SPI International\u2019s pay-TV and on-demand service Film1 has secured a licensing deal with The Searchers for broadcast rights to more than 40 movies.<\/p>\n
Highlights from the agreement include the film adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019 masterpiece The Personal History of David Copperfield<\/em>; the thrillers Copshop<\/em> and Screa<\/i>m<\/em> starring Gerard Butler and Jenna Ortega, respectively; the comedy Queenpins<\/em> with Kristen Bell; and the Academy Award-nominated Spencer<\/em> about the life of Princess Diana.<\/p>\n Berk Uziyel, CEO of Film1\u2019s parent company, SPI International, said: \u201cWith such a substantial licensing deal, we, once again, demonstrate our commitment to a qualitative and diversified movie offering and that we want to serve our viewers and platform partners in the best way possible. The license package we\u2019ve acquired contains many popular top titles which perfectly meet the needs of our Dutch audience.\u201d<\/p>\n Olivier Van den Broeck, The Searchers\u2019s founder and managing partner, added: \u201cWe are delighted to be in business with SPI and to be a part of Film1\u2019s impressive film offering in the Netherlands. We look forward to the success of our Pay-1 and\/or Pay-2 on their channels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SPI International\u2019s pay-TV and on-demand service Film1 has secured a licensing deal with The Searchers for broadcast rights to more than 40 movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":12312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3120,1646,3121,3122,139,3123,3124,3125],"class_list":["post-12311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-copshop","tag-film1","tag-queenpins","tag-spencer","tag-spi-international","tag-the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield","tag-the-searchers","tag-x"],"yoast_head":"\n