Fox Int'l Channels evolves in Nordic area

LONDON -- News Corp.'s Fox Intl. Channels has acquired Finnish free-to-air family entertainment funnel Suomi TV, incorporated in the drive to develop inside the Nordic region. FIC will convince add the funnel towards the bouquet of 18 entertainment and factual channels, moored with the Fox and National Geographic brands that are already available in the region. "Suomi TV signifies a completely new a part of our way of growing with devoted local assets and talent," Jesus Perezagua, FIC Europe prexy, mentioned. Ase Ytreland, controlling director of FIC for your Nordic and Baltic regions, mentioned that Fox and NatGeo shows, including "Mega Production facilities,Inch "Shark Males," "Knocked Up Abroad" and "Jurassic CSI," might be built-into Suomi's skeds alongside its original programming. Launched in December 2009, Suomi might be received through terrestrial or cable systems by 99.9 % of Finnish houses. FIC has bases in Copenhagen, Denmark Oslo, Norwegian and Tallinn, Estonia. Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com