If your TV screen is showing Star Sports down and Jio Hotstar stuck on a loop, stop staring at the television and pick up your phone or open your laptop right now.
We checked it ourselves. The Jio Hotstar app on mobile and the Jio Hotstar website on laptop are working fine and streaming the KKR vs RR IPL 2026 match live from Eden Gardens as of this moment. The issue appears to be specific to the television broadcast feed and the Smart TV app — not the mobile app or the browser version of Jio Hotstar.
The Fix — Do This Right Now
Open the Jio Hotstar app on your Android or iPhone. If it is stuck on the “Stay Tuned” screen, force close it completely — swipe it away from your recent apps — and reopen it. Navigate to the IPL section and tap on the live KKR vs RR match.
Alternatively, open any browser on your laptop or desktop — Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, it does not matter — and go directly to jiohotstar.com. Log in with your credentials and click on the live match. The stream is loading and playing on the browser version without issues.
Both of these have been verified by our team. The mobile app and the browser stream are delivering the live feed. The television broadcast via Star Sports and the Jio Hotstar Smart TV app are the ones experiencing disruption right now.
Why TV Is Down But Phone and Laptop Work
The television broadcast and the Smart TV app draw from a different delivery pathway than the mobile app and web browser stream. When the issue is at the broadcast distribution or Smart TV app level — as appears to be the case right now — the mobile and web versions are unaffected because they are pulling the stream from a different set of CDN servers entirely.
This is why switching to your phone or laptop is not just a workaround — it is genuinely the better option right now given where the failure is occurring.
What You Are Missing
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and are batting first at Eden Gardens. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal are opening for RR against a KKR bowling attack built around Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine on what Riyan Parag described as a dry, turning surface. KKR are still without a win in six matches this season and desperately need a performance today.
Get the phone or laptop open. The stream is live. You have not missed too much.