AMC Networks

<p>AMC Networks Inc. is an American <a href="/facts/Mass_media/M1UE4TTp">mass media</a> and <a href="/facts/Entertainment/XXRnLM62">entertainment</a> corporation headquartered in <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Plaza/r1zz6BY0">11 Penn Plaza</a>, New York City. The company owns and operates the <a href="/facts/AMC_(TV_channel)/5KLqR7mv">AMC cable channel</a>, <a href="/facts/BBC_America/kV60fN4m">BBC America</a>, <a href="/facts/IFC_(American_TV_channel)/0kmP0tYr">IFC</a>, <a href="/facts/Sundance_TV/ylPbWyK6">Sundance TV</a>, and <a href="/facts/We_TV/sYrezkVv">We TV</a>. It also owns the <a href="/facts/Art_film/w1IdYSlb">art house</a> movie theater <a href="/facts/IFC_Center/k8713wDS">IFC Center</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>; the independent film companies <a href="/facts/IFC_Films/3Iq0b8UX">IFC Films</a> and <a href="/facts/RLJE_Films/YFeH7C5v">RLJE Films</a>, the anime licensor <a href="/facts/Sentai_Filmworks/PdTd6qVT">Sentai Filmworks</a>, the premium subscription streaming services <a href="/facts/AMC%2B/zjqrXnFq">AMC+</a>, <a href="/facts/IFC_Films/3Iq0b8UX">IFC Films Unlimited</a>, <a href="/facts/Acorn_TV/rl9Ad3I1">Acorn TV</a>, <a href="/facts/Allblk/7eLAnyok">Allblk</a>, <a href="/facts/Shudder_(streaming_service)/jdUWLAQE">Shudder</a>, Sundance Now, <a href="/facts/Philo_(company)/bstG3ydd">Philo</a>, and <a href="/facts/Hidive/PdTd6qVT">Hidive</a>, and a minority interest in the Canadian production studio <a href="/facts/Shaftesbury_Films/0yBY45BP">Shaftesbury Films</a>.
</p><p>The company operates in Europe and Latin America through its international division, <a href="/facts/AMC_Networks_International/03NMQWgt">AMC Networks International</a>. AMC Networks also maintains a minority share in the US operations of the British-TV streaming service <a href="/facts/BritBox/DVaBjJql">BritBox</a>, a joint venture between the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a> and <a href="/facts/ITV_plc/McgXE53f">ITV plc</a>. The current incarnation of the company, founded as a publicly traded company in July 2011, is the successor to the now defunct Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC (or alternately Rainbow Programming Holdings), which was originally founded in 1980 as a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/Cablevision/nenJHGlj">Cablevision</a> (which itself is defunct), and is majority-owned and controlled by the <a href="/facts/James_L._Dolan/TAbYT9nn">Dolan family</a>.
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