Jio-owned Viacom18 won the bid for the Indian Premier League (IPL) digital broadcast recently and now it has been unveiled that the telecast on OTT will have multiple video streams and viewers can choose which camera angle they want to watch the match and the streaming will be via ultra-high definition.
During the sale of the IPL media rights in June, Viacom18-Reliance picked up Packages B and C, and will pay the Board of Control for Cricket in India Rs 23,758 crore- B covers digital rights for the Indian subcontinent, and C a special bouquet of 18 matches per season with non-exclusive digital rights for the same region.
Akash Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm gave details of how the rollout of 5G services will make the IPL broadcast interactive at the Reliance Industries Annual General Body Meeting on Monday.
“Let’s take a look at how we might watch an interactive live Mumbai Indians match in the very near future with JioAirFiber on a large screen, instead of the traditional broadcast experience. The big difference you can see is that because of Giga-bit speeds of JioAirFiber, we can now deliver not just one video stream, but multiple video streams, showing multiple camera angles at the same time, and that too in ultra-high definition.
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And we can dynamically choose which camera angle we want to focus on, while still having a preview of other video streams. This makes every game truly immersive, even better than the real-match experience, as well as personalized to suit the preferences of each and every viewer,” Akash said at the AGM.
Akash also said that using the Jio 5G services, fans can also have what he called a ‘watch party’ via video calls.
“You can even have a watch party with your friends through live video calls, no matter where they are in India, almost as if you are watching a match sitting together in a stadium,” Akash added.
Disney-Star bagged Package A – TV rights for the Indian subcontinent – for Rs 23,575 crore.
(Indian Express inputs)
