SPI flies into Latin America on SES
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Joseph O'Halloran
| 07 March 2017

Hot on the heels of its advance into North America, SPI International/FILMBOX is turning its attention to Latin America to distribute its HD channels in the region.

To achieve its aims, SPI has announced a multi-year capacity agreement with satellite operator SES, taking C-band capacity of NSS-806, located at the prime orbital position 47.5° West, which saw use transmitting the 2016 Olympics Games from Rio de Janeiro to the rest of the world. The craft covers the entire region in one single beam and is said to be capable of reaching about 90% of all pay-TV subscribers in South America.

From NSS-806, SPI will broadcast its premium content to cable operators and DTH providers from the US, bringing up to ten HD channels to the region. These will include FightBox HD, FashionBox HD, DocuBox HD, Fast&FunBox HD, 360TuneBox HD, FilmBox Art House, Gametoon, NatureVision TV, Erox HD and Eroxxx HD. The SPI channels are expected to move to SES-14, which is scheduled for launch this year and will replace NSS-806.

“For over 25 years, we have been a leading supplier of theatrical films and television programming in the international market and, with SES expertise, we will be able to get closer to our target audience in Latin America,” said Loni Farhi, president of SPI International/FILMBOX Channels Group. “As one of the largest aggregators of native Ultra HD content in the world, we expect that in the near future our partnership with SES will enable us to expand our HD offering in Latin America with content in the new TV format.”