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AMC Networks International Southern Europe

television company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ9295735
Source-derived summary

AMC Networks International Southern Europe (formerly AMC Networks International Iberia, Chello Multicanal and Multicanal) is a Madrid, Spain-based television company, owned by AMC Networks International.

In April 2010, it closed the purchase of Teuve, the producer and distributor of thematic channels 100% owned by ONO, incorporating new channels into its offer.

They operate channels under 26 channels (11 in HD and 3 in 4K) in Spain, Portugal, and previously France and Italy.

Channels

Spain

AMC (España)

AMC Anime

AMC Break (formerly Bio, A&E and Blaze)

AMC Crime (formerly Crimen+Investigación)

AMC Living (formerly Decasa)

AMC Western

¡Buen Viaje!

es:Dark

Decasa

Canal Cocina

Odisea

Historia (formerly a joint venture with The History Channel Iberia)

Canal Hollywood

VinTV (formerly Canal Panda and Enfamilia)

Sol Música (FAST)

pt:Somos

Sundance TV (formerly Cinematk)

es:XTRM

Portugal

pt:AMC (Portugal)

AMC Break (formerly Bio, A&E and Blaze)

AMC Crime (formerly Crime+Investigation)

História

Odisseia

Dreamia

Dreamia is a joint-venture between AMC Networks International Southern Europe and NOS, producing channels and content dedicated to Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa.

VinTV (formerly Panda Biggs/Biggs)

Canal Hollywood

Casa e Cozinha

Canal Panda

Panda Kids

Blast

France

AMC Networks International left the French market in 2020.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “AMC Networks International Southern Europe” is television company. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Networks, International and Southern, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014-07-08. For this dossier, Networks, International and Southern is the immediate research focus.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9295735. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from AMC Networks International Southern Europe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.