SPI International to debut Funbox 4K channel in Americas


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Gabriel Miramar-Garcia

| 15 April 2016




SPI International is bringing its 4K/Ultra HD channel and over 12 thematic TV channels to the Americas.



funboxThe video-on-demand (VOD) provider is about to launch channels in the Caribbean with two operators in Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti. The company also secured a formal approval from Ancine, the Brazilian regulatory body, to launch nine FilmBox brand channels in the country’s pay-TV market.

“We are currently in talks with more than a dozen platforms in South America that are interested in adding our channels to their premium line-up,” said Gustavo Monaco who handles distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean for SPI International.

FunBox 4K/UHD is broadcast from the Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD satellite and carried by Vodafone in Portugal and Spain. The channel will soon be aired in the Netherlands and Luxembourg as well. It features a range of 4K content.

In addition to FunBox 4K/UHD, SPI International’s worldwide pay TV portfolio includes over 12 thematic channels: FilmBox Arthouse (arthouse/independent films), FightBox (martial arts/live MMA events), DocuBox (documentaries), FashionBox (fashion/shopping), Fast&FunBox (adrenaline sports/adventure), 360TuneBox (independent music/art of video), MadscreenBox (interactive/gaming), Kino Polska International (ethnic/Polish cinema), Kino Polska Muzyka (ethnic/Polish music), FilmBox Russia (ethnic/Russian movies). Some of the channels have already been carried by IPTV platforms in the US (Boost, TMO, Sprint, US Cellular).