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Eros - Starts to open Indian cinemas

August 2007

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The shares went into orbit after Eros, one of our New Yearrecommendations, announced mesmerising results for the year to 31 March.Turnover in FY07 was up 40% to US$66.4m, reflecting the growth intelevision revenues, the launch of the Indian cinema distributionoperation and the emergence of new media earnings. Pretax profit roseby US$20.1m to US$32.5m. Earnings increased from 23.3 cents to 31.2cents.As we wrote in our January profile, Erosâ€™ mainstay is theinternational sale of Bollywood films. Usually Eros buys the rights tonew releases from a variety of independent producers at the postproduction stage, typically buying the international rights (ex India)to some 25 or 30 films a year. The reason for the IPO exactly 12 mon ...

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