AMC is a European TV channel launched by

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. AMC replaced the MGM Channel in Portugal and Spain on 4 November 2014, and in Poland on 6 May 2016.

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-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

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, Warner Bros. Pictures,

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and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The channel launched in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2015, in partnership with

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and branded AMC from BT. Until 2019,

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customers in the UK had access to the channel if they subscribed to

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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.

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