{"id":1771,"date":"2017-07-20T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:36:08","slug":"spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"SPI International\/FilmBox Expands Footprint in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPI International\/FilmBox has secured a deal to launch six channels from its portfolio on the IPTV platform E-vision in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Among the channels coming to E-vision, which is operated by Etisalat, are the movie channel FilmBox and two sports channels, FightBox HD and Fast&amp;FunBox HD. There is also the classic\/independent movie channel FilmBox Art House, the documentary channel DocuBox, and FunBox UHD, which presents lifestyle, adventure, travel and performing arts programming in Ultra HD.<\/p>\n<p>Humaid Sahoo, the CEO of E-Vision, commented, \u201cToday\u2019s strategic announcement with SPI International is in line with our long-term strategy to partner with global players bringing the best in content to UAE. Etisalat eLife TV subscribers will be able to access world-class entertainment and content bringing the best quality to customers. E-vision\u2019s partnership with SPI reiterates our commitment to deliver comprehensive content to our client as a pioneer and trusted content aggregator in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murat Muratoglu, SPI\u2019s head of distribution for MENA, Turkey, APAC, Russia and CIS, Baltics, Bulgaria and Ex-Yugo, said, \u201cWe are excited to bring our channels to E-Vision\u2019s viewers in the Middle East. SPI channels offer top-quality programming spanning from live MMA events, Formula One, amazing wildlife documentaries to award-winning cinema masterpieces and blockbusters. We are glad to strengthen SPI\u2019s collaboration with Etisalat in order to grow our TV brand and develop our business in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPI International\/FilmBox has secured a deal to launch six channels from its portfolio on the IPTV platform E-vision in the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[325,344,151],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-e-vision","tag-etisalat","tag-spi-internationalfilmbox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SPI International\/FilmBox Expands Footprint in the Middle East - TVMEA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SPI International\/FilmBox has secured a deal to launch six channels from its portfolio on the IPTV platform E-vision in the UAE.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SPI International\/FilmBox Expands Footprint in the Middle East - TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SPI International\/FilmBox has secured a deal to launch six channels from its portfolio on the IPTV platform E-vision in the UAE.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-20T14:53:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-20T17:36:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/\",\"name\":\"SPI International\/FilmBox Expands Footprint in the Middle East - TVMEA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T14:53:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-20T17:36:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"description\":\"SPI International\/FilmBox has secured a deal to launch six channels from its portfolio on the IPTV platform E-vision in the UAE.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/spi-internationalfilmbox-expands-footprint-in-the-middle-east\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SPI International\/FilmBox Expands Footprint in the Middle East\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\",\"name\":\"TVMEA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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