{"id":81549,"date":"2026-09-02T14:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81549"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:56:11","slug":"jiohotstar-the-netflix-of-india-is-now-streaming-in-singapore-taking-on-the-existing-incumbents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81549","title":{"rendered":"JioHotstar, the Netflix of India, is now streaming in Singapore, taking on the existing incumbents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">With more than 500 million active users in its home market of India, streaming platform JioHotstar has launched in Singapore, entering an Indian entertainment market already served by Amazon Prime Video, StarHub and Singtel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Access is available at <u>hotstar.com\/sg<\/u> and via the <u>App Store<\/u> and Google <u>Play Store<\/u>, with the platform offering more than 160K+ hours of content with subtitles and dubs across 12+ Asian languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, and more. This is significant, as other platforms here only offer Hindi and Tamil content.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">According to JioHotstar, it adds over 30,000 hours of fresh content annually across genres, spanning films, original productions, television programmes, reality shows and non-fiction content. Taken together, these include:<\/p>\n<div class=\"_nested_1lq60_1\">\n<ul class=\"_listElement_wioo3_107\">\n<li class=\"_listItem_wioo3_112\">JioHotstar\u2019s catalogue of <b>original productions<\/b> covers drama, thrillers and comedy, with upcoming and existing titles such as The Court, Ali Baba Aur Chaalis Bhoot, Prince of Mollywood and Part Timers.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_listItem_wioo3_112\">Subscribers also get access to programmes originating from <b>JioStar television channels<\/b> such as Star Plus, Colors, Star Vijay, Asianet, Star Jalsha, Colors Gujarati and Star Pravah.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_listItem_wioo3_112\"><b>Before-TV access<\/b> lets subscribers watch selected programmes before their television broadcast. These include Azhagae Azhagu, Pandian Stores 2, Siragadikka Aasai, Cooku with Comali and Anupama.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_listItem_wioo3_112\">As part of its <b>Reality TV content<\/b>, from 6 September, JioHotstar will carry editions of Bigg Boss across several Indian languages, including Bigg Boss Tamil hosted by Vijay Sethupathi, Bigg Boss Malayalam with Mohanlal, Bigg Boss Telugu with Nagarjuna, Bigg Boss Kannada with Kichcha Sudeepa and Bigg Boss Hindi with Salman Khan. For the first time, Singapore viewers can also participate in live voting across the various editions, giving the service an interactive element that conventional television channels can\u2019t offer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"_figure_wioo3_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_base_1sb7q_1\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/fc9ec43ec98eb957615a06967d309d6e47cad15171d893fa3482ffba880787d6?w=330&amp;q=85 330w,https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/fc9ec43ec98eb957615a06967d309d6e47cad15171d893fa3482ffba880787d6?w=530&amp;q=85 530w,https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/fc9ec43ec98eb957615a06967d309d6e47cad15171d893fa3482ffba880787d6?w=660&amp;q=85 660w,https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/fc9ec43ec98eb957615a06967d309d6e47cad15171d893fa3482ffba880787d6 1140w\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/fc9ec43ec98eb957615a06967d309d6e47cad15171d893fa3482ffba880787d6?w=660&amp;q=85\" style=\"--custom-aspect-ratio:1.5;contain-intrinsic-size:1140px 760px\"\/><figcaption class=\"_figureCaptions_wioo3_158\">\n<p class=\"_imageCaption_wioo3_165\">Amit Malhotra, Head of International Business at JioStar.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: JioHotstar<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Amit Malhotra, Head of International Business at JioStar, said:<\/p>\n<div class=\"_nested_1lq60_1\">\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">\u201cSingapore is a deeply multilingual and diverse market, with a significant South Asian audience and a strong affinity for Indian entertainment. JioHotstar brings this diversity together on one platform, offering diaspora audiences and global viewers a rich world of entertainment, while creating new ways to discover and engage with the moments that matter to them. This is the next step in taking the scale, technology and entertainment experience we have built in India to audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"not-the-only-game-in-town\" class=\"_subHeading1_1k87u_111 _base_1k87u_1\">Not the only game in town<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"_figure_wioo3_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_base_1sb7q_1\" alt=\"Reality TV.\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/2317561a280572fc04a79e388956791784899014ae4c6c988a7c3a5918c5aa3f?w=330&amp;q=85 330w,https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/2317561a280572fc04a79e388956791784899014ae4c6c988a7c3a5918c5aa3f?w=530&amp;q=85 530w,https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/2317561a280572fc04a79e388956791784899014ae4c6c988a7c3a5918c5aa3f?w=660&amp;q=85 660w,https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/2317561a280572fc04a79e388956791784899014ae4c6c988a7c3a5918c5aa3f 1140w\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/2317561a280572fc04a79e388956791784899014ae4c6c988a7c3a5918c5aa3f?w=660&amp;q=85\" style=\"--custom-aspect-ratio:1.5;contain-intrinsic-size:1140px 760px\"\/><figcaption class=\"_figureCaptions_wioo3_158\">\n<p class=\"_imageCaption_wioo3_165\">Indian reality TV at its best.<\/p>\n<p>JioHotstar<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">JioHotstar is offering two subscription options in Singapore. The quarterly plan costs <b>S$29.98<\/b>, which works out to roughly S$10 a month, while the annual subscription costs <b>S$69.98<\/b>, or about S$5.83 a month when averaged across the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">StarHub offers access to its <u>Indian+ Pack<\/u> for <b>S$18.28<\/b> <b>per month<\/b> on a 24-month contract to 18 Hindi and Tamil channels, including movies, drama series, variety shows, and talk shows from <i>Vijay TV<\/i>, <i>Zee TV<\/i> <i>HD, Sun TV,<\/i> and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Singtel has a <u>Hindi and Tamil pack, each available for subscription<\/u> at <b>S$30.98 per month<\/b> on a 12-month contract. Channels include ZEE TV, Sony Entertainment Television, Colours, Colors, STAR, and NowPlus, amongst others. Tamil Pack Channels include Zee Tamil, Vijay TV, Star Maa, Sun TV, Colours Tamil (HD), and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\"><u>Amazon Prime subscribers<\/u> can access Hindi, Tamil, and other regional Indian movies and original TV series, and the rest of Amazon Prime\u2019s video catalogue, at no extra cost with a standard Amazon Singapore Prime membership. Membership is currently <b>S$4.99 per month<\/b> after a free 30-day trial period, which is priced similarly to JioHotstar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">With an aggressive price, JioHotstar is betting that its deeper concentration of Indian-language entertainment, regional television, originals and interactive programming such as Bigg Boss voting can persuade potential subscribers to pay for a specialist service alongside, or instead of, a broader streaming subscription.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_subHeading1_1k87u_111 _base_1k87u_1\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwarezone.com.sg\/lifestyle\/jiohotstar-singapore-launch-price-singapore-incumbents-streaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 500 million active users in its home market of India, streaming platform JioHotstar has launched in Singapore, entering an Indian entertainment market&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20059,29337,1390,29336,5916,22,7445],"class_list":["post-81549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-existing","tag-incumbents","tag-india","tag-jiohotstar","tag-netflix","tag-singapore","tag-streaming","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}