AMC Networks

This article is about the entertainment company. For the American movie theater chain that also uses "AMC", see AMC Theatres.

AMC Networks Inc.
Company typePublic
ISINUS00164V1035 Edit this on Wikidata
Industry
PredecessorRainbow Media Holdings, LLC (1980–2011)
Founded
  • July 1, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-01)
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
  • Streaming services
  • Cable channels
  • Production studio
  • Independent film distribution
Brands
RevenueIncrease US$2.71 billion (2023)
Increase US$388 million (2023)
Increase US$215 million (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$4.97 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$1.07 billion (2023)
Number of employees
1,900 (2023)
DivisionsAMC Networks International
Subsidiaries
Websiteamcnetworks.com
Footnotes / references
[2]

AMC Networks Inc. is an American entertainment company headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York.[3]

The company owns and operates the eponymous cable channel and its siblings, IFC, We TV, and Sundance TV; the art house movie theater IFC Center in New York City; the independent film companies IFC Films and RLJE Films; the anime licensor Sentai Filmworks; the premium subscription streaming services AMC+, IFC Films Unlimited, Acorn TV, Allblk, Shudder, Sundance Now, Philo, and Hidive; and a minority interest in the leading Canadian production studio Shaftesbury Films.

The company operates in Europe and Latin America through its international division, AMC Networks International. Through joint ventures with BBC Studios, the company manages BBC America and BBC World News cable channels in the US. That relationship makes AMC Networks additionally maintain a minority share in the US operations of the British-TV streaming service BritBox, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc.

The current incarnation of the company, founded as a publicly traded company in July 2011, is the successor to the now defunct Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC (or alternately Rainbow Programming Holdings), which was originally founded in 1980 as a subsidiary of Cablevision, and is majority-owned and controlled by the Dolan family.[4]

  1. ^ Rizzo, Lillian (February 15, 2023). "AMC Networks names a new CEO: Kristin Dolan, spouse of chairman James Dolan". CNBC.
  2. ^ "2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Here's What Tenants Are Paying at Vornado's 11 Penn Plaza". The Real Deal New York. August 26, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Lieberman, David (August 15, 2012). "AMC Networks Reports Big Stock Sale By Charles Dolan". Deadline. Retrieved September 22, 2018.