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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35%
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:14:53 -0000 (UTC)
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super70s  <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>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.
>

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.