India - a land of opportunities

I have never been to India, but I would love to go there once. I have watched the Ghetto Millionaire, and I really loved the movie. Now, that might not be the actual India I will get to see if I ever visit the country, but maybe - depending on which parts of the country and the cities I decide to visit.

But, India is not only a land of opportunity if you come to visit it as a tourist. It is also a land that has a lot to offer those in love with sports, movies and TV series. Did you know that the cheapest way to watch the Premier League online is by streaming the matches on Hotstar in India? The prices are so cheap that people do not even understand it.

If you live in the UK, you will most likely have to pay around 40 Euro/40 GBP a month to get access to the TV stations broadcasting the Premier League football in the country (Sky Sport and BT Sport). And even if they have such subscriptions, there are still lots of matches in other leagues and championships and tournaments that they will never get to see.

If you live in Norway, the monthly subscription fee to watch the channel broadcasting Champions League football is around 40 Euro. That is almost 500 Euro for one single year... that is quite crazy, isn't it?

What about India and Premier League football?

Hotstar is the TV channel in India that broadcast Premier League football. But, they are not doing it like BT Sport or Sky Sports in the UK, or TV channels in other nations. No, they do it better! They broadcast every single Premier League match every single week, even if there are several matches played at the same time. In other words, you get access to all the matches, and thus you can follow your favorite team from week to week, without hoping that you will be lucky and that the TV station will actually show the match you are interested in that week. Instead, you can pick freely which matches you want to watch every single week.

And what is the price for Hotstar Premium giving you access to Premier League football?
This is when it becomes so strange for those of us living in Europe. The price for a subscription to the Hotstar Sports Package which will let you watch all Premier League football online is around 300 Indian Ruppe, which is somewhere between 4 and 5 Dollar (US). And that is not per month, that is the price for an entire year.

It doesn't feel entirely correct, because this might be a lot for the common man in India, but if you live in Europe, this is so cheap that it just feels strange to hear about it.

Now, there is a little problem coming up, however, when you try to watch and sign up for Hotstar outside India. You will need a VPN (of course), but that isn't enough. You need an Indian payment card to pay for Hotstar, and that isn't always easy. So, how can it be done? You can read more about how you can sign up for Hotstar outside India in this article.

One piece of advice!
If you first sign up for Hotstar, make sure to buy the Premium package including the movies as well. This will give you access to lots of brand new movies, and also the most popular HBO series like True Detective, Game of Thrones, Veep, Gotham and other TV shows as well. The price for this package is 1000 Indian Rupee, which is a bit less than 15 USD.

What about Indian Netflix?

If you want to watch a nice mixture of Indian content and American content, Indian Netflix is a brilliant Netflix region. Here you can choose from a wide selection of Hindi movies, Malayalam movies, Bengali movies, Punjabi movies, Marahti movies and so much more. And it is possible to get access to Indian Netflix even if you live somewhere else. You can read more about how you can watch Indian Netflix abroad in this article, or you can check the following video on YouTube for more information on how it can be done.

It is also cool to notice that most movies on Netflix in India are available with English audio and with English subtitles. If you want to, they are also available with Hindi and Tamil audio, something that might come useful if you do not understand English, or if you want to learn any of the mentioned languages.

These are just some of the great opportunities that wait for you if you want to stream sports and TV shows and movies online. Do not forget that Hotstar will also let you stream lots of rugby and other sports, so the channel is much more than just Premier League football.

If you decide to stream a movie on Hotstar Premium, you can currently watch movies like Red Sparrow and The Black Panther there, and these are also available in the original language with English subtitles available.

Doesn't this sound cool?
But, which VPN should you use if you want to get access to Indian Netflix or if you want to watch Hotstar from abroad? I will not answer that in this article, but instead I recommend that you click the links earlier in this article to find out more about which VPN provider I recommend. It is also important to notice that things often change in the world of VPN providers and geo-blocks, and that is also why I prefer to keep the information about which VPN provider I recommend to watch Indian Netflix in as few articles as possible, making it easier to keep all the articles fresh and up to date.

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