Park City, Utah – AMC/Sundance Channel Global has concluded distribution agreements with major pay TV platforms in the Philippines and Thailand. These recent developments follow numerous other distribution agreements secured across Europe and Asia over the past few months. This includes additional carriage in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Korea and Taiwan.

The company has recently secured distribution for both of its Asian brands, Sundance Channel and WE tv, on pay TV platforms throughout the region. Sundance Channel was recently made available for the first time to audiences as a 24/7 SD/HD linear offering on Sky Philippines. WE tv has launched in Thailand on the new IPTV platform MeTV as a 24/7 linear SD/HD channel as well. This follows the launch of Sundance Channel last year on TrueVisions in Thailand.

AMC/Sundance Channel Global has acquired the linear and on demand premiere rights to “fresh from the festival” films Computer Chess, Halley, I Used to be Darker, It Felt Like Love and This is Martin Bonner. Sundance Channel will debut the films throughout Europe and Asia in conjunction with the second annual Sundance London Film & Music Festival in late April. In addition to Sundance Channel, AMC/Sundance Channel Global offers WE tv in Asia, a that features the best in wedding and celebrity driven reality programming such as Braxton Family Values, Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best, My Fair Wedding With David Tutera and Tori and Dean.

AMC/Sundance Channel Global also recently announced the establishment of its Asian headquarters. The company’s scheduling and on-air creative services are now based in Singapore, while affiliate operations are spearheaded out of Hong Kong.