AMC+ STREAMING SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE ON DISH, SLING TV

AMC Networks announced its premium subscription streaming bundle offer, now available to AMC+, Dish Network, and Sling TV customers. “We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Dish and Sling TV to include this comprehensive premium subscription offering that features the best of AMC Networks’ popular, critically-acclaimed and award-winning series and independent films,” said Josh Reader, President of Distribution and Development for AMC Networks in a statement. 

AMC+ includes original series from AMC and sister networks like SundanceTV and IFC, ad-free with early premieres on-demand, along with the streaming services Shudder, Sundance Now, and IFC Films Unlimited. The AMC+ package also includes an ad-free premium linear network and costs USD 6.99 per month. “This new bundle, available for the first time to Dish and Sling TV customers, was designed to offer fans of our programming greater choice and enhanced customer experience, as we work with Dish and Sling TV to embrace the new ways in which viewers consume content today," Reader said.

The expansion move for the streaming service came up following the new SVOD debut, which took place last month on Comcast’s Xfinity TV and Xfinity Flex platforms. For Comcast users, the AMC+ bundle is priced at USD 4.99 per month to match AMC Premiere, the network’s ad-free version which AMC+ is replacing. Two months ago, the company said Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, and UMC will have 3.5 million to 4 million paid subscribers by the end of 2020. It previously expected to hit that target by the end of 2022. 

WE tv+ offers programming from AMC’s reality network WE tv and the UMC (Urban Movie Channel) streaming service, is also available for USD 4.99 per month on Comcast, although it doesn’t appear as if that bundle is coming to Dish Network and Sling TV. AMC Networks full suite of subscription video-on-demand streaming services, Shudder, Sundance Now, IFC Films Unlimited, UMC, Cocina On, and Acorn TV, are all still currently available to Dish and Sling TV customers.