JioHotstar crosses 200 mn subscribers on IPL boost, ranks third globally

JioHotstar, India’s largest streaming platform, has crossed a major milestone by amassing over 200 million paid subscribers. The surge has been driven largely by its multi-language live coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to a Bloomberg report citing a senior executive.

“That makes us one of the biggest streaming services anywhere in the world,” said Uday Shankar, Vice Chairman of JioStar—a joint venture between Reliance Industries Ltd and Walt Disney Co, which operates the JioHotstar platform.