IFC, launched in 1994, has traditionally been a programmer of alternative, independently minded comedy.
To do that, we started with U.S.-listed stocks of companies based in the 30 countries topping the IFC list for ease of doing business.
Evan Shapiro, who joined Participant in May after serving as president of IFC and the Sundance Channel, will head up the new cable TV network, Berk said.
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At this stage, Emmett, making his debut aboard a Yamaha after splitting from the IFC Ducati team due to their financial problems, was in second.
Cablevision is the 8th largest cable provider in the U.S. In addition to AMC, it also owns the Sundance Channel, IFC Entertainment, Clearview Cinemas, and Newsday.
's IFC Entertainment, one of the biggest distributors of specialized films in the country, began offering its movies on the VOD format about five years ago.
The stars of the IFC comedy "Portlandia" satirized the social booby-traps in a sketch featuring two couples who ruin everything from "Dexter" to "Star Wars" for each other by blabbing crucial plot points.
From 2008 to 2009, IFC's revenue grew 84%, and another 31% in 2010.
IFC's micro-budget movie "Tiny Furniture, " released in just over 100 theaters this winter, has done well with VOD.
That's what happened to IFC's "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" when it opened in April 2002 and ran all summer long, a huge hit.
In 2007, the organization launched a video offshoot, the Onion News Network, which now appears on IFC as well as online, applying the same satirical tools to cable news but rendering them, amazingly, even more nihilistic.
Lendway, who produced the IFC comedy series Z-Rock, reminds us that Spider-Man remains one of the hottest tickets in town.
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