Eros International, the film production and distribution giant, posted 47% rise from 2007 in pre-tax profits $45.5 million. Its sales were 70% higher in the last financial year to 113 million dollars. 5 out of the top 10 box office successes were Eros releases with Om Shanti Om becoming the…

Eros International and Lionsgate have set up a joint venture for the distribution and production of movies in India and North America. It’s a 50:50 deal, and is likely to involve movies in the $10 million to $20 million range. The JV will be headquartered in Mumbai. Lionsgate CEO Jon…

Jaman, the international online and video service which is trying to develop a niche in Bollywood/Indian content, has done a large size content deal with Eros Intl., the biggest distributor of Indian movies. The three year deal with a minimum guarantee and backend royalties, gives Jaman access to 100 films…

Eros international has announced its collaboration with retail muscle man, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) to sell Bollywood content through Wal-Mart’s in Canada. Eros DVDs will be available in 27 Wall mart stores to start with and then spread across the Canadian Wal-Mart store network. Wal-Mart shelf space is the holy grail…

[by Cerius Shah] Eros Entertainment, who recently hit blockbuster with Om Shanti Om, has announced its On-demand sub-portal, Ondemand.erosentertainment.com According to the press release, the portal will feature more than 1300 titles, 5000 music videos, behind the scenes, movie clips and events. They have also been recently talking to a…

Mauj, the People Groups mobile value added services company, has released mobile content around the film Dus Kahaniyan, as a part of its ongoing deal with Eros Multimedia, which involved a minimum guarantee. Mauj has made available ringtones, video ringtones, wallpapers, themes, and animation. Dus Kahaniyan is a Bollywood with…

London AIM listed Eros International has reported a turnover of $34.6 million for the six months ending 30th September 2007 (H1 2007), up 58.7 percent from $21.8 million for the same period in 2006. 44 percent of the revenues were from India and New Media accounted for 11 percent of…

We’d written a few days ago about the deal between SingTel’s mio TV and Indian broadcaster NDTV. mio TV has also just announced a content deal with EROS International for subscription on-demand content. EROS Bollywood, launching November 6th, will have a bouquet of 15 movies, with 8 titles refreshed every…

AIM listed Bollywood producer Eros International has signed a deal to provide over 200 movies and 600 music videos from its catalog to Joost, reports Business of Cinema. Joost had earlier inked a deal for content with Saavn, a content based community run by distributor BODVOD. As per Yvette Alberdingk…

Eros International has plans to set up an animation studio in India, for their first animated feature called Toonpur ka Superstar reports Business Standard. (Ed: BS names the film as Toonpur, but we know otherwise). The story has not been confirmed. Eros International President Sunil Lulla says that the company…