Rainbow Media Holdings LLC
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC has been an innovator in television programming and entertainment since its creation in 1980. Today, this Cablevision subsidiary is a leading producer of targeted, multi-platform content for international distribution, creating and managing some of the industry’s most compelling and dynamic entertainment brands.
A cable programming pioneer, Rainbow Media is the force behind such groundbreaking entertainment brands as AMC, a 24-hour, movie-based network dedicated to the American movie fan; IFC [The Independent Film Channel], the first and most widely distributed network dedicated to independent film; and WE tv, the content destination where strong, confident women connect to fun, entertaining programming focused on pop culture, personal style and relationships.
Forging new ground with original programming custom-built to maximize new distribution platforms, Rainbow Media’s original On Demand offerings include LIFESKOOL and SPORTSKOOL. And the company’s VOOM HD Networks comprise the world's largest suite of high-definition content.
Rainbow Media’s IFC Entertainment extends the IFC brand beyond television, broadening the audience of independent film and supporting independent filmmakers through its multi-faceted entertainment and programming businesses. . Through IFC Entertainment, Rainbow Media owns and manages the following: IFC Films, a theatrical feature film distribution company; IFC First Take/IFC In Theaters, a day and date theatrical feature film/VOD initiative; IFC Productions, a feature film production company; and, New York City's IFC Center, a leading "indie" exhibition and production facility, and the bricks-and-mortar home of the IFC brand.
Representing its networks to the advertising community and providing technical services to the cable, broadcast and satellite industries, Rainbow Media’s portfolio of operations also includes Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation (RASCO), the cable industry's most diverse advertising representation firm, and Rainbow Network Communications (RNC), a full-service programming origination and distribution company.
