Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: super70s Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35% Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:04:35 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <1049061278.740390968.349862.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:04:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="980049294b446fe072795efe34666085"; logging-data="1604527"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+6nBH58X7AX/ddjyqm6004XxQ0uIb+l/E=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:y+5/RQQ2n/ziKIkD36H0BqVkxQc= Bytes: 3318 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.