Reports regarding the merger of Jio and Disney+ Hotstar have been circulating online for the past few months and it was recently confirmed that Reliance Industries did acquire the ownership of Disney+ Hotstar. Reportedly, Jio was said to integrate JioCinema with Disney+ Hotstar as it possesses more superior technology infrastructure.
Till now there has been no official announcement made regarding this merger but a new website has gone live called JioStar and its domain is jiostar.com.
Although the website is currently live it only shows the Coming Soon text. It is expected that content from both the OTT platforms- JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar is likely to be available on this website.
It was previously said that both the OTT platforms will mere and will be called JioHotstar. In anticipation of this merger, a Delhi-based app developer recently purchased the domain. His decision to acquire the JioHotstar domain was concerning this after thinking that he might be able to receive the proper funding for his higher education from Reliance Industries in exchange for the domain. Later two Dubai residents purchased the domain and recently the current owners announced that they have decided to give away the domain to Reliance Jio free of cost.
But now the appearance of the JioStar website hints that Reliance Jio may have acquired another domain altogether.
