HBO content removed from Disney+ Hotstar in India

[Prithi Deb]

How much are you willing to pay for Hotstar now without HBO's content?

₹499 without HBO
₹799 with HBO
[For 1080p Plan]

 

[Prithi Deb]

Hotstar must die for Disney+ to live.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634432031118721025

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What are they even talking about?
How can Disney+ live if Hotstar dies? Both are the same.

 

[iDJ]

What are they even talking about?
How can Disney+ live if Hotstar dies? Both are the same.

For that article. I am willing to terminate even my free membership.

 

[StoriesWithPK]

What are they even talking about?
How can Disney+ live if Hotstar dies? Both are the same.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634567935409766401

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This thread explains it.
It's just his opinion newsletter.

 

[rohitvatsa]

I just hope they separate the sport content and then i won't even bother which shows they are putting on.

 

[iDJ]

I just hope they separate the sport content and then i won't even bother which shows they are putting on.

By sports you mean a Premier League pass? They don't have much to as sports now.

 

[rohitvatsa]

By sports you mean a Premier League pass? They don't have much to as sports now.

Yes and some Cricket too.The day they lose PL, i will stop taking hotstar subscription.

 

[iDJ]

Yeah, I forgot the deal with Cricket Australia.

 

[marvel44]

So, there are less than 1% of the subscribers that watch HBO content on Disney+ Hotstar.. No wonder they didn't bother to renew. This says a lot about why WBD didn't bother to launch the service.

So, basically if 5 lakh people subscribed for HBO content, all of those subs @1499, they don't even break even at ₹80 crores per year.

Probably, this along with losing IPL rights are the necessary things that needs to happen to make Disney+ Hotstar reinvent itself as the content streaming platform rather than sports streamer which it used to be.

Let's see... I don't think any established players touches HBO at that price point, unless Reliance thinks it's necessary for them to grow... Let's see.

 

[iDJ]

HBO needs to find a new partner that doesn't leak any content like the previous one did specially of it's most popular show.