar plans to replace old ones

JioHotstar will soon be replacing the old subscription plans with new ones. In the past week, the old JioCinema premium subscriptions ( ₹29 per month) for all users were paused. This had raised anticipation that the new platform will have different plans and slabs. While JioStar is yet to announce detailed plans, the press note mentions 'compelling subscription plans tailored to diverse audience needs, starting at Rs. 149/quarter'. Existing JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar subscribers will be able to seamlessly transition and set up their JioHotstar subscriptions, the press note further informs.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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