Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision, is an entertainment company in the United States that owns the cable channels AMC, WE, Independent Film Channel, Voom HD Networks, News 12, and several others. Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company AMC is a cable television network that primarily airs movies The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics. The Independent Film Channel ( IFC) is a cable network that airs independent film and related programming uncut and uncensored 24 hours a day Voom HD Networks are a group of 15 original High-definition television channels that are owned by Rainbow Media, a subsidiary of Cablevision. News 12 Networks comprises seven regional cable news channels in the New York metropolitan area. It also owns the Video On Demand networks lifeskool (formerly Mag Rack) and sportskool. Video on demand ( VOD) or Audio video on demand ( AVOD) systems allow users to select and watch/listen Lifeskool (Formerly Mag Rack is a Video on Demand / VOD Television channel available only through Digital cable.
Rainbow formerly owned fifty percent of the cable network Bravo, before selling their half to NBC, giving them full control of the channel. Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rainbow also ran the local-minded MSG Metro Channels, before folding them in late 2005. MSG Metro Channels were a series of local-minded New York City cable networks which launched in 1998 and folded in late 2005 The company had also founded current Orlando, Florida MyNetworkTV affiliate WRBW-TV Channel 65 in 1994, which it eventually sold to Chris-Craft shortly after affiliating with the now defunct UPN. Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company WRBW-TV is the MyNetworkTV Owned and operated station serving the Orlando / Daytona Beach / Melbourne, Florida television market Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian Powerboats based in Sarasota Florida. United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven
In 2005, Cablevision considered spinning off Rainbow Media as a publicly traded company, and making their core cable business private, but withdrew the plan. In 2006, a new plan has emerged to privatize all of Cablevision, including Rainbow Media. In January 2007, with no word on if the privatization will go through, Liberty Media expressed interest in acquiring Rainbow Media from Cablevision. The Liberty Media Corporation is an American Media conglomerate and the control is exercised by engineer Dr [1]
In May 2008, Rainbow Media announced that it had purchased Sundance Channel for $496 million. Sundance Channel is a Cable television network devoted to airing independent feature films, World cinema, documentaries, Short [2]
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