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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Hallelujah! Spectrum Finally Offers AMC+ (and Peacock)
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 15:38:41 -0000 (UTC)
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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>On 4/1/25 2:07 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

>>Months after the public announcement, but I got an Email just today from 
>>Spectrum touting that I, as a Spectrum subscriber, can now (finally!!) 
>>get AMC+ (with ads :( ) through Spectrum. (I guess April 1 was the 
>>magic start date!)

>>Apparently, they now also offer "Peacock Premium" too, but I already get 
>>that myself (I actually get "Premium Plus"), so that doesn't help me.

>>Anyway, AMC+ should now give me access to things I didn't have access to 
>>before, including possibly some of the Shudder!1! horror flicks.

>>Yay, me!! :)

>Fired up AMC+ app today. Still haven't played anything.

>Went straight to Shudder section - there seem to less (horror) movies 
>here than you might have been lead to believe (which is why I never 
>subscribed to Shudder myself), though there's actually more than at 
>first appears if you know what to search for.

>I find the AMC+ app clunky, but I've seen worse.

>I do like that there's a "Live" TV section, with streams for AMC, IFC, 
>BBC America, and Sundance, along with FAST channels for Shudder, "AMC+" 
>and The Walking Dead.

I stopped watching BBC America entirely, given the lack of British
television. IFC lacks independent movies.