Total TV Adds FilmBox Channels in the Balkans

BELGRADE/WARSAW: SPI International has secured carriage for eight channels from its FilmBox bouquet with Total TV in the Balkans.

The channel lineup includes three movie networks—FilmBox HD, FilmBox Plus SD and FilmBox Arthouse SD—as well as DocuBox HD, Fast&FunBox HD and FightBox HD. The package will also feature two adult channels: Erox HD and Eroxxx HD. They will soon be available on the Total TV platforms in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia.

“We are very glad to see our channels being offered in the Balkans by Total TV,” said Berk Uziyel, the executive director of FilmBox International. “They are the largest alternative pay-TV platforms in the region of former Yugoslavia and we are very excited to deliver our channels to their customers.”

Uziyel added, “It is our pleasure to announce that we have localized FilmBox HD, FilmBox Plus HD and DocuBox channels to deliver them to the local audiences in Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Albanian and Slovenian.”

Srdjan Radic, the director of satellite and OTT platforms for Total TV, commented, “We want to provide the users of Total TV an even better viewing experience of digital television. In addition to transferring to the new set top box generation that we are conducting throughout 2015, we will continue to increase the number of available channels. The biggest satellite platform on the territory of former Yugoslavia, Total TV now has a new package: FilmBox Universe. It offers users eight new channels of different content, from movies to documentaries and entertainment. This package will be available for free to all our users during the first two months of the promotional period.”