AMC/Sundance Channel Global Celebrates Landmark Year, from the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Channel Launches into New International Markets and Accelerates Growing International Footprint

Network breaks New Ground in Key European and Asian Markets

Busy Year end 2011 and Heightened Activity for 2012 Fuelled by Access to Hit Programming, High Quality Independent-Minded Films and Multi-Device, TV Everywhere Access

Park City, Utah – 26 January 2012 – AMC/Sundance Channel Global, AMC Networks’ international division, marked its arrival at the Sundance Film Festival today with a burst of new deals coming out of the holiday season. the company has signed breakthrough agreements with premier Pay TV platforms across multiple key markets in Europe and Asia for new launches of its international television networks and video-on-demand (VOD) services.

Demonstrating both its rapid expansion and the growing demand for its unique brand and programming, Sundance Channel has recently secured additional carriage and is launching for the first time in Portugal while gaining increased distribution through new deals with key cable and broadband systems in Belgium, Poland, France and Taiwan.

Robert Redford, Founder of Sundance Channel, stated, “It has long been a hope of mine that audiences internationally could experience the creativity and great filmmaking that comes out of Sundance, so I am happy to see the expansion of Sundance Channel Global. our programming is designed to be inspiring and broaden people's perspectives and I'm looking forward to the channel’s continued international growth over the coming year.”

as announced by Bruce Tuchman, President of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, Sundance Channel ended the year with a first time ever launch in Portugal with ZON Multim