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Type of site | Video on demand |
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| Owner | Star India, 21st Century Fox (to be owned by Disney |
| Key people | Ajith Mohan (CEO) |
| Industry | Streaming |
| Services | On-demand video streaming |
| URL | www |
| Launched | February 2015 |
| Current status | Active |
Hotstar is an Indian digital and mobile entertainment platform launched in 6 February 2015 by Star India. It is owned by Novi Digital Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Star India.[1] It provides streaming media and video-on-demand services[2][3] and is available on web, Android, iOS, FireTV, and Apple TV platforms.
History
The beta version of the website went live in January 2015 and Star India officially launched Hotstar in February 2015. Primarily intended to serve as a mobile application that would support streaming of the 2015 Cricket World Cup with some entertainment content, it had 1 million downloads within six days of its launch and doubled that number in ten days.[4] Gradually, Hotstar expanded its offerings, and as of 2018, the platform hosts over 100,000 hours of content, in over 17 languages.
In September 2017, Star India won the worldwide IPL media rights for TV and digital broadcast for a five-year period, from 2018 to 2022. With 14 companies tendering bids, Star beat the competition with an offer of ₹16,347.5 crore (US$2.55 billion), a 158% increase in the media rights value for IPL broadcasting from the previous cycle.[5]
Towards the end of 2017, Hotstar launched its premium service in the United States and Canada on the country's respective iOS AppStore and Google Play stores.[6]
Viewership
The app garnered 340 million views for all 49 matches during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and over 200 million views during the Indian Premier League Season 8 (2015).[7] Hotstar has more than 100 advertisers on the platform. The content is provided either free of cost or on a subscription basis (for premium content). Bulk of their revenue generation is through advertisements.[8]
Platforms
In addition to the website, Hotstar is available as an application across mobile devices which are on Android, iOS and Apple TV[9] platforms. Hotstar Android application is currently available in India, USA and Canada.[10]
Original programming
See also
References
- ^ "Star India's Novi Digital Entertainment bags IPL media rights for whopping Rs 302 crore". Firstpost. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "What Wikipedia cannot Tell you about hotstar.com - Shashank Kamath's Analysis". Awordtotheworld.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ Hotstar celebrates its First Birthday http://awordtotheworld.com/what-wikipedia-cant-tell-you-about-hotstar-com
- ^ "2 Million Downloads In The First 10 Days – The Success Story Of Hotstar".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Star India bags IPL media rights for next 5 years". The Economic Times. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Hotstar Launches Its Premium Service in US and Canada". Gadgets 360 (NDTV). 4 September 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Hotstar notches up 200 million views in IPL 8". 5 June 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Amazon Prime Video vs Netflix vs Hotstar: From price to content, which is the best video streaming site in India". 12 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Hotstar selected as App of the Year for India in 2016 on Apple". Tech2. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "10 million users in 40 days: Hotstar takes digital media world by storm". Business Standard. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.