Reliance will combine its streaming platforms JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar from Friday under a unified brand as the conglomerate looks to dominate the Indian market estimated at 750 million viewers.

Hotstar and JioCinema, two widely used video streaming apps in India, have merged into JioHotstar. JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance-owned Hotstar and JioCinema, two widely used video streaming apps in India,

In a new $ 8.5 million deal, Reliance Industries and Disney India have merged to create JioHotstar. JioHotstar According to Deadline, Mukesh Ambali, owner of Reliance Industries — which controls India’s popular low-cost streaming service JioCinema — has merged with The Walt Disney Company’s Disney+ Hotstar to form JioHotstar.

On Wednesday, the social me-dia accounts of JioStar teased the arrival of “a new era”. It turns out JioHotstar, the new OTT platform and one of the products of the months-long merger between Reliance Industry Limited’s Viacom and Disney Star India,