JioStar

JioStar is an Indian media and entertainment company created on 14 November 2024. It was formed when Viacom18, Reliance Industries' media business, merged with Star India, the Indian arm of The Walt Disney Company, as a joint venture. It combines the Star and Colors television networks with streaming services, and runs more than 100 TV channels.

The products listed on appadvisor.in are JioHotstar and Hotstar Ads. JioHotstar is the streaming service formed by merging JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar in early 2025. It carries entertainment, films and major sports, including cricket. Hotstar Ads is the self-serve and managed advertising platform that lets brands of all sizes place video and display ads on JioHotstar.

For Indian businesses, the main use is advertising. Large advertisers buy through direct sales and agencies. Smaller advertisers can use self-serve tools with budgets, audience targeting and campaign reports. Consumers pay for JioHotstar through subscription plans and telecom bundles.

Based on the joint venture's announcement, the company was valued at about Rs 70,352 crore after the deal. Reliance owns 16.34% directly and 46.82% through Viacom18, and Disney owns 36.84%. Nita M. Ambani is Chairperson and Uday Shankar is Vice Chairperson. Three CEOs share operations: Kevin Vaz for entertainment, Kiran Mani for digital and Sanjog Gupta for sports. When it was formed, the combined business said it produced more than 30,000 hours of content a year, reached more than 800 million viewers a week, and had more than 50 million digital subscribers. Its pro forma revenue was about Rs 26,000 crore for the year to March 2024. Regulators including the Competition Commission of India approved the deal.