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Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, has been an innovator in television programming and entertainment for 30 years. Rainbow Media owns and operates some of the world’s most popular and award-winning entertainment brands, including AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv, Wedding Central and IFC Entertainment.
AMC reigns as the only network to ever win the Golden Globe® Award for Best Television Series - Drama three years in a row and the only basic cable network to win back-to-back Primetime Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. Whether commemorating favorite films from every genre and decade from the most comprehensive library or creating acclaimed original productions, the AMC experience is an uncompromising celebration of great stories. AMC’s original stories include the Emmy® Award-winning dramas Mad Men and Breaking Bad, and insightful non-scripted programming such as AMC News. AMC launched in 1984 as American Movie Classics.
IFC offers viewers original programming alongside a comprehensive independent film library of award-winning titles and cult classics, as well as content inspired by music, web, gaming, animation, news, culture and more. IFC creates original unconventional and irreverent series like The Whitest Kids U’ Know, Food Party and Dinner with the Band, and bold non-fiction such as The IFC Media Project and Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut). IFC was launched in 1994.
Sundance Channel is the television destination for independent-minded viewers seeking something different. Sundance Channel offers audiences a diverse and engaging selection of films, documentaries, and original programs, including the critically acclaimed originals Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…, Iconoclasts and Man Shops Globe. Under the creative direction of Robert Redford, Sundance Channel launched in 1996 and was acquired by Rainbow Media in 2008. Building on its success with the transactional On Demand platform, Rainbow Media launched Sundance Selects in 2009, an On Demand offering for feature and documentary films.
WE tv is the premier source for women looking to satisfy their curiosity with fascinating, real-life stories and entertaining, fresh content that is relevant to key stages of their lives. The network’s popular original series include the signature show Bridezillas; critically acclaimed, viewer favorite The Locator (the network’s most-watched-series ever), Amazing Wedding Cakes, My Fair Wedding with David Tutera and Raising Sextuplets. WEtv.com features original web series, extensive video content expanding on original programming, advice and humor from expert bloggers, games and user-generated content. WE tv launched in 1997 and was originally branded Romance Classics.
Wedding Central is the first and only 24/7 destination where women, who are fascinated by all things wedding related, can go to get engaged in and entertained by the aspiration and drama of weddings. The network features channel-specific series and specials that focus on dating, relationships and weddings. Wedding Central was launched in 2009.
IFC Entertainment consists of multiple brands that are devoted to bringing the best of specialty films to the largest possible audience. IFC Films is a leading distributor of independent film. Its unique day and date distribution model, ’IFC In Theaters,’ makes independent films available to a national audience by releasing them simultaneously in theaters as well as on cable’s On Demand platform and through Pay-Per-View. IFC Festival Direct features a wide selection of titles acquired from major international film festivals and premieres them exclusively through On Demand. IFC Productions is a feature film production company that provides financing for select independent film projects. IFC Center is a five screen, state-of-the-art cinema with luxurious seating and HD digital and 35mm projection that shows art-house films in the heart of New York’s Greenwich Village.