Film1 Sundance (also called Film1 Sundance Channel) was a Dutch premium television channel. It was the Dutch version of the American

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devoted to airing independent feature films,

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, and original programs, such as news about the latest developments from each year's

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. The channel launched on 1 March 2012 and replaced the television channel

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. All films were shown uncut and without commercial interruptions.

History

Launched in the United States in February 1996 to show

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s on television, Sundance Channel was a

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(part of

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(part of

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), and

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who also acted as the creative director of the network. The channel initially launched on five cable systems in New York City; Los Angeles;

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;

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; and

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On 7 May 2008,

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(a subsidiary of

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) announced that it had purchased Sundance Channel for $496 million. Rainbow Media also owns the cable channels

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, IFC,

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, and News 12, and owned the defunct

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. The acquisition of Sundance Channel by Rainbow Media was completed in June 2008. On 31 January 2012,

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(a then-subsidiary of

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) announced that it would launch Sundance Channel in the Netherlands. It replaced

. Film1 closed Film1 Sundance on 31 August 2017. The premium television service wants to focus more on its video-on-demand services.

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* {{Television in the Netherlands Defunct television channels in the Netherlands Television channels and stations established in 2012 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017

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