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Sundance Channel to Premiere "High Line Stories"

By Staff
posted Jun 1, 2009, 12:38

Sundance Channel to Premiere "High Line Stories", a Series on New York City's "Park in the Sky"

10 episodes to air on sundancechannel.com starting Tuesday May 26

plus exclusive content in SUNfiltered blog

(New York, NY)--Sarah Barnett, GM of Sundance Channel, announced the premiere of �High Line Stories� on sundancechannel.com starting May 26. The series tells the story of the High Line in New York City, profiling those involved in transforming this 1.5 mile elevated railway along the west side of Manhattan into a park in the sky. From celebrities to City officials, from artists to architects, each episode explores their relationship to the High Line, what it means for New York City, and how it represents an example of taking a derelict post-industrial site and making it green and beautiful.

�This is a very exciting time for sundancechannel.com. This series reflects the spirit and quality of everything we do on Sundance Channel, but it�s also moving into new areas � extending our original series to digital audiences and developing our website as a place with its own unique programming. �High Line Stories� showcases some of the very best original programming on sundancechannel.com. It celebrates passionate, highly-creative, environmentally-conscious people who are dedicated to this fantastic project of urban renewal,� comments Barnett.

The episode line-up for �High Line Stories� is as follows:
1. Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker
2. Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
3. Amanda Burden, Chair, New York City Planning Commission
4. James Corner, landscape architect for the High Line, and Piet Oudolf, planting designer for the High Line
5. Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer
6. Ric Scofidio and Liz Diller, High Line architects
7. Ethan Hawke, actor
8. Joel Sternfeld, photographer
9. Robert Hammond and Joshua David, Friends of the High Line Co-Founders
10. Kevin Bacon, actor

In addition, sundancechannel.com will feature other exclusive material, including photographs, architectural drawings and an interview with Robert Hammond and Joshua David exploring urban renewal in sundancechannel.com�s new blog, SUNfiltered (www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered).

�High Line Stories� is proudly sponsored by ASICS, a company which believes in the powerful alliance of a sound mind and a sound body. As a leading manufacturer of innovation-driven performance athletic shoes, apparel and accessories worldwide, ASICS is dedicated to helping people lead fuller, happier lives, ultimately leading to a sounder world.

ABOUT SUNDANCE CHANNEL
Under the creative direction of Robert Redford, Sundance Channel is the television destination for independent-minded viewers seeking something different. Bold, imaginative and uncompromising, Sundance Channel offers audiences a diverse and engaging selection of films, documentaries and original programs. Launched in 1996, Sundance Channel is a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC. Sundance Channel operates independently of the non-profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, but shares the overall Sundance mission of encouraging artistic freedom of expression. Sundance Channel's website address is www.sundancechannel.com.

ABOUT RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC
Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC). Rainbow Media is a leading producer of targeted, multi-platform content for global distribution, creating and managing some of the world's most compelling and dynamic entertainment brands, including AMC, IFC, WE tv, Sundance Channel and VOOM HD Networks. Through IFC Entertainment, Rainbow Media also owns and manages the following: IFC Films, a leading distribution company for independent film; IFC Productions, a feature film production company that provides financing for select independent film projects; and IFC Center, a three screen, state-of-the-art cinema in the heart of New York's Greenwich Village. Rainbow Media also operates Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation, its advertising sales company; Rainbow Network Communications, its full service network programming origination and distribution company; and 11 Penn TV, a company that manages Rainbow Media's NYC studios and post-production facilities.

ABOUT THE HIGH LINE
The High Line is a New York City park, built atop a 1.5-mile-long historic elevated rail structure on the West Side of Manhattan. It is under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, in partnership with the non-profit Friends of the High Line. The park on the High Line, inspired by the found landscape that grew up when the trains stopped running, is designed by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The first section is projected to open in June, 2009. More information is available at www.thehighline.org.

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Press Contacts:
Sarah Eaton
Sr. Vice President, Public Relations
Sundance Channel
646-273-3541
sarah[dot]eaton[at]sundancechannel[dot]com

Katie Lanegran
Sr. Director, Public Relations
Sundance Channel
646-273-7154
katie[dot]lanegran[at]sundancechannel[dot]com