The Swedish niche TV company NonStop has launched the film channel Showtime in Estonia.
The move into Estonia is the beginning of a planned Baltic presence for the fast-growing Scandinavian company. Showtime is one of the company's ten themed channels. Localized versions are in national languages. Showtime is presently available in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
The channel will begin broadcasting in Latvia and Lithuania in 2010.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.