Disney Plus Hotstar in India is loosing all its HBO content and subscribers of the OTT platform in the country, are considerably unhappy with the news. Staring March 31, 2023 [Friday], the streaming platform in India will loose access to HBO originals like Game of Thrones (GOT), The Last of US, House of Dragons, Perry Mason, The White Lotus, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Big Little Lies among other series, and most likely movies like The Menu, Don't Worry Darling, See How They Run among other English language films.
Starting 31st March, HBO content will be unavailable on Disney+ Hotstar. You can continue enjoying Disney+ Hotstar’s vast library of content spanning over 100,000 hours of TV Shows and Movies in 10 languages and coverage of major global sporting events.
— Disney+HS_helps (@hotstar_helps) March 7, 2023
HBO Max does not exist in India and the HBO catalogue available to India, has been streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar since 2016. Buzz has it that HBO Max is unlikely to launch in India in the near future and the content will most likely end up with another streaming platform like Amazon Prime Video or the like. Here's how the subscribers have reacted to the update:
BWF, Roland Garros, IPL, F1, Bundesliga and now HBO
— Vaibhav Sharma (@vaibhav_4x) March 8, 2023
The list goes on for Disney plus hotstar
Hotstar used to be one stop destination for many of us but it’s not the case anymore#HBO #Hotstar pic.twitter.com/mjSwKsjKv3
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— Disney+HS_helps (@hotstar_helps) March 8, 2023
Lol. Their business model is shut everything else and make more marvel spin off shows and waste money. 🤦
— Vimal Chhadva (@vimsicle) March 8, 2023
HBO content is the sole reason I bought Disney+Hotstar @DisneyPlusHS @hotstar_helps , removing it after 31 March is straight unfair, I demand for refund or some other form of compensation@HBO @hbomax @HBOMaxHelp @hotstar_helps @starindia @Disney @DisneyPlus @DisneyIndia
— Jatin Vanzara (@vanzarajatin1) March 8, 2023
Hotstar has lost IPL now HBO this
— TechSupport.exe🤘 (@Shanu__irshad) March 7, 2023
Expect to see a subscription drop
It's time to reduce you prices now really. Cause there nothing to watch anymore. No HBO means it's the death of Disney Plus hotstar.
— Kedar (@Kedar300) March 8, 2023
As Disney plus Hotstar not going to have HBO content in India ( thanks Bob Iger , you suck ) any news if HBO max 8s launching or is it going to Prime video? We want to watch succession season 4 https://t.co/eLLjo6CbjJ
— Pamela (@Oppenheimerera) March 7, 2023
Last day to catch HBO content on @DisneyPlusHS : March 31st
— Kaushik Varma 🏹 (@koushikrulez1) March 7, 2023
No F1, no IPL, no HBO. Rough year for Hotstar #DisneyPlus 🙏🙏🙏
End Game For Hotstar !
— Thagubothu 🍾🍾🍾 (@RODSINGLELIFE) March 7, 2023
No IPL , No HBO Shows !
Marvel Shows may Arrive too Late !
Star Wars Franchise Won't Get Decent Viewership in India !
High Time to Reduce Price !
Otherwise Most of the People Will Avoid Disney Plus Hotstar ! https://t.co/cSbvtpJpJf
This is entirely on Disney. They didn't want to renew as part of cost cutting measure. Very short sighted move, imo.
— புஞ்சை குமாரசாமி (@Ajumplakdibampa) March 7, 2023