Eros International Media was incorporated as a private limited company under the name Rishima International Private Limited on August 19, 1994 and got its present name on November 20, 2008. The company is a part of the Eros Group., which has an extensive film library and is in the business of sourcing Indian and other film content and exploiting it worldwide through its offices in India, UK, USA, UAE, Singapore, Australia, the Isle of Man and Fiji across formats such as theatres, home
Eros International Media was incorporated as a private limited company under the name Rishima International Private Limited on August 19, 1994 and got its present name on November 20, 2008. The company is a part of the Eros Group., which has an extensive film library and is in the business of sourcing Indian and other film content and exploiting it worldwide through its offices in India, UK, USA, UAE, Singapore, Australia, the Isle of Man and Fiji across formats such as theatres, home entertainment, television and digital new media.
The international rights for distribution of Indian film content for the entire world excluding India, Nepal and Bhutan are licensed to the Eros International Group in accordance with the terms of the Relationship Agreement with effect from October 1, 2009 between the company and its Promoters, Eros Worldwide and Eros plc. The company was incorporated to carry on, in all parts of the world, the business of exhibiting, distributing and otherwise exploiting cinematograph and television films and motion pictures of all kinds, including advertisement commercial films.
Eros International sources all Indian film content for the Eros Group and exploits such content across formats within India, Nepal and Bhutan. It has various rights to over 1,000 films which include Hindi, Tamil and other regional language films, including films such as Mughal-e-Azam, Om Shanti Om, Lage Raho Munnabhai and Love Aaj Kal, which it considers to be a key competitive advantage and an integral part of its business model. It also owns rights to certain English language films for home entertainment distribution within India. The Hindi, Tamil, other regional and English language films together form the Eros India Library.
The company sources content primarily through acquisitions from third parties and through co-productions and, occasionally, through its own productions. It mainly acquire films from third party producers at various stages of a film‘s production for an agreed contractual value, and also co-produce films from inception with certain producers for a pre-agreed fixed budget.
Eros International so far has only a single own production to date, namely Aa Dekhen Zara as it relies more on acquisitions and co-productions to source content. The company exploits and distribute end-to-end Indian film content within India, Nepal and Bhutan through multiple formats such as theatres, home entertainment, principally in the form of DVDs, VCDs and audio CDs, and television syndication, which primarily involves licensing the broadcasting rights to major satellite television broadcasting channels, cable television channels and terrestrial television channels. It also exploits and distributes content via digital new media such as mobile ring tones, wallpapers and download, IPTV, DTH and other internet channels and we also license films to airlines for in-flight viewing.
Subsidiaries:
- Eros International Films Private
- Copsale
- Big Screen Entertainment Private
- EyeQube Studios Private
- Eros Music Publishing Private
- Eros Animation Private
- Ayngaran International
- Ayngaran International (UK)
- Ayngaran International (Mauritius)
- Ayngaran International Media Private
- Ayngaran Anak Media Private
History of the Company:
- 1994 - Incorporation of the company and subsidiary of Eros International Films
- 1999 - Acquired business and assets of Jupiter Enterprises. Commenced selling home entertainment, for instance VCDs and DVDs
- 2005 - Release the first co-produced film, Waqt
- 2006 - First India theatrical release and music distribution of the film Omkara. Launch of the Eros Music label
- 2007 - Set up VFX operations under the Subsidiary EyeQube. Entered into a shareholder‘s agreement for acquisition of 64% in Big Screen Entertainment.
- 2008 - Entry into Tamil film industry pursuant to the assignment of the Ayngaran SHA to Copsale, by Eros plc. Incorporation of the Subsidiary Eros Music Publishing for signing lyricists and composers. Joint venture agreement with Universal Music India for talent management. India theatrical distribution expansion through offices in Mumbai and Delhi. First release on Blu-Ray high-definition disc format, Heyy Babyy, followed by Om Shanti Om.
- 2009 - India theatrical distribution expansion through offices in Punjab and exclusive arrangement for West Bengal. Execution of Settlement Agreements with various film exhibitors. Conversion to a public limited company
- 2012
-Eros International acquires international rights of TEZZ.
-Eros International alings with Vinod Chopra Films for Ferrari ki Sawaari Film to release worldwide on June 15, 2012.
-Eros International ties up with HBO Asia to launch 2 movie channels.
