The businesses merged their respective media companies in India efficient November 14, 2024, creating the nation’s largest media firm. The outcomes, introduced as a part of Reliance’s This autumn earnings, mark JioStar’s first monetary disclosure for the reason that $8.5 billion merger.
JioHotstar, which launched on February 14, crossed 100 million paid customers inside 5 weeks of launch and, inside 10 weeks, reached roughly 280 million paid subscribers—turning into the world’s second-largest paid person base.
In March 2025, the platform recorded 503 million Month-to-month Lively Customers, pushed by its expansive content material library and main sports activities occasions together with the ICC Champions Trophy and the Indian Premier League (IPL).
In the course of the remaining of the ICC Champions Trophy, JioHotstar logged 61.2 million concurrent viewers, setting a file for digital sports activities streaming in India.
JioStar’s tv community accounted for 34% of whole TV leisure viewership, reaching 760 million month-to-month viewers. Star Plus led the Hindi Basic Leisure Channel phase, with six of the highest ten exhibits. The movie *Stree 2*, aired on Star Gold, reached 41.2 million viewers.Regional channels comparable to Star Pravah, Star Jalsha, Star Maa, Star Vijay, and Asianet maintained main positions of their respective markets.IPL 2025 noticed will increase in each digital and TV viewership, with 1.4 billion digital views, a TV attain of 253 million, and 49.6 billion minutes of mixed watch time. On JioHotstar, viewership in the course of the first week rose 38%, whereas Linked TV (CTV) watch time elevated by 60%. The Champions Trophy achieved a 4.3 TV ranking—larger than the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The Ladies’s Premier League garnered 771 million views on JioHotstar, together with a notable enhance in CTV engagement. All sports activities programming was introduced beneath the Star Sports activities model, which now operates 24 channels, together with devoted feeds in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. The Sports18 model was phased out as a part of this consolidation.
JioHotstar additionally expanded its digital programming by launching Sparks, a format that includes content material from digital creators. The platform streamed cultural and music occasions, with the Mahashivratri dwell stream drawing 39 million viewers and a Coldplay live performance attracting 8.3 million views from Indian audiences.
