AMC Global Scores Dutch Carriage with KPN

NEW YORK: Thanks to a new carriage pact with KPN, AMC Global will now be available in more than 95 percent of all pay-TV homes in the Netherlands.

The channel will launch in the region on July 1 as part of KPN’s PlusPakket, making AMC Global available in 7.5 million pay-TV homes in the Netherlands. It will be featured as KPN’s “Channel of the Month” in August. Programming highlights for AMC in the Netherlands at launch include Fear the Walking Dead and Into the Badlands.

Ed Palluth, the executive VP of global distribution for AMC Networks International, said: “We are delighted to have finalized this key distribution deal with KPN. Under this milestone agreement, we will be able to bring AMC’s critically acclaimed and hugely successful content to a wider audience. We look forward to bringing fans in the Netherlands the unique and compelling world brought to life by our original programming.”