Disney+ Hotstar notches up 34 mn subscribers in India, Indonesia

NEW DELHI: Disney+ Hotstar, the video streaming service owned by media and entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney in India and Indonesia was the strongest contributor to Disney+’s net subscriber additions worldwide, making up approximately a third of the OTT platform’s subscriber base at the end of the March quarter, the company said in an earnings call on Thursday. Given that total Disney+ subscribers stood at 103.6 million, this would translate into around 34 million subscribers for Disney+ Hotstar.

The video-on-demand service had notched up around 25 million subscribers in India by February 2021. In contrast, competing US streaming service provider Netflix is estimated to have closed the year 2020 with 4.6 million paid subscribers in India,