JioHotstar crosses 100 mn paid subscribers after Disney-Reliance merger

JioHotstar, the video streaming platform created with the merger of Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema, has crossed 100 million paid subscribers, the company said on Thursday.

In February last year, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and The Walt Disney Co. formed a joint venture that they said would combine the businesses of Reliance’s associate company, Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd, and Disney’s Star India.