Disney+ Hotstar might not have the best news for you if you’re a fan of The Last of Us or The Game of Thrones series. By March 31, HBO programming will no longer be available to Disney+ Hotstar members in India. The Last of Us, The Succession, and other well-known American TV series will no longer be accessible to Indian viewers on Disney+ Hotstar. After March 31, HBO content will disappear from the Indian OTT platform. HBO programming won’t be accessible on Disney+ Hotstar as of April 1. The news was recently announced on the OTT platform’s official Twitter account. “Starting 31st March, HBO content will be unavailable on Disney+ Hotstar. You can continue enjoying Disney+ Hotstar’s vast library of content spanning over 100,000 hours of TV Shows and Movies in 10 languages and coverage of major global sporting events (sic),” read the tweet.
Starting 31st March, HBO content will be unavailable on Disney+ Hotstar. You can continue enjoying Disney+ Hotstar’s vast library of content spanning over 100,000 hours of TV Shows and Movies in 10 languages and coverage of major global sporting events.
— Disney+HS_helps (@hotstar_helps) March 7, 2023
The news shocked Disney+ Hotstar users who are die-hard fans of American shows. After the platform and HBO partnered in 2015, it attracted a large number of customers. The loss of the IPL streaming rights marks Disney+ Hotstar’s second significant setback. It occurs only a few days after Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the corporation would reduce $5.5 billion in expenses, including $3 billion in non-sports-related content. Also, it fired 7,000 workers.
HBO programs have been available on Hotstar since January 2016. In December 2015, Disney Star (formerly Star India) and HBO agreed to a streaming agreement. On the same day as the American broadcast, the shows were made available to Indian customers The service was later relaunched as Disney+ Hotstar in April 2020. The streaming service had already lost the streaming rights to the 2023–2027 season of the India Premier League (IPL) in June of last year.
Why HBO Content is Leaving Hotstar
The loss of paid customers for Disney+ Hotstar makes it challenging to sustain profitability. The site lost 3.8 million paid subscribers in the three months that ended on December 31. It was the largest-ever quarter-over-quarter subscription loss. Disney+ Hotstar has 57.5 million paid subscribers as of December, a 6 per cent decrease from 61.3 million during the previous quarter. About 35.5 per cent of Disney+’s overall paid user base used the service. The platform’s goal for paying subscribers has also decreased.
In case you want to start watching at least one of these shows before the month is over. So let’s start the list now! If you have a Disney+ Hotstar account, you should look at the list below before these movies end.
| S.No. | Name of the Show | Availability |
| 1 | 2 Dope Queens | – Available Till March 25 |
| 2 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | – Available Till March 25 |
| 3 | A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story | – Available Till March 25 |
| 4 | Adventure of The Ring | |
| 5 | After The Thrones | |
| 6 | Allen v. Farrow | |
| 7 | Angels in America | |
| 8 | Angry Boys | – Available Till March 25 |
| 9 | Animals | – Available Till March 26 |
| 10 | Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simons | – Available Till March 26 |
| 11 | Avenue 5 | |
| 12 | Ballers | |
| 13 | Band of Brothers | |
| 14 | Banshee | |
| 15 | Barry | |
| 16 | Betty | – Available Till March 26 |
| 17 | Big Little Lies | |
| 18 | Big Love | |
| 19 | Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong | – Available Till March 26 |
| 20 | Bill Maher: Live From D.C. | – Available Till March 26 |
| 21 | Bill Maher: The Decider | – Available Till March 25 |
| 22 | Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home | – Available Till March 25 |
| 23 | Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story | – Available Till March 26 |
| 24 | Boardwalk Empire | |
| 25 | Bob Saget: That Ain’t Right | – Available Till March 25 |
| 26 | Bored To Death | |
| 27 | Bright Lights | – Available Till March 25 |
| 28 | C. B. Strike – (Only first four seasons) | |
| 29 | Camping | |
| 30 | Carnival | |
| 31 | Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes | |
| 32 | Chernobyl | |
| 33 | Chris Gethard: Career Suicide | – Available Till March 26 |
| 34 | Chris Rock: Bigger And Blacker | – Available Till March 25 |
| 35 | Chris Rock: Kill The Messenger | |
| 36 | Chris Rock: Never Scared | |
| 37 | Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict | – Available Till March 26 |
| 38 | Crashing | |
| 39 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | |
| 40 | Dave Attell: Captain Miserable | – Available Till March 25 |
| 41 | David Brenner: Back With a Vengeance | – Available Till March 25 |
| 42 | David Cross: The Pride Is Back | – Available Till March 25 |
| 43 | Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story | – Available Till March 26 |
| 44 | Dennis Miller: All In | – Available Till March 25 |
| 45 | Dennis Miller: The Big Speech | – Available Till March 26 |
| 46 | Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed | – Available Till March 25 |
| 47 | Divorce | |
| 48 | Down and Dirty with Jim Norton | – Available Till March 25 |
| 49 | Dream Raider | |
| 50 | Eastbound and Down | |
| 51 | Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | – Available Till March 26 |
| 52 | Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | – Available Till March 26 |
| 53 | Empire Falls | – Available Till March 26 |
| 54 | Enlightened | |
| 55 | Entourage | – Available Till March 26 |
| 56 | Euphoria | |
| 57 | Fake Famous | – Available Till March 25 |
| 58 | Ferrell Takes The Field | – Available Till March 25 |
| 59 | Five Days | |
| 60 | Flight of the Conchords | – Available Till March 25 |
| 61 | Funny Or Die Presents | – Available Till March 26 |
| 62 | Game of Thrones | |
| 63 | Generation Kill | |
| 64 | Gentleman Jack | |
| 65 | George Lopez: The Wall – Live From Washington, D.C. | – Available Till March 26 |
| 66 | Getting On | – Available Till March 26 |
| 67 | Girls | |
| 68 | Grey Gardens | – Available Till March 26 |
| 69 | Hello Ladies | |
| 70 | Hello Ladies: The Movie | |
| 71 | Here and Now | |
| 72 | High Maintenance | – Available Till March 26 |
| 73 | His Dark Materials | |
| 74 | House of Saddam | |
| 75 | House of the Dragon | |
| 76 | How To Make It In America | |
| 77 | Hung | |
| 78 | I Know This Much Is True | |
| 79 | I May Destroy You | |
| 80 | I’ll Be Gone In The Dark | – Available Till March 26 |
| 81 | In Treatment | |
| 82 | Industry | |
| 83 | Insecure | |
| 84 | Invisible Stories | – Available Till March 26 |
| 85 | Irma Vep | |
| 86 | Ja’mie: Private School Girl | |
| 87 | Jane Fonda: In Five Acts | – Available Till March 26 |
| 88 | Jerrod Carmichael: 8 | – Available Till March 25 |
| 89 | Jerrod Carmichael: Love At The Store | – Available Till March 25 |
| 90 | Jett | |
| 91 | Jim Jefferies: I Swear To God | – Available Till March 26 |
| 92 | John Adams | |
| 93 | John From Cincinnati | – Available Till March 26 |
| 94 | Jonah from Tonga | – Available Till March 25 |
| 95 | Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm | – Available Till March 26 |
| 96 | Last Week Tonight With John Olliver | |
| 97 | Lewis Black: Black On Broadway | – Available Till March 25 |
| 98 | Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed | – Available Till March 25 |
| 99 | Little Britain USA | – Available Till March 26 |
| 100 | Looking | |
| 101 | Looking: The Movie | |
| 102 | Lovecraft Country | |
| 103 | Luck | |
| 104 | Lucky Louie | – Available Till March 26 |
| 105 | Mare of Easttown | |
| 106 | McMillions | |
| 107 | Mildred Pierce | |
| 108 | Mind Over Murder | |
| 109 | Mosaic | |
| 110 | Mrs. Fletcher | |
| 111 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union | |
| 112 | Olive Kitteridge | |
| 113 | P.O.W.E.R.: The Eddie Matos Story | – Available Till March 26 |
| 114 | Perry Mason | |
| 115 | Phoenix Rising | |
| 116 | Profugos | |
| 117 | Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story | – Available Till March 25 |
| 118 | Quarry | |
| 119 | Real Time with Bill Maher | – Available Till March 26 |
| 120 | Richard Jeni: A Big Steaming Pile of Me | – Available Till March 25 |
| 121 | Robert Klein: The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue | – Available Till March 25 |
| 122 | Robert Klein: Unfair and Unbalanced | – Available Till March 25 |
| 123 | Rome | |
| 124 | Room 104 | |
| 125 | Run | |
| 126 | Sally4Ever | |
| 127 | Saving Pelican #895 | – Available Till March 26 |
| 128 | Scattering Dad | – Available Till March 26 |
| 129 | Scenes from a Marriage | |
| 130 | Sex and the City | |
| 131 | Shaq | |
| 132 | Sharp Objects | |
| 133 | Show Me A Hero | – Available Till March 26 |
| 134 | Silicon Valley | |
| 135 | Single Long | – Available Till March 26 |
| 136 | Six Feet Under | |
| 137 | Somebody Somewhere | |
| 138 | Succession | |
| 139 | Tales From The Tour Bus | – Available Till March 25 |
| 140 | Tell Me You Love Me | |
| 141 | Tenacious D | – Available Till March 25 |
| 142 | The Baby | |
| 143 | The Brink | |
| 144 | The Chris Rock Show | – Available Till March 25 |
| 145 | The Comeback | |
| 146 | The Deuce | |
| 147 | The Gilded Age | |
| 148 | The Head | |
| 149 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | |
| 150 | The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | – Available Till March 26 |
| 151 | The Knick | |
| 152 | The Last Cruise | – Available Till March 25 |
| 153 | The Last of Us | |
| 154 | The Leftovers | |
| 155 | The Nevers | |
| 156 | The Newsroom | |
| 157 | The Night Of | |
| 158 | The Outsider | |
| 159 | The Pacific | |
| 160 | The Passion | |
| 161 | The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway | – Available Till March 25 |
| 162 | The Perfect Mother | – Available Till March 26 |
| 163 | The Plot Against America | |
| 164 | The Righteous Gemstones | |
| 165 | The Sopranos | |
| 166 | The Third Day | |
| 167 | The Time Traveller’s Wife | |
| 168 | The Undoing | |
| 169 | The White Lotus | |
| 170 | The Wire | |
| 171 | The Young Comedians Show | |
| 172 | Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted | – Available Till March 26 |
| 173 | Tiger | |
| 174 | Togetherness | |
| 175 | Trackers | |
| 176 | Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue | – Available Till March 26 |
| 177 | Treme | |
| 178 | True Blood | |
| 179 | True Detective | |
| 180 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | |
| 181 | Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall | |
| 182 | Veep | |
| 183 | Vice Principals | |
| 184 | Vinyl | |
| 185 | Warrior | |
| 186 | Watchmen | |
| 187 | We Own This City | |
| 188 | We Stand Alone Together: The Men of East Company | – Available Till March 26 |
| 189 | Westworld | |
| 190 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | |
| 191 | Workers | – Available Till March 25 |
| 192 | Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas | – Available Till March 25 |
| 193 | You Don’t Know Jack | – Available Till March 26 |
| 194 | You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush |
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Where to Watch HBO shows
Many people are wondering about where they can watch HBO programming in India thanks to the Hotstar and HBO fiasco. Since the announcement, netizens have divided on what to do to see the HBO shows. Many people have proposed a variety of techniques to see HBO material, from using torrents to VPNs.
Earlier in August, Warner Bros Discovery said that the HBO Max debut in India was postponed and that instead, the business was concentrating on growing its user base in the areas where HBO Max was already available.
Many rumours about where to watch this video are circulating as individuals are looking for alternatives. According to a number of media reports, HBO content may one day be available on Amazon. According to these sources, the company agreed to a deal with Amazon last year for the streaming rights of some HBO titles. One of the likely candidates to expand a contract with Warner Bros. is Amazon. It should be noted, meanwhile, that HBO has not yet formally said how its content will be made available in India after it leaves Disney+ Hotstar.
So, to grab your favourite HBO shows for the last time, tune in to Disney+ Hotstar before March 31, 2023. And watch this space for further information related to HBO leaving Disney+ Hotstar.
