MultiChoice is adding the SundanceTV channel
from 1 June to DStv as a replacement for the AMC channel, for DStv Premium
subscribers.
SundanceTV, from AMC Networks International
(AMCNI) that will be in high definition (HD) will continue to show programming
like the drama series Fear The Walking Dead and Into the Badlands
that would have been lost to South African pay-TV viewers after the AMC channel
was dumped last year, and the new Pierce Brosnan Western series, The Son
that just started.
SundanceTV is actually a film channel that
was launched by film star Robert Redford in 1996, but the version for South
Africa on DStv will also carry series, as well as selection of local
programming.
"SundanceTV
will offer a selection of award winning and locally appealing programming
exclusively to audiences in South Africa," says Louise Cottrell, AMCNI UK vice
president for affiliate sales in a statement.
"We're excited to launch this premium channel for the first time in
South Africa on the DStv platform, which reinforces our long-standing
partnership with MultiChoice."
Aletta Alberts, MultiChoice's head of content says "we've listened to
what our customers are saying about our content, and are committed to bring
them more fresh content more often and fewer repeats."
"SundanceTV will
bring great variety through its high quality art movies and unforgettable
series. We're confident our customers will welcome SundanceTV to the DStv
family and into their homes."
SundanceTV offers a mix of exclusive festival films and original drama
series.
Some of the film festival selections which will be shown on SundanceTV
includes the documentary Cries from Syria, which bears witness to the resiliency of the people of Syria in the wake
of their exposure to unthinkable crimes against humanity.
I Smile Back is an unflinchingly
authentic and humanising portrait of a suburban wife and mother dealing with
depression and disillusionment that send her
careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion.
The Eyes of My Mother is the debut movie from
writer/director Nicolas Pesce and is the tale of Francisca. She grows up in a
secluded farmhouse where her mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches
her to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious
visitor horrifyingly shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply
traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities.
The Son with Pierce Brosnan will start on 6 June at 21:00.
A rebroadcast of the first two seasons of Fear the Walking Dead will start on 5 June. The third season of Fear the Walking Dead will start on SundanceTV on Monday 24 July at 21:00.
