Walt Disney Studios has announced at CinemaCon that it will be releasing the Bollywood film, “Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’, in cinemas in the United States and Canada on September 9th, which is the same release date previously announced for a global release including India. “Brahmāstra” is the most expensive Bollywood films of all time and […]

Disney has released a new trailer for an upcoming Hotstar Special, “Escaype Live”, which is a first-of-its-kind social-thriller that chronicles the realities of social media in today’s time. Set in the landscape of contemporary India, the series explores the different journeys of six regular Indians as they struggle to win, fame and fortune on a […]

Disney has released a new trailer for the upcoming Hotstar Special, “Home Shanti”, which is coming to Disney+ Hotstar on Watch the Joshi family slowly find out that there’s nothing shanti (peaceful) about building your dream home.” The trailer opens with the Joshi family, of four, travelling in a car. It introduces Manoj as a […]

Disney has released a new trailer for the upcoming Hotstar Special, “The Great Indian Murder”, which is coming to Disney+ Hotstar in India on February 4th 2022. Six Suspects revolves around the murder of Vicky Rai, who has been recently acquitted of killing a bartender in New Delhi. Vicky meets his own end at a […]

Earlier this year, Disney announced it would be closing down its Hotstar streaming service in the United States in late 2022. Hotstar offers a wide selection of Indian films, movies, and live sports across nine languages, including lots of original programming. At the start of September, it moved most of the shows and films over […]

This past week, Disney announced it would be closing down its Hotstar streaming service in the United States at some point in 2022, moving many shows and films over to Hulu and live sports over to ESPN+.   They didn’t waste any time in starting to migrate users over to the Disney Streaming Bundle, making […]

Disney has announced it is going to be closing down its Hotstar streaming service in the United States in late 2022, but no date has yet been confirmed. Hotstar offers a wide selection of Indian films, movies and live sports, across 9 languages, which also includes lots of original programming. Disney is going to be […]

Disney has released a new trailer for the upcoming series “November Story”, which is coming to Disney+ Hotstar in India on Thursday 20th May. “November Story” is a crime thriller series that unveils the shocking story behind a horrid murder. Actor Tamannaah Bhatia portrays Anuradha, an ethical hacker who embarks on a quest to solve […]

Disney has announced it will be launching its Hotstar streaming service in Singapore on November 1st, however, it won’t include all the Disney+ Original content, like the Indian premium video streaming service which is dedicated to live cricket and entertainment. Audiences in Singapore will now have front row seats to a unique mix of content […]

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Sunil Rayan will now be the president and head of Disney+ Hotstar, which is Disney’s streaming service in India, that was included in the 20th Century Fox purchase.   It has over 300 million monthly users, and in March, it was rebranded with Disney+, resulting in one streaming service […]

Indian mobile phone provider, Reliance Jio, has teased a new bundle, which will give Jio users, access to a Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription for a year.  Customers can either choose monthly, annual or data add-on vouchers, to get the free benefit at no extra cost. The monthly plan is priced at Rs 401 and offers […]

Disney is set to officially rebrand Hotstar into Disney+ Hotstar in India on Friday April 3rd.  It had originally been scheduled to launch in India on March 29th, but was pushed back due to coronavirus concerns with the Indian Premier League cricket tournament being delayed. Here is the official details: With the Indian launch of […]

Disney has announced that it will be delaying the launch of Disney+ in India. It was due to launch on March 29th but due to the Coronavirus. Uday Shankar, president of The Walt Disney Company APAC and chairman of Star & Disney India, said in a statement: “We recently announced that Disney+ would launch in […]

Disney+ has launched in India, two weeks earlier than scheduled, with the Hotstar app being updated to new branding called, Disney+ Hotstar. There hasn’t yet been a change to premium subscription plans, with both the Hotstar Premium and Hotstar VIP subscriptions still available. The Disney+ Hotstar Premium subscription costs Rs 299 per month (around $4) […]

Disney want to set up their new streaming service, Disney+, to be a global powerhouse and one of the biggest advantages from the recent purchase of 21st Century Fox, was the addition of Hotstar, a huge streaming and digital platform that has over 300 users in India.  And that install base is why Disney is […]