Talk:Disney+ Hotstar/Archive 1

I want to get consensus for the fact that the statement in the Controversy section about Hotstar removing an episode of Last Week Tonight from the air is sourced with reliable sources and should be included in the article. This is correct, is it not? –Gladamas (talk · contribs) 21:47, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

 Pass

...But if I may: Technically, it's not "removal", for that will imply that they firstly added the episode and then pulled it out for some 'inexplicable' factors, that's not what occurred here. They simply never added the episode.[ With the notice "NEW EPISODE EVERY TUESDAY AT 6:00 AM. [sic]" intact and all.] Nothing more, nothing less.

Intro-cum-Preface as a non-willing "Wikipedian": It certainly is. Unless there's some contention over certain Indian mainstream press outlets or even Bloomberg®'s wires in Wiki boards, for that matter.

The deletions are made by a suspicious-design of new users not limited to just Wikipedia®, but across the 'pop-Interweb'.( Or shall I be 'too' forthcoming?)

In fact, my original-research says that it's just not the only reason Star® India has extended its censorship. I can attest[ but am not willing to engage in contributing] that the platform has already removed an episode of talk-show Koffee with Karan® following social-media backlash over perceived misogyny. In fact, my original-research also tells me that hotstar® pulled-back the whole catalogue of CINEMAX®-sky one® series Strike Back®[ in spite of territorial exclusivity] even before the preceding season/"series"( titled "Vendetta") premiered, because as it turns out: It has a 2-episodes long subplot which equated Hindutva to other forms of terrorism. The listings of Star® India's channel-listings keep showing serial rerun-cycles of the series spanning over months since that another quiet-move of their digital business, but all reruns of the Cinemax® series only go as far as the last-episode of "Retribution". The similar stuff has occurred with another thriller-series unrelated to the Home Box Office® or even AT&T® in entirety and hotstar® no longer owns the rights to it[ before it ended] so that's besides the point.

*For the sole sake of clarity, I'm discounting the actual freshman "series" distributed by now-BBC® Studios and Cinemax® had nothing to do with it, is available standalone as Chris Ryan's Strike Back®. –Mohd.maaz864 (talk) 09:11, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Edit Note: Removed the formatting from ‘*’ note and fixed the "auto-incorrect" typo from the hotstar® quote informing the day-&-date schedule of LWTwJO's fresh episode. –Mohd.maaz864 (talk) 09:24, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Edit Note #2: Replaced the affirmative ‘Yep!’ with flashy,cosmetically-appealing template-icon preferred with those higher in the hierarchy of WP:UAL, added the ellipsis for formatting reasons at the start of 1st paragraph of statement, rephrased and reformatted the phrase detailing on the discussion. And added the signature-indicator, again in a callback to cosmetology. –Mohd.maaz864 (talk) 14:28, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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I have added Says whom tag to challenge the WP:ASSERT added in RevID 944748751 that TWDC® is to be blamed/held-liable for the self-censorship practices of Star® India's S-and-P. The claim is not corroborated by any of the sources so it would also qualify as WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION in spite of zero WP:INCITE whatsoever, but since I'm extra-cautious of not playing WP:HOSTILE owing to bring at the receiving-end of it myself, I went with what I thought sounded milder. I recall seeing this claim only once by "the OP" of a subreddit post who shared one of the news-reports on censorship. C'mon...! I know that TWDC® is widely-believed to be "soulless, rapacious" empire with "creativity serial-killer" as its "USP", but just because it's widely believed to be the case that TWDC® is a uniquely such an entertainment and mass-communications empire, doesn't mean it qualifies as a fact akin to "coughing is a respiratory symptom" ipso facto. Also, let's not contribute to the picture that Murdochs are paragons of "media freedom" because of FOX®'s "Animation Domination®" or whatever, whatever.( One just needs to spend just enough of time and attention at any random commentary-lineup of FOX® News, where the commentators"journalists" and contributors"experts" keep railing against "liberal media". A-gain, in fairness: A trait not unique to just them, but common amongst quite a number of Conservative press.) Canards, no matter how many times reported in the non-fiction authors and press deemed WP:RELIABLE, either attributed to sketchy primary-sources or even named ones making claims — shouldn't and can't be used as a basis for WP:WIKIVOICE. It's clearly a case of WP:NOT. –Mohd.maaz864 (talk) 15:18, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

This really needed a discussion whether moving to Disney+ Hotstar is appropriate. As mentioned in some of the edit comments, the overall brand is still known as Hotstar, and that would be primary topic. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 14:53, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

In the meantime, I am requesting RM/TR to move this back to Hotstar which is what the original article was titled prior to 11 March 2020. A request move discussion needs to take place on whether to rename it to Disney+ Hotstar. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 14:59, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support per WP:COMMONNAME and whether "Hotstar" alone will refer to any part of the domestic service (the "Hotstar" sold internationally obviously does not include Disney+). ViperSnake151  Talk  15:08, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Compare this with Disney Pixar vs. Pixar. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:13, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

AngusWOOF, here's what happened. Someone please add info from this. Kailash29792 (talk) 16:15, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Kailash29792, that just means the upcoming app might be called Disney+Hotstar. It doesn't mean the company has been renamed to Disney+ Hotstar. The company subsidiary is still Hotstar. The product is Disney+Hotstar as a tier, and is already discussed in the article section. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support Hotstar as per Angus and ViperSnake- Hotstar is the COMMONNAME and therefore should continue to remain until sources etc pick this up, –Davey2010^Talk 12:32, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

  Davey2010, please comment in the section below. Kailash29792 (talk) 13:13, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

This page must come under production like Disney+ page because every day many of them editing this page and typing wrong information. Like some one unnecessarily typing Thailand,Srilanka as a part of served area and many of them fighting for language availability include non available language. So my opinion is to product this page fully. Thankyou!! Tommantall (talk) 17:36, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

• Excuse me sir, did you forgot that Disney+ Hotstar was already existed at Thailand after Indonesia & Malaysia? There will be plans to be launch in Philippines, but that can be discussed another day. VernardoLau (talk) 17:23, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Disney+ Hotstar appears to be a SPA with a COI. Ari T. Benchaim (talk) 13:24, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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Is Disney+ Hotstar available in Vietnam on October 1, 2023 or at later date? Some Vietnamese editors inserted some dubious or/and unsourced content related to Disney+ Hotstar in Vietnam. HarmonZach (talk) 00:22, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Also, someone can protect this article to prevent further dubious edits related to Disney+ Hotstar in Vietnam? HarmonZach (talk) 23:06, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

En Peru Pavithra....Archana Kandipa bigbossil Miindum Thodara Vendum Endru...Thaalmaiyudan kettu kolgiren....Please Accept My Request Sir Good Bye 27.125.249.233 (talk) 14:00, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

In Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia which they're using D+ HS branding, they replaced the old blue Disney+ logo to a new version that's the same as the regular Disney+ Logo to commemorate their merger with Hulu US with teal color. Is it possible that it can be added on the page?

Photo of the new Disney+ Hotstar logo Gabriel0901 (talk) 03:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Jio Hotstar which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 17:39, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

it is correct to make a separate page for jiohotstar so made it 2402:8100:24EA:4C32:202D:E3FF:FE4D:6613 (talk) 04:48, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

There is clear consensus in the above discussion not to create a separate article for this topic. Any attempts to do so under any variable name will be undone. Trailblazer101 (talk) 05:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

@Trailblazer101 Then what are we waiting for? Close the above discussion and proceed for the next step. – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ ^🗿 14:10, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

An uninvolved participant should close the discussion. What next step are you referring to? JioHotstar is already adequately covered in this article as appropriate, so there is no need to split this article up into smaller ones. Trailblazer101 (talk) 16:15, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

@Trailblazer101 The next step I was talking about is to move this article to JioHotstar. There is a clear consensus above. Should I start the RM request now or some time later? – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ ^🗿 17:23, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

There is no consensus to make a move. I think you need to learn what WP:Consensus building is before you start deciding what one is. Any JioHotstar article would be a WP:CONTENTFORK. An RM would be improper. Trailblazer101 (talk) 17:59, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

I will note, as I already have in the above discussion, that this article should NOT be moved to JioHotstar because that is only the name used for the Indian version, not the service as a whole, which is still the primary name for its operations elsewhere. Trailblazer101 (talk) 18:05, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello, this page existed long before Disney plus Hotstar, as Hotstar. Hotstar was solely focused on Indian audience. After the Disney's Fox acquisition they renamed Hotstar to Disney plus Hotstar to match with their Flagship streaming Disney+. And they named their streaming service Disney plus Hotstar in some SEA countries, that's where problem began. As this page was mainly focused on Indian part of business and always was. And I think it can be fixed by putting the SEA market's info on main Disney+ page and keeping only the JioHotstar info here. This page just confuses me and I'm sure many got confused too as they both are two different streaming service. Redoneahmedd (talk) 19:22, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

You can vote above in the previous discussion. Continuing to create new discussion for a topic that has been discussed ad neausum is starting to become disruptive. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:25, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

When it came to Max, the leadline in its wikipedia page described it as, Max (known in other countries as, and soon to be reverted globally to HBO Max).

As soon as the US name changed to Max, they put it on the wiki page name controversialy, even when it's still used as HBO Max in several other countries, and will be rebranded to the same. (WP:COMMONNAME not followed)

But here by citing the same WP:COMMONNAME it's being told that we should stick to Disney+ Hotstar.

Logically the current WP:COMMONNAME should be considered ,if you look at views of the Indian Premier League (most watched league accross sports after NFL), which was broadcasted digitally in the JioHotstar banner in 2025 (after renamed to JioHotstar) should be taken into consideration. India accounts for approx 86.72% of the then Disney Hotstar's viewership as per 2024 cycle. WP:COMMONNAME is for the current comman name (JioHotstar) not the past common name (Disney+ Hotstar). I propose to change to JioHotstar per the current common name, in the largest market i.e. India, with 87 percent viewership.

As they say numbers don't lie and last I checked Hotstar is an Indian platform (mentioned in this wikipage lead line too), so we should change it to JioHotstar asap.Even if you want to take the other common name into consideration, it's still (only) Hotstar. There is no point in keeping it names to Disney Hotstar (least commonly used name currently)... Editking100 (talk) 23:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

https://www.sci-tech-today.com/stats/disneyhotstar-statistics-updated/

Go over to Demographics of the Hotstar section to validate my claim of 86 percent users being Indian in this detailed 2025 platform report. This report classifies as a third party source and has made all the stats/data citing other third party sources (mentioned in the report). Editking100 (talk) 23:30, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Stop the advocacy. Making accusations of double standards will not lead to consensus. If you feel any editor is violating guidelines then take it to ANI. --CNMall41 (talk) 00:19, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Have you read my full comment? If not naming an application page to its legal and common name wrt to its largest customer base (a whopping 86 percent), where it was founded (India) and where it's parent companies are traded currently (India) citing WP:COMMONNAME wrt to its rest (14 percent) market share nations. This is surely a case of different standerds (considering the MAX-HBO Max fiasco). Editking100 (talk) 00:29, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Btw, I quoted big three ??? After my allegation (with 3party source attached). Also, you accuse me of doing advocacy and cite a closed consensus, in which most people suggested to make the name change to the common name Hotstar. And it's wasn't done yet.Editking100 (talk) 00:37, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The usage of a service in a specific region does not determine that that is the overall common name of the service. And that is only one source you have provided which does not discuss the commonality of the service's different names. The HBO Max changes are separate from this article and hold no weight here, per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. You are urged to WP:Assume good faith of your fellow contributors, especially when you disagree, and not to make outlandish allegations such as editors propping up "different [or] double standards" without sufficient evidence. If you truly think there is an editorial issue here, then please file a report at WP:ANI to gain input, but the consensus here is not in favor of what you are proposing due to insufficient evidence and sourcing. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 02:06, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Firstly, The source i mentioned above has various detailed stats and information used from many reputed 3rd party sources, which is ignored here, so none of my claim is outlandish.

Secondly, i saw the consensus, most people were in favour of naming it just Hotstar, why isn't it done yet, after the discussion is long being closed?

Thirdly, i provided a fact citing Hotstars 2024 report with source that 86% of it users come from India, and it's an Indian company as mentioned in this wiki page. How can this be straightly ignored.

I read your reply to another user in the consensus, ....... "It has nothing to do with regions, Disney+ Hotstar is the predominantly used name of this service, while Hotstar still remains in use. The India version is only named JioHotstar because it was bought by JioCinema, but the other regional versions of the service remain solely under Disney".

(Can you just prove your claim of how it is the predominantly used name with facts) and prove my source with all the 3party sources wrong, citing some other demography is the largest user and has its common name as Disney plus Hotstar.

Also you are factually wrong! JioCinema didn't buy Hotstar as you said, it's a JV between Viacom18, Reliance and Disney, in which Reliance via its ownership in Viacom18 became the largest shareholder and put the 'Jio' branding to it as it does with many other business verticals. Editking100 (talk) 05:33, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

We've had two long discussions on move requests (see above threads). This is not getting changed. Time to WP:DTS.--CNMall41 (talk) 06:09, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

While consensus can change, the consensus established in the proposed split and requested move discussions were not in favor of renaming this article, and it would take time to adequately determine what the common name is based on which name sticks around the longest in use by all media sources. This is unlikely to change at this time, so the current consensus remains upheld. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 21:31, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

I’d like to raise a concern about how this article handles the India-specific version of the platform.

In February 2025, Disney+ Hotstar in India officially merged with JioCinema under the JioStar joint venture and was fully rebranded as JioHotstar — including a new logo, app interface, and marketing identity. This is well-documented: • TechCrunch – Hotstar and JioCinema merge into JioHotstar • Times of India – JioHotstar merger details • Campaign India – JioStar launches JioHotstar

Currently, the article uses the name “JioHotstar” for India but still displays the international Disney+ Hotstar logo and older branding in this section. This creates an inconsistency, because: • For American streaming brands (e.g., Disney+ in the U.S.), Wikipedia shows the current local branding and homepage, including elements like the Hulu hub. • For the Indian platform, despite the complete rebrand, it still shows outdated international branding and logos.

This is misleading to readers in India and does not follow Wikipedia’s WP:NPOV (neutrality) or WP:V (verifiability) guidelines, which require representing each market accurately based on reliable sources.

Request: • Update the India-specific section to display the current JioHotstar logo. • Replace the outdated international Disney+ Hotstar interface screenshot with the actual Indian homepage/interface. • Maintain Disney+ Hotstar branding only for international contexts where that name is still used (e.g., Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand).

This will ensure that the Indian platform is treated with the same accuracy and consistency as other regional versions, such as the U.S. Disney+ page.

Thanks.

Lexiii31 (talk) 19:03, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

This edit request to Disney+ Hotstar has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Ocean Channel (talk) 08:45, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Seercat3160 (talk) 08:59, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Just shortly after announcement of Star rebranding to Hulu, Disney announced that Disney+ Hotstar will be rebranded to just "Disney+" on October 9, 2025, one day after Hulu's global rollout.

However, I found the page is not updated after announcement, and since the page is semi-protected, I cannot edit it. So can anyone with account help to add related information if anyone see this topic I posted? Thanks. 137.122.66.12 (talk) 02:57, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I've added it in the beginning of the article and the Availability section. Also only Southeast Asian region (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) has rebranded to Disney+, the other regions still using JioHotstar (India) and Hotstar (Singapore, Canada, and the UK) branding. Rochelle Kiana Rodriguez (talk) 03:33, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! 137.122.66.12 (talk) 16:16, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

The article should be renamed JioHotstar, Disney+Hotstar no longer exists in any country. Oswa.contreras (talk) 15:24, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

There is still no consensus on this matter, per the discussions above. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 16:01, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

In my opinion, the discussion above is applied to situation when India version of Disney+ Hotstar became JioHotstar, while other regions' version remains as either Hotstar or Disney+ Hotstar, which makes the article unnecessary to change name from its current name.

However, after October 9, 2025, all Southeast countries' Disney+ Hotstar are rebranded to just "Disney+", leaving only Hotstar in UK/Canada/Singapore and JioHotstar in India. The change makes the article title "Disney+ Hotstar" makes no sense anymore.

So I think maybe it is necessary to move "Disney+ Hotstar" to anything else, either Hotstar or JioHotstar. 137.122.66.12 (talk) 16:15, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Agreed, there's no point keeping two different streaming in same page, and they also owned by two different companies. Yes in the past it was Disney Plus Hotstar but it has changed, Disney+ from Southeast Asian countries should be added to the main page of Disney plus wiki page since they both owned by Disney Streaming, whereas JioHotstar owned by JioStar and Disney owns like 36% of it. Redoneahmedd (talk) 06:48, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

@Redoneahmedd:, pinging you here for discussion. There should be no confusion as there is no consensus for the change. It has been discussed ad neausum and at this point it is bludgeoning.CNMall41 (talk) 07:45, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Don't expect another reply from me as this is exhausting. Until you get consensus here, the name remains as-is. Until you get consensus on a new page for JioStar, it will remain a protected redirect. --CNMall41 (talk) 07:46, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

I am dying for your reply:) I didn't even wrote that reply to you, yet you replied and saying exhausted at the same time, like who asked? Wikipedia didn't hire you, you can stop anytime as you wish. There's thousand other people available, and obviously we gonna talk about that something changed related to this page. You don't control anything and some of your looks like you want to control others about what they think. Redoneahmedd (talk) 17:53, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

he doesn't even know what the discussion is about. He is talking about JioStar in the page for JioHotstar. Spitfire121 (talk) 07:56, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

@VernardoLau: Hello! Before moving the page, please discuss it here until we reach the consensus to move. Thanks! Rochelle Kiana Rodriguez (talk) 12:15, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Oh, but I haven't preparing the proposal since this solution was already one and done. Do we still need the proposal even when the announcement was already finalized? VernardoLau (talk) 12:25, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes. You can make one. Rochelle Kiana Rodriguez (talk) 13:47, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes. Any contested move requires a WP:Requested move if one wants to change the present consensus, though any RM would require sufficient evidence not already covered by the previous RMs, which may be viewed above. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 16:37, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

The answer is here. Kailash29792 (talk) 01:38, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Rebranding and common name are not the same. This has been discussed to death both here and on Disney Star.--CNMall41 (talk) 02:17, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Common name by what standard? No articles refer to the service as Disney Plus Hotstar. The audience that this services caters to call it JioHotstar. A service called Disney Plus Hotstar doesn't exist anywhere in the world since South East Asian countries got Disney Plus. Spitfire121 (talk) 08:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Even the companies promotional campaign refers to it as such. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

clearly, it is talking about the rebrand. And you do realise that the disney plus service in the southeast Asian countries is run by walt disney while jiohotstar in india is run by jiostar, which are completely separate companies. Spitfire121 (talk) 05:53, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Your assumption about what I realize and what I do not realize will not lead to consensus. --CNMall41 (talk) 06:35, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Make logical arguments. Spitfire121 (talk) 07:01, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Stop the bludgeoning, and canvassing. --CNMall41 (talk) 07:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

use rational thinking Spitfire121 (talk) 07:10, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

lets get some facts straight here:

1. JioStar and Disney are separate companies. While Disney has a stake in JioStar, it is majority owned by Reliance Industries and run by them.

2. The JioHotstar service, launched in February 2025, is owned by JioStar. While Disney Plus is owned by The Walt Disney Company. They are both separate services with separate ownership.

3. The services in 3 SouthEast Asian countries continued to be called DisneyPlus Hotstar for the last 8 months. It was only a matter of time and convenience. Disney doesn't own the Hotstar or Star brands. They have changed to DisneyPlus now in those countries.

4. The replacement of the Star hubs worldwide with Hulu are also a result of the fact that Disney doesn't own the Star brand anymore. It is owned by JioStar. Keeping the name of the page as DisneyPlus Hotstar makes it sound like it is still owned by Disney, which would be a gross misinformation.

5. Some of you may say that the services in the Southeast Asian countries just had a rebrand and it is not the same as the Disney Plus service in the rest of the world. But that is also true for Disney Plus in the Middle East, which is run as a separate service from Disney Plus from the rest of the world. In both the cases, it is run by Disney, and has nothing to do with the Hotstar service run by JioStar. So, anything related to the Southeast Asian countries should move to the main Disney Plus page, as is the case for Disney Plus in middle east.

6. Lastly, a service called Disney Plus Hotstar doesn't even exist anywhere in the world anymore.

For those of you citing WP:COMMONNAME, in the SouthEast Asian countries, it is Disney Plus. In India, it is referred to as JioHotstar, both by the general public, and by news media.

Some of you will say, "it doesn't matter what the company refers to the service as, it matters what it is commonly known as". Well that is the point, it is commonly known as JioHotstar. It may not be so in America, but this service doesn't serve audiences in America.

8. For those of you citing WP:TOOSOON, how is 8 months too soon? Many other companies and streaming services went through name changes. Their pages never had to wait this long to reflect the change. Spitfire121 (talk) 06:53, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

They're keep denying like people in India calls it Disney+ Hotstar but it's not, and also southeast Asian part is separated since march and is controlled by a different company but they keep citing WP:COMMONNAME, which doesn't even make any sense. It's not the same case as Hotstar to DisneyPlus Hotstar rebranding, it's like a business is splitting off and one part is rebranded and another merged into with other company. Redoneahmedd (talk) 16:48, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I am agree with you guys, page should be moved to Hotstar or Disney+ because Disney+ Hotstar is no more in this world. Ajitsinghbhagat (talk) 04:32, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

No matter how many times any of you make another discussion about this or Disney Star, the present consensus will not change and these articles will not be moved. Wikipedia has very specific policies and guidelines that need to be followed. Stop bludgeoning and give it a rest. The Jio brands do not have any long-term significance and are new entities, not just straightforward rebrands, so renaming the articles is not even the correct avenue. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 05:02, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Jio as a brand has existed since 2016 and is very popular and much more significant than Disney in India. Get out of your bubble. Spitfire121 (talk) 07:32, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Lack of civility is not going to get what you want done. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 15:26, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

I will also add that your continued name changing on these pages has now crossed the line into WP:BLUDGEONing. --CNMall41 (talk) 05:08, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

for your kind information I want to tell you something

1.JioHotstar(only in INDIA):- JioStar is parent company.

2.Hotstar(only in UK,CANADA,SINGAPORE):- owned by JioStar

3.Disney+ (Rest countries including UK,CANADA,SINGAPORE and excluding INDIA):- owned by Disney Entertainment

4.Star (Disney+) only in JAPAN:-owned by Disney Entertainment

Lastly Disney+ Hotstar is no longer a thing because Disney rebranded it to Disney+.

Just because we're not following the guidelines doesn't mean we're wrong. So don't be rude, and secondly, you're not changing the page for your own “Personal Intreset" even we follow guidelines like in case of JioStar. Ajitsinghbhagat (talk) 08:09, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Just because we're not following the guidelines doesn't mean we're wrong - Fair enough. You state you are not following guidelines. You will not get consensus if you don't follow them. --CNMall41 (talk) 16:31, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

don't be rude, and secondly, you're not changing the page for your own “Personal Intreset" even we follow guidelines like in case of JioStar. Add that line too Redoneahmedd (talk) 18:46, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Willfully violating Wikipedia policies and guidelines will not get you far. Because editors do not seem intent on discussing this matter civily with adequate evidence and continue to edit war, I have requested temporary full protection of this article. Repeatedly making WP:ASPERSIONS of fellow contributors just because we disagree is not civil and is WP:Tendentious editing. Wikipedia always goes by what is verifiable, not necessarily what someone believes to be true. The encyclopedia goes by the facts from reliable, independent sources. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 19:09, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

What do you mean by “someone believes to be true” it's fact that Disney+ Hotstar and Disney Star is no longer relevant. and wikipedia works on facts not on someone's personal intrest. Ajitsinghbhagat (talk) 07:48, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

it's not matter of belief, it's fact. But understandable Wikipedia:COMMONNAME thing, why I and many asking for the change because Disney Plus has it's own page, if it didn't, it wouldn't be same case. Keeping some part of Disney Plus here and other parts there doesn't make sense, and it'll not be helpful for readers. Keeping Disney Plus Hotstar part in Disney Plus page is more sensible than keeping in JioHotstar page. And also shouldn't we update the logo as it doesn't falls under WP:Commonname?

And also I wanna talk about the previous argument, if someone argues your opinion it doesn't mean we're some part of narrative. Redoneahmedd (talk) 15:33, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

I have no personal interest or stake in this matter, as I have previously stated. It comes down to the facts: Dinsey+ Hotstar was separate from Disney+ and JioHotstar, the latter of which is a new entity, so this article should not be replacing it as such. This is not a straightforward rebranding. Unless someone devises a solid proposal to split the contents with sufficient notability proven for the Jio entities, the articles should not be renamed. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 16:01, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Yeah it could be splited in India it is widely called JioHotstar not Disney plus Hotstar.https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jiostar-2-billion-half-year-revenue-400-million-users-1236555624/ latest variety report for example. Every news outlets reports with the JioHotstar name even the international ones. Redoneahmedd (talk) 18:38, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Then, editors first need to stop edit warring over the name in the article and stop making more contested requested moves for a split to be considered, which, just like at Disney Star, would require significant coverage of the new Jio platform separate from the Disney counterpart to warrant its own dedicated split article. One recent reference does not support notability on its own, as has been explained before. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 22:27, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

(The “we are not following guidelines” was only for Disney+ Hotstar as we still haven’t initiated any valid process to move the page. I know, even if we do, you won’t agree to move, as you did in the case of JioStar.)

That's what i mean, So please do not misinterpret the words and use it as weapon. Ajitsinghbhagat (talk) 07:40, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

"just because we're not following the guidelines" wtf man? Spitfire121 (talk) 20:47, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

@Ajitsinghbhagat@CNMall41@Redoneahmedd@Spitfire121@Trailblazer101 You guys are too complicated. Even though I just moved to Hotstar (former name) before becoming Disney+ Hotstar and JioHotstar. Hotstar available on UK, Singapore, and Canada. In India as JioHotstar. Clear! 182.10.98.11 (talk) 15:25, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Disney+ Hotstar is gone! 182.10.98.11 (talk) 15:27, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

These types of comments are not constructive and impede the natural discussion process. This has been explained already above. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 22:25, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

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Can you remove two commas in the lead section, please? A comma is not required between the subject and the verb as in "Disney+ Hotstar,, is an...". 82.77.77.34 (talk) 15:26, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

 Done jolielover♥talk 15:40, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

@CNMall41: where can you see the disney+ hotstar logo on which website? Are you accessing it from India? The link I provided works intermittently, however you can see the url of the logo on the JioStar portfolio page matches. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 05:13, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Here is one of the links. You get there by searching Google (in the U.S.) for Jiostar which brings up JioHotsar and any of the links you go to will show it. I say the logo is kept to match the best known name as the Jjiostar logo is already used elsewhere on the page. --CNMall41 (talk) 05:18, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

There is no Disney+ Hotstar logo on this page for me, and why are you accessing the Indian version of the website from the US anyway? Perhaps you can share a screenshot. Also WP:LOGOS is a guideline that is to be generally followed. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 06:35, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Top left hand corner. Note the domain is .in as well. When you click on the page, there is statement saying that JioStar is not available in the U.S. and to go here, which has no logo, but doesn't mention JioStar at all and ultimately leads to Hulu. I am very familiar with the guideline as well and it is being followed. --CNMall41 (talk) 06:43, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

The top left hand corner has the textless version of the JioHotstar logo. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 02:33, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Top left hand corner of what? The link I provided shows Disney + Hotstar. Also, when you say "textless version," are you referring to the logo you placed in the information box or something different? --CNMall41 (talk) 04:15, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes textless version of the logo I placed in the infobox. I guess this is a geoip problem. I am in India and getting the JioHotstar logo, you are in US and do not. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 05:18, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

When I was in Japan, on visiting the website, I got a message saying JioHotstar is not available there, with the JioHotstar logo. I wonder why the US is getting a different logo. But since the service is not available in the US, I don't think the logo shown in the US should matter. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 05:45, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Top left hand corner of the page you linked in your first reply. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 05:21, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

There is the JioStar website but that shows a logo that is different than the one you attempted to use. --CNMall41 (talk) 04:16, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

The logo file is one I have taken from the portfolio page of the JioStar website (linked in my first comment). Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 05:20, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

I guess the good news for them is that they have the geoip correct so that users sign up for the respective services depending on the area they live. --CNMall41 (talk) 05:33, 5 January 2026 (UTC)