SPI/FilmBox & Bulsatcom Bring Timeless Drama Channel to Bulgaria

SPI International/FilmBox and Bulsatcom have inked a strategic channel distribution agreement to bring Timeless Drama Channel (TDC) to Bulgaria.

The global Turkish drama channel TDC is now available through Bulsatcom’s DTH and IPTV platforms. Through the deal, four additional channels from the SPI/FilmBox portfolio will be available through the operator’s DTH platform—FilmBox Plus HD, FilmBox Extra HD, DocuBox HD and FightBox HD. The agreement also marks a three-year extension for the distribution rights of the channels across all platforms.

Bulsatcom’s IPTV service carries the movie channels FilmBox Extra, FilmBox Plus and FilmBox Arthouse, and an array of thematic channels from the SPI/FilmBox portfolio. Among the thematic channels featured on Bulsatcom IPTV are FightBox, Fast&FunBox, FilmBox Extra, DocuBox, FashionBox, TuneBox, Erox and Eroxxx.

Murat Muratoğlu, head of distribution at SPI International, said: “We are delighted to announce that we have renewed and greatly expanded our partnership with Bulsatcom to include TDC and four more of our sought-after channels on their DTH platform in Bulgaria. We are excited to witness the success of TDC across the globe and we are confident that the Bulgarian audience will also enjoy the high-quality content offered on the channel.”

Stanislav Georgiev, Bulsatcom’s CEO, said: “We, at Bulsatcom, are very happy to be the first in Bulgaria to introduce Timeless Drama Channel, a channel with premium content, catering to drama and romantic series fans. We are confident that the incredible success of the channel in the neighboring countries will be replicated also in Bulgaria. The partnership with SPI is part of our commitment to expanding our portfolio of TV channels, especially across the movie genre. It resonates with our strategy to deliver rich and diversified content portfolio, catering to the widest variety of viewership tastes.”

Georgiev added: “The launch of TDC coincides with the introduction of an additional satellite transponder on Bulsatcom’s DTH service. We are now able to add 17 new exciting channels from multiple genres as well as improve the picture quality. We are pleased to demonstrate to our customers that Bulsatcom is now actively enriching the channels portfolio, in a pursuit to achieve better viewership experience.”