AMC Networks among latest investors in foreign language online video platform DramaFever

American cable network AMC Networks (Nasdaq: AMCX) is among a recent group of investors who put $6 million into DramaFever, an online video platform that specializes in delivering foreign-language programming to audiences in North America.

Other DramaFever investors include: Germany's Bertelsmann and Mexico's NALA Investments along with Allen DeBevoise, chairman-CEO of Machinima, a gaming entertainment network, and Matt Coffin, founder of LowerMyBills.com.

The eclectic investment group is banking on a company that started in 2009 as an online platform for East Asian films and TV shows with English subtitles marketed to a North American audience. DramaFever now says it has 2 million unique advertising-supported visitors a month.

AMC, meanwhile, has been expanding from its base network fare of shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead into a more global focus by the Sundance Channel. Bertelsmann owns FreemantleMedia which, in turn, makes American Idol. NALA previously invested in Summit Entertainment, which produced Twilight.

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