FilmBox
{{Short description|European TV channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = FilmBox
| logo = Filmbox pl.png
| logo_size =
| logo_caption =
| image =
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|10|28|df=y}}
| closed_date =
| picture_format = 1080i HDTV
{{small|(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)}}
| network =
| owner = SPI International
Canal+ Group
| country =
| language = English
| area = {{Collapsible list
|framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
|title=
|2=Bulgaria
|3=Croatia
|5=France
|6=Hungary
|7=Lithuania
|8=Luxembourg
|9=Montenegro
|10=Netherlands
|11=North Macedonia
|12=Poland
|13=Romania
|14=Russia
|15=Serbia
|16=Slovakia
|17=Slovenia
|18=Switzerland
|19=Turkey
|20=Ukraine
|21=United States
}}
| headquarters =
| former_names =
| replaced =
| replaced_by =
| sister_channels = 360TuneBox
DocuBox
FashionBox
Fast&FunBox
FightBox
FunBox
GameToon
| timeshift_service =
| website = [http://www.filmbox.com/ filmbox.com]
| terr_serv_1 =
| terr_chan_1 =
| online_serv_1 = Canal Digitaal Live
| online_chan_1 = [https://livetv.canaldigitaal.nl/livetv?channelType=available&watchId=o73NpJY2tTyCcy_EDHmUHyApTZd4YV9pPCGxUVGz&autoplay=true Watch Live]
}}
FilmBox is a European premium television and video on demand service owned by SPI International, a division of Canal+ Group. It owns several television channels and over-the-top media services.
History
FilmBox launched in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 28 October 2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.lupa.cz/clanky/kdo-je-kdo-na-kabelu-a-satelitu-skupina/ |title=Kdo je kdo na kabelu a satelitu: rodina programů Filmbox a CS TV|author=Lukáŝ Polák|publisher=Lupa.cz|date=6 May 2020|language=cs}} In 2007 SPI International expanded the FilmBox services to Poland,{{cite web |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2007/03/21/spi-buys-up-film-channel/ |title=SPI buys up film channel|author=Chris Dziadul|publisher=BroadbandTVNews.com|date=21 March 2007}} followed by Romania in 2008 and other Eastern European countries in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://filmneweurope.com/news/romania-news/item/1881-spi-moves-into-romanian-tv-market |title=SPI moves into Romanian TV market|author=Cathy Meils|publisher=FilmNewsEurope.com|date=1 December 2008}}
FilmBox expanded to Western Europe by launching in the Netherlands on 3 May 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2021/05/03/filmbox-debuts-in-the-netherlands/ |title=FilmBox debuts in the Netherlands|author=Chris Dziadul|publisher=BroadbandTVNews.com|date=3 March 2021}}
Channels
- FilmBox
- FilmBox Action
- FilmBox Africa
- FilmBox Arthouse
- FilmBox Extra
- FilmBox Family
- FilmBox Premium
- FilmBox Russia
- FilmBox Stars
- GameToon
- DocuBox
- FashionBox
- FunBox
- 360 TuneBox
- Fast&FunBox
External links
- [http://www.filmbox.com/ filmbox.com]
- [http://www.filmbox.nl/ filmbox.nl]
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Television in the Netherlands}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Television channels in the Netherlands
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2005