‘Orphan Black’ Storyline Continues With Tatiana Maslany Voicing New Audio...
Attention, Clone Club: “Orphan Black” is getting a post-TV afterlife. Temple Street Productions, the production company behind the sci-fi thriller, inked a deal with premium digital fiction startup...
View ArticleAMC-Owned Streamer Acorn TV Hires Former Filmstruck Exec as International Boss
Former Filmstruck International general manager Kerensa Samanidis has been appointed Acorn TV’s first international chief. As general manager, international, she will spearhead the growth of the AMC...
View ArticleAMC Networks Notches Q2 Profit Gain Despite Ad Slump
AMC Networks said its second quarter net income rose 21% despite an 11% decline in U.S. ad sales, putting a spotlight on some of the company’s international operatoins, which showed more business...
View ArticleScott Collins, AMC Networks’ Ad-Sales Chief, to Depart
Scott Collins, who has had a hand in luring advertisers to top AMC Networks programs like “The Walking Dead,” is leaving the company. Collins, who joined AMC Networks in 2008 and became its top...
View ArticleAMC Networks Realigns Studio Oversight Under Sarah Barnett, David Madden to...
In a realignment of its divisions, AMC Networks is bringing AMC Studios into the entertainment networks group fold, expanding the purview of current entertainment networks head Sarah Barnett. Current...
View ArticleYouTube TV Adds Subscription Options for AMC Networks’ Acorn TV, UMC
Google’s YouTube TV now offers two more add-on channels to subscribers, under an expanded pact with AMC Networks: British TV service Acorn TV and UMC (Urban Movie Channel), which features a selection...
View ArticleAMC Networks Sets Kim Kelleher as New Ad-Sales Chief
The task of lining up advertisers to support new seasons of “The Walking Dead” now falls to Kim Kelleher. Kelleher, a magazine ad-sales veteran who has held top jobs at Conde Nast and the former Time...
View ArticleAMC Network’s Shudder Nabs Multi-Territory Rights to ‘Lake of Death’ From...
TrustNordisk has pre-sold Norwegian horror film “Lake of Death” to Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service, for six territories, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland, Australia and New...
View ArticleWE tv, UMC Reteam on Bonus Content for ‘Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition’...
AMC Networks is touting the benefits of cross-pollinating content and promos across its TV and streaming properties. In the latest bit of synergy, the programmer’s WE tv announced the continuation of...
View ArticleJudge Rules Against AMC in ‘Walking Dead’ Stuntman Death
A judge has rejected AMC Networks’ claim that it cannot be held responsible for the death of John Bernecker, a stuntman who fell to his death on the set of “The Walking Dead” in 2017. Bernecker’s...
View ArticleAMC Networks Turns to ‘Hyper-Focused’ Streaming Strategy as Linear Growth...
AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan outlined a shift in focus to growing the company’s niche subscription streaming services during a conference call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday. AMC Networks’...
View ArticleAMC Networks Ups Joshua Reader to President of Distribution and Development
AMC Networks has promoted Joshua Reader to the newly created role of president of distribution and development. He was most recently the company’s executive vice president of business development. In...
View ArticleAMC Networks Unscripted Head Eliot Goldberg Steps Down
Eliot Goldberg, AMC Networks’ executive vice president of nonfiction and alternative programming for AMC, Sundance TV and BBC America, is departing the company after six years. Marco Bresaz, senior...
View ArticleAMC Networks Names Noel Manzano to International Programming Role (EXCLUSIVE)
Noel Manzano has been named vice president of international programming at AMC Networks, working on new original programming with partners outside the U.S. He will also shepherd through existing...
View ArticleAMC Networks Gathers Sponsors For ‘Best Christmas Ever’ Holiday Package
Christmas has long been billed as a time where peace and generosity rule. But in the TV business, time around the holiday is fast becoming quite competitive. In a season when cable networks like Crown...
View ArticleAMC Seeks to Toss Frank Darabont’s Second ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit
Nine years after he was fired from “The Walking Dead,” Frank Darabont is expected to go to trial next June in New York to determine whether AMC Networks owes him hundreds of millions of dollars in...
View ArticleJury Awards $8.6 Million Verdict in Death of ‘Walking Dead’ Stuntman
A jury awarded an $8.6 million verdict on Thursday in the death of “Walking Dead” stuntman John Bernecker, who fell to his death on the set of the show in Senoia, Ga., in July 2017. The jurors found...
View ArticleAMC’s Sarah Barnett Nurtures Cutting-Edge Series Ideas to Counter Streaming...
Jason Segel’s new AMC anthology “Dispatches From Elsewhere” is having its first audience screening at NeueHouse Hollywood, the newest of the exclusive-ish members-only workspace clubs with which Los...
View ArticleMedia Executives Share Their Experiences Stepping Into a New Industry
Kim Kelleher of AMC Networks and David Messinger of Activision Blizzard discussed their experiences coming into their new roles, at the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES in Las Vegas. Prior to...
View ArticleSundance Now Picks Up U.S. Rights to ‘The Secrets She Keeps’
AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has picked up U.S. rights to the literary adaptation “The Secrets She Keeps.” Based on a novel by Michael Robotham, the noirish drama builds on a chance...
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