The company was founded to distribute television programmes in Eastern Europe, but now operates in 138 countries.

They operate channels under 7 brands, albeit with some limited to specific countries, and provide 22 sound tracks across these.

[6] On 28 October 2013, AMC Networks announced it would acquire Chellomedia (apart from its Benelux division) from Liberty Global, for around $1.04 billion.

[10][11][12] In June 2022, it was announced that AMC would drop the CBS branding from the channels owned in a joint-venture with Paramount Global in a reshuffle of their portfolio.

In August 2023, it was announced that AMC UK channel including all Catch Up Content will be removed from BT TV on 28 September.