Mumbai: Disney+ Hotstar EVP and head of subscriptions Prabh Simran Singh has moved on from the video streaming service after a five-year stint. He had joined the OTT platform in October 2015.

"I announced my departure from Hotstar yesterday, where I learnt how to back big dreams with audacious thinking and high quality execution. The last 5 years have been transformational, from creating World record concurrency on the back of immense user love to making Hotstar into the largest subscription service in India with an explosive 30x growth in just 2 years. Today, Hotstar contributes to a third of Disney+ global subscribers!" Singh said in a LinkedIn post, announcing his departure.

He will be with Disney+ Hotstar till December.

"In this exhilarating 0 to 100 journey, it's been an absolute privilege to work with whip smart people. I'm incredibly grateful to my insanely talented teams for believing in my vision and coming on-board as co-conspirators in building Hotstar. I'll be at Hotstar till the end of the year," Singh added.

In his current role at Disney+ Hotstar, Singh leads the charter to grow the subscription category and build the largest D2C subscription platform in India with an ambition of 50 million subs by 2023. His mandate included brand, revenue, content, product, pricing, customer experience, payments, and partnerships (telcos, fintech, OEMs).

Earlier, he was EVP & head of consumer and revenue at Disney+ Hotstar, where he led the Consumer & Revenue organisation with the mandate to accelerate user scale for ad-supported business and growing monetisation. In this role, he accelerated the streaming platform on the back of cricket as an acquisition lever and retention through Star network shows and films.

While his next move is yet unknown, Singh, in the same LinkedIn post, said that he is excited about the increasing role of technology in solving large & complex problems, particularly in health.