IPL media rights for the next five years have been sold for a whopping Rs 48,390 crore. This is up from Rs 16,347.5 crore that Star India paid for both TV and digital rights back in 2018. For the first time ever, there will be two separate broadcasters for digital and TV for the franchise-based T20 league. Star India holds the TV rights, while Viacom18 bagged digital rights for IPL 2023-27. The latter, which is owned by Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd, gets the exclusive rights to live stream TATA IPL starting next year in India. Here’s everything we know so far:
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IPL Media Rights
Viacom18 Media Pvt. won the digital media rights of the TATA IPL, outbidding both Sony and Walt Disney Co. The media group, which is a joint venture of Paramount Global and Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd, is paying a staggering amount of Rs 20,500 crore to live stream all IPL matches for the 2023-2027 cycle in the Indian subcontinent. The company has also won the non-exclusive digital rights of the tournament for Rs 2,991 crore and swept overseas TV and digital rights, along with Times Internet, for Rs 1,300 crore.
Star India retained the TV broadcasting rights of the TATA IPL at Rs 23,575 crores.
TATA IPL 2023 livestreaming in India
Voot is possibly where TATA IPL 2023 livestreaming will be available in India. It is a video-on-demand streaming service that is owned by Viacom18. Much like any other live sports coverage on Voot, the TATA IPL live streaming will also be behind a paywall. Users will have to subscribe to the streaming service’s premium plan Voot Select, priced at Rs 299/ year currently, to catch the live-action.
Voot is also the exclusive live streaming partner of the FIFA World Cup 2022, Ligue 1, La Liga, ATP, NBA, IIHF, and more in India.
Will Jio users be able to watch TATA IPL 2023 online for free?
You would think that since Viacom18 and Jio are Mukesh Ambani’s ventures. However, unless the telco decides to launch a dedicated app for live streaming, it’s highly unlikely that Jio users will be able to watch TATA IPL 2023 online in India for free. JioTV, which comes bundled with Jio’s recharge pack, only offers access to live TV channels and Star Sports channels are not part of the bouquet. The latter, as stated above, holds exclusive TV rights of the TATA IPL in the country.
