Over the top (OTT) players like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+Hotstar have seen massive growth in the past few years on the back of cheap data tariffs and availability of affordable smartphones.
Netflix has 195.15 million paid subscribers worldwide as of the third quarter of 2020. The company does not share country-specific user numbers.
New HBO Max customers will be able to subscribe directly in the app.
HBO Max seems to enter this ongoing streaming war pretty late.
The company announced it has now surpassed 50 million paid subscribers globally. India has 16 per cent of Disney+'s total subscriber.
