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Discovery+ has documentaries on Pele, Niki Lauda, Damon Hill, ‘Jacky’ Ickx
Real-life entertainment streaming app Discovery+ has added two more titles to their documentary streaming list for Indian audiences.
The first one, Pele: The Last Show is based on the life of legendary Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele. The documentary narrates the football legend’s journey through his last competitive game, giving rare insights into his personality through the eyes of people who knew him.
Pele: The Last Show will show real-life events that happened during Pele’s final game for the New York Cosmos team, which dominated the golden age of football in the US in the late seventies and the early eighties.
The second documentary named Ferrari 312B will enthral formula one lovers. The documentary features legendary race drivers like Niki Lauda, Damon Hill, and Jacques Bernard aka ‘Jacky’ Ickx in the star cast. The feature narrates the crazy happenings before the revolutionary Ferrari model was restored and brought back on the iconic Monza circuit track, after a gap of 46 years.
Ferrari 312B is also a tribute to its original designer in the seventies, the legendary Mauro Forghieri, under whom the restoration project also took wings.
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JioStar revenue hits Rs 9,784 crore as cricket fuels 22 per cent growth
A surge in digital viewership and sports dominance fuels a blockbuster quarter for the media giant
MUMBAI: JioStar is batting on a flat pitch. The media titan’s fourth-quarter results for the financial year 2026 reveal a business scaling new heights, propelled by an unprecedented appetite for premium sports and digital-first storytelling.
Gross revenue for the quarter soared by 22.15 per cent to Rs 9,784 crore, up from Rs 8,010 crore in the third quarter. Operationally, the momentum was equally strong; revenue from operations climbed 21 per cent to Rs 8,372 crore. These figures underscore the firm’s successful integration following the Reliance and Disney merger, creating a dominant force in the Indian market.
The annual performance has been nothing short of a spectacle. Full-year gross revenue reached a massive Rs 36,248 crore, while annual profit after tax hit Rs 3,210 crore. This rapid expansion reflects JioStar’s ability to capture and monetise the massive growth in India’s media consumption.
Cricket proved to be the ultimate growth engine. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and TATA IPL 2026 delivered “record-breaking viewership” across both television and digital screens. The World Cup final alone drew a global peak concurrency of 72.5 million on JioHotstar, cementing its status as the nation’s premier streaming destination. On television, JioStar maintained a commanding 34.2 per cent viewership share, reaching a staggering 810 million viewers nationwide.
The digital numbers were just as impressive. JioHotstar averaged 500 million monthly active users, driven by consistent subscriber growth and innovative AI-led content discovery tools. These advancements are ensuring that JioStar remains at the cutting edge of the global “Race for Attention.”
With a firm grip on the country’s most valuable sporting rights and a rapidly growing digital footprint, JioStar is perfectly positioned for the future. It has built the ultimate content powerhouse—one that is ready to dominate the Indian living room for years to come.
