Disney to Phase Out Hotstar U.S. Streaming Service, Fold Programming Into Hulu and ESPN Plus - NewsBreak

Disney is taking a new step to streamline its streaming portfolio: The media company plans to phase out the Hotstar U.S. service — which provides live cricket and South Asian programming to American audiences — over the next year. Instead, Disney will take the sports and entertainment programming in Hotstar and repackage it into ESPN Plus (which will pick up all of Hotstar's U.S. cricket rights) and Hulu for the U.S. market. It's hoping Hotstar customers in the States will switch over to the Disney Bundle. Disney is aiming to fully shut down Hotstar in the U.S. in late 2022, but doesn't...