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Subject: Re: Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35%
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:25:20 -0400
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On 6/18/2024 11:41 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> 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...