{"id":2214,"date":"2022-11-02T11:52:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:52:56","slug":"canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal+ Group Brings Gametoon to Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPI\/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have teamed to bring SPI\u2019s gaming and esports channel Gametoon to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Gametoon, featuring highlights of popular games, entertainment content from gaming YouTubers, video game tournaments with million-dollar prize pools and more, is now available in Ethiopia on channel 71 in the Desta package.<\/p>\n<p>SPI\u2019s FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Action and FilmBox Family are already available. FilmBox Africa and FilmBox Family are available in the Desta package on channel 54 and 55, respectively, while FilmBox Action is accessible in the Feshta package on channel 62 via Canal+ Ethiopia. SPI\u2019s MMA sports channel FightBox is also available in the Desta package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to build on our existing carriage of FightBox with Gametoon and the full portfolio of FilmBox brands, including the launch in the market of FilmBox Action and FilmBox Family,\u201d said Georgina Twiss, managing director of Western Europe and Africa at SPI International. \u201cFollowing their popularity in other countries and following local demand, we wanted to offer the same rich bouquet in Africa. The SPI\/FilmBox portfolio of channels, now enriched also by Gametoon and available via Canal+ offers in Ethiopia, will entertain and engage audiences of all ages and tastes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Gruner, senior VP of channels acquisitions and partnerships for Canal+ International, said, \u201cWe are very pleased to pursue the partnership with our new family member SPI with the launch of the FilmBox movies portfolio as well as Gametoon. Those channels will appeal to our Ethiopian viewers and strengthen our offer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPI\/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have teamed to bring SPI\u2019s gaming and esports channel Gametoon to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[89,491,464],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-canal-group","tag-gametoon","tag-spifilmbox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canal+ Group Brings Gametoon to Ethiopia - TVMEA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SPI\/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have teamed to bring SPI\u2019s gaming and esports channel Gametoon to Ethiopia.\" \/>\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\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canal+ Group Brings Gametoon to Ethiopia - TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SPI\/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have teamed to bring SPI\u2019s gaming and esports channel Gametoon to Ethiopia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T15:52:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/07\/FilmBox-EthiopiaCanalGroup-1122.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"314\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\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\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/\",\"name\":\"Canal+ Group Brings Gametoon to Ethiopia - TVMEA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-02T15:52:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-02T15:52:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"description\":\"SPI\/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have teamed to bring SPI\u2019s gaming and esports channel Gametoon to Ethiopia.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/canal-group-brings-gametoon-to-ethiopia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Canal+ Group Brings Gametoon to Ethiopia\"}]},{\"@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\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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