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AMC Stories, AMC Reality on ITVX

AMC Networks International UK (AMCNI UK) has announced the launch of two new streaming collections on ITVX, the AVoD streaming service operated by ITV. AMC Stories and AMC Reality will each have a dedicated area on the ITVX platform and include more than 1,100 hours of content. AMC Stories is a catalogue of celebrated and […]

April 9, 2024

NBC to bring Olympics Coverage to AMC theatres in US

NBC will extend its daily live daytime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics to AMC Theatres as a ticketed event throughout the US from July 27th-August 11th. Beginning the day after the Opening Ceremony, select daytime hours of NBCUniversal’s live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC will be shown in approximately 160 AMC […]

March 18, 2024

AMC Networks upgrades HIDIVE

AMC Networks has announced that HIDIVE subscribers across the US, Canada and other international markets can now access an upgraded version of the anime-focused streaming service. The new HIDIVE website and apps feature a redesigned user interface, a simplified menu as well as enhancements to content discovery, user curation and playback options. This includes updated […]

March 8, 2024

Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live sets AMC+ records

The premiere of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live set all-time records for both viewership and customer acquisition on AMC+ and is the #1 US cable drama premiere of the 2023/24 television season in key demos. The debut episode delivered nearly 3 million premiere night viewers in Nielsen live+3 ratings, the biggest premiere night […]

March 4, 2024

Nolly Africa HD FAST channel on Cineverse

International pay-TV operator and London based broadcaster, African Movie Channel (AMC), has partnered with streaming platform Cineverse to launch its FAST Channel, Nolly Africa HD. Cineverse provides over 70,000 free ad-supported movies, shows, podcasts and live TV content. Nolly Africa HD is AMC’s FAST 24-hour premium Nollywood channel, showing curated English language Nollywood movies, TV series, talk […]

December 18, 2023

AMC Networks Q3: Streaming returns to growth

AMC Networks has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30th 2023. Net revenues were at $637 million (€592.5m) down 7 per cent from the prior year, largely driven by lower domestic advertising revenues and affiliate revenues. Streaming revenues hit $142 million, an increase of 9 per cent from the prior year, primarily […]

November 6, 2023

Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon most-viewed AMC+ premiere

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has moved ahead of The Walking Dead: Dead City as the #1 most-viewed premiere of all time on AMC+ after three weeks of streaming data – and looks set to become the most-viewed season of any show on AMC+. The fourth episode of season one on October 1st delivered season high ratings […]

October 9, 2023

AMC+ adds ad-supported tier

AMC Networks has begun the rollout of an ad-supported version of its flagship AMC+ streaming service in the US, with initial availability on its direct-to-consumer platform and apps, expanding to third-party platforms and channels providers in the coming weeks. Priced at $4.99 per month, the ad-supported version includes a light ad load of less than […]

September 29, 2023

BBC acquires Interview with the Vampire series

The BBC has acquired AMC Networks’ hit drama series Interview with the Vampire, based on Anne Rice’s best-selling novel, for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The seven-part series stars Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Eric Bogosian and Assad Zaman. It follows Louis de Pointe du Lac (Anderson), Lestat de Lioncourt (Reid) and Claudia (Bass) […]

September 14, 2023

AMC Networks kicks off FearFest

AMC Networks has announced the return of AMC’s FearFest, its long-running horror and genre programming event, with over 700 hours of films, series and specials to be curated by Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural. This year FearFest, Shocked by Shudder, will expand into September and across AMC Networks’ entire portfolio […]

September 4, 2023