MGM inks deal for `Quantum of Solace` with Dutch broadcaster SBS

MGM has inked an exclusive programming deal with SBS Broadcasting's Dutch free-to-air channels for a slew of films, including "Quantum of Solace," "Valkyrie" and "Rocky Balboa." - reports Variety

The pics, along with an assortment of library titles and TV shows, will air on SBS' TV channels in the Netherlands -- NET 5, SBS 6 and Veronica.

No expectation was set for when fans in The Netherlands will see the 22nd James Bond film free on domestic TV.

The deal was announced today by Rozan Hamaker, SBS' head of acquisitions, and Gary Marenzi, MGM's co-prexy of worldwide television.

Part of the Munich-based ProSiebenSat.1 TV group since 2007, the SBS unit was founded by current MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan in 1989.

In 2005, Sloan sold SBS to equity firms Permira and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which took over ProSiebenSat.1 two years later, merging the two when ProSiebenSat.1 took over the SBS assets in 2007.

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