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Disney+ Hotstar Appoints Sunil Rayan as President, Head
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Variety reported on Saturday that the Indian streaming service Disney+ Hotstar has appointed Sunil Rayan as the President and Head of the company. Rayan will report to the President of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and Chairman of Star and Disney India Uday Shankar.
Rayan has worked at Cloud for Games as the company's General Manager and Managing Director as well as at companies such as McKinsey, IBM, iGate Mastech, and Infosys.
Reliance's Jio telecom service announced on YouTube on June 6 that its prepaid cellphone plans will be offering a free subscription to the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service.
The Disney+ Hotstar streaming service offers access to anime titles such as Shin-chan and Doraemon.
21st Century Fox launched the Hotstar streaming service in February 2015. Disney India combined the service with its Disney+ streaming service in February 2020.
Source: Variety (Naman Ramachandran)
