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Eros Now partners SpeedPay, bundled with BSNL
MUMBAI: Over-the-top (OTT) Bollywood entertainment platform Eros Now has partnered with SpeedPay, a multi-purpose offline wallet and Indian state owned telecommunications provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). With these partnerships, the OTT platform will now be bundled across all the existing and new data pack users of the telco provider.
The tie-up also enables Eros Now’ premium content including old and new Bollywood movies, music videos, TV shows, originals, etc available to the data pack users.
Eros International president business development Kumar Ahuja is extremely hopeful about the two strategic partnerships. He believes that this tie up will boast their customer base across non-metros and tier 2 cities. Associating with SpeedPay will reaffirm the platform’s philosophy and will provide premium and unparalleled entertainment services on the go.
The partnership further strengthens Eros Now’s presence across BSNL’s SpeedPay outlets.
Pyro CEO Paritosh Reddy expects the partnership to enhance their customer experience and hopes that it will make the unbanked sector enjoy the benefits of OTT service. For them, this alliance clearly brings more business looking at the subscribers of the digital video streaming platform.
SpeedPay is a multi-purpose offline wallet that is used to purchase various service on-mobile from affiliated merchants based on ‘anywhere-anytime’ concept and provide safety and convenience for the customer. It claims to have approximately 1.2 million unique visitors transacting every month in the Middle East, and approximately 4 million transactions per day in India.
Eros Now will be able reach out to a large database of over 1.3 million retailers and approximately over 2 million unique users in India through SpeedPay.
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Epic Company launches unified Epic Studio for films and OTT
Vivek Krishnani to head films business; Samar Khan leads OTT & Television.
MUMBAI: Epic just merged its creative superheroes under one cape because when films and OTT need to fight for attention together, you don’t keep them in separate universes. The Epic Company has launched Epic Studio, a next-generation creative and production powerhouse that unites Juggernaut Productions and Movieverse Studio under a single banner. The move creates a streamlined, scalable platform for premium storytelling across theatrical films, OTT originals, television, digital-first formats and branded content.
Vivek Krishnani has been appointed chief executive officer, Epic Studio (Films), overseeing the theatrical and film business with a focus on culturally resonant narratives across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and Malayalam cinema. Samar Khan continues as chief executive officer, Epic Studio (OTT & Television) and retains his role as chief content officer for Docubay and Epic On.
The Epic Company managing director Aditya Pittie said, “Epic Studio brings together our entire creative ecosystem under one unified studio vision. This is not just an integration of verticals, but the creation of a collaborative environment where writers, filmmakers, creators, and brand partners can seamlessly develop and scale stories across formats and screens.”
Vivek Krishnani added, “We are building an audience-focused mainstream film studio committed to delivering fresh, engaging, and innovative stories for both theatrical and streaming platforms.”
Samar Khan commented, “This alignment allows us to approach storytelling with a unified studio mindset. We are building IP under one creative umbrella, with scale and longevity in mind from inception.”
The unified structure eliminates silos, enabling ideas to flow fluidly from concept to screen while adapting to evolving audience behaviour. Epic Studio positions itself as a creator-led ecosystem championing purposeful, resonant storytelling with commercial strength.
In an entertainment landscape where stories now leap between screens faster than plot twists, Epic isn’t just building a studio, it’s crafting a single launchpad where every tale gets the best shot at soaring across every platform.
