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A new spinoff of The Walking Dead is in the works, AMC Networks confirmed during its quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Asked to elaborate on CEO Josh Sapan’s mention of a third zombie outing, COO Ed Carroll said the spinoff is in “active development.” He declined to offer many more specifics…

AMC Networks has centralized its operations, promoting Sarah Barnett to president of entertainment networks and upping senior executives David Madden and Linda Schupack. The restructuring will result in about 40 layoffs, or about 2% of the workforce at the entertainment networks, sources tell Deadline. AMC Networks…

Multi-faceted production outfit Adaptive Studios, known for projects like the revived Project Greenlight on HBO and Netflix’s original movie Coin Heist, has raised $16.5 in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, TJ Barrack…

“The entertainment industry will be driven by the TV business, not the movie business,” Sony Pictures Television President Steve Mosko said at tonight’s Chapman University panel “The New Era of Television” at the Sony lot’s Backstage Theatre. Mosko was joined by Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos and AMC…