ErosNow, Eros International’s over-the-top Bollywood entertainment network, has tied up with Ortel Communications, a multi system operator (MSO) and ISP, to offer a subscription based movie streaming service called Ortel Broadband Movies. Ortel will get access to ErosNow’s library and stream it for its broadband users across TV, PC and mobile. For Eros, it will mean added users on its platform. Ortel users will also be able to listen to music and other content in Indian languages. As a promotion, the service will be available to all Ortel broadband customers for free for a month, along with one month’s free subscription to ErosNow. Ortel operates in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. Eros launched its online movie streaming service Eros Now in March 2012. In July last year, Eros Now tied up with Hathway Cable to start a movie subscription service called Broadband Movies, which would be free for all Hathway customers for the first 2 months. Earlier this month, we reported that ErosNow crossed 30 million registered users as of September 30. For the quarter ended June 30, the company reported 26.5 million users. It’s worth noting that Eros does not disclose monthly active users and the revenues earned from the digital service. As of September 2014, Ortel had 3,88,115 retail subscribers for its analog cable television services, 74,213 retail subscribers for our digital cable television services and 58,277 broadband retail subscribers. Eros’ previous content tie ups: - In August, Bharti Airtel and Eros Now entered into a…
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