AMC Networks

AMC Networks Inc.
legal form	Incorporation
ISIN	US00164V1035
founding	1980 as Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision 2011 as AMC Networks
Seat	New York City , New York , United States
management	Joshua W. Sapan (President & CEO )
Number of employees	2,175 (full-time)
sales	2,581,000,000 US dollars
Branch	media
Website	www.amcnetworks.com
As of December 31, 2015

AMC Networks Inc. is an American media company that was founded in 1980 as Rainbow Media Holdings , LLC. Founded. In 2011 the name was changed to AMC Networks. The company's headquarters are in Penn Plaza, New York .

AMC Networks includes the pay TV channels : AMC , Sundance Channel , IFC , WEtv and the marketing of BBC America (AMC itself holds 49.9% of BBC America). The company also operates the IFC Center film art cinema in New York and a film studio for independent films called IFC Films .

In 2014, AMC Networks acquired Chellomedia from Liberty Global for a purchase price of around $ 1 billion. Chellomedia and its subsidiaries, including Chello Benelux, have been operating as AMC Networks International since July 2014 .

The company is majority- controlled by Charles F. Dolan .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Management
2. ↑ ^{a b} Form 10-K 2015 ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Deadline.com: AMC Networks Pays $ 200M For 49.9% Of BBC America .
4. ↑ Deadline.com: AMC Networks Completes Acquisition Of Liberty Global's Chellomedia .
5. ↑ AMC Networks Re-Brands Chellomedia . AMC Networks. August 5, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.