Obama, Game of Thrones: As of April 1, you will no longer be able to watch THESE shows on Hotstar
Fans of ‘Game of Thrones’ have bad news as OTT platform Disney+Hotstar will stop streaming all HBO content in India from March 31. Disney CEO Bob Iger recently announced cost-cutting measures at the company. Hotstar provided the information on its official Twitter account.
“Hi! As of March 31, HBO content will no longer be available on Disney+ Hotstar. You can continue to enjoy Disney+ Hotstar’s extensive library of over 100,000 hours of TV shows and movies in 10 languages and coverage of major global sporting events,” it tweeted .
List of shows unavailable on Hotstar from April 1
1) Ballers
2) Band of brothers
3) Catch and kill
4) Limit your Enth
5) Environment
6) The time traveler’s wife
7) The thread
8) Undertow
9) Guardians
10) We own this city
11) Scenes from a marriage
12) Scarf
13) Follow-up
14) The baby
15) The Gilded Age
16) The last of us
17) The Nevers
18) The sopranos
19) Game of Thrones
20) House of the Dragon
21) Mare by Easttown
22) Thoughts of murder
23) Barack Obama
Disney+Hotstar has announced paid services, including shows from a spectrum of international programmers, including AT&T Inc’s HBO, whose offerings include “Game of Thrones” and “Chernobyl,” as well as popular live sports content such as Premier League football.
The OTT platform will have two pricing tiers with the premium variant including original programming such as “Star Wars” TV series “The Mandalorian” and Marvel’s “WandaVision” and “Loki”.
Walt Disney Co. announced a major restructuring last month under recently reinstated CEO Bob Iger, cutting 7,000 jobs as part of an effort to cut $5.5 billion in costs and make its streaming business profitable. The layoffs represent an estimated 3.6% of Disney’s global workforce.
Under a plan to cut costs and return power to creative executives, the company will restructure into three segments: an entertainment unit that spans film, television, and streaming; a sports-focused ESPN unit; and Disney parks, experiences and products.