Hotstar Shatters Records on Digital Sponsorships on Vivo IPL 2017
Vivo and Maruti Suzuki on board as co-presenting sponsors
Hotstar, India’s leading OTT platform,
has announced Vivo and Maruti Suzuki as the co-presenting sponsors for the streaming of the 10th edition of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2017.
While numbers have not been publicly disclosed, both the sponsorships
are believed to be sizable investments from the two companies of a scale that
has not been seen in the Indian digital market to date and indicate their belief
in Hotstar’s promise of delivering the largest global sporting event on
digital this summer.
Over the last few weeks, Hotstar has been
sharing viewership insights that suggest explosive growth in cricket viewership
and a meaningful shift in audiences from television to digital. The most recent
India vs England ODI series saw Hotstar’s reach challenging that of
television consistently. The reach hit 120% of television in cities with more
than a million in population and 147% reach in the largest 6 cities in India (M15+,
NCCS AB). At the same time, the platform has seen new records established
for digital with the short format cricket matches regularly exceeding 20
million in viewership.
“We are reinventing the experience of cricket
on a mobile and India is changing the way it watches its favourite sport,”
said Ajit Mohan, CEO, Hotstar. “We believe that Hotstar will
be the primary screen for Vivo IPL 2017 for the 130 million video streamers in
the country. Marketers are recognizing that these are audiences that are TV
light or not present on television at all. We are delighted with the conviction
that Hotstar will be the best vehicle this summer to reach this audience.”
Vivek Zhang, CMO, Vivo India said, “It is exciting to see how the
experience of enjoying cricket is changing with the surging
demand of watching TV on small screens. Hotstar appeals to the youth and enjoys
a tremendous brand recall. Its desire to constantly invest on innovative
technology which is in line with Vivo’s marketing objectives made it a
preferred choice for Vivo.
We are truly excited about the delightful cricket
experience that the platform is driving and were indeed keen to be a part of
this drive.”
Sanjeev Handa, Head of Marketing at Maruti Suzuki
India Ltd, said “Our
approach to media at Maruti Suzuki is customer centric. More and
more of our target groups are now engaging with us on digital mediums. There is
a diffusion of purchase cycle within digital since 50% of users start their
research online which makes it imperative for us to be present extensively on
these mediums. Hence our approach is integrating offline and online. We wanted
to embody the spirit of Play Glamourous for Vitara Brezza across the markets,
and found a perfect fit by reaching out to the audiences via their closest
screens i.e. mobiles. An average user is spending over 150 mins each day on
mobile. Our tie up as Co-Presenting Sponsor on Hotstar will give us the mileage
and the engagement with the most glamourous sport in the nation!”
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