JioHotstar Brought Rights for India Tour of England

[Sparker0i]

Hotstar acquires digital rights for the series. Sony retains TV rights.

https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/134470/jiohotstar-bags-the-digital-rights-of-india-england-series

 

[Deep Mody]

Negotiations between the networks have been underway for the past month, and an agreement is believed to have been reached in the last 24 hours.

It is understood that the current arrangement between Sony and Jio Star extends to next year's white ball series as well. India are to play three ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals in England in 2026 summer and JioStar will broadcast those eight games as well.

In the current arrangement between Jio, Star, and Sony, the ECB is also understood to have played a key role in facilitating the agreement.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1926879366660661745

 

[Sagar]

Took ottplay annual plan few days before which has sony liv now it is useless

 

[Sparker0i]

Likely because of Sony's dire situation they had to give up digital rights...

 

[piinku1]

Seems reliance backed bcci has pressurised ECB for hotstar-sony deal with additional matches.
End of sony liv in India

 

[Ashok Varma]

Seems reliance backed bcci has pressurised ECB for hotstar-sony deal with additional matches.
End of sony liv in India

End of Sony Liv when they subscription price increase to Rs.1499/- for retail customer, but they offer Rs.25/- per month to bundle for ISPs

 

[Shark]

Sony has very good relations with Jio. They also believe in sharing rights for losses incurred from properties after the new management of Gaurav Banerjee. Maybe they are not seeing profits in this series and so they have agreed to share rights with Jio to avoid losses.

Anyway bad move as only digital rights are exclusive property. They have to share TV Rights with Doordarshan.

 

[sgmr10]

This is really sad..sony live is way superior w.r.t to 1080p 50fps... Now gonna stuck with sh#tty 25fps pixelated hotstar

 

[Prashant Shridhar]

Under this agreement, Sony has agreed to give a sub-license to show the match on the digital platform.


Will they broadcast it on sony liv as well?

 

[JackYU]

Will they broadcast it on sony liv as well?

No. JioHotstar has bagged exclusive digital rights. No sharing