Earlier this year, Disney merged its Star India business with Reliance Industries, which resulted in the two companies bringing their streaming services, Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema into one single platform, JioHotstar. This new streaming service offers all of the content that used to be available within Disney+ Hotstar, such as original content from Disney’s core […]
Last year, Disney announced it would be merging its Indian business, Star India, which includes the streaming service, Disney+ Hotstar, with Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom 18, to create a brand new joint venture called Star India. With the deal recently getting the appropriate government approval, Disney will own 36.84% of the new company, which […]
Disney has announced that it has merged its Star India business with Reliance Industries and Viacom18, which will bring together Star India and JioCinema together to create a huge entertainment business in India. The new joint venture has been valued at ₹ 70,352 crore (~US$ 8.5 billion) on a post-money basis, excluding synergies. At the […]
Last year, it was reported that Disney was looking to make some major changes to how it operates in India, and earlier this year, it was announced that Disney was looking to merge its Indian business, Disney Star, with Reliance Industries, which will result in Star and Viacom18 coming together for a joint venture. This […]
Disney is currently going through the final steps to bring together its Indian business, Disney Star with Reliance Industries, which will result in Star and Viacom18 coming together for a joint venture. This new company will become one of the leading TV and digital streaming platforms for entertainment and sports content in India, bringing together […]
Disney is currently in the middle of a major media deal in India. It’s looking to merge Disney Star with Reliance, which will combine Disney+ Hotstar with the JioCinema streaming service and bring together over 120 linear television channels. This $8.5 billion deal is trying to get approved by government officials, and according to a […]
As Disney looks to increase the amount of money it makes from advertising on Disney+ worldwide, it’s been announced that it will team up with PubMatic for its Disney+ Hotstar platform in India. PubMatic is an independent technology company delivering digital advertising’s supply chain of the future and using its sell-side technology allows publishers to […]
While Disney is currently in the process of merging its Star India business with Reliance, it has made a major update to its Disney+ Hotstar streaming service this week with the launch of Version 2.0. This new version has mainly been updated to introduce new features for its advertising business, just in time for the […]
Last month, Disney announced it was entering into an agreement with Reliance Industries and Viacom18 to create a new joint venture that will combine the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India. This new company will offer a variety of linear television channels and combine Disney+ Hotstar and Jiocinema to form a super streaming service in […]
Disney’s Indian business has continued to struggle since it acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, where Star India was considered the “crown jewel” due to its reach across India; however, it hasn’t been able to make the most of this asset, and the value of its Indian business has continued to reduce over time by […]
When Disney purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019 for over $71 billion, it acquired a large number of assets, including Star India, which included over 80 linear television channels, film studios, a minority stake in the satellite TV company Tata Sky and the streaming service Hotstar. Shortly after the launch of Disney+ in the United […]
Over the past few months, Disney has been exploring its options for its business in India, including talking to multiple companies about potentially selling off some assets as it looks to try to make its business more profitable. Disney acquired Star India as part of its purchase of 20th Century Fox and rebranded the company […]
Over the past few months, there have been many reports of Disney looking into potentially selling off some or all of its Disney Star business in India. Some new information on the deal has been revealed by Economic Times, which reported that Disney and Reliance industries have been holding talks to merge their Indian businesses. […]
Earlier this year, it was reported that Disney has been looking at its options with regards to its business in India, which is called Disney Star and is formerly known as Star India, which it acquired when it purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019. Disney Star includes the streaming service Disney+ Hotstar, film studios such […]
When Disney purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019, it also acquired Star India, which included the streaming service Hotstar, film studios, an array of over seventy linear channels, and much more. Shortly after the initial launch of Disney+ in many countries around the world, Hotstar was relaunched as Disney+ Hotstar, offering a wide selection of […]