{"id":9241,"date":"2019-04-11T05:16:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T09:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/funbox-uhd-secures-carriage-balticom\/"},"modified":"2019-04-11T05:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T09:16:24","slug":"funbox-uhd-secures-carriage-with-as-balticom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/04\/11\/funbox-uhd-secures-carriage-with-as-balticom\/","title":{"rendered":"FunBox UHD Secures Carriage with AS Balticom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPI International\/FilmBox has expanded its channel distribution agreement with Latvia&#8217;s AS Balticom, which will now carry FunBox UHD.<\/p>\n<p>AS Balticom is the first telecommunications provider in Latvia that has officially begun broadcasting in Ultra HD quality.\u00a0The expanded partnership with SPI\/FilmBox\u2014which already includes FilmBox Baltic, FilmBox Arthouse, FightBox, Fast&amp;FunBox, DocuBox, Erox and Gametoon\u2014gives AS Balticom\u2019s subscribers the option to order and enjoy hundreds of hours of UHD content. FunBox UHD will be available with no extra cost to AS Balticom\u2019s Digital TV subscribers and 4K TV users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to announce SPI\u2019s 4K channel distribution agreement in the Baltic region with our key partner AS Balticom. This expanded distribution agreement includes our thematic channel FunBox UHD,\u201d said Murat Murato\u011flu, head of distribution for the Middle East, Ex-Yugo, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Greece, India, Turkey, CIS Countries and AsiaPac at SPI International. \u201cAS Balticom subscribers will be entertained with our premium native HD content in addition to movies, TV series, nature, travel, and arts and culture content, all broadcasted in Ultra High Definition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Smirnov, head of the commercial department at AS Balticom, added: \u201cIn 2014, 4K TVs entered the European market. They were equipped with good acoustics, great design and HEVC codec that allowed viewers to fully enjoy high-resolution images. When they finally reached the Latvian market, a rather logical question arose\u2014what channels can you watch in that supreme quality? Well, in 2014 the answer was clear\u2014none. It took another 4 years for ULTRA HD channels to appear in Latvia. 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