Game of Thrones effect? Hotstar silently increases price in India

Entertainment service Hotstar has silently revised its monthly subscription plan in India. w, Hotstar monthly subscription plan costs Rs 299. Earlier, Hotstar monthly plan used to cost Rs 199. However, company has t me any changes to Hotstar annual plan. Hotstar 12-month plan costs Rs 999. revised plan is alrey live on Hotstar’s app and website.

Interested Hotstar subscribers also benefit from 3 days trial. Hotstar may have increased price of its monthly subscription for two possible reasons. Only this week, final season of Game of Thrones dropped on Hotstar. Given popularity of Game of Thrones in India, more users are expected to tune in to platform for next few weeks. However, HBO’s popular series will supposedly finish in less than 3 months from w. So if you are one of those users who only stream Hotstar for Game of Thrones, subscribing to Hotstar annual subscription may t be ideal for you. In that case, majority of Game of Thrones users are expected to subscribe to monthly Hotstar plan.

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ditionally, re is a report that all Disney+ content including Star Wars and Marvel will be available in India through Hotstar. Last year, Walt Disney acquired 21st Century Fox in 71$ bn cash and stock deal. As a result, Hotstar, including Star India and Fox Star Studio, comes under Walt Disney. With this move, Hotstar is soon expected to be largest digital video platform of Walt Disney.

This is likely to include Disney movies, shows, Pixar movies, Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies and shows and content. Some of popular movies that we can soon expect on Hotstar are Little Mermaid, Allin, Sw White and Seven Dwarves, Beauty and Beast. Pixar movies like Toy Story, Wall-E are also expected. n, we can expect entire Star Wars saga and Marvel Cinematic Universe content to drop on Hotstar.

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We can safely assume that Indians would be able to access all of Disney+ content with Hotstar. However, Hotstar is yet to make a formal anuncement.