Mumbai / London, 3rd April, 2008: Eros Internationall plc, the AIM-listed leading company in Indian film entertainment and media, today announced that it has signed a three year content licensing deal with Aksh Optifibre Ltd on an upfront fee plus revenue share basis. Through the agreement, Eros’ Bollywood content will be distributed on A-Tel, Aksh-MTNL’s IPTV platform.
A-Tel currently has 150 channels accessible to its subscribers. This collaboration aims to bring Bollywood entertainment to A-Tel subscribers through an Eros branded video-on-demand service giving them access to Bollywood content from the comfort of their homes.
Eros has a library of over 1900 films and will provide a service showcasing its content [...]

News broke on LATIMES.COM that Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Comcast will join together to create FEARNET, a video-on-demand Horror Channel devoted entirely to horror films. With a planned release date of this Halloween, FEARNET will be available both on cable and on the Internet. LATIMES mentions that they plan to play mainly studio horror features, but they may also feature “original content such as horror shorts”.
Keep an eye on FEARNET.COM for more information.