HBO Pacts with Star India

MUMBAI: HBO’s original programming is headed to Star India’s English channels and its OTT platform hotstar via an exclusive programming agreement announced today.

Effective January 1, 2016, Star India platforms will deliver HBO originals like Game of Thrones and True Detective.

“Star is delighted to partner with HBO to bring world-class HBO Originals programming for Indian viewers,” said Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India. “Star will become the exclusive destination for screening HBO content in India—once again resetting the benchmark for quality and depth of content offering for its viewers. Fans will be able to watch their favorite HBO Original programs on hotstar on the same day as the telecast in the United
 States. Viewers will also be able to see the HBO Original programming on Star’s English 
channels.”

Shankar continued, “hotstar is a leading destination for our growing family of content viewers. We have constantly aspired to offer high-quality content across genres and languages, and HBO Originals, with its outstanding program bouquet, I am sure will be yet another quantum leap 
in delighting and enthralling our viewers.”

Jonathan Spink, HBO Asia CEO, said, “HBO is delighted to enter this new chapter in India with
 Star. Through the first release of our shows on hotstar, Indian audiences will now have
 unprecedented flexibility in how they consume HBO’s much loved premium programming.”