Hotstar rolls back Disney+ in India within a day

The OTT platform has claimed it was just testing a beta version in India and subscribers will have to wait till March 29 to enjoy Disney+ content

Moneycontrol News

March 12, 2020 / 19:14 IST

OTT content streaming platform Hotstar rolled back Disney+ in India in less than 24 hours of creating a buzz by giving subscribers access to special content.

The “Disney+ Hotstar” rebranding was withdrawn by the owners of the company later on March 11, soon after another update was rolled out by them. With that, the insignia also reverted to the old Hotstar logo.

Several subscribers took to social media immediately to notify the content streaming platform about the curious case of vanishing Disney+ content.

@HotstarPremium Disney+ vanished from my Hotstar app when i updated it. What is this issue about?
— Vignesh Rk (@PositiveGamer27) March 12, 2020

@hotstartweets
Recently I have updated Hotstar app,it is now have the blue icon,I have Hotstar premium subscription but I am not able to find the option to access Disney+.I am using IPhone 6s, running in iOS 13.3.1,Hotstar app version 8.06.Please help.
— Sourav Mukherjee (@SouravAecasn) March 12, 2020

Hotstar had earlier clarified that the Disney+ content was made available as a beta version, to map the service by giving access to a limited number of subscribers, reported the Hindustan Times. A Hotstar spokesperson said: “A limited release of the beta version of the Disney+ Hotstar application is currently being tested with a small number of consumers, in preparation for the full-fledged app launch on March 29.”