'World Cup me sab recover ho jayega' - Fans react as digital platform loses over 2 crore subscribers after losing IPL rights

Renowned digital streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar which had digital media rights to the Indian Premier League until the 2022 edition has incurred a big loss after losing its rights for the tournament. Ahead of the 2023 edition, it was Jio Cinema that won the bid for media rights on digital platforms. Talking in terms of numbers, it was a loss of 38 lakh paid subscribers from October to December 2022.

Apart from this, 42 lakh paid subscribers unsubscribed between January and March 2023, which raised to 1.25 Crore from April and June 2023. The total number of paid subscribers who left the platform adds up to 2 crores in the last nine months. Notably, the digital platform that acquired the rights to the Indian Premier League got a big boost in subscribers and the viewers during 2023 edition of the tournament. Meanwhile, the rights of the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023 in India will also be on Jio Cinema.

The World Cup will commence on October 5 with the defending champions England and the runners-up of the 2019 World Cup, New Zealand, squaring up for the inaugural match. The hosts India will be locking horns with the five-time champions Australia on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Here’s the schedule of India for the ODI World Cup 2023:

8^th October 2023, India vs Australia

11^th October 2023, India vs Afghanistan

14^th October 2023, India vs Pakistan

19^th October 2023, India vs Bangladesh

22^nd October 2023, India vs New Zealand

29^th October 2023, India vs England

2^nd November 2023, India vs Sri Lanka

5^th November 2023, India vs South Africa

12^th November 2023, India vs Netherlands

The initial schedule that was announced by the Cricket Governing Body was waved off in light of the Indian festival Navaratri coinciding with some of the key clashes of the tournament. But on Wednesday, a revised schedule was sent out by the body.

Here’s how fans reacted to the digital platform losing 2 crore subscribers:

World Cup me sab recover ho jayega

— Muskan Singh (@muskansingh180) August 10, 2023

😁😁 pic.twitter.com/GE2suME29f

— ਜਸਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ (@jassikarwasra) August 10, 2023

Hotstar is better than Jio Cinemas picture quality and comfortable easy use and all

— 𝕬𝖓𝖔𝖔𝖕 𝕬𝖑𝖊𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖜 (@anoopalex64) August 10, 2023

People bought hotstar subscription mostly for cricket

Series wagera toh telegram pe mil jate🤣
No IPL no paid subscribers

— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) August 10, 2023

Jio distroyed hotstar

— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) August 10, 2023

Still we will have it to watch avengers and 2018 Asia cup

— User45 (@140off113) August 10, 2023

Reason they’ll stream asia cup and world cup for free

— ' (@koliesque) August 10, 2023

Jio has done same to Hotstar , what It did to Vodafone in telecom

— Arpit Bansal (@ArpitBnsl) August 10, 2023

without IPL pic.twitter.com/0fn09pOTGs

— Taha (@tahaactually) August 10, 2023

Ambani effect. 🤑

— Waѕiyullah Budye (@WasiyullahB) August 10, 2023

Hotstar after few months for earning money : pic.twitter.com/nKRzTdC5nK

— Abhay 🇮🇳 (@InfinityAbhay) August 10, 2023

Its not just about ipl rights. HBO content is also gone

— Viz (@4_viz) August 10, 2023

I am not renewing my subscription till the world cup starts

— Kunal Nakhwa (@kunalnakhwa) August 10, 2023

They will cover all the loss in asia cup and world cup

— FitCricPol (@cri_fit) August 10, 2023