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Eros

December 2011

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Eros has reported excellent interims with sales up by a third to US$92m and EBITDA up 37% to US$70.3m. Profit before tax, which is after content amortisation, was up 4% to US$29m. Adjusting for the various funnies on the Indian minority interest, eps equates to being up 6% to 18.6 cents. Eros' new found strategy of targeting bigger budget films supported by the rising number of multiplex cinemas in India saw its theatrical sales go gangbusters (+94% to US$44.8m). The box office success also boosted TV syndication sales (+11% to US$24.5m). Counter intuitively the involvement in bigger films lowers risk as they feature bigger stars but this does push up content amortisation costs. Overall, there were 42 film ...

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