Cablevision shares are down 8.7% in early trading after the company reported anemic 2Q results. Net income at $87.8M was up 44.3% vs the same period last year on revenues of $1.69B, up 9.1%. But if you factor out the company’s recent acquisition of Bresnan Communications, the 2Q growth for cable TV — which accounts…

Wall Street has high expectations for AMC Networks as it prepares to begin its new life Friday as an independent, publicly traded company. Most, and possibly all, of the analysts following the owner of AMC, IFC, WeTV and Sundance have a “buy” rating on the stock, which Cablevision Systems is spinning off and will…

The mind-numbing network of interlocking corporate relationships at Live Nation — the No. 1 concert promoter and owner of Ticketmaster — just became much more complicated with the announcement that Jim Dolan is joining its board of directors. He’s a power in live entertainment in his role as executive chairman of Madis…

It’s no surprise, but significant nonetheless: Cablevision’s board voted to approve the spin off of its programming arm, AMC Networks — which includes cable channels AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, and We tv. It will go public at the end of the month. The big question: Will CEO Josh Sapan be able to focus on AMC business…

AMC’s parent Rainbow Media won’t be part of Cablevision anymore. After exploring a possible spin-off of its Rainbow Media division for the past couple of months, Cablevision Systems Corp. today announced it is proceeding with the spinoff after getting authorization from the board of directors. The spin-off is expected…