JioStar, JioHotstar Deliver ₹34,917 Crore Revenue for Reliance’s Media Business in FY26
Reliance’s media and entertainment business reported revenue of ₹34,917 crore in FY26, with JioHotstar crossing one billion app downloads and averaging 451 million monthly active users.
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Reliance Industries’ media and entertainment vertical comprising JioStar and JioHotstar reported a strong financial performance for FY26 with revenue of ₹34,917 crore.
At the Reliance Industries 49th Annual General Meeting, Akash Ambani said the media and entertainment business posted EBITDA of Rs 5,842 crore and net profit of Rs 3,434 crore during the fiscal year.
Ambani says the combined television and digital ecosystem has strengthened its position in India’s entertainment market with robust growth across broadcast and streaming platforms.
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Driving Engagement:
According to reports, on the television side, JioStar continued to be the leader in the linear TV space with 34.7% share of viewership. The network has an average of 389 million daily viewers across genres and regional language programming.
In digital streaming, JioHotstar continued to strengthen its footprint, with average monthly active users (MAUs) of 451 million in FY26. It also became the first Indian paid OTT service to cross the one billion app downloads mark and is available on 99% of the connected smart televisions across the country.
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The company also highlighted a number of technology-led initiatives introduced during the year to increase user engagement. JioHotstar has launched a ChatGPT-powered conversational discovery feature to learn Indian accents and regional languages, while its proprietary micro-content platform, ‘Tadka’, has crossed 100 million users within two months of its launch in April 2026.
Interactive experiences, including live chat, voting and real-time meme creation, drew more than 100 million unique users and more than 11 billion interactions on the platform.
Reliance also expanded its in-stream commerce efforts with a digital integration with Swiggy during IPL matches that allowed viewers to order food while watching live sports content, without leaving the stream.
The company said the initiatives helped drive deeper engagement across its entertainment ecosystem in FY26.
