<p>Walt Disney Company that recently bought Star India is taking its over-the-top platform Hotstar to global markets, according to a report by Business Standard. </p>.<p>Hotstar has been launched in three key markets — the US, Canada, and the UK. The company aims to reach the majority of the 40 million South Asians living abroad. </p>.<p>According to the report, Hotstar is looking at gaining subscribers from five West Asian markets including Singapore as nearly 75% of this population are ethnic South Asian. </p>.<p>In a bid to push Hotstar, Disney has also discontinued its linear television offers in most of these countries for Star TV channels available through cable. </p>.<p>In the three markets, Hotsar will play shows, movies and sports in Hindi and regional languages, wherever possible. </p>.<p>In the US, around 200,000 subscribers watch Star TV channels but the subscription fee cable operators charge is more than $25 a month. Hotstar, on the other hand, is being offered at an attractive price of $10 a month. This would help the OTT platform gather more subscribers. </p>.<p>Even though Disney has been pushing to take Hotstar global, it has decided not to launch Disney+ or Hulu in India. The company plans to make Hotstar the one-stop OTT channel from the group back home. <br /> </p>
<p>Walt Disney Company that recently bought Star India is taking its over-the-top platform Hotstar to global markets, according to a report by Business Standard. </p>.<p>Hotstar has been launched in three key markets — the US, Canada, and the UK. The company aims to reach the majority of the 40 million South Asians living abroad. </p>.<p>According to the report, Hotstar is looking at gaining subscribers from five West Asian markets including Singapore as nearly 75% of this population are ethnic South Asian. </p>.<p>In a bid to push Hotstar, Disney has also discontinued its linear television offers in most of these countries for Star TV channels available through cable. </p>.<p>In the three markets, Hotsar will play shows, movies and sports in Hindi and regional languages, wherever possible. </p>.<p>In the US, around 200,000 subscribers watch Star TV channels but the subscription fee cable operators charge is more than $25 a month. Hotstar, on the other hand, is being offered at an attractive price of $10 a month. This would help the OTT platform gather more subscribers. </p>.<p>Even though Disney has been pushing to take Hotstar global, it has decided not to launch Disney+ or Hulu in India. The company plans to make Hotstar the one-stop OTT channel from the group back home. <br /> </p>