JioCinema, the official digital streaming partner of TATA IPL 2023, has been breaking IPL viewership records, which, in turn, has been luring advertisers to the platform who are happy at better return on investments (ROI) than before.

In the first five weeks of the tournament, the platform received 1,300 million video views and more than 60 minutes of average user time spent per match.

JioCinema’s blockbuster performance has delighted both viewers and advertisers. During this season’s IPL digital streaming, the number of sponsors reached 26, the most for any sporting event, the streamer said in a statement.

With JioCinema’s real-time number tracking system, which allows advertisers to evaluate their reach, advertiser response has reached an all-time high of 400 this season.

Speaking on the value of IPL advertising on digital, Jaya Jamrani, CMO, of Castrol India, said “Our segments are very varied but IPL on digital has allowed me to be able to focus and drive the right content to the right audience through targeted marketing. The level of personalization and the targeting that you can achieve is amazing.”

“It’s a great consumer experience that’s adding a lot more numbers. Forget Hindi and English, which is quite common, but there’s Bhojpuri and even Punjabi, which are giving a lot more numbers. From a language perspective, it’s great immersive stuff for marketers,” said Vishal Chinchankar, CEO of Madison Digital.

Sudhir Shukla, COO, Hypermarkets, More Retail, added, “The ability to personalize the campaign at scale is what is phenomenal about IPL on digital. Of course, there are great numbers, but the quality of the impact is fantastic. On digital we’ve seen the concurrency numbers, now concurrency numbers go up when a certain batsman comes into bat, match after match. And the ability to make the most of such a moment is phenomenal.”

Speaking of interest from a variety of brands to advertise on digital this season, Amardeep Singh, CEO of Interactive Avenues said, “IPL on Digital has democratized TV for the advertisers. Earlier, to advertise on TV, you needed huge budgets. Now you don’t need huge budgets to advertise on TV.”

According to a recent TAM report, CTV ad spots have shown a 20 percent growth, indicating the growing trend of viewers preferring the convenience and flexibility offered by CTV platforms, with JioCinema’s premium offerings of TATA IPL, including 4K, multi-cam, 360-degree viewing, at an unprecedented scale, at no cost, the statement pointed out.

Speaking on CTV advertising, Singh added, “We’re looking at anywhere between 25 million to 40 million CTV households being reached. And what we’ve seen in the end metric, CTV advertising performs better as compared to a regular ad on the mobile”

Speaking on advertisers’ gain with the surge in digital viewership of TATA IPL, Anil Jayaraj, CEO of Viacom18 Sports, said, “Advertisers are the big winners this season and that’s the way it should be. Through JioCinema, advertisers are reaching the right audiences at the right price. JioCinema has opened doors for a lot of advertisers, smaller brands and companies to join the bandwagon, which used to be the exclusive preserve of top 100 advertisers.”

With its exceptional performance so far, JioCinema is set to captivate viewers and break more streaming records, as the tournament comes closer to the end of this season.