According to the filing, Canal+ has acquired 30% of Digital SPI International, the Lisbon-based indirect majority shareholder in Poland’s Kino Polska, from the listed owner of the shares, Hilda Uziyel.
The CMO & CDO at SPI International describes the fundaments and business opportunities behind the company’s latest digital launch, Smart Channels, which performs similarly to traditional linear channels.
Smart Channels are specially curated playlists of on-demand content that play back-to-back in a similar fashion to traditional linear channels. These channels are fully digital and exclusive to the FilmBox+ platform.
The contract will give SPI non-exclusive worldwide AVOD and SVOD rights (with the exception of a few territories per program) on SPI platforms such as FilmBox+, FilmBox on Demand, Film1, ToonzBox, and ToonzStream.