Sales house Bionic Media appointed as exclusive partner of FilmBox in the Netherlands
SPI’s FilmBox has built up a large fan base in the Netherlands since its launch in May this year. This is reflected in the SKO Light reports, which include the channel as of November 14th, 2021. In the first week of the measurement, FilmBox got off to a good start with 210,000 viewers, which grew further in the second week to 263,000 viewers (target group 6+). The channel currently reaches approximately 600,000 households via eight Dutch TV platforms and has enormous potential with an expansion of distribution. SPI International expects to expand FilmBox's market position in the short term. As a result of the growth, SPI is joining forces with sales house Bionic Media, which has been representing FilmBox since mid-November.
“I am proud that FilmBox is taking this important next step based on the enthusiastic reception from Dutch viewers and television platforms and I am very happy with the collaboration with Bionic,” said Jeroen Bergman General Manager Film1 and FilmBox Netherlands.
Bionic Media is a boutique sales house and is the exclusive partner of FilmBox. Bionic takes care of spot sales and content and brand partnerships in the Netherlands.
Jacqueline Heemskerk, Managing Partner Bionic Media says: “We are delighted that FilmBox has joined Bionic Media. It is a nice addition and fits well in our portfolio of high-quality thematic channels with a clear target group.”
FilmBox broadcasts movies as they are intended, with no commercial breaks during the movie. It is one of the few commercial channels in the basic package that meets this added value. FilmBox is committed to providing viewers with a relaxed, stress-free entertainment experience with no movie interruptions and is currently available via Canal Digitaal, DELTA, Caiway, Online.nl, Plinq, Trined, Kabelnoord and SKP.
FilmBox delivers a captivating selection of Hollywood movies, international cinema classics, local productions, and hit series. December highlights include the Oscar-winning psychological thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from acclaimed director David Fincher. The award-winning and stylish German drama Lara, about a demanding mother who is not welcome at an important piano concert by her son, where she buys up all the remaining tickets, and the erotic thriller En Affaere (An Affair) from Norway in which a forty-two-year-old gym teacher at her new high school starts a stormy affair with a student who is obsessed with her.
About SPI INTERNATIONAL:
SPI INTERNATIONAL is a global media company operating 42 TV channels, multiple digital products across six continents, and a major player in content distribution and broadcasting worldwide.
SPI was founded 28 years ago and has extensive experience in the TV and broadcasting industry. The company operates multiple free-to-air and pay-TV channels in CEE, Western Europe, CIS and Ex-Yugo regions including key European markets such as Poland, Czechia, Romania, Serbia, the Netherlands and Russia. SPI is one of the premier movie service providers in the countries where it operates, with FilmBox being its flagship movie service. SPI Group owns a suite of legacy brands that have become household names such as FilmBox, Film1, Kino Polska, Stopklatka, Dizi along with different thematic channels and streaming services.
SPI’s brands reach millions of households through operators, partner platforms and SPI’s own digital products globally. Working with over 700 operators worldwide, SPI uses cutting-edge technology providing its subscribers with access to SPI’s linear and on-demand content and FilmBox+ service that has over one million subscribers. The company recently launched a new digital service, Dizi, a state-of-the-art aggregator of the best Turkish series worldwide. SPI also owns and operates the brand assets of Film1 premium movie services in The Netherlands, including four linear channels and an on-demand service.
For over 25 years, SPI INTERNATIONAL has been a leading supplier of theatrical films and television programming in the international markets. SPI’s solid alliances with major license suppliers provide compelling content, with strong recognition and high demand.
About Bionic Media:
Bionic Media is a boutique sales house, the new sales house for thematic channels, which, based on entrepreneurship and guts, energy and personal attention, is responsible for the exploitation of a diversity of thematic channels and platforms.
Based on extensive specialist experience in the field of commodity sales, commercial format development and brand partnerships, Bionic Media aims to achieve impact with its brands. Bionic media does this by cooperating with advertisers and agencies with specific reach and appropriate creative solutions. Bionic stands for attention and enthusiasm and works on the basis of simple purchasing, in a cost-efficient manner.
Bionic Media already operates for: FilmBox, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, NJAM!, InsightTV, Euronews, Love Nature, Stingray Classica, Stingray Djazz, DanceTV, and online inventory platform Multi Local Media.
Global media company SPI/FilmBox announces the extension of the distribution deal with Switzerland's leading telecoms company Swisscom for SPI’s 4K/UHD lifestyle channel, FunBox UHD, which features hundreds of hours of visually groundbreaking ultra-high-definition programming on culture, travel, lifestyle, art, music and more. The channel will continue to be available via Swisscom’s blue TV service with German and English language options.
“We are delighted to continue delivering UHD quality entertainment through FunBox UHD to blue TV subscribers and excited to continue delivering on our promise to key partners like Swisscom with great entertainment value,” said Georgina Twiss, MD Western Europe and Africa at SPI International.
FunBox UHD presents 100% premium native UHD programming dedicated to entertainment and lifestyle acquired from top producers and distributors around the globe.
About SPI INTERNATIONAL
SPI INTERNATIONAL is a global media company operating 42 TV channels, multiple digital products across six continents, and a major player in content distribution and broadcasting worldwide.
SPI was founded 28 years ago and has extensive experience in the TV and broadcasting industry. The company operates multiple free-to-air and pay-TV channels in CEE, Western Europe, CIS and Ex-Yugo regions including key European markets such as Poland, Czechia, Romania, Serbia, the Netherlands and Russia. SPI is one of the premier movie service providers in the countries where it operates, with FilmBox being its flagship movie service. SPI Group owns a suite of legacy brands that have become household names such as FilmBox, Film1, Kino Polska, Stopklatka, Dizi along with different thematic channels and streaming services.
SPI’s brands reach millions of households through operators, partner platforms and SPI’s own digital products globally. Working with over 700 operators worldwide, SPI uses cutting-edge technology providing its subscribers with access to SPI’s linear and on-demand content and FilmBox+ service that has over one million subscribers. The company recently launched a new digital service, Dizi, a state-of-the-art aggregator of the best Turkish series worldwide. SPI also owns and operates the brand assets of Film1 premium movie services in The Netherlands, including four linear channels and an on-demand service.
For over 25 years, SPI INTERNATIONAL has been a leading supplier of theatrical films and television programming in the international markets. SPI’s solid alliances with major license suppliers provide compelling content, with strong recognition and high demand.
SPI/FilmBox and AXIAN Group have inked a distribution deal to bring FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, FightBox and DocuBox to Madagascar, Comoros and Togo
SPI/FilmBox and AXIAN Group are pleased to announce a brand-new distribution deal that makes four channels from SPI’s portfolio available in Madagascar, Comoros and Togo through Telma TV and Togocom TV. The viewers will be able to access FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, DocuBox and FightBox in the Premium package.
“We are pleased to provide additional windows of curated content for Telma TV and Togocom TV subscribers through our partnership with AXIAN Group, a prominent player in the African market,” commented Georgina Twiss, MD Western Europe & Africa at SPI International. “This deal not only brings two exciting movie channels with content ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to arthouse movies, but also two unique thematic channels geared towards viewers who enjoy documentaries and MMA programming,” added Twiss.
Channels included in the deal are: FilmBox Africa which offers more than 300 premiere tiles every year, and features Hollywood blockbusters, films from top directors, world cinema classics and popular series; SPI’s well-curated arthouse movie channel FilmBox Arthouse, which brings world cinema classics from iconic directors such as Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Fellini and many others to cinema lovers; DocuBox which delivers a collection of award-winning documentaries about different cultures and the wonders of our world; FightBox which broadcasts some of the most electrifying combat sports live events and multi-discipline mixed martial arts coverage from all over the world.
“This partnership further demonstrates AXIAN Group’s commitment to continuously enlarging its catalogue and offering the best available entertainment content to its clients, because we want our subscribers in Comoros, Madagascar and Togo to enjoy access to globally-acclaimed films and TV programs,” commented Matthieu Mertian, Head of Digital Content at AXIAN Group.
About AXIAN Group:
AXIAN is a pan-African group that specializes in 5 sectors with high growth potential, namely real-estate, telecoms, financial services, energy and open innovation. AXIAN is directly present in 6 countries in Africa and the Indian ocean and acts as a dependable partner for socio-economic growth across its markets.
With its 5,000 daring and passionate staff, our group systematically ensures that its activities have a positive and sustainable impact on the day-to-day lives of millions of Africans across all industries we operate in.
The AXIAN Group is a signatory of the UN´s Global Compact initiative and is committed to making its 10 Sustainable Development Goals a core component of its strategies, as well as its present and future operations. Find out more about AXIAN at www.axian-group.com.
About SPI INTERNATIONAL:
SPI INTERNATIONAL is a global media company operating 42 TV channels, multiple digital products across six continents, and a major player in content distribution and broadcasting worldwide.
SPI was founded 28 years ago and has extensive experience in the TV and broadcasting industry. The company operates multiple free-to-air and pay-TV channels in CEE, Western Europe, CIS and Ex-Yugo regions including key European markets such as Poland, Czechia, Romania, Serbia, the Netherlands and Russia. SPI is one of the premier movie service providers in the countries where it operates, with FilmBox being its flagship movie service. SPI Group owns a suite of legacy brands that have become household names such as FilmBox, Film1, Kino Polska, Stopklatka, Dizi along with different thematic channels and streaming services.
SPI’s brands reach millions of households through operators, partner platforms and SPI’s own digital products globally. Working with over 700 operators worldwide, SPI uses cutting-edge technology providing its subscribers with access to SPI’s linear and on-demand content and FilmBox+ service that has over one million subscribers. The company recently launched a new digital service, Dizi, a state-of-the-art aggregator of the best Turkish series worldwide. SPI also owns and operates the brand assets of Film1 premium movie services in The Netherlands, including four linear channels and an on-demand service.
For over 25 years, SPI INTERNATIONAL has been a leading supplier of theatrical films and television programming in the international markets. SPI’s solid alliances with major license suppliers provide compelling content, with strong recognition and high demand.
SPI/FilmBox has secured a deal with Transvision in Indonesia for its premium drama hub Dizi. Dizi will be available on all of Transvision’s linear pay TV services along with its on-demand offering accessible via Xstream and XGO
SPI/FilmBox’s hugely successful premium drama brand Dizi which offers a critically-acclaimed slate of highly popular Turkish series is now traveling to Indonesia through a newly minted distribution agreement with Transvision, one of the leading telecommunications providers in the country. According to the deal, Dizi will be available on all of Transvision’s linear pay-TV services via DTH, IPTV, Smart TV, cable, and OTT, including the XStream box and XGO app on any device. Dizi will be carried in the largest, Gold package and Dizi on-demand content will be accessible with XStream and XGO to active subscribers of the services.
“We are delighted to be partnering with an industry leader like Transvision to bring the magnetizing world of Dizi to audiences in Indonesia,” commented Murat Muratoglu, Head of Distribution at SPI International. “This deal will allow subscribers to enjoy some of the most popular and ground-breaking Dizi content in one place, available as both linear and on-demand options,” added Muratoglu.
Established in April 2019, Dizi reaches millions of households worldwide, available in 50 countries and counting. With an award-winning slate of globally acclaimed Turkish drama series, the Dizi content highlights include popular series like the International Emmy Award-winning Endless Love, hit global sensation Ezel and International Emmy Award-nominated Black Money Love, among many others.
Brando Tengdom as Sales & Marketing Director of Transvision said: “Transvision is committed to offering the best of entertainment to our subscribers. We are certain that SPI International bringing curated playlists of the best content especially popular Turkish series through Dizi will be greatly appreciated by our viewers. Dizi will be available on all of Transvision’s linear pay-TV services via DTH, IPTV, Smart TV, cable, and OTT, including the XStream box and XGO app on any device”.
About Transvision
Transvision established on October 8, 2013 from the synergy of two of the best Telecommunication and Media Infrastructure in Indonesia, namely CT Corpora and PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk (persero) which successfully carried out the Business Synergy of TelkomVision ownership.
Transvision always puts forward the attitude of hard work, smart work, commitment, and making extraordinary contributions to produce a beautiful masterpiece. Transvision, the best Pay TV in Indonesia that prioritizes customer satisfaction and excellent service, ensures that special shows are provided using the latest and most advanced technology.
Transvision strengthens the variety of premium and high-quality contents for all customers with super sharp image quality. Enriched with over 120 live TV channels, with more than 50 HD channels, 11 inhouse channels, Visionradio, thousands of video-on-demand titles with High Definition (HD) quality image.
Transvision believes that it will continue to do its best in providing customer satisfaction as a top priority and becoming the No. 1 Direct To Home (DTH), Over The Top (OTT) and Internet service company in Indonesia by serving all customer segments.
About SPI International
SPI INTERNATIONAL is a global media company operating 42 TV channels, multiple digital products across six continents, and a major player in content distribution and broadcasting worldwide.
SPI was founded 28 years ago and has extensive experience in the TV and broadcasting industry. The company operates multiple free-to-air and pay-TV channels in CEE, Western Europe, CIS and Ex-Yugo regions including key European markets such as Poland, Czechia, Romania, Serbia, the Netherlands and Russia. SPI is one of the premier movie service providers in the countries where it operates, with FilmBox being its flagship movie service. SPI Group owns a suite of legacy brands that have become household names such as FilmBox, Film1, Kino Polska, Stopklatka, Dizi along with different thematic channels and streaming services.
SPI’s brands reach millions of households through operators, partner platforms and SPI’s own digital products globally. Working with over 700 operators worldwide, SPI uses cutting-edge technology providing its subscribers with access to SPI’s linear and on-demand content and FilmBox+ service that has over one million subscribers. The company recently launched a new digital service, Dizi, a state-of-the-art aggregator of the best Turkish series worldwide. SPI also owns and operates the brand assets of Film1 premium movie services in The Netherlands, including four linear channels and an on-demand service.
For over 25 years, SPI INTERNATIONAL has been a leading supplier of theatrical films and television programming in the international markets. SPI’s solid alliances with major license suppliers provide compelling content, with strong recognition and high demand.
