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Disney+ Hotstar Now Has 61.3 Million Paid Subscribers, Drives Disney+ to 164.2 Million

Disney+ has added over 12 million subscribers this quarter, with Disney+ Hotstar responsible for less than 3 million.

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Disney+ Hotstar now has 61.3 million subscribers, taking the global subscriber base of Disney+ to 164.2 million.

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This implies that Hotstar's contribution to the global Disney+ subscriber count now stands at nearly 37.3 percent.

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Disney+ added over 9 million new subscribers during its fiscal fourth quarter, with the core platform growing to a total of 102.9 million international memberships as of October.

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This figure is excluding Disney+ Hotstar, which saw a 42 percent increase when compared to last year.

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“At Disney+ Hotstar, we are currently expecting that subscribers will decline in [the next quarter] due to the absence of the [Indian Premier League], but we do expect to see some stabilisation in [the quarter after that],” said Christine McCarthy, Disney's Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

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In fact, IPL will be absent from Disney+ Hotstar for the next five years, with Viacom18 taking all digital rights. Disney Star still holds TV rights.