AMC Networks
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AMC Networks Inc. is an American entertainment company headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York.[4]
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Company type | Public |
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ISIN | US00164V1035 ![]() |
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Predecessor | Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC (1980–2011) |
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Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Owner | Dolan family (67% voting power)[2] |
Number of employees | 1,900 (2023) |
Divisions | AMC Networks International |
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Website | amcnetworks |
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The company owns and operates the eponymous cable channel and its siblings, IFC, We TV, and Sundance TV; the art house movie theater IFC Center in New York City; the independent film companies IFC Films and RLJE Films; the anime licensor Sentai Filmworks; the premium subscription streaming services AMC+, IFC Films Unlimited, Acorn TV, Allblk, Shudder, Sundance Now, Philo, and Hidive; and a minority interest in the leading Canadian production studio Shaftesbury Films.
The company operates in Europe and Latin America through its international division, AMC Networks International. Through joint ventures with BBC Studios, the company manages BBC America and BBC World News cable channels in the US. That relationship makes AMC Networks additionally maintain a minority share in the US operations of the British-TV streaming service BritBox, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc.
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 Cablevision, and is majority-owned and controlled by the Dolan family.[2]