AMC is a European TV channel launched by
AMC Networks International
AMC Networks International is the division of AMC Networks that operates outside the United States. AMC Networks commissions and distributes TV channels, content and video services. The division's operating companies and business units current ...
. AMC replaced the
MGM Channel in Portugal and Spain on 4 November 2014, and in Poland on 6 May 2016.
AMC
AMC may refer to:
Film and television
* AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain
* AMC Networks, an American entertainment company
** AMC (TV channel)
** AMC+, streaming service
** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company
*** ...
-produced dramas ''
Halt & Catch Fire'' and ''
The Divide'' are among the first original series that premiered on the channel. The channel also airs films from
MGM
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,
Universal Studios Universal Studios may refer to:
* Universal Studios, Inc., an American media and entertainment conglomerate
** Universal Pictures, an American film studio
** Universal Studios Lot, a film and television studio complex
* Various theme parks operat ...
,
Paramount Pictures
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,
Warner Bros. Pictures,
Walt Disney Pictures
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,
20th Century Studios
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and
Sony Pictures Entertainment. The channel launched in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2015, in partnership with
BT TV
EE TV (formerly BT Vision and then BT TV until 2023) is a subscription IPTV service offered by EE; a brand of British telecommunications company BT Group. It requires the signing up to and use of the EE Broadband internet and phone service, w ...
and branded AMC from BT. Until 2019,
Sky
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customers in the UK had access to the channel if they subscribed to
BT Sport
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, but was subsequently removed from the platform on 2 October 2019, making the channel exclusive to BT TV subscribers.
The channel launched in Ireland on 21 February 2023 on
Virgin Media Ireland. It was removed from the service on 30-31 July 2024.
AMC closed in the Netherlands and Flanders on 31 December 2018 and in Russia on 1 January 2019, where it was replaced by Hollywood channel.
On 17 August 2023, it was announced that the AMC UK channel and all on-demand content would be removed from BT TV on 28 September 2023, ending AMC's presence in the UK.
References
External links
AMC PolandAMC PortugalAMC SpainAMC UK
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Defunct television channels in Belgium
Defunct television channels in Russia
Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Television stations in Spain
Television channels in Poland
Television stations in Portugal
Television channels in North Macedonia
Television channels and stations established in 2014
AMC Networks International
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