Amidst the ongoing JioHotstar domain saga, a new website named Jiostar has gone live.

The website ‘Jiostar.com’ says it will be coming soon and does not mention anything else. It is speculated that it will become an OTT platform after the merger of Reliance and Hotstar. However, there is no official confirmation.

This development comes a day after JioHotstar domain owners Jainam and Jivika Jain offered it to Reliance. The brothers had offered the domain name to Reliance for free.

“With all the discussions going on, we think this might be best for the Team. Trust They can have this domain name if they want. We are happy to provide them with jiohotstar.com free of charge along with all the necessary paperwork. To be frank, this is entirely our choice. No one from Reliance or any legal group has contacted us or pressured us in any way. We made this decision on our own, without pressure from our friends, family or anyone else,” Jainam and Jivika said in a statement.

The Dubai-based brothers had purchased the domain name from a Delhi-based company application developerIt was reported that it would help with his education.

Earlier, the Delhi-based app developer had offered the domain name to Reliance Industries or Viacom18 for a fee to fund his studies at Cambridge University.

Reliance-Disney merger

Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the merger between Disney Star and Reliance Industries in August. This merger is reportedly the largest ever to agreeIndia’s media and entertainment industry is worth $8.5 billion.

Reliance Industries, in its quarterly earnings for Q2 2025, said the merger will be completed in the third quarter of fiscal 2024-25.

On October 22, CCI issued a detailed 48-page order approving the merger of assets of Reliance Industries and Disney Star. The decision specified various conditions, such as the disposal of seven TV channels.

Reliance will hold 60 percent stake in the merger; Disney will own 37 percent, with 16 percent directly and 47 percent through its largely owned Viacom18 Media business.