Comcast Launches Eros Now Streaming App on X1 and Flex Devices
06 April 2022 - 6:17AM
Business Wire
Comcast customers now have access to
thousands of topflight Indian entertainment content from Eros
Now
Comcast launches Eros Now app, a leading over-the-top (OTT)
South Asian entertainment platform owned by Eros STX Global
Corporation (NYSE: ESGC), on its X1 and Flex platforms.
The service replaces the Eros Now SVOD product, offering Xfinity
customers the ability to stream high-definition, ad-free titles
including Blockbuster Bollywood films, Original comedy and drama
series and movies, and Indian cinema classics. Eros Now’s robust
catalog, with over 12,000 titles, feature a breadth of South Asian
language content in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and
other regional languages.
“We are excited to bring Xfinity subscribers even more great
international entertainment through our partnership with Eros Now.
We are committed to expanding our offering of thousands of hours of
premium South Asian movies, originals and music in high-definition
and multiple languages, as well as making it more easily accessible
to our customers who can simply say ‘Eros Now’ into the Xfinity
voice remote,” said Keesha Boyd, Executive Director,
Multicultural Video & Entertainment, Xfinity Consumer
Services.
“We are excited to offer the most extensive repository of Indian
movies and Original series to Comcast’s X1 and Flex platforms
subscribers. The US is the largest market for us outside India.
With this partnership, Eros Now will further consolidate its
position as a preferred platform for the consumption of Indian
content,” said Ali Hussein, Chief Executive Officer, Eros
Now.
Xfinity customers can subscribe to the Eros Now app via their X1
TV Box or Xfinity Flex streaming TV Box, now available for only
$4.99/month, following the steps included HERE.
Some of the highlights available to stream on Eros Now this
spring include Bollywood blockbusters, like Bajirao Mastani,
Devdas, Golmaal 3, Cocktail, Haathi Mere Saathi, and original
series and movies such as Flesh, Metro Park (seasons 1 and 2),
Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff, Switchh, Halahal, amongst
others. In addition, consumers can also watch the upcoming show
- Caves, a supernatural thriller that changes the lives
of five best friends who embark on an adventure trip to a haunted
cave.
About Eros Now Eros Now, a division of Eros STX Global
Corporation, is the world’s leading Indian OTT platform with over
19 million premium paid subscribers, 20.9 million base paid
subscribers and 224 million registered users from over 150
countries across the world, as of March 31, 2021. It offers endless
entertainment hosting one of the largest movie libraries (over
12,000 digital titles), as well as premium original episodic
series, music videos, unmatched in quantity and quality. Eros Now
also has a deep library of short-form content, totaling over 4,400
short-form videos including trailers and original short exclusive
interviews. To date Eros Now has successfully premiered over 180
films in 13 languages including Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi,
Gujarati, Malayalam, Telugu, Punjabi and more. Eros Now was named
as the ‘Best OTT Platform of the Year 2019’ at British Asian Media
Awards. The platform has also won awards for original content and
marketing at the SCREENXX 2020.
About IMD IMD is an NBCUniversal company, part of NBCU
International Networks, and a leading distributor of multicultural
content representing over 50 linear and on demand networks from
Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Working with
linear and non-linear platforms, IMD brings popular programming
from the leading international brands to multicultural consumers
around the world.
About Comcast Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a
global media and technology company that connects people to moments
that matter. We are principally focused on broadband, aggregation,
and streaming with 57 million customer relationships across the
United States and Europe. We deliver broadband, wireless, and video
through our Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky brands; create,
distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news
through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio
Group, Sky Studios, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
multiple cable networks, Peacock, NBCUniversal News Group, NBC
Sports, Sky News, and Sky Sports; and provide memorable experiences
at Universal Parks and Resorts in the United States and Asia. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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