Reliance Jio mentioned on Monday (March 17, 2025) it can begin charging customers to stream Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, ending two years of free streaming of India’s most-watched sporting occasion.
The new recharge plan, which begins at ₹299 rupees for Jio’s cell customers, will allow them to look at the IPL on Reliance-Disney’s newly merged JioHotstar streaming platform, the Reliance Group-owned agency mentioned.
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The 2025 season of the IPL, the nation’s most-streamed content material, is scheduled for March 22 and May 25.
The transfer comes a month after Reuters reported that the Reliance-Disney JV will no longer supply free streaming for IPL cricket matches, as was the case in 2023 and 2024 in the outdated JioCinema platform, and can undertake a hybrid mannequin the place subscription kicks in after content material consumption reaches a threshold.
The new plan additionally features a 50-day trial of Reliance Jio’s , broadband web providers, to assist enhance house web dominance with high-speed sports activities streaming.
Mukesh Ambani’s pricing technique for the IPL and different cricketing occasions are intently watched — media rights for these have price the merged group, India’s largest leisure large, almost $10 billion in current years.
The JV runs more than 100 TV channels and streaming apps in India’s $28-billion media and leisure market.
Published – March 17, 2025 12:21 pm IST
