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  • Prashant Gaonkar gets appointed as CEO of Alpha Pictures

    Prashant Gaonkar gets appointed as CEO of Alpha Pictures

    MUMBAI: Prashant Gaonkar, a seasoned media professional with over 25 years of experience, has been appointed chief executive officer at Alpha Pictures Pte Ltd. Gaonkar, who joined the company this month, brings extensive expertise in content syndication, inflight and maritime entertainment, digital media distribution, and music licensing.

    Throughout his career, Gaonkar has held key leadership positions at major media organisations, driving strategic growth and forging innovative partnerships across global markets.

    Prior to his current role, he served as head of business development at NH Studioz, where he managed India’s largest film library with over 2,500 titles. His responsibilities included content syndication across linear and non-linear platforms, digital business operations on platforms such as YouTube and social media, and leveraging ancillary rights for inflight, maritime, and surface transport sectors.

    Earlier in his career, Gaonkar held the position of vice president, content syndication, and revenue head for music and digital at Eros International. His tenure saw significant achievements, including expanding ErosNow’s music portfolio through partnerships with global streaming platforms such as Amazon Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music. He played a pivotal role in content licensing for broadcast TV and OTT platforms, as well as launching successful AVOD ventures on YouTube.

    Gaonkar’s contributions to inflight entertainment are particularly noteworthy. He spearheaded content syndication initiatives for Eros, securing partnerships with over 59 international airlines and establishing a strong presence in African and European markets.

    He also held the role of head of inflight entertainment at Crest Animation Studios, where he specialised in supplying programming to prominent airlines, including Air India, Emirates, and Gulf Air. Prior to that, he gained valuable experience as client services manager at both Dattaram Advertising and Shells Advertising, as well as marketing officer at Jasubhai Group.

    A physics graduate from K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Gaonkar has consistently demonstrated a strategic approach to media and content distribution, with a focus on scalability and sustainability.

  • Eros Now partly assuages Eros International’s syndication declines

    Eros Now partly assuages Eros International’s syndication declines

    BENGALURU: Eros International Plc (Eros) reported 49.1 percent decline in aggregate revenue to $23.1 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2019 (Q2 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter’s $63.4 revenue. Eros explains that lower revenue was mainly due to lower syndication revenue for Q2 2020, which was partially offset by increase in revenues from the Eros Now business. “Our Eros Now business continues to ramp up and grow its paid user base worldwide, supported by one of the largest libraries of Indian movies, along with its unparalleled market position and brand name,” says a statement by Eros.

    In Q2 2020, the Eros film slate comprised 11 films of which 11 were low budget as compared to 17 films in Q2 2019, of which four were medium budget and 13 were low budget. In Q2 2020, the company’s slate of 11 films comprised two Hindi films and nine regional films as compared to the same period last year where its slate of 17 films comprised five Hindi films and 11 regional films and one Tamil/Telugu regional film.

    Operating adjusted EBITDA declined to less than a third (declined by 2.53 times)  y-o-y to $7.8 million in Q2 2020 as compared to $27.5 million in Q2 2019. Eros claims that the decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was on account of increase in administrative costs due to expected credit loss expense accounted as per default method under IFRS 9.

    Gross profit for the period under review declined 38.7 percent y-o-y to $15.5 million from $25.3 million in Q2 2019. Eros reveals that the decrease was mainly due to lower amortisation, marketing, advertising and distribution costs for Q2 2020 which was partially offset by increase in administrative cost.

    The company reported a lower operating loss of $13.6 million for Q2 2020 as compared to an operating loss of $261.9 million in the year ago quarter.

    The company says that cost of sales decreased by 55.6 percent to $16.9 million in Q2 2020 compared to $38.1 million in Q2 2019. Eros says that the decrease was mainly due to lower amortisation costs. Administrative cost increased by 72.2 percent in Q2 2020 to $29.1 million compared to $ 16.9 million in Q2 2019. The increase was mainly due to increase in expected credit loss accounted as per default method under IFRS 9.

    For Q2 2020, Eros’s net finance costs increased by 866.7 percent to $2.3 million, compared to $(0.3) million in Q2 2019 mainly due to increase in finance costs and reduction in interest income on account of unwinding of credit impairment loss.

    Eros says that as of 30 September 2019, Trade Receivables decreased to $189.8 million from $196.4 million as of March 31, 2019 after considering expected credit loss reserve upon adoption of new accounting standards during the period.

    Company speak

    Excerpts of a statement made by the company:

    “This quarter we generated $32.3 million of top-line revenue and $7.8 million in adjusted EBITDA. Our Eros Now business continues to ramp up and grow its paid user base worldwide, supported by one of the largest libraries of Indian movies, along with its unparalleled market position and brand name. As of 30 September 2019 our Eros Now OTT platform reached 23.5 million paid monthly subscribers and 177.7 million registered users, increases of 81percent and 39 percent, respectively, over the same period last year. This represents net additions of 4.7 million paid subscribers and 23 million registered users during the first half of Fiscal Year 2020. Eros Now currently garners viewership from over 150 countries around the world. Eros has a strong slate of films and original series scheduled for release over the coming quarters, and we expect this to help drive continued growth in our Eros Now business as well as box-office revenue.

    “For the full fiscal year 2020, we are reiterating our consolidated revenue guidance in the range of $200-220 million, and Adjusted EBITDA of $80-$95 million. We have a healthy balance sheet with net debt of $112.6 million and $99.4 million of cash and cash equivalents.”

  • Eros Now aims to accelerate subs addition within millennial, post-millennial audiences

    Eros Now aims to accelerate subs addition within millennial, post-millennial audiences

    BENGALURU: The Sunil Lulla-led Eros International Media Ltd (Eros) reported higher revenues on more film releases and a slight decline in profit after tax for the quarter ended 31 December 2018 (Q3 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q3 2018). 

    Eros released 25 films and 3 Eros Now original series in Q3 2019 as compared to just four films in Q3 2018. Twenty three of the releases in Q3 2019 were small budget, while two were medium budget films as compared to four small budget films in Q3 2018. Further, in Q3 2019, six of the releases were Hindi, two were Tamil/Telugu and the rest (17) were regional films. In Q3 2018, Eros released three Hindi movies and one regional movie.

    Eros’s revenue streams have undergone a marked shift in contributions to overall revenue over time. The percentage of theatrical revenues has come down, while television plus others and overseas has gone up.  For fiscal 2018 (year ended 31 March 2018, FY 2018), Eros had reported 42.8 percent of revenue from theatrical releases, 46.3 percent revenue share from television and others which included revenue from digital platforms and 10.9 percent from overseas.  For Q3 2019, the company has reported 24.6 percent, 52.4 percent and 23 percent contributions from theatrical releases, television and others, and overseas respectively.

    Eros has projected rapid growth in paid subscribers for its digital platform ErosNow at the end of fiscal 2019 (year ending 31 March 2019) at 16 plus million as compared to 13 million at the end of Q2 2019. The company is banking on its long standing and exclusive partnerships with major Indian telecom and mobile data players – Jio, Airtel and the merged Vodafone-Idea to add more paid subscribers to ErosNow.

    Company speak

    Eros executive vice chairman and MD Lulla said, “We are pleased to announce strong results during the quarter, delivering 62.1 percent total income growth and consistent profits. Our focused approach of choosing a balanced slate spanning genres, languages and budgets, continues to deliver positive results. During the quarter, we released a total of 25 films and three digital series, comprising of an interesting mix of genres ranging from comedy to horror and crime thriller, which received encouraging responses. The theatrical slate included the critically acclaimed Tumbbad, Boyz 2 (Marathi), Mumbai Pune Mumbai 3 (Marathi) and our twin Telugu releases Amar Akbar Anthony and Savyasachi amongst others. A strong slate of overseas releases of Andhadhun (Hindi), Helicopter Eela (Hindi) and Namaste England (Hindi) further supported performance during the quarter.

    "In this quarter, we released three original web series – the crime thriller Smoke, the entertaining and quirky Date Gone Wrong and the fun-series Paisa Fek Tamasha Dekh on ErosNow, which received positive audience ratings and were equally applauded by the critics. We are committed to bring fresh and engaging digital content targeted primarily to the millennial audiences on the ErosNow platform, and have an exciting pipeline of original content lined up for the upcoming quarters. We are confident with our exciting content offering the pace of subscriber addition for ErosNow will further aaccelerate

    "As we look ahead, we have a compelling film slate which includes Saif Ali Khan starrer Kaptan, the trilingual remake of Haathi mere Saath, Kaamiyab, Ticket to Bollywood, and a host of regional releases. In addition, we have a host of remarkable originals such as Dashavtar, Ponnyin Selvan, Flesh, Bhumi coming up on ErosNow, that we look forward to releasing in the upcoming quarters.”

    Let us look at the numbers reported by Eros

    Eros reported a 52.9 percent jump in operating revenue for the quarter ended 31 December 2018 (Q3 2019, period or quarter under review) at Rs 292.88 crore as compared to Rs 193.51 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter (y-o-y comparison). Profit after tax (PAT) and total comprehensive income (TCI) for the period under review fell 7.4 percent and 58.9 percent (more than respectively) respectively y-o-y. Total income increased 62.2 percent y-o-y in Q3 2019 to Rs 332.28 crore as compared to Rs 201.97 crore in Q3 2018. PAT in Q3 2019 was Rs 62.19 crore as compared to Rs 67.16 crore in Q3 2018. TCI in Q3 2019 was Rs 23.06 crore as compared to Rs 56.16 crore in Q3 2018.

    Eros reported 107.9 percent y-o-y increase in total expenditure in Q3 2019 at Rs 255.42 crore from Rs 122.86 crore in Q3 2018. Films rights costs including amortisation costs increased 101.3 percent y-o-y to Rs 145.51 crore from Rs 72.30 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Employee benefits expense in Q3 2019 declined 11.2 percent y-o-y to Rs 12.56 crore from Rs 14.14 crore in Q3 2018.

    Finance costs reduced 13 percent y-o-y in Q3 2019 to Rs 15.95 crore from Rs 18.33 crore in the previous year’s corresponding quarter. Other expenses in the quarter under review more that quintupled (increased by 402.2 percent) y-o-y in Q3 2019 to Rs 77.54 crore from Rs 15.44 crore in Q3 2018.

  • Eros numbers up in second quarter

    Eros numbers up in second quarter

    BENGALURU: The Sunil Lulla-led Indian film and media company Eros International Media Ltd (Eros) reported a 9.2 per cent jump in operating revenue for the quarter ended 30 September 2018 (Q2 2019, period or quarter under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (y-o-y comparison). Profit after tax (PAT) and total comprehensive income (TCI) for the period under review jumped 34.4 per cent and 109.3 per cent (more than doubled) respectively y-o-y. Total income increased 17 per cent y-o-y in Q2 2019.

    Eros reported operating revenue of Rs 292.88 crore for Q2 2019 as compared to Rs 268.26 crore. Total revenue during the quarter under review was Rs 320.56 crore as compared to Rs 273.93 crore in Q2 2018. PAT in Q2 2019 was Rs 77.31 crore as compared to Rs 57.51 crore in Q2 2018. TCI in Q 2019 was Rs 131.33 crore as compared to Rs 62.76 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    The company released 17 films and one digital series in Q2 2019 as compared to 14 films in the previous quarter (Q1 2019). Contribution by overseas revenue to operating revenue almost doubled to 23.7 per cent during the period under review as compared to 12.6 per cent of operating revenues in Q2 2018. Theatrical revenues contributed 28.1 per cent to overall revenues in Q2 2019 as compared to 30.7 per cent in Q2 2018. Contribution to total revenue from television and others in Q 2019 was 48.2 per cent as compared to 56.7 per cent in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    Eros reported 10.9 per cent y-o-y increase in total expenditure in Q2 2019 at Rs 7231.36 crore from Rs 208.54 crore in Q2 2018. Films rights costs including amortisation costs increased 25.2 per cet y-o-y to Rs 148.87 crore from Rs 118.95 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Employee benefits expense in Q2 2019 declined 12.4 per cent y-o-y to Rs 13.18 crore from Rs 15.04 crore in Q2 2018.

    Finance costs reduced 17.8 per cent y-o-y in Q2 2019 to Rs 21.36 crore from Rs 54.22 crore in the previous year. Other expenses increase 1 per cent y-o-y in Q2 2019 to Rs 51.22 crore from Rs 50.71 crore in Q2 2018.

    Company speak

    Eros executive chairman and managing director Lulla said, “We are happy to report a strong performance during the Q2 and H1 FY2019 which has been a result of our continuous focus on building a portfolio of content driven films that appeal to a wide cross-section of audiences, produced at optimum costs and marketed around the world across diverse entertainment platforms. During Q2

    FY2019, we released a total of 17 films & 1 Digital series, comprising of the hit franchise Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, the critically acclaimed Manmarziyan, Vishal Bharadwaj directed Patakhaa, Saakshyam (Telugu), Tc.Gn – Take Care Good Night (Marathi) amongst others. Overseas releases of Batti Gul Meter Chalu (Hindi) and Nawabzaade (Hindi) further supported performance during the quarter.”

    “With our strategy of being a leading producer in digital content, we released an ErosNow1 8-episode original series directed by Rohan Sippy, Side Hero which was received very well by the global audiences. Going forward, we have a refreshing slate of high-potential ErosNow originals with crime drama Smoke releasing today. We believe with the roll-out of our original series we will be able to capture the attention of the fast growing millennial and post-millennial audiences,” said Lulla.

    “H2 FY19 has begun well for us with the successful release of Boyz 2 (Marathi), Tummbad as well as Andhadhun (overseas), Helicopter Eela (overseas) and Namaste England (overseas) at the box office. Further, we have a growing and compelling line-up for the remainder of FY 2019 and FY2020. As we look forward, our proven content acquisition and co-production model, our strong partnerships with Colour Yellow Production, Reliance Industries and the latest partnership V. Vijayendra Prasad as well as our Indo-China collaborations will be the key differentiator in the forthcoming quarters”

  • The shape of Indian OTT universe circa 2021 according to Rethink Tech Research

    MUMBAI: This should put OTT players on alert and gladden the hearts of linear TV distribution and programming executives. The latest numbers about how India’s video guzzlers are going to consume VoD services by the UK-based industry tracker Rethink Technology Research reveal that India will have about 14.6 million VoD subscribers by 2021. Indiantelevision.com estimates are that, comparatively, Indian DTH will account for about 75 million active subscribers and cable TV more than 100 million by then.

    Clearly, VoD will have made a marginal dent in eroding linear TV distribution platforms stranglehold on Indian viewers thanks to the lower sticker prices for cable TV and DTH, which will possibly continue to be in play even in 2021. Cord-cutting, which is becoming increasingly common in many markets, may not really make its way to Indian shores.

    Yes, the data suggests that India will be the second largest market in Asia Pacific after China which will account for 60 per cent of the Asia Pacific’s $10 billion subscription revenues and 200 million subs, by 2021. (The corresponding figures for 2016 are at $6.5 billion and 100 million respectively.)

    “Asia Pacific is made up of a multitude of contrasting individual markets, making it fragmented and complex with broadband penetration above 50%, in some regions and below 10% in others,” said a statement from Rethink Technology Research.
    There will be a hard pitched battle for subscription shares between the 30 odd OTT players in the game in India. By then probably many more OTT providers will have stomped into the terrain. And hence one wonders how many of them will be profitable.

    Both, Netflix and Amazon Prime, are just about beginning to plonk down top dollars – like India has not seen before – on original shows which should hop on to their India – and later global – offering by next year. Hotstar and Viacom18’s Voot have also been investing heavily to acquire customers. Estimates are that the two have pumped in around Rs 4000 million and Rs 1400 million, respectively, since launch. Others such as Viu, NextGTV, Spuul, ErosNow, Hooq, SonyLiv, YuppTV and Alt Balaji too are in a customer acquisition phase, having just got onto the runway.

    The good news, according to Rethink, is that pure play SVoD services in APAC (expected revenues by 2021: $6.29 billion) will dominate operator-supplied services.

    As far as APAC is concerned, the research house predicts that Indonesia and Japan will be third and fourth, with each increasing to 9.96 million and 8.1 million by 2021, respectively.

  • Eros International Plc reports massive bottomline gains for third quarter

    BENGALURU: Eros International Plc (Eros) reported more than a 15 fold (15.4  fold) increase in operating profits for the quarter ended 31 December 2016 (Q3-17, current quarter) as compared to corresponding year ago quarter. Operating profit in the current quarter was $8.2 million as compared to just $0.5 million in Q3-16. The company reported Net Income of $11.5 million as compared to a loss of $2.5 million in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    The company’s topline (revenues) however declined 5.3 percent year-over-year to $57.3 million in the current quarter from $60.5 million. Adjusted EBITDA in Q3-17 increased by 62.9 percent to $14.5 million, compared to $8.9 million in the prior year period.

    Eros explains that the strong increase in margins and profitability vis-à-vis the slight decline in revenues was due to the negative impact of demonetisation on theatrical revenues in the third quarter partially offset by strong high-margin catalogue sales.

    Company speak

    Eros managing director and group CEO Jyoti Deshpande said, “I am very proud of the progress we have made over the past few months on our journey to transform our Company into a leading global digital distribution business supported by the power of our brand, premium content and unparalleled distribution capabilities. The momentum we highlighted in November continues to accelerate with the growing success of Eros Now, our OTT platform which reached 58 million registered users and crossed 2 million paying subscribers in December 2016.

    As we discussed in our Q2 results last November, the rapidly evolving digital media landscape in India including increased competition from Western OTT players for digital rights has underscored the value of digital content in India. It also reinforces our overall strategy to focus on premium content with the widest possible appeal. In the long term the rising value of digital rights will make our existing content library more valuable and increase the demand for our new release digital content across all platforms – including satellite and cable.

    The demonetisation efforts undertaken by the Indian Government in November have clearly had a short-term impact on many aspects of the Indian economy, especially consumer discretionary spending. To that end while the entire media sector in India has been temporarily impacted by these measures, we feel that the underlying push to digitisation will directly and indirectly benefit our company going forward in many ways. We have been working tirelessly to provide consumers with multiple payment options for Eros Now, from telco billing to digital wallets to mobile payment providers. The push to digitisation reinforces our strategy and we feel we are well positioned to capitalize on this opportunity.

    Finally, our strong upcoming production slate of over 50 films has gone through a stringent green-lighting process for several months. The upcoming lineup includes highly promising projects including five films from Trinity, two Indo‐China co‐productions, a Shah Rukh Khan film from Color Yellow, two sequels from our own content stable like Vicky Donor-2, Badlapur-2, Munna Michael starring Tiger Shroff and Chanda Mama Door Ke starring Sushant Singh, amongst others.”

    ErosNow

    The company says that Eros International’s OTT Platform ErosNow has over 20 lakh (2 million) subscribers worldwide, it has 5.8 crore (58 million) registered users worldwide across WAPP, APP and the web. The platform has rights to over 5,000 films, 250,000 audio tracks with 13 music labels providing music content.

    The company says that Eros Now has integration deals around the world with over 20 different telecom operators and nine different OEMs and connected devices. Further, over the past four months Eros Now has digitally premiered more than 15 films from the Eros International new release slate. Eros Now’s original content offering began with the release of ‘Salute Siachen’, India’s first ever celebrity high endurance expedition to the Siachen Glacier. In addition, Eros Now originals such as Flesh by Siddharth Anand, Smoke and Side Hero will be launched in FY-18.

     

  • Harini Calamur, intellect behind LeEco’s content strategy in India

    Harini Calamur, intellect behind LeEco’s content strategy in India

    MUMBAI: After a successful run with Zee Media Corporation Limited as the head digital content for news, Harini Calamur is enthralled on joining LeEco as the head for original content.

    LeEco has shown signs of aggression and has announced a slew of content initiatives and acquisitions in Asia over the past few months. 

    “It’s a fun place to be in. Content consumption patterns are moving to mobile phones now. It’s exciting to see the increasing demand for intriguing content from Indian viewers. Delivering gripping content to the viewers is pleasing”, says Calamur.

    She is responsible for developing original content for LeEco’s OTT platforms in India across languages and genres. During her tenure with Zee, Calamur conceptualized, designed, and implement a digital news content strategy for all the news brands of the group –dna and Zee News and regional variants. She moved the entities from companion websites to digital products, with loyal audiences and advertisers and also launched the hyperlocal platform for the group, iamin.in, present in 36 locations across India.

    The global internet and technology conglomerate LeEco is also called the Netflix of China for its content eco-system. The soon to launch platform plans to produce as well as commission content for its viewers in India. It has Atul Jain as the COO Smart Electronics Business in conjunction with Debashish Ghosh COO looking after the entire Indian content business and Divya Dixit as director of content marketing for India.

    The company recently launched its flagship superphones, Le Max and Le1s, in the Indian market. As a partner, ErosNow will be integrated within the Le ecosystem of internet enabled smartphones and smart televisions, showcasing ErosNow’s Bollywood films, music and originals. Devices will include a one-year premium subscription to ErosNow service pre-bundled with the purchase of the phones. The launch of Le 2 Superphone by LeEco has stirred the pricing landscape in India and has given a new lease of vibrancy to the smartphone market in India.

    LeEco has once again renewed its exclusive partnership with Flipkart. An agreement cementing this alliance was signed off between Atul Jain and Flipkart chief marketing officer Samardeep Subandh.

  • Harini Calamur, intellect behind LeEco’s content strategy in India

    Harini Calamur, intellect behind LeEco’s content strategy in India

    MUMBAI: After a successful run with Zee Media Corporation Limited as the head digital content for news, Harini Calamur is enthralled on joining LeEco as the head for original content.

    LeEco has shown signs of aggression and has announced a slew of content initiatives and acquisitions in Asia over the past few months. 

    “It’s a fun place to be in. Content consumption patterns are moving to mobile phones now. It’s exciting to see the increasing demand for intriguing content from Indian viewers. Delivering gripping content to the viewers is pleasing”, says Calamur.

    She is responsible for developing original content for LeEco’s OTT platforms in India across languages and genres. During her tenure with Zee, Calamur conceptualized, designed, and implement a digital news content strategy for all the news brands of the group –dna and Zee News and regional variants. She moved the entities from companion websites to digital products, with loyal audiences and advertisers and also launched the hyperlocal platform for the group, iamin.in, present in 36 locations across India.

    The global internet and technology conglomerate LeEco is also called the Netflix of China for its content eco-system. The soon to launch platform plans to produce as well as commission content for its viewers in India. It has Atul Jain as the COO Smart Electronics Business in conjunction with Debashish Ghosh COO looking after the entire Indian content business and Divya Dixit as director of content marketing for India.

    The company recently launched its flagship superphones, Le Max and Le1s, in the Indian market. As a partner, ErosNow will be integrated within the Le ecosystem of internet enabled smartphones and smart televisions, showcasing ErosNow’s Bollywood films, music and originals. Devices will include a one-year premium subscription to ErosNow service pre-bundled with the purchase of the phones. The launch of Le 2 Superphone by LeEco has stirred the pricing landscape in India and has given a new lease of vibrancy to the smartphone market in India.

    LeEco has once again renewed its exclusive partnership with Flipkart. An agreement cementing this alliance was signed off between Atul Jain and Flipkart chief marketing officer Samardeep Subandh.

  • ErosNow introduces offline service for premium customers

    ErosNow introduces offline service for premium customers

    MUMBAI: Eros International Plc, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, announced today the introduction of watch offline services across all iOS platforms for it premium customers at no additional charge on ErosNow, its digital over-the-top distribution service for Indian language entertainment. The company had recently announced the offline viewing service on Android devices.

    ErosNow’s offline feature option allows users to watch films when they have limited internet connectivity or low bandwidth while using the entertainment service. As part of the Premium subscription service, subscribers can now download movies from ErosNow to their iOS or Android devices for immediate viewing offline for as little as Rs.99 ($1.49) per month in India or $7.99 (or local equivalent) for international subscribers. The users are provided with a choice of quality of formats to accelerate and maintain the storage of downloads.

    Commenting on the feature update, Eros Digital CEO Rishika Lulla Singh said, “We recently announced the introduction of the offline feature for Android users and have now made the service available to iOS subscribers as well. This provides us with greater reach to an even wider base of global entertainment consumers. With the offline viewing feature, Eros Now will be able to provide uninterrupted and easy entertainment to our consumers.”

    Watch Offline features:

    • Unlimited playback of the titles downloaded to the device
    • Download quality options are High, Medium or Low Bandwidth
    • Storage management provided
    • Browse Eros Now or use other services on the device while downloading
    • My Downloads in Eros Now application displays titles available for offline playback
    • No internet connection required to watch titles in My Downloads
    • “Only download on Wi-Fi” option available in My Downloads
    • Manage downloads stored on device

    The offline viewing feature is the latest product enhancement attracting users and subscribers to ErosNow. Additional in-app features include regular updates of the latest Hindi, Tamil and other Indian language titles; the ability to customize content by creating personal watch lists; video progression, allowing users to continue watching content from where they previously left off and multi-language subtitles. All features are available to users across the globe accessing the app via any device.

  • ErosNow introduces offline service for premium customers

    ErosNow introduces offline service for premium customers

    MUMBAI: Eros International Plc, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, announced today the introduction of watch offline services across all iOS platforms for it premium customers at no additional charge on ErosNow, its digital over-the-top distribution service for Indian language entertainment. The company had recently announced the offline viewing service on Android devices.

    ErosNow’s offline feature option allows users to watch films when they have limited internet connectivity or low bandwidth while using the entertainment service. As part of the Premium subscription service, subscribers can now download movies from ErosNow to their iOS or Android devices for immediate viewing offline for as little as Rs.99 ($1.49) per month in India or $7.99 (or local equivalent) for international subscribers. The users are provided with a choice of quality of formats to accelerate and maintain the storage of downloads.

    Commenting on the feature update, Eros Digital CEO Rishika Lulla Singh said, “We recently announced the introduction of the offline feature for Android users and have now made the service available to iOS subscribers as well. This provides us with greater reach to an even wider base of global entertainment consumers. With the offline viewing feature, Eros Now will be able to provide uninterrupted and easy entertainment to our consumers.”

    Watch Offline features:

    • Unlimited playback of the titles downloaded to the device
    • Download quality options are High, Medium or Low Bandwidth
    • Storage management provided
    • Browse Eros Now or use other services on the device while downloading
    • My Downloads in Eros Now application displays titles available for offline playback
    • No internet connection required to watch titles in My Downloads
    • “Only download on Wi-Fi” option available in My Downloads
    • Manage downloads stored on device

    The offline viewing feature is the latest product enhancement attracting users and subscribers to ErosNow. Additional in-app features include regular updates of the latest Hindi, Tamil and other Indian language titles; the ability to customize content by creating personal watch lists; video progression, allowing users to continue watching content from where they previously left off and multi-language subtitles. All features are available to users across the globe accessing the app via any device.