Reliance is apparently planning on shelling out billions of dollars to acquire Disney+Hotstar in India. Recent rumors have hinted at Disney exiting the Indian market. For this, the company is also looking to sell its local assets and Reliance might be the buyer.

Reliance May Buy Out Disney+Hotstar

According to the previous report, Disney was in talks with Sun TV, Adani Group, and Reliance Industries for the potential acquisition. Now, the latest rumor hints that the deal could close soon with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group. The transaction would involve Reliance acquiring a major control stake in the business, although both parties are expected to be in the negotiation stage to decide the exact valuation for the deal.

While initial rumors claimed that Disney is looking to completely exit the Indian market, a Bloomberg report believes that the company only wants to sell a controlling stake rather than completely letting go of its Indian unit. The news from Bloomberg adds that Disney is near a multi-billion dollar deal with Reliance Industries. If this deal goes through, then a vast part of the Disney+Hotstar OTT platform, including its TV channels like Star Sports and Star Gold, could fall under Reliance.

Disney is reportedly asking for 10 billion US Dollars for Hotstar and Star India. However, Reliance isn’t agreeing with this evaluation, instead valuing it for around 7 to 8 billion US Dollars. Interestingly enough, the company acquiring Disney+Hotstar implies that the Ambani led group could gain control over the TV streaming rights of cricket in the Indian market. This is a big deal considering the immense popularity of the sport in the region.

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Amazon has launched its First-ever Prime Video Mobile Edition Plan in India. These Plans, which is in partnership with Bharti Airtel, starts as low as ₹89($1.22) in the country.

Amazon is clearly targeting rivals like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar with this Mobile Edition plans. This is because the company so far has had it’s lowest Prime Video plan starting at ₹129/month. Now, it is looking to attract even more consumers with a lower price. However, partnership with Airtel means users of other networks are left to dry at least for now.

That said, to avail of this, you have to recharge to any of the Airtel Prepaid plans mentioned below. In return, you get the Mobile Data as per the Tariff and Prime Video Mobile Edition as an added benefit.

For those wondering, Prime Video Mobile Edition means you can watch Amazon Prime content only on the Prime Video App on either Android/iOS. Being a Mobile and Video-only Plan, it is restricted to One Screen at a time and Standard Definition(SD) as Video Quality.

That said, to avail it, users of Airtel can recharge any of the Following Prepaid Plans using the Airtel Thanks App or Airtel Stores across the country.

Airtel Prepaid Plans(in ₹)	Amazon Prime Video Mobile Edition	Prime Membership Included	Unlimited Voice Calls	Data (in GB)	Validity(in Days)
89	Yes	No	No	6GB(Total)	28
129	Yes	No	Yes	1GB(Total)	24
131	No	Yes	No	-	30
149	Yes	No	Yes	2GB(Total)	24
179	Yes	No	Yes	2GB(Total)	28
199	Yes	No	Yes	1GB /day	24
219	Yes	No	Yes	1GB/day	28
249	Yes	No	Yes	1.5GB/day	28
279	Yes	No	Yes	1.5GB/day	28
289	Yes	No	Yes	1.5GB/day	28
298	Yes	No	Yes	2GB/day	28
299	Yes	No	Yes	1.5GB/day	28
349	No	Yes	Yes	2GB/day	28
379	Yes	No	Yes	6GB(Total)	84
398	Yes	No	Yes	3GB/day	28
399	Yes	No	Yes	1.5GB/day	56
448	Yes	No	Yes	3GB/day	28
449	Yes	No	Yes	2GB/day	56
558	Yes	No	Yes	3GB/day	56
598	Yes	No	Yes	1.5GB/day	84
599	Yes	No	Yes	2GB/day	56
1498	Yes	No	Yes	24(Total)	365
2498	Yes	No	Yes	2GB/day	365
2698	Yes	No	Yes	2GB/day	365

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Having said that, you will have to log in to the app using your Mobile number. It’s worth noting that the Prime Video Mobile Edition is strictly limited to Video and you cannot play Ad-free Amazon Music via this subscription. However, as you can see above Amazon also has some plans like ₹131, ₹349 for that.

Precisely, with ₹131, you can enjoy all of Prime Video, Music, Free and Priority shipping for 30 days. However, it doesn’t have to bring any Mobile data with it. The ₹349, on the other hand, has all the above-mentioned benefits and 2GB/day Data for 30 days.

Prime Video’s worldwide VP Jay Marine says, ” With the launch of Prime Video Mobile Edition we look forward to entertaining every Indian with our Exclusive and Original content”.

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