Tag: AMC Networks
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The Cost of Cable TV Could Be Going Up Because Of Streaming Services Thanks to Spectrum, Paramount, and Disney
When Disney and Charter struck a new agreement to bring Disney+ to Spectrum cable customers, it set a new precedent for how traditional pay-TV and streaming services could be bundled together. But it could also open the door to higher costs for cable TV customers. This is clearly a new structure that Charter wants to…
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How the Cable TV Bundle Could Return in Streaming Form
The rise of cord cutting and streaming services meant consumers finally breaking away from the once-hated cable bundle. But if Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is right, that bundle might return in a new, but familiar, way. Zaslav, who spoke during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference on Wednesday, didn’t directly address the…
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AMC Considering Bundling Its Streaming Services
During the Gabelli Funds 15th Annual Media and Entertainment Symposium, AMC Networks’ Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patrick O’Connell discussed a potential “self bundle” service. This would be an expansion of its recent bundling maneuvers. AMC+ recently began offering AMC content alongside IFC, BBC America, Sundance TV, Sundance Now, Shudder, and Acorn TV. …
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AMC Networks Announces Ad-Supported AMC+ Coming This October
AMC Networks will release a new ad-supported tier to the AMC+ streaming service as the company strives to drive up membership numbers
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AMC Networks’ Linear Channels Projected to Reach Combined 5M Subscribers by Year-End
It’s been a rocky Q3 for U.S. linear networks. Total revenue fell 9%, partly due to COVID creating lower distribution and ad revenue. But AMC Networks is still managing to finish out the year strong with an anticipated 5.5 million streaming subscribers across all its linear offerings, including the new AMC+. AMC’s SVOD services, Acorn…