US ICF-ers - Willow TV vs Hotstar

[fineleg]

US ICF-ers ,

I wrote to Willow to cancel my online subscription and they wrote back offering $45 annual subscription. (less than 4 per month) .

They say it includes access to IPL, Worldcup2019 and Ind in WI (among other non-India matches).

I asked them if IPL or WC2019 is pay-per-view, didnt get clear answer yet.

Do you think they make IPL or WC2019 as pay-per-view ? Is that how they usually do it? or is it included?

 

Will HOTSTAR also include IPL and WC2019? If so, Hotstar more preferable, isn't it?

Will they make it pay-per-view? or included as part of Hotstar online subscription?

Edited February 21, 2019 by fineleg

[vvvslaxman]

If hotstar shows iw ill go for them. I have their subscription to watch movies and other programmes. You could use Willow just for two months and cancel.

[maniac]

Both are the same. Hotstar you get some Indian TV Shows and some movies to go along with it.

 

 

[maniac]

I like Hotstar because their app runs better on chromecast. Willow keeps crashing every 5 minutes. For WC if both have the coverage I will go with Hotstar

[vvvslaxman]

5 minutes ago, maniac said:

I like Hotstar because their app runs better on chromecast. Willow keeps crashing every 5 minutes. For WC if both have the coverage I will go with Hotstar

HOtstar quality is good. Willow has some issues. Often it keeps playing the same ball twice or thrice  before it continues. Some glitch is there.

[bowl_out]

Hotstar is good. You get some Indian shows too.

And you get funny commentary in Indian languages

[rahulrulezz]

Not even a question. HotStar... Willow crashed on me so many times that I was watching illegal links even when I had willow subscription... HotStar is totally on another level when it comes to service... I am assuming HotStar have big investors considering the amount of shows and quality of product they have

[maniac]

1 minute ago, rahulrulezz said:

Not even a question. HotStar... Willow crashed on me so many times that I was watching illegal links even when I had willow subscription... HotStar is totally on another level when it comes to service... I am assuming HotStar have big investors considering the amount of shows and quality of product they have

Willow keeps crashing on the mobile app or if you stream it via chromecast. Hotstar is way smoother.

 

However WIllow now has an app on XBOX which is much better. the last few times I streamed through it and it was marginally much better.

[singhprakash72]

1 hour ago, fineleg said:

US ICF-ers ,

I wrote to Willow to cancel my online subscription and they wrote back offering $45 annual subscription. (less than 4 per month) .

They say it includes access to IPL, Worldcup2019 and Ind in WI (among other non-India matches).

I asked them if IPL or WC2019 is pay-per-view, didnt get clear answer yet.

Do you think they make IPL or WC2019 as pay-per-view ? Is that how they usually do it? or is it included?

 

Will HOTSTAR also include IPL and WC2019? If so, Hotstar more preferable, isn't it?

Will they make it pay-per-view? or included as part of Hotstar online subscription?

World cup is always pay per view...something like $199 package last time in 2015 when I had Willow TV. I always had Willow tv for last 15 yrs ....never tried Hotstar but may be its time to do that now

 

[Ashrafool]

ESPN will blow Willow and Hotstar out of the water in terms of streaming quality and smoothness but unfortunately they only have NZ games this year. 

 

Willow is the worst streaming service out there. Their streaming stutters and lags. 

 

In terms of streaming quality ESPN>>Hotstar>Willow. 

[Cricketics]

On 2/21/2019 at 11:42 AM, Ashrafool said:

ESPN will blow Willow and Hotstar out of the water in terms of streaming quality and smoothness but unfortunately they only have NZ games this year. 

 

Willow is the worst streaming service out there. Their streaming stutters and lags. 

 

In terms of streaming quality ESPN>>Hotstar>Willow. 

Problem with ESPN is that it's coverage is way delayed compared to willow and hotstar. and if you chrome cast ESPN, it delays even more. 

[Cricketics]

On 2/21/2019 at 11:41 AM, singhprakash72 said:

World cup is always pay per view...something like $199 package last time in 2015 when I had Willow TV. I always had Willow tv for last 15 yrs ....never tried Hotstar but may be its time to do that now

 

This time its not pay per view like those 200 dollar packages which we have seen previously. This time Willow and Hotstar have included them in their packages. Hotstar have been advertising from over an year about their annual package which includes World Cup.