ErosNow has forayed into Malaysia through partnerships with two local telco; Maxis Berhad and U Mobile, reports Businesswire. Through this deal, Eros’ app will be available to prepaid and postpaid users of both telcos for RM10 (~$2.6) per month. The app will let users access films, music, tv shows and originals, although it's not clear if any content will be limited, similar to how Netflix geoblocks its users. Interestingly, the service is available through U Mobile’s Video Onz service that offers data free streaming from YouTube, iflix, Viu, HyppTV, tonton, ErosNow and others. Users still need to pay a fee to access ErosNow and other paid apps on the list. Note that ErosNow has similar partnerships with telecom operators in India. In January Idea Cellular entered into a platform and content deal with ErosNow, allowing Idea 4G customers to watch movies, originals and short form videos at Rs 49 per month, a discount from the regular price of Rs 99 per month. In August last year, Eros had also entered into a partnership to offer movie and video content from Eros Now and other partners on Airtel’s Wynk app. Users of Wynk would be able to access new and old Bollywood movies from the streaming platform, before they premiered on television. Similarly, Eros tied up with Ortel in October, to offer a subscription based movie streaming service called Ortel Broadband Movies, for its broadband users across TV, PC and mobile. 30 million users: In the same month, ErosNow announced that…
