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=

|1=Bosnia and Herzegovina

|2=Bulgaria

|3=Croatia

|4=Czech Republic

|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

References