Sundance Channel | TV Network

Sundance Channel is an American cable television network devoted to airing independent feature films, world cinema, documentaries, short films, and original programs, such as news about the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival. All films are shown uncut and without commercial interruptions, however original series do include break interruptions that feature promos for the network's programming, with the only traditional advertising coming from PBS-style underwriter sponsorships of select interstitials featured within breaks; as a result of sister network IFC becoming... MORE

Sundance Channel is an American cable television network devoted to airing independent feature films, world cinema, documentaries, short films, and original programs, such as news about the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival. All films are shown uncut and without commercial interruptions, however original series do include break interruptions that feature promos for the network's programming, with the only traditional advertising coming from PBS-style underwriter sponsorships of select interstitials featured within breaks; as a result of sister network IFC becoming an advertiser-supported network in 2010, Sundance is the only remaining cable television property of parent AMC Networks that is not wholly advertiser-supported. Launched 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 Redford partnered with LESS