{"id":662557,"date":"2026-10-31T09:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662557\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:22:12","slug":"sourav-gangulys-bigg-boss-a-highlight-as-jiostar-revenue-rises-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662557\/","title":{"rendered":"Sourav Ganguly’s ‘Bigg Boss’ a Highlight as JioStar Revenue Rises 10%"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJioStar<\/a>, the Indian media giant backed by Reliance Industries, grew revenue from operations 10.1% year-on-year to INR68.1 billion ($710 million) in the July\u2013September quarter despite a weak advertising market. Profit after tax fell 13.2% to INR11.5 billion ($120 million).<\/p>\n

\n\tFormer India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly<\/a> hosted the first-ever \u201cBigg Boss<\/a> Bangla,\u201d which launched this quarter on streaming service JioHotstar<\/a>. The reality franchise rolled out in six languages, and all editions together pulled in more than 90 million viewers in their first three weeks. That makes \u201cBigg Boss\u201d the biggest entertainment property on the platform.<\/p>\n

\n\tReliance Industries credited JioStar\u2019s revenue growth to subscriptions and to advertising on digital entertainment. Gross revenue rose 9.8% to INR79.4 billion ($829 million).<\/p>\n

\n\tMargins came under pressure. EBITDA from operations dropped 10.5% to INR13.7 billion ($143 million), and the margin fell to 22.1% from 28.1% a year earlier. A 36.6% drop in investment income pulled total EBITDA down 13.6% to INR15 billion ($157 million). The quarter was also well below April\u2013June, when JioStar booked INR109.5 billion ($1.1 billion) in revenue from operations.<\/p>\n

\n\tJioHotstar averaged about 440 million monthly active users over the three months, up 10% on the prior year. In September, the platform relaunched under the JioHotstar name in the U.K., Canada and Singapore. Reliance said active subscribers in those three territories have grown about 30% since then.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company also introduced \u201cPay Kisi Aur Se\u201d (\u201cAsk Others to Pay\u201d), which lets users send a subscription payment request to a friend or relative. Reliance said the feature raised payment initiations by 10%. Subscribers on mobile plans now get up to two hours a month of viewing on connected TVs. The average JioHotstar viewer on a connected TV watches three times as much as one on a phone.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch time for entertainment content grew more than 15%, with Hindi and regional markets performing well. Reliance said titles including \u201cIndia Ke Top 1%,\u201d \u201cKhatron Ke Khiladi,\u201d \u201cHustle\u201d Season 5 and \u201cBhojpuri Bawaal\u201d strengthened JioStar\u2019s position as the country\u2019s top entertainment network.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cResort\u201d became the most-watched title in the streamer\u2019s history, which Reliance cited as evidence that its bet on long-running series is paying off. Rajkumar Hirani\u2019s \u201cPritam & Pedro\u201d set the platform record for a short-running series. \u201cHeart Beat\u201d Season 3 and new series \u201cCourt\u201d both opened strongly, and Hindi drama \u201cThukra Ke Mera Pyaar\u201d Season 2 improved on its first season. Tadka also grew its catalog, adding nearly 100 titles spanning reality, sports and other categories.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn sports, the England\u2013India cricket series gave JioHotstar its biggest audience yet for a bilateral series played abroad. Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the opening weeks of the 2026\u201327 Premier League season drew steady audiences and were monetized more effectively, according to the company. JioStar also expanded its commerce integrations, which had been limited to cricket, to all three events.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe results came two days after Jio Platforms, Reliance\u2019s separate telecom and digital arm, listed on Indian stock exchanges. Reliance said the INR301.9 billion ($3.15 billion) IPO is the largest in India to date. Mukesh Ambani, Reliance\u2019s chairman and managing director, said the issue was subscribed more than 22 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JioStar, the Indian media giant backed by Reliance Industries, grew revenue from operations 10.1% year-on-year to INR68.1 billion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1218,114,85,46,53324,298338,298339],"class_list":["post-662557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bigg-boss","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jiohotstar","tag-jiostar","tag-sourav-ganguly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}