Sony Liv is home to a number of TV shows, movies, web series, and sports coverage, including the UEFA champions league, WWE, and UFC. However, in order to watch all these, you need a Sony Liv subscription plan. The video-on-demand service from Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd recently refreshed its subscription plans in India. It added a new Sony LIV Mobile-only plan, which offers access to all content available on the streaming platform but on just one smartphone screen at a time. Apart from that, there are several Sony LIV Premium plans as well. Here’s a quick look at the Sony LIV subscription plan prices in India, validity, and benefits:
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Best Sony LIV subscription plans: monthly vs yearly
Sony LIV subscription plans access to SonyLiv titles such as Scam 1992, Gullak, Sony and SAB TV shows at TV time, exclusive blockbuster movies, Hollywood TV shows, and a wide range of sports content ranging from TEN Sports live TV to packaged telecasts of WWE, UFC, the UEFA Champions League and other sporting events. Here’s a quick look at the plans price in India, benefits, and validity:
1. Rs 299 Sony LIV Premium plan
Starting with the most basic Sony Liv premium plan, it’s a monthly based membership plan priced at Rs 299 that offers a huge catalog of content. This includes live sports, TV channels, Sony LIV original TV shows and movies, and Hollywood movies. The plan supports up to five devices that can be logged in simultaneously of which only one screen can be used at a time. Users will be able to enjoy the content in FullHD resolution with stereo 2.1 sound output. Apart from that, ads are displayed from time to time when watching live sports, channels and reality TV Shows.
2. Rs 699 Sony LIV Premium plan
Next up is the Rs 699 Sony LIV Premium which bumps up the validity period to six months from the basic LIV Premium plan. While the content catalog remains the same, subscribers of this plan will be able to stream content in 1080p resolution on two devices at the same time while being logged in to a total of five devices which includes mobile, tablets, website, and smart TVs. Ads are a part of this plan as well but on certain types of content such as live sports, channels and reality TV shows.
3. Rs 999 Sony LIV Premium plan
The Rs 999 LIV Premium is the top-of-the-line plan Sony offers in its subscription. It comes with the same benefits and perks of the Rs 699 plan but takes up the validity to one year and saves around Rs 400. The Sony LIV Premium yearly plan benefits include FullHD streaming of original TV shows and movies, Hollywood movies, live sports, and TV channels. Subscribers of the plan can log in to up to five different devices such as phones tablets, desktops, and smart TVs with their Sony LIV account
4. Sony LIV mobile-only plan
The Sony LIV mobile-only subscription, as the name would suggest, allows you to stream the OTT content on a mobile screen at 720p video resolution. It doesn’t offer support for laptops and smart TVs. The Sony LIV Mobile-only plan is priced in India at Rs 599/ year.
Sony LIV free membership
Those who are willing to just get a taste of what Sony LIV has to offer, can simply download the app and watch select TV shows and movies, including The Kapil Sharma Show and TMKOC for free. Without registering or subscribing to any of its Premium plans, Sony LIV allows you to watch up to 15 videos for free.
Sony LIV subscription plans: price, number of screens, validity
| PLAN | BENEFITS | VALIDITY |
| Sony LIV free |
| Not applicable |
| Rs 299 Sony LIV Premium |
| 1 month |
| Rs 699 Sony LIV Premium |
| 6 months |
| Rs 999 Sony LIV Premium |
| 12 months |
| Rs 599 Mobile only plan |
| 12 months |
Sony Liv app is available for download on both Google Play Store and App Store for Android and iOS users respectively. The streaming service also supports web browsers and a number of smart TV OS out there including LG’s WebOS. Sony Liv app is also available for Amazon Firestick.
SonyLiv FAQs
All your queries regarding Sony Liv subscription plans, prices, benefits, and more are answered here.
Is Sony Liv free with Jio, Airtel, and Vi?
Airtel and Jio used to offer Sony LIV subscriptions with their prepaid plans, but not anymore. That said, the Mukesh Ambani-promoted telco offers livestreaming of Sony channels, including Sony Six, Sony Ten 3, Sony Max, and Sony Pix, via the Jio TV app.
If you are a Vi subscriber, recharge with Rs 82 or Rs 698 prepaid packs to get Sony LIV mobile subscription for free. The benefits of the plans are as follows
- Rs 82 Vi data plan: This is a data plan, which is bundled with 4GB of high-speed internet and Sony LIV mobile subscription. While the Vi plan has a validity of 14 days, the Sony LIV subscription will last for 28 days. There are no data and SMS benefits with Rs 82 Vi plan.
- Rs 698 Vi data plan: This is also a data plan, which offers an annual subscription to Sony LIV mobile plan along with 10GB of data. The latter will be valid for a period of 28 days.
How many screens does Sony Liv support at a time?
SonyLiv subscription supports up to two screens at a time. This is only true with the Liv Premium annual and semi-annual plans. All other Sony Liv subscription plans support only one screen. The OTT service works on almost every device out there, including desktops, Android/ iOS-powered devices, Android/ webOS TVs, and Fire TV Stick.
Can you download Sony Liv content?
As long as it’s not a live show, you can download and save pretty much every Sony Liv content on your device.
Does Sony Liv offer ads?
The streaming service shows ads to customers only in live sports and TV, and with Sony Liv Special monthly plan.
Is Sony Liv subscription refundable?
Absolutely not! The payment once made will not be reverted even if you are not using a Sony Liv subscription. Additionally, these plans cannot be transferred, so be careful while making the payment for the plan.
How to cancel Sony Liv subscription
You can terminate Sony Liv subscription at any time using the steps listed below
- Login with your credential on SonyLiv app or website
- Look for ‘My Purchase’. It would be under ‘My Account’
- Click ‘Cancel’ from the following screen to stop Sony Liv from deducting the subscription amount from your account
Can you upgrade Sony Liv plan?
Yes, you can upgrade Sony LIV plan from an ongoing mobile or Premium plan to any upper Premium plan by paying the sum that you would get after deducting the amount of your previous subscription plan from the Premium plan.
