Reliance Jio signs 5-year partnership with Star India to show all India-cricket matches on JioTV and Hotstar

Jio today announced that it has signed a 5 year partnership with Star India to make all televised India-cricket matches available to users of JioTV and Hotstar in India. This partnership will cover T20, One Day Internationals (ODI), International Test Cricket and Premier Domestic Competitions of the BCCI. Earlier this year, the company for the first time introduced India’s first interactive sports experience with option to choose different camera angle, mic selection and language selection in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. During IPL it introduced Jio Cricket Play Along game, Jio Cricket Season Pack and Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Live comedy Cricket show. The company has also been offering free add-on data packs during cricket season. Commenting on the partnership, Akash Ambani, Director, Jio, said: Jio continues to bring the most exclusive content to its users, this time around through the JioTV app. Cricket is not just played, its worshipped in India. Every Indian must have access to the best sporting events as well as quality and affordable bandwidth to consume the content. With this partnership, we intend to address both these objectives of providing the best sporting content with the best digital infrastructure to the Jio users. Jio promises to and will continue to bring a superlative customer experience ...