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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…

AMC Networks missed Wall Street estimates in the second quarter, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.93, compared with analysts’ consensus expectation for $1.97. Revenue for the owner of cable networks including AMC, IFC and Sundance increased 7.2%, or $51 million, to $761 million, as the National Networks unit…

Josh Sapan, President and CEO of AMC Networks, and Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, partners in BBC America, are to set to give separate keynote addresses at Mipcom in October. The pair will talk at the international TV event in Cannes France as part of its theme of 'The Big Shift: Transitioning to a Reshaped Media…

AMC Networks mounted an argument for its vitality in a consolidating media landscape, posting stellar first-quarter financial results that blew past Wall Street estimates. Net income increased 28% to $2.54 per share on a diluted basis from $1.98 in the first quarter a year ago, far higher than Wall Street analysts…

AMC Networks had many positives to point to for all of 2017, including record full-year revenue of $2.8 billion, but the cable programmer posted a middling fourth quarter, with revenue and profit down on an adjusted basis. Total revenue drifted down a fraction of a percent to $727 million. Adjusted operating income of…

UPDATED at 10AM PT with executive comment. Cable programmer AMC Networks reported a revenue gain of just 2% but double-digit upswings in operating and net income, with execs indicating the company had bucked industry trends by adding 15 million new subscribers across all platforms over the past year. Total revenue…

Eight years after it began its steady shuffle to the top of the ratings charts, The Walking Dead has experienced occasional bumps in the ratings road. Even so, during a conference call with Wall Street analysts today to discuss AMC Networks’ strong third-quarter results, CEO Josh Sapan said the zombie phenomenon has a…

AMC Networks delivered a mixed report this morning on its Q2 financial performance — lighter than expected on the top line, but better on the bottom — that shouldn’t affect investors’ thinking about their main question for the company: When’s it likely to be sold? The home of The Walking Dead reported net income of…