Sundance extends international reach

Park City, Utah – AMC/Sundance Channel Global has signed several agreements with major Pay-TV platforms across multiple key markets in Asia and Europe for new launches of its international television networks and VoD services, at the Sundance Film Festival.

In Asia, Sundance channel is launching on Veetime in Taiwan as a 24/7 linear offering with Mandarin subtitles, becoming the third key local platform to carry the channel following deals in the second half of 2011 with the country’s leading IPTV provider, Chunghwa Telecom, as well as Dish TV’s DTH system in Taiwan.

Speaking at the film festival, 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.”

Elsewhere, the channel is launching for the first time in Portugal while gaining increased distribution through new deals with key cable and broadband systems in Belgium, Poland and France.