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Subject: Re: Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35%
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:04:35 -0500
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On 2024-06-18 16:25:20 +0000, moviePig said:

> 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...

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.