Sundance Channel

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sundance channel
Sundance Channel logo used from 1996 to 2002.
Launched 1996
Owned by Rainbow Media
Showtime Networks
NBC Universal
Robert Redford
Headquarters Salt Lake City, UT
Website sundancechannel.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV Channel 549
Dish Network Channel 332
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Available on most cable systems Check Local Listings for channels

Sundance Channel is a 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 is shown uncut and without commercials.

Launched in 1996 to show independent films on TV, Sundance Channel was a joint venture of Showtime Networks (part of CBS Corporation), Universal Studios (part of NBC Universal) and Robert Redford who also acted as the creative director of the network. It is an extension of Redford's non-profit Sundance Institute, a center in which independent filmmakers can harbor and extend their craft though it operates independently of both the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival.

In addition to broadcasting films, the channel airs and produces original content. One such show, Anatomy of a Scene, takes a scene from a movie and breaks it apart from the perspective of the production design, costume design, the writing, the acting, and the directing.

On May 7, 2008, Rainbow Media (a subsidiary of Cablevision) announced that it has purchased Sundance Channel for $496 million.[1].

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