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EXCLUSIVE: The Creepshow TV series is setting records for AMC’s Shudder. Since its September 26 premiere, 54% of all members on Shudder’s direct-to-consumer platforms have viewed an episode of the anthology series based on the 1982 Stephen King and George Romero film, according to the premium streaming…

With its core exhibition business the subject of heated speculation about the future of release windows and the impact of Netflix on its business, AMC Theatres is responding by launching a streaming service of its own. AMC Theatres on Demand will offer about 2,000 movie titles from distributors large and small…

Acorn TV has unveiled its latest original commission — a thriller set against the magnificent backdrop of New Zealand's south island. The AMC Networks-owned streamer, which passed one million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada last week, has teamed up with Sky NZ and CBC in Canada to make The Sounds. Created and…

Acorn TV, the eight-year-old streaming service owned by AMC Networks, has surpassed one million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. Known for its specialty in British and international TV series like Manhunt and Doc Martin, Acorn has branched out of late.   Business-wise, it has opened the aperture in terms of…

AMC Networks continues to consolidate its operations under Sarah Barnett. The latest move is integrating AMC Studios into the company’s Entertainment Networks Group. It is triggering the departure of David Madden, who will exit as President of Programming for the Entertainment Networks Group and AMC Studios later this…

Scott Collins, who joined AMC Networks in 2008 and has been president of ad sales since 2017, will step down at the end of the month. The company’s official announcement of the move said Collins is leaving to “pursue other opportunities.” It did not mention plans for his replacement. During Collins’ tenure, ad sales…

Victoria star Tom Hughes is joining the cast of Sky and AMC Networks drama A Discovery of Witches. Hughes will star as Kit Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era, for the show's second season. Hughes, who also starred in BBC Cold War drama The Game, is the first name revealed to…

The Walking Dead franchise is “in the early stages of life” and “has many opportunities for growth,” AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan asserted during a conference call with Wall Street analysts Wednesday morning. The company has made moves to back up Sapan’s assertion, such as revealing this month at Comic-Con the first tas…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks, whose streaming past was marked by Netflix deals that helped build cornerstone shows like Breaking Bad, has been charting its streaming future with four increasingly viable direct-to-consumer streaming services. None of the outlets is a mass-audience juggernaut, but that’s never been the plan…

AMC Networks has rounded out its premiere dates for late-summer and fall including AMC’s documentary series Hip Hop: The Songs That Show America, which drops on October 13; its 23rd annual horror marathon FearFest (October 13); and new five-part true-crime series The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park (November…

AMC Networks has promoted two key executives in its non-fiction and alternative programming group —  Marco Bresaz to senior vice president of non-fiction and alternative programming, and Kelly Nash to a vp role. The group is responsible for developing and overseeing unscripted content for AMC, BBC America and…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks has acquired the rights to Mona Awad's (13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl) anticipated forthcoming novel Bunny to develop as a television series. Playwright Megan Mostyn-Brown is attached to write the pilot as part of her overall deal with AMC. Bunny will be released June 11 by Viking, an…