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AMC Networks Expands Focus of Programming Group
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AMC Networks is enlarging the scope and focus of its international programming group, creating a wider organization responsible for finding and developing international series for its entertainment networks as well as the AMC+, Acorn TV and Sundance Now streaming services.
The newly enlarged group will be led by Kristin Jones, the company’s executive VP of international programming. Jones has found and developed an extensive roster of hits since joining AMC Networks in 2014, among them
Humans,
A Discovery of Witches,
Top of the Lake and
Riviera.
Jones and her team will be responsible for international programming development co-productions, acquisitions and commissions across the company’s four entertainment networks (AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV) as well as the targeted streaming services Acorn TV, Sundance Now and the newly launched AMC+ premium streaming bundle.