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The merger of Indian media assets of Reliance, its portfolio Viacom18 and Disney will create an entity that captures 85% of the country’s on-demand streaming service audience and about half of the TV viewers, analysts said, posing bigger challenges to Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple, Sony and Zee. The merger, which is scheduled to complete by March of 2025, will have exclusive digital and broadcast rights to some of the key sporting events – including the next four years of popular cricket…

Image Source : INDIA TV Disney Hotstar is down Disney+ Hotstar, a video streaming platform which has been telecasting the live match of India versus Australia is reportedly down in India. The news surfaced when a number of users were unable to log in to their app and kept facing trouble. Downdetector, a website which tracks the website has reported more than 500 such…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ticket bookings are now live in select cities across India — in English and Hindi. Though I'm not seeing all languages everywhere just yet. Also, I'm not seeing any cinemas offering Tamil and Telugu dubs as yet. Early on Friday, Disney Star announced that advance sales for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie were “now open” — though it took until Friday afternoon for ticket sales to actually begin. Even then, with caveats, as I've noted. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tickets are…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ticket bookings will go live in India today. Early on Friday, Disney Star announced that advance sales for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie were “now open” — though at the time of writing, Gadgets 360 has discovered that Wakanda Forever tickets aren't available anywhere as yet. Not in any of the major cities (be it Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, or Hyderabad), not in any of the formats (2D, 3D, IMAX, or 4DX), and not in any of the four languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, and…

Following a request from an industry body — and in the footsteps of YouTube — India's biggest video streaming platforms in Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others are now either defaulting or locking to standard-definition (SD) video resolution on mobile networks in India, to reduce traffic and ease stress, amid the increased need for Internet services, with more people at home due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Gadgets 360 has verified that to be the case. While you can switch to higher resolutions on some…

Disney+ Hotstar has begun rolling out support for 4K UHD (ultra-high-definition) resolution and HDR (high-dynamic-range) video, with select few Disney+ originals — including the likes of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian and the Willem Dafoe-starrer Togo — now available in 4K and/or HDR. Look for “4K UHD” and “HDR” icons below the title description, as in the picture above, to discover 4K HDR content on Disney+ Hotstar. Gadgets 360 spotted 4K HDR support on Android TV and Apple TV, and we've reached out to Disney+…

The 2021 Indian Premier League auction is set for Thursday in Chennai, but it's not like the mega two-day IPL auction events you've seen in the past. This year's IPL auction will run for just a few hours, with a total of 292 players available for the eight 2021 IPL teams — Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Sunrisers Hyderabad — to pick from. SRH have the fewest player slots (3) remaining as they have retained a lot…

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ticket bookings are now live in India — in select cinemas and formats. On Saturday at 11am IST, Disney India announced that tickets for the highly-awaited Marvel Cinematic Universe movie are now available in IMAX and 4DX only on ticketing partners BookMyShow and Paytm. As of now, I'm only seeing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness tickets for PVR Cinemas, including its own large screen P format in addition to IMAX and 4DX. Others — INOX, Cinépolis, and Carnival Cinemas —…