of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources amc networks international zone news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message amc networks international uk emea formerly amc networks international zone emea chello zone zone vision and zone media is a london england based television company founded in 1991 by chris wronski and owned by amc networks international . contents 1 history 2 channels 2.1 current 2.2 former 3 logos 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was originally 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 . its english speaking targeted channels show mainly us and canadian imports as well as older bbc and itv produced content ; whereas its central european stations show large quantities of recent british television . original sound tracks are provided on most shows which are dubbed . on 14 september 2009 it was revealed that the international arm of cbs cbs studios international struck a joint venture deal with chellomedia to launch six cbs branded channels in the uk during 2009 . the new channels would replace zone romantica zone thriller zone horror and zone reality plus timeshift services zone horror 1 and zone reality 1 . 1 2 on 1 october 2009 it was announced that cbs reality cbs reality 1 cbs drama and cbs action would launch on 16 november 2009 replacing zone reality zone reality 1 zone romantica and zone thriller . 3 on 5 april 2010 zone horror was rebranded as horror channel following the rebrand of the portfolio s other three channels in november 2009 . 4 on air the channel name appears as horror . the rebrand was produced by chello zone s in house creative services team . 5 on 1 august 2012 chellomedia revealed that the european versions of the chello zone channels would be rebranded into cbs reality cbs drama and cbs action as well . 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 . 7 this acquisition was completed 11 february 2014 . on 8 july 2014 amc networks renamed chello zone as amc networks international zone emea . 8 9 10 channels edit current edit amc cbs action joint venture with cbs studios international cbs drama joint venture with cbs studios international cbs europa joint venture with cbs studios international cbs reality joint venture with cbs studios international cbs reality 1 joint venture with cbs studios international extreme sports channel horror channel joint venture with cbs studios international horror channel 1 joint venture with cbs studios international jimjam outdoor channel joint venture with outdoor channel holdings inc. 11 the cbs reality logo former edit mgm channel emea zone club zone europa zone fantasy zone horror zone reality zone reality extra zone reality 1 zone romantica zone thriller logos edit zonemedia old logo logo of chello zone until summer 2014 logo of amc networks international references edit cbs finalchello zone partnership press release doc . chello zone . 14 september 2009 . cbs to launch uk channels with chellomedia . broadcastnow . 14 september 2009 . cbs channels to launch in uk . broadcastnow . 1 october 2009 . zone horror rebrands as horror channel . broadband tv news . 31 march 2010 . uk s zone horror reverting to its horror channel name . dread central . 31 march 2010 . cbs and chellomedia take entertainment across emea . broadband tv news . 1 august 2012 . chatterjee soham 28 october 2013 . amc to buy most of liberty global s international content unit . reuters . retrieved 28 october 2013 . deadline.com chellomedia rebranded as amc networks international broadbandtvnews.com chellomedia to become amc networks international amc networks press release amc networks re brands chellomedia to amc networks international amc networks international zone . amc networks . 5 august 2014 . chello zone acquires wbitd content . c21 media . 26 january 2009 . retrieved 20 december 2009 . external links edit amc networks international uk amc networks international v t e amc networks film distributor ifc films movie theater ifc center us tv networks amc bbc america 49.9 % stake ifc sundancetv we tv amc networks international zone emea amc cbs action cbs drama cbs reality horror channel with cbs studios international extreme sports channel fine living network food network with scripps networks interactive jimjam outdoor channel with intermedia outdoor 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