JioHotstar enters Middle East and North Africa market with STARZPLAY partnership: All details
JioHotstar is expanding into the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ). The streaming platform has partnered with STARZPLAY to bring its entertainment catalogue to audiences across the MENA region, marking its latest international expansion after launches in the UK, Canada and Singapore.
Under the partnership, JioHotstar will be available as a dedicated streaming destination within the STARZPLAY app and website. The offering will include JioHotstar Originals alongside their India release, television content from JioStar channels, films and reality franchises. The service will also feature content in multiple Indian languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Bangla.
JioHotstar MENA plans and pricing
JioHotstar will be available through STARZPLAY's PLUS plan, priced at AED 34.99 per month. This plan provides access to JioHotstar's multilingual entertainment library.
The MAX plan costs AED 49.99 per month and combines the complete JioHotstar entertainment offering with STARZPLAY's sports portfolio. The plan will bring entertainment, films, originals and reality shows together with live sports, including cricket.
Maaz Sheikh, CEO of STARZPLAY, said the partnership aims to combine Indian entertainment with the platform's understanding of MENA audiences.
“The next phase of streaming growth in MENA will be shaped by platforms that bring the right brands together and make the viewing experience more valuable. Audiences should not have to navigate an increasingly fragmented market to find the entertainment that matters to them,” Sheikh said.
JioHotstar enters MENA with STARZPLAY: More details
The partnership combines JioHotstar's content library with STARZPLAY's regional reach and streaming platform. For audiences in MENA, the service will offer audio tracks in up to 10 languages, along with a substantial Malayalam catalogue aimed at the region's Malayali audience.
The catalogue will include the upcoming season of *Koffee with Karan* and the ongoing season of *Bigg Boss* across six languages. JioHotstar Originals will also be released in the region alongside their availability in India.
Amit Malhotra, Head of International Business at JioStar, said the company sees MENA as an important market because of its large South Asian diaspora and demand for entertainment across languages.
“The strong early response to JioHotstar across the UK, Canada and Singapore has reinforced our belief in the global opportunity for Indian entertainment. As we build JioHotstar into a truly global streaming platform, MENA is a crucial next market, with one of the world’s largest South Asian diaspora communities and a deep appetite for entertainment across languages,” Malhotra added.
JioHotstar expands international presence
To mark the launch, JioHotstar projected its Big Bang onto the Burj Khalifa in Dubai as part of a light and colour display celebrating the partnership with STARZPLAY.
JioHotstar said it has more than 500 million monthly active users and over 300,000 hours of programming across 19 languages. Its catalogue includes movies, originals, live sports, live events, anime, children's entertainment and television shows from more than 100 channels in the JioStar network.
STARZPLAY, meanwhile, has 2.3 million subscribers and more than 18 million app downloads. The platform offers Hollywood films, Arabic and Turkish content, originals and live sports, including cricket, football, UFC, rugby, boxing, golf and basketball.
JioHotstar is expanding into the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ). The streaming platform has partnered with STARZPLAY to bring its entertainment catalogue to audiences across the MENA region, marking its latest international expansion after launches in the UK, Canada and Singapore.
Under the partnership, JioHotstar will be available as a dedicated streaming destination within the STARZPLAY app and website. The offering will include JioHotstar Originals alongside their India release, television content from JioStar channels, films and reality franchises. The service will also feature content in multiple Indian languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Bangla.
JioHotstar MENA plans and pricing
JioHotstar will be available through STARZPLAY's PLUS plan, priced at AED 34.99 per month. This plan provides access to JioHotstar's multilingual entertainment library.
The MAX plan costs AED 49.99 per month and combines the complete JioHotstar entertainment offering with STARZPLAY's sports portfolio. The plan will bring entertainment, films, originals and reality shows together with live sports, including cricket.
Maaz Sheikh, CEO of STARZPLAY, said the partnership aims to combine Indian entertainment with the platform's understanding of MENA audiences.
“The next phase of streaming growth in MENA will be shaped by platforms that bring the right brands together and make the viewing experience more valuable. Audiences should not have to navigate an increasingly fragmented market to find the entertainment that matters to them,” Sheikh said.
JioHotstar enters MENA with STARZPLAY: More details
The partnership combines JioHotstar's content library with STARZPLAY's regional reach and streaming platform. For audiences in MENA, the service will offer audio tracks in up to 10 languages, along with a substantial Malayalam catalogue aimed at the region's Malayali audience.
The catalogue will include the upcoming season of *Koffee with Karan* and the ongoing season of *Bigg Boss* across six languages. JioHotstar Originals will also be released in the region alongside their availability in India.
Amit Malhotra, Head of International Business at JioStar, said the company sees MENA as an important market because of its large South Asian diaspora and demand for entertainment across languages.
“The strong early response to JioHotstar across the UK, Canada and Singapore has reinforced our belief in the global opportunity for Indian entertainment. As we build JioHotstar into a truly global streaming platform, MENA is a crucial next market, with one of the world’s largest South Asian diaspora communities and a deep appetite for entertainment across languages,” Malhotra added.
JioHotstar expands international presence
To mark the launch, JioHotstar projected its Big Bang onto the Burj Khalifa in Dubai as part of a light and colour display celebrating the partnership with STARZPLAY.
JioHotstar said it has more than 500 million monthly active users and over 300,000 hours of programming across 19 languages. Its catalogue includes movies, originals, live sports, live events, anime, children's entertainment and television shows from more than 100 channels in the JioStar network.
STARZPLAY, meanwhile, has 2.3 million subscribers and more than 18 million app downloads. The platform offers Hollywood films, Arabic and Turkish content, originals and live sports, including cricket, football, UFC, rugby, boxing, golf and basketball.
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