IFC (American TV channel)

IFC

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	AMC Networks
Sister channels	AMC BBC America Sundance TV We TV
History
Launched	September 1, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-09-01)
Former names	Independent Film Channel (1994–2014)
Links
Website	IFC.com
Availability
Streaming media
IFC.com	IFC - Watch Now (U.S. cable subscribers only; requires login from pay television provider to access content)
Philo	Internet Protocol television
YouTube TV	Internet Protocol television
Sling TV	Internet Protocol television

IFC is an American basic cable channel owned by AMC Networks.

Launched in 1994 as the Independent Film Channel, a spin-off of former sister channel Bravo, IFC originally operated as a commercial-free service, devoted to showing independent films without interruption. Starting in the late 2000s, the channel gradually moved its programming from independent films into comedy, horror, and cult television shows and films. IFC became an ad-supported service in 2010, and officially retired its full name in 2014.

In September 2018, it was estimated that approximately 75,295,000 American households (63% of households with television) received IFC.^[1] By December 2023, that number would drop to 56,185,000 households.^[2]