JioHotstar launches in UK, Canada, Singapore
September 2, 2026

By Nik Roseveare



JioHotstar, the India streaming platform, has launched in the UK, Canada and Singapore. With more than 500 million active users, JioHotstar has built one of the world’s largest entertainment ecosystems, spanning content across languages, genres and formats.

Home to 160K+ hours of content and supplemented by an addition of 30K hours of new content every year, JioHotstar arrives with a library spanning across blockbuster films, originals, non-fiction content, popular TV series and more, with a line-up of new entertainment, including:


· New Originals: The originals line-up brings together a mix of stories and genres, across languages such as The Court, Ali Baba Aur Chaalis Bhoot, Prince of Mollywood, Part Timers and more.

· Content from JioStar TV Channels and Before-TV Access: Audiences can access content from JioStar television channels, including Star Plus, Colors, Star Vijay, Asianet, Star Jalsha, Colors Gujarati, Star Pravah. with Before-TV access to popular shows such as Azhagae Azhagu, Pandian Stores 2, Siragadikka Aasai, Cooku with Comali, Anupama, alongside other titles.

· Bigg Boss, Now Interactive: From September 6th, 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 will premiere together on JioHotstar, with Bigg Boss Bangla already live. For the first time ever, Singapore audiences can have their say in the game with live voting across every edition. Additionally, Candians will have access to a 24/7 live stream.

· A New Game Format: Audiences in Canada and Singapore can watch Anil Kapoor hosting India Ka Top 1 Percent, an all-new format, premiering on September 5th, putting contestants’ logic and reasoning to the test.

The archive library includes series Heartbeat, Vikram on Duty, Kerala Crime Files, Resort, Muthu Alias Kaattaan, Criminal Justice, Special Ops, Chiraiya, Pritam & Pedro, Asur, Aarya; blockbuster reality franchises Koffee with Karan, Bhojpuri Bawaal, Khatron Ke Khiladi, MTV Hustle, Splitsvilla, Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment, Roadies abd Cooku with Comali; movies including Welcome to The Jungle, Vaazha, Dhurandhar, Chhichhore, Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh; Kill,12th Fail, Thaai Kizhavi, Dridam and Prathichaya.

The service is built for a multilingual audience, with subtitles and dubs across 12+ Asian languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, and more; making content more accessible across communities and generations.

A key part of the UK launch is a partnership with Sky, with JioHotstar becoming available on Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream, alongside its direct availability across mobile and connected TV.

Amit Malhotra, Head of International Business at JioStar, commented “Having become India’s favourite streaming destination, we are now taking what we have built in India to audiences globally, with Singapore being an integral part of our international expansion. Singapore 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.”

In the UK, the service costs £19.99 for a quarterly subscription and £69.99 for an annual subscription. In Canada, it’s C$19.99 quarterly and C$49.99 annually, and in Singapore it’s SGD29.98 quarterly and SGD69.98 annually.