The corporate recorded an EBITDA of ₹1,017 crore and working income of ₹9,601 crore, pushed by the robust efficiency of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. This comes regardless of ongoing challenges within the leisure section resulting from diminished FMCG promoting spends.
RIL stated the IPL delivered its highest-ever income throughout TV and digital this yr. JioStar holds each TV and digital rights for the IPL within the Indian market.
Whereas the TV leisure section continued to face strain, the affect was offset by robust sports activities and subscription revenues. The corporate finalised subscription offers with all main distribution operators, aiding higher monetisation and tighter price controls.
For the FY25 interval spanning November 14, 2024, to March 31, 2025, JioStar reported a internet revenue of ₹229 crore on working income of ₹9,497 crore, with an EBITDA of ₹774 crore.
On November 14, 2024, RIL and Disney accomplished the merger of Star India and Viacom18, forming JioStar. RIL controls the JV with a 56% stake, Disney holds 37%, and the remaining 7% is owned by Bodhi Tree Methods.Throughout the newest quarter, JioStar’s streaming platform, JioHotstar, noticed its subscriber base surge to 287 million in the course of the IPL season, fuelled by its hybrid promoting and subscription mannequin with restricted free entry. On tv, JioStar reached greater than 800 million viewers in the course of the quarter.The corporate additionally expanded its footprint within the Free-To-Air (FTA) Hindi normal leisure channel (GEC) section with the relaunch of Star Utsav and Colours Rishtey on DD Free Dish. It had a 35.5% share within the leisure TV class.
IPL 2025 marked a watershed second for JioStar, reaching a mixed attain of 1.19 billion viewers throughout TV—primarily Star Sports activities—and JioHotstar. The platform drew 652 million digital viewers, a 28% year-on-year enhance, making it JioHotstar’s most profitable IPL season thus far.
On tv, the event delivered a 5.1 TVR and clocked over 514 billion minutes of watch time. The IPL 2025 remaining set a brand new digital benchmark, changing into the most-watched T20 match ever on-line with 237 million viewers and a peak concurrency of 55.2 million, surpassing the earlier excessive of 35.9 million. The ultimate additionally drew 189 million viewers on TV, making it the most-watched IPL match in broadcast historical past.
Past the IPL, JioStar’s sports activities portfolio featured marquee occasions such because the ICC World Check Championship (WTC) Remaining. The community additionally secured unique digital streaming rights for India’s five-Check collection in opposition to England from Sony Footage Networks India, additional strengthening its sports activities lineup.
JioHotstar recorded its highest-ever month-to-month leisure watch time in June 2025. The most recent season of Legal Justice delivered the strongest opening for any OTT unique this yr, in response to Ormax Media, whereas Kesari 2 emerged because the most-watched movie throughout all languages on the platform.
Worldwide content material continued to realize traction. Captain America: Courageous New World debuted because the second most-watched movie of the quarter, whereas Mufasa: The Lion King turned the most-watched worldwide movie ever on JioHotstar.
Star Plus retained its management within the Hindi GEC section, with six of the highest ten exhibits in the course of the quarter.
Regional normal leisure channels additionally carried out strongly. Star Pravah, Star Jalsha, Star Maa, and Asianet continued to steer of their respective markets. The community additionally maintained its dominance in area of interest genres akin to children, youth, and English leisure.
