Sundance Channel has launched as a 24-hour linear network on the cable and IPTV platform Bouyges Telecom in France.
It is now also available as a 24-hour network on the cable TV operator VOO/BeTV in Belgium for French-speaking audiences, with both deals include access to authenticated on demand programming.
Sundance Channel was already available on Numericable, Virgin, SFR on Neufbox and Free in France, along with Belgacom and Telenet in Brussels and Flanders respectively.
Meanwhile, in Central and Eastern Europe Sundance Channel has experienced significant growth in recent months, having struck deals with Inea, Promax and many other local operators in Poland.
In Hungary, it is now also being carried by UPC in SD and HD in the basic tier, having previously only been offered in HD.
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has also appointed Geraud Alazard as its VP of marketing.
Based in New York, he will report to Bruce Tuchman, president of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, and Ed Palluth, EVP Global Distribution.