IPL 2020) broadcasters Star India and IPL Digital partner is Disney+ Hotstar and IPL 2020 sponsor is Reliance Jio not Vivo (Chinese Mobile Company). The Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) broadcasters Star India (Star Sports) is likely to shed few of those IPL 2019’s biggest on-air advertisers this season. Following the exit of VIVO as title sponsor due to the prevailing anti-China sentiment in India, the other Chinese brands are all set to follow along the same route and probably to steer clear of the version of the league. Star India will hurt badly.
We has learnt from its resources that mobile handset companies VIVO, OPPO, Real Me, Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo will buy on-air advertising bundle on Star Sports Network nor will soon be present on the digital feed.
 “The sentiment from the Chinese brands is very powerful currently. We are advising our customers to stay away from any major ticket advertising. Be it IPL 2020 or any other huge television property, it is improbable Chinese brands will advertise in such conditions”, stated one of the large advertising agency involved in the media buying to the Chinese headphone client. IPL 2020: If businesses stay far from IPL 2020, how can it affect the broadcaster Star India? If the companies stay far from IPL 2020, then it will hit Star India time. Both Oppo & Vivo were advertisers with Star throughout IPL 2019.
According to some estimates, both ended up spending together with the broadcaster at the assortment of 240 Cr. ‘Handset class is among the advertising category on IPL over recent years. It will be tough for the broadcaster to replace them. But the part that is fantastic is some more categories have opened for them.
Edtech companies this time are expected to be big advertising category along with the Consumer Durables as the IPL this year is coinciding with Diwali”, stated Ashish Chadha, CEO of major Sports Marketing Company Sporty Solutionz. If combined with the handset firms companies with Chinese join also opt to stay away from IPL 2020 However, Star’s problems can increase manifolds. Other large advertisers on IPL over the years like PayTM, Swiggy, Zomato, Dream11 are linked with another or all the investments any way. According to the websites agencies, if those clients opt to skip IPL it will get difficult for the broadcaster to discover able replacements.
 Last year Star India had recorded a 20 percent jump in ad revenue to Rs 2,200 crore across the television and platforms from Rs 1,750 crore at 2018. It looks like the broadcaster will struggle to come near that amount, this past year. A top media planner stated Star India is likely to somewhere between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,700 crore as advertising revenue, which is likely to be 20-30percent less than last year’s Rs 2,100 crore plus advertisement revenue.
