[kozhevnikov]

The relationship between HBO, Hotstar, Star India, and Disney was still unclear to me after reading the article.

From the article:

> Hotstar, India’s largest on-demand video streaming service

> Hotstar is the exclusive syndicating partner of HBO, Showtime and ABC in India

> Star India, which operates Hotstar, and Disney, which owns the major Indian broadcasting network

From the wiki:

> Hotstar is an Indian over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment, a subsidiary of Star India, which itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotstar

[abhi3]

Disney Owns Star India which has subsidiary company Novi Digital Entertainment that operates Hotstar. Hotstar is the exclusive syndicating partner of HBO, Showtime and ABC in India. Around this time next month, Hotstar will also have all the content of Disney Plus in India.

[blntechie]

Not complex. Ownership/subsidiary setup is a simple top down structure: Disney-> Star -> Hotstar

[blaser-waffle]

Disney really does own everything, huh?

"Be afraid of the mouse"

[gimmeThaBeet]

Ah, I had to read what was up. Star India only became part of Disney as a result of the 21st Century Fox, so like beginning of 2018.

For most of its life its been part of Fox, but when Disney bought them they ended up in the weird situation where Disney had the syndication rights to both competing services, but also it's own productions.

I agree, quite murky as international media agreements seem to be.