African Platform Launches FilmBox Channels

NEW YORK/WARSAW/LAGOS: SPI International's FilmBox brand channels are now available to CONSAT TV subscribers in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa.

The agreement includes FilmBox, FilmBox Arthouse, FightBox, DocuBox, FashionBox, Fast&FunBox and 360 TuneBox. In addition to Nigeria, these channels are being offered in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, the Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Content from SPI International/FilmBox is broadcast from the Eutelsat 16 East satellite.

"This most recent launch of our channels on the CONSAT TV platform in Nigeria certainly proves how serious we have been to achieve our strategic goals in Africa," noted Berk Uziyel, the executive director of Filmbox International. "We truly appreciate CONSAT's mission to respond to the growing needs of Nigerians to offer a common platform for digital TV transmission and we are very proud to deliver our unique and top quality lineup of TV channels to CONSAT subscribers."



Mayokun Okunola, the CEO of Continental Satellite Limited, added: "SPI International has impressed us with its competency and its unquestionable ability to develop a bouquet of channels that cuts across multiple genres. The SPI channels, which include FilmBox and FashionBox will definitely resonate with our viewers who want to relax and enjoy programming with intricate and entertaining story lines. We are excited about our partnership with SPI International to provide premium content for our subscribers."