FilmBox

European TV channel

Television channel

FilmBox
Programming

Broadcast area	List Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic France Hungary Lithuania Luxembourg Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United States
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	SPI International Canal+ Group
Sister channels	360TuneBox DocuBox FashionBox Fast&FunBox FightBox FunBox GameToon
History
Launched	28 October 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-28)
Links
Website	filmbox.com
Availability

Streaming media
Canal Digitaal Live	Watch Live

FilmBox is a European premium television and video on demand service owned by SPI International, a division of Canal+ Group. It owns several television channels and over-the-top media services.

History

FilmBox launched in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 28 October 2005.^[1] In 2007 SPI International expanded the FilmBox services to Poland,^[2] followed by Romania in 2008 and other Eastern European countries in 2009.^[3]

FilmBox expanded to Western Europe by launching in the Netherlands on 3 May 2021.^[4]

External links

filmbox.com
filmbox.nl

References

^ Lukáŝ Polák (6 May 2020). "Kdo je kdo na kabelu a satelitu: rodina programů Filmbox a CS TV" (in Czech). Lupa.cz.
^ Chris Dziadul (21 March 2007). "SPI buys up film channel". BroadbandTVNews.com.
^ Cathy Meils (1 December 2008). "SPI moves into Romanian TV market". FilmNewsEurope.com.
^ Chris Dziadul (3 March 2021). "FilmBox debuts in the Netherlands". BroadbandTVNews.com.

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