Sundance Channel (Netherlands)

Sundance Channel
Launched 1 March 2012
Network Film1
Owned by Sony Pictures Television
Picture format 576i (PAL) 16:9 SDTV
1080i (HDTV)
Country Netherlands
Language Dutch/English
Broadcast area Netherlands
Headquarters Amsterdam
Replaced Film1 Festival
Sister channel(s) Film1 Premiere
Film1 Action
Film1 Family
Film1 Drama
Website http://www.film1.nl
Availability
Satellite
CanalDigitaal Channel 23
Cable
Ziggo Channel 105 (HD)
CAIW Channel 304
Kabel Noord Channel 83
Delta NV Channel 14
IPTV
Tele2 Channel N/A

Sundance Channel (also called Film1 Sundance Channel) is a Dutch premium television channel. It's the Dutch version of the American cable television network Sundance Channel devoted to airing independent feature films, world cinema, documentaries, short films, television series, and original programs, such as news about the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival.

The channel launched on 1 March 2012 and replaced the television channel Film1 Festival.[1] All films are shown uncut and without commercial interruptions.

History

Launched in the United States in February 1996 to show independent films on television, Sundance Channel was a joint venture of Showtime Networks (part of CBS Corporation), Universal Studios (part of NBCUniversal), and Robert Redford who also acted as the creative director of the network. The channel initially launched on five cable systems in New York City; Los Angeles; Alexandria, Virginia; Chamblee, Georgia; and Pensacola, Florida[2]

On 7 May 2008, Rainbow Media (a subsidiary of Cablevision) announced that it had purchased Sundance Channel for $496 million.[3] Rainbow Media also owns the cable channels AMC, IFC, WE tv, and News 12, and owned the defunct Voom HD Networks. The acquisition of Sundance Channel by Rainbow Media was completed in June 2008.[4]

On 31 January 2012, Film1 (a then-subsidiary of Liberty Global) announced that it would launch Sundance Channel in the Netherlands. It replaced Film1 Festival.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Robert Briel (31 January 2012). "Chellomedia launches Sundance Channel". Broadband TV News.
  2. ↑ "Sundance readying for February debut". Broadcasting & Cable via HighBeam Research. 4 December 1995. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cablevision Unit Buys Sundance Channel". The New York Times. 7 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "Cablevision Buys Sundance". The New York Times. 18 June 2008.
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