The Indian Premier League (IPL), a strong exhibition of 2025, has registered ₹ 1,017 crore E 1,017 crore and operating petition. This comes despite the challenges in the entertainment segment due to FMCG’s advertising cost.
The RIL said that the IPL has made its highest revenue in TV and digital this year. Geostar has both TV and digital rights for IPL in the Indian market.
When facing pressure in the TV entertainment segment, the effect was offset by strong sports and subscription income. The company finalized the subscription deal with all the large distribution operators, helping better monetization and rigorous cost restrictions.
On November 14, 2024, for the period of FY 25, 2025, Geostar recorded a net profit of 9229 crore on the operating petition revenue of ₹ 9,497 crore, of which 74 774 crore EBITDA.
On November 14, 2024, RIL and Disney completed the merger of Star India and Vecom 18 by forming Geostar. RIL controls Jenny with 56% stake, Disney has a% 37%, and the remaining% is owned by Bodhi Tree Systems.
During the latest quarter, Geostar’s streaming platform, Gehotstar, saw an increase of 287 million in its subscriber base during the IPL season, fueled by its hybrid announcement and a subscription model with a limited free WITH X. On television, Geostar reached more than 800 million viewers during the quarter.
The company also expanded its move in the Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) segment with Star Utsav and Colors Restay on DD Free Dish. It accounted for 35.5% of the entertainment TV category.
IPL 2025 marked the Watershed moment for Geostar, received a combined access to 1.19 billion viewers in the TV – mainly Star Sports – and Geohotstar. The platform painted 652 million digital viewers, which increased by 28% in the year-by-year-year, which makes it today’s most successful IPL season of Geohottar.
On television, the tournament delivered 5.1 TVRs and the clock was more than 514 billion minutes. The IPL 2025 Finals set up a new digital benchmark, with 237 million viewers and top unified of 55.2 million on the online naline became the most viewed T20 match, which surpassed the previous high -scorer to 35.9 million. In the final, 189 million viewers were also painted on TV, making it the most viewed IPL match in broadcast history.
Beyond the IPL, Geostar’s sports portfolio features marquee events such as the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final. The network also gained special digital streaming rights for India’s five -test series against Sony Pictures Networks to England, strengthening its sports lineup.
GeoHotster recorded its highest monthly entertainment in June 2025. According to Ormex Media, the latest inauguration of Criminal Justice was given the strongest opening for any OTT origin this year, while Kesari emerged as the most viewed film in all languages on the 2 platform.
Continued to obtain international content traction. Captain America: The brave New World Quarter was released as the second highest viewing film, while Mufasa: The Lion King became the most viewed international film on the GeoHoststar.
With six of the top ten shows during the quarter, Star Plus maintained his leadership in the Hindi GEC segment.
Regional General Recreation Channels also performed strongly. Star Stream, Star Jalsha, Star Ma and Asianet continued to move into their respective markets. The network was also dominated in a special style such as children, youth and English entertainment.
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