Disney+ HotstarIndian streaming serviceDisney+ Hotstar, known as JioHotstar in India and simply Hotstar in Canada, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, is an Indian subscription video-on-demand, over-the-top streaming service owned by JioStar.
Viacom18Viacom18 Media Private Limited is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. A minority stake in the company is owned by Bodhi Tree Systems. It owned television channels and a film production studio in India. However, its assets were merged with Disney Star to form a newly merged entity, JioStar. Post-merger, it is the largest shareholder in JioStar with a 46.82% stake.
VootVoot was an Indian subscription video-on-demand and over-the-topstreaming service owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Network18. The service was initially launched on 4 May 2016. It initially launched as an advertising-supported service, before introducing a subscription tier in 2020 under the Voot Select banner. HistoryLaunched in March 2016, Voot initially operated as an advertising-supported service.
HBOAmerican pay television networkTelevision channel Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network and service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent Home Box Office, Inc., a subsidiary of Skydance Corporation.
Paramount GlobalParamount Global, traded and commonly known as Paramount, was an American multinational mass media and entertainmentconglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan. It was formed on December 4, 2019, as ViacomCBS, through the merger of the second incarnations of Viacom and CBS Corporation, which were split from the original Viacom in 2005. On February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS was renamed to Paramount.
NBCUniversalGlobal media and entertainment conglomerateNBCUniversal Media, LLC (doing business asNBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013), abbreviated as NBCU, is an International multinationalmass media and entertainmentconglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Over-the-top media serviceAn over-the-top media service (also known as OTT and over-the-top television) is a digital distribution service of video and accompanying audio delivered directly to viewers via the public Internet, rather than through over-the-air, cable, and satellite television service or Internet Protocol television (IPTV) provider. The term is synonymous with streaming platform.
Uday Shankar (businessman)Uday Shankar (pronounced: [U-dai Shun-kar] /ˈuːdeɪ ˈʃʌŋkər/, born September 16, 1961) is a media leader and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and director of Bodhi Tree Systems, a strategic investment platform focused on consumer sectors in emerging markets. He also serves as vice chairman of JioStar, India's largest media and entertainment company, and chairman of ALLEN Career Institute, one of India's largest test preparation companies.
HBO MaxHBO Max is an American subscription video on-demandover-the-topstreaming television service, a proprietary unit of Warner Bros. Streaming on behalf of Home Box Office, Inc., which is itself owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) through its Streaming & Studios division. The platform offers content from the libraries of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Discovery Channel, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, TBS, TNT, Eurosport, and their related brands.
Streaming mediaStreaming media is the method by which multimedia data is delivered through a network for playback using a digital media player or media player software. Media is transferred in a stream of packets from a server to a client and is rendered in real-time or near real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content.
Video on demandVideo on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access television shows, films, and videos digitally on request.
James MurdochJames Rupert Jacob Murdoch (born 13 December 1972) is an American and British businessman. He is the younger son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and the former chief executive officer (CEO) of 21st Century Fox from 2015 to 2019. He was the chairman and CEO for Europe and Asia of News Corporation until 2013 when it was split into News Corp and 21st Century Fox. He was formerly a director of News Corp and was a member of the office of the chairman.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.