HBO content removed from Disney+ Hotstar in India

[StoriesWithPK]

So you mean WBD ahead of Discovery + Revamp or stand alone HBO OTT launch in India ?

I don't think they'll launch a standalone app in India.

In January 2023, OCS/Orange lost the HBO library in France. Canal+, a rival pay-tv giant signed an MoU to acquire OCS/Orange. Since then they've stopped carring any Warner Bros Discovery related channels or license content from the studio.

Last week, WBD launched Pass Warner, a Prime Video Channel containing HBO, Warner TV, Cartoon Network, Discovery.

So we can expect a similar thing to happen here.

 

[Cooldude 76]

Absolutely correct, let's see how it shapes up - as Disney+ sans Hotstar with combined properties of FOX, FXX, abc, Hulu, ESPN etc. is huge where it can justify the yearly subscription of Rs. 1499. For HBO, they have an option of going solo with WBD integrated, and launch channels with Hanna Barbara and other vintage and new stuff getting combined on the platform with strong support of Discovery, Animal Planet, TLC etc. or become a Prime Channel on APV. Both having it's merits or cons, which time only would tell. So let's see how things shape up as India is witnessing a lot of changes in this space. Be it Disney, APV, Jio-Voot, Zee-Sony, HBO-Discovery.

 

[StoriesWithPK]

Absolutely correct, let's see how it shapes up - as Disney+ sans Hotstar with combined properties of FOX, FXX, abc, Hulu, ESPN etc. is huge where it can justify the yearly subscription of Rs. 1499. For HBO, they have an option of going solo with WBD integrated, and launch channels with Hanna Barbara and other vintage and new stuff getting combined on the platform with strong support of Discovery, Animal Planet, TLC etc. or become a Prime Channel on APV. Both having it's merits or cons, which time only would tell. So let's see how things shape up as India is witnessing a lot of changes in this space. Be it Disney, APV, Jio-Voot, Zee-Sony, HBO-Discovery.

It absolutely doesn't justify at Rs. 1499.
FX, Hulu content is not that popular in India. ABC and Fox are just not premium enough to attract subs. ESPN has no sports rights in India. So Hotstar would've to reduce the price or else they won't even retain existing subs.

 

[Cooldude 76]

It absolutely doesn't justify at Rs. 1499.
FX, Hulu content is not that popular in India. ABC and Fox are just not premium enough to attract subs. ESPN has no sports rights in India. So Hotstar would've to reduce the price or else they won't even retain existing subs.

Well this is the strategy to move away from low ARPU customers to niche and in house content for Disney+. And regional footprint of Star may be they have hit the nail. But it's too early to comment at this point. We have to see how are they planning to turn it around.

 

[rohan7]

Amazon Prime Video & Jio front runners in race to host HBO content?

 

[iDJ]

Amazon Prime Video & Jio front runners in race to host HBO content?

Plot Twist: Hotstar added a new HBO documentary today.

 

[Aksgr]

Amazon Prime Video & Jio front runners in race to host HBO content?

Jio cinema is getting some content from wbd but sure if it's wb content or HBO content.

 

[iDJ]

Jio cinema is getting some content from wbd but sure if it's wb content or HBO content.

Most likely some odd CW shows. Even on TV they have stopped renewing almost every other Warner Bros. shows.

 

[StoriesWithPK]

Plot Twist: Hotstar added a new HBO documentary today.

Maybe Hotstar's content team forgot to add this title. Finally they are awake.

 

[federer.reddevil]

183 HBO Titles leaving Disney+ Hotstar on March 31, 2023.

1.The Last of Us
2.Mind Over Murder
3.Shaq
4.Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall
5.Phoenix Rising
6.House of the Dragon
7.Irma Vep
8.The Time Traveler's Wife
9.We Own This City
10.The Baby
11.Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
12.The Gilded Age
13.Somebody Somewhere
14.Scenes from a Marriage
15.Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
16.Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes
17.The White Lotus
18.In Treatment
19.Mare of Easttown
20.The Nevers
21.Allen v. Farrow
22.Tiger
23.Adventure of the Ring
24.Industry
25.The Undoing
26.The Third Day
27.Lovecraft Country
28.Dream Raider
29.I'll Be Gone In The Dark
30.The Head
31.Perry Mason
32.I May Destroy You
33.Trackers
34.Workers
35.I Know This Much Is True
36.Betty
37.Invisible Stories
38.Run
39.The Plot Against America
40.McMillions
41.Avenue 5
42.The Outsider
43.His Dark Materials
44.Mrs. Fletcher
45.Watchmen
46.The Righteous Gemstones
47.A Black Lady Sketch Show
48.Euphoria
49.Game of Thrones
50.Chernobyl
51.Big Little Lies
52.Silicon Valley
53.True Detective
54.s#x and the City
55.Westworld
56.Warrior
57.Veep
58.Gentleman Jack
59.Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
60.Barry
61.Ballers
62.Succession
63.Insecure
64.Jett
65.Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas
66.Divorce
67.Animals.
68.High Maintenance
69.Girls
70.Band Of Brothers
71.The Night Of
72.Entourage
73.The Sopranos
74.Six Feet Under
75.Boardwalk Empire
76.Sharp Objects
77.Carnivale
78.Big Love
79.Enlightened
80.The Pacific
81.Real Time With Bill Maher
82.True Blood
83.John Adams
84.Crashing
85.Eastbound & Down
86.C.B. Strike
87.The Newsroom
88.Rome
89.Sally4Ever
90.Lucky Louie
91.The Knick
92.The Passion
93.Treme
94.Camping
95.Hung
96.2 Dope Queens
97.Getting On
98.Tales From The Tour Bus
99.The Brink
100.The Wire
101.Jonah From Tonga
102.Ja'mie: Private School Girl
103.John From Cincinnati
104.Tsunami: The Aftermath
105.House of Saddam
106.Five Days
107.Empire Falls
108.The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
109.Vinyl
110.Togetherness
111.The Leftovers
112.The Comeback
113.Tell Me You Love Me
114.Show Me A Hero
115.Olive Kitteridge
116.Mildred Pierce
117.Looking
118.How To Make It In America
119.Hello Ladies
120.Generation Kill
121.Flight of the Conchords
122.Bored To Death
123.Funny or Die Presents
124.Banshee
125.Angry Boys
126.Angels In America
127.After The Thrones
128.Room 104
129.Mosaic
130.Here And Now
131.The Deuce
132.Vice Principals
133.Quarry
134.Curb Your Enthusiasm
135.The Chris Rock Show
136.Tenacious D
137.Young Comedians
138.Single Long
139.Profugos
140.Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons
141.Down and Dirty
142.Luck
143.Little Britain USA
144.Bad Education
145.Share
146.Oslo
147.Fort Apache the Bronx (20th Century Studios – Co.Prod)
148.Native Son
149.A Match Made in Heaven
150.A Promise to Carolyn
151.Normal
152.Behind The Candelabra
153.White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
154.Very Ralph
155.Ice On Fire
156.City On Fire
157.61*
158.We Stand Alone Together: The Man of Easy Company
159.Fake Famous
160.San Francisco 2.0
161.The Secret Life of Mary-Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic
162.No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story
163.The Wizard of Lies
164.Sleep, Baby, Sleep
165.The Zen Diaries of Gary Shandling
166.The Last Chase
167.Someone Had To Be Benny
168.Deadwood: The Movie
169.A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story
170.In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution
171.Ordeal in the Arctic
172.The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
173.A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story
174.Saving Pelican 895
175.Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story
176.The Zen Diaries of Gary Shandling Part – II
177.Ferrell Takes The Field
178.Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story
179.Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story
180.The Perfect Mother
181.P.O.W.E.R.: The Eddie Matos Story
182.Americans In Bed
183.A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness

In this Chernobyl is the most gripping tried a few other series didnt like them