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AMC Networks has acquires Houston-based Sentai Holdings, which supplies anime content and merchandise and also operates the Hidive direct-to-consumer streaming service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction encompasses all of the member interests from Cool Japan Fund, a public-private Japanese…

Christina Spade, who joined AMC Networks last January as chief financial officer, is gaining the additional title of chief operating officer. In the dual role, she will oversee businesses like AMC Networks International while continuing to lead financial operations, investor relations and global technology. Spade had…

UPDATED with executive comment. AMC Networks is unlikely to bid on Starz, but is “always looking at opportunities” for M&A, according to interim CEO Matt Blank. The exec made the comments during the company’s conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss its stellar third-quarter results. Starz is poised to be…

AMC Networks’ Dan McDermott, President of Original Programming and President of AMC Studios, is expanding his duties. In his new role as President of Entertainment and AMC Studios, McDermott will continue to oversee original programming, production and the AMC Studios operation. Additionally, McDermott will now also…

Ed Carroll, the longtime chief operating officer of AMC Networks, has decided to exit at the close of 2021 after 34 years at the company. The exec, who had a key role in ushering in signature hits like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, was named COO in 2009. He has a five-year contract due to expire on December 31. His…

AMC Networks is undergoing a significant changing of the guard, as CEO Josh Sapan has announced he will step down after a 26-year run in the corner office. Former Showtime chief Matt Blank will take over on an interim basis, in a one-year appointment designed to maintain stability during a search for a permanent CEO…

AMC Studios has opened writers’ rooms on two new projects — Invitation to a Bonfire based on Adrienne Celt’s novel and inspired by the famed Nabokov marriage, from Rachel Caris Love (Physical); and Demascus, a comedic sci-fi series from Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm (Boomerang) and executive produced by Better Call Saul…

AMC Studios has opened a writers' room for a potential series based on Anne Rice's "Lives of the Mayfair Witches" for AMC+ and AMC, the company announced as part of its portion of TCA’s summer virtual press tour today. The project is being developed as part of AMC's scripts-to-series model, which includes the…

AMC Networks has set fall premiere dates for new and returning series across its AMC, AMC+, Acorn TV, AllBlk, BBC America, Shudder, Sundance Now, SundanceTV and WeTV. Newly revealed dates include the new seasons of Doctor Who, Creepshow and new series such as Ragdoll, Kin and Ultra City Smiths. AMC announced dates at…

With the final-season premiere of The Walking Dead just a stagger-step away, Verizon is offering new home internet or wireless customers 12 free months of streaming service AMC+. The offer, which starts today, applies to new internet customers at all speeds, or buyers of a smartphone on a new line with certain Verizon…

AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan offered a tribute and get-well wish to Bob Odenkirk during the company’s second-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Odenkirk is recovering from a heart attack suffered last month on the set of AMC’s Better Call Saul. Speaking during AMC Networks’ second-quarter earnings call…

AMC Networks joined the ranks of media companies showing that TV advertising has mounted a significant recovery from the devastation of Covid-19 a year ago. The company reported total revenue of $771.4 million in the second quarter ended June 30, up 19% from the same period of 2020. Adjusted, diluted earnings per…