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Josh Sapan, who has guided AMC Networks since it was a Cablevision subsidiary known as Rainbow Media a quarter-century ago, has signed a contract renewal to remain its president and CEO for two more years. The new deal lasts through January 1, 2023, and was disclosed in an SEC filing late Friday afternoon. Sapan will…

AMC Networks anticipates 5.5 million streaming subscribers by year-end including its new AMC+ premium offering — way ahead of internal projections and likely to generate $200 million in streaming revenue for 2020, the company behind The Walling Dead Universe said Monday. Lower distribution and ad revenue, the latter…

The coronavirus pandemic may have delayed a new season of The Walking Dead, but the $300 million legal deathmatch over the zombie apocalypse series shows no signs of giving up the ghost. Finally heading towards a jury trial in April 2021, CAA and ex-TWD showrunner Frank Darabont's long-simmering profits participation…

AMC Networks said it plans to restart production on the second half of Season 6 of Fear the Walking Dead in Texas in late August, on new series Kevin Can F*** Himself in Boston at the end of September, and on Season 11 of The Walking Dead in Georgia in October. "Our ability to resume in the safest possible way is…

AMC Networks' net income plunged to $15 million, or $0.28 a share for the second quarter, versus $129 million or $2.25 the year before, hit by hefty write downs for $130 million. Revenue dipped 16.3% to $646 million on softer advertising – down 18% in the U.S. and 10% abroad. But the numbers beat Wall Street’s…

AMC Networks anticipates ad revenue will drop by a massive 30% in the current second quarter but that many advertisers pummeled by COVID-19 have opted to shift money to later in the year. Given the trauma and lack of visibility, however, It's pretty clear the traditional launch of the May upfront sseason looks nothing…

AMC Networks, the company behind The Walking Dead and Killng Eve said CEO Josh Sapan’s compensation totaled $20.2 million in 2019. The figure was down a hair (2%) from the year before. It included a $2 million base salary, a $13.8 million stock award and $4.37 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation. Chief…

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…

AMC Networks beat Wall Street’s estimates for third-quarter earnings and revenue, and pointed to its acquisition of RLJ Entertainment as a sign of the content company’s expansion into direct-to-consumer streaming. Earnings per share for the period ending Sept. 30 increased 43% over the same quarter a year ago, coming…

Fear The Walking Dead star Colman Domingo said that he is "mining the pilot" of his adaptation of stage play Dot for U.S. cable network AMC. The actor and playwright is developing the project, which premiered on stage in 2016 in New York, as In The Middle of the Street. The show follows a family in fading West…

After being praised by stars Claire Danes and Liev Screiber and AMC Networks boss Josh Sapan for being a steady hand at Showtime, David Nevins offered praise of his own to the power of television’s “oral culture.” The Center for Communication gave Nevins the Frank Stanton Award, adding his name to an honor roll over…

Looking to go for many more years, The Walking Dead premieres its upcoming ninth season next week in Los Angeles with a full-on Hollywood screening at the Directors Guild of America. However, with a plethora of photographs of the new season dropped today also (see below), it is the Big Apple that the AMC blockbuster…