Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35% Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:26:25 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: <1049061278.740390968.349862.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:26:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d8e61e0dac3e5bc1dc45d49e945e1057"; logging-data="1609353"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Ka6HiOJab1fgphwBcs0yWHcS1LCKG3wM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:JseQxH0QmfiB7aY/bolwakRR+As= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4284 On 6/18/2024 4:14 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > super70s wrote: >> On 2024-06-18 16:25:20 +0000, moviePig said: >> >>> On 6/18/2024 11:41 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>> super70s wrote: >>>>> On 2024-06-18 08:12:51 +0000, anim8rfsk said: >>>> >>>>>> I think we can trace this directly to the announcement they will be airing >>>>>> NAUTILUS >>>> >>>>>> Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35% As Company Plans Debt Sale To Raise Cash >>>> >>>>>> >> https://deadline.com/2024/06/amc-networks-stock-price-plunges-bond-offering-1235976225/ >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> Ha! I think you can trace it back a few decades ago when they started >>>>> introducing commercials. First it was one commercial in the middle of a >>>>> movie, then they went full tilt with commercials every 10 minutes. >>>> >>>>> If TCM could survive 30 years without commercials there's no reason AMC >>>>> couldn't have done the same thing, but they went for the easy money I >>>>> guess. >>>> >>>> Every time you post your opinion, it utterly ignores reality. TCM was an >>>> imitation of AMC, even hiring away Robert Osborne. Shortly thereafter, >>>> Ted Turner stopped licensing any movie he had control of to AMC that he >>>> wanted instead to show on TCM. That forced AMC to completely change its >>>> model. Also, the issue of whether a satellite channel has commercials >>>> has to do with compensation from cable, whether it appears on a lower >>>> tier or a higher tier. Comcast moved TCM into a higher tier long ago >>>> when they demanded higher compensation and I'm sure other distributors >>>> did as well. >>>> >>>>> Only a few big hits like The Sopranos and Mad Men probably kept their >>>>> heads above water this long. Now others with deep pockets like Amazon >>>>> and Apple have entered the fray. >>>> >>>> Oh for fuck's sake. The Sopranos was on HBO. Mad Men was about men who >>>> worked in advertising, so of all tv shows one might expect to have >>>> commercials, that was the right series. In fact, you may recall it had >>>> INTEGRATED commercials at times. >>> >>> So, 'Mad Men', being about advertising, is particularly well-suited to >>> be broadcast with commercials? That's a witticism, not a point... >> >> Gee thanks a million, now I've seen Mr. "Somebody Pissed In My >> Cornflakes"'s post. >> >> But I should have said Breaking Bad or Walking Dead instead of The Sopranos. >> > > Actually you should have shut the fuck up in lieu of posting your idiocy > about how AMC could have survived as a noncommercial satellite station > given that you ignored that Ted Turner had taken away all their access > to classic movies in favor of TCM. > > The less STOOPID you contribute to Usenet, the better. > > We are all so very impressed with your ability to kill file and ignore > me. Of course it's a lie. Everyone on Usenet who claims to have kill > filed me still reads everything I write, even after death. Everything you write, even after death? Hell, anybody'd read that...