AMC

AMC Networks Inc (NASDAQ: AMCX) saw its stock hit a fresh 52-week low of $52.41 on Thursday after the company's second-quarter print came in mixed. AMC earned $1.28 per share on revenue of $685 million, which matched analysts' expectations on the earnings side, while revenue exceeded Wall Street's...

Macquarie Capital's Amy Yong raised her price target to $27.00 from $25.00 for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) (NYSE: LGF). "Lions Gate is now one of few remaining independent studios and its strategic value will likely continue to rise," Yong said. In lieu of the 10k review, Yong sees a "...

AMC's after-show trend is proving to have an exceptionally long lifespan, as MTV (Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB)) entered the fray with "Scream After Dark" Wednesday. The new series will air Mondays at midnight following next week's season two debut of "Scream," the TV adaptation of the horror film...

• FBR believes that the reported merger talks between AMC and Starz could serve to motivate Lions Gate to make an acquisition. • FBR sees very little benefits to the potential deal other than scale. • If completed, the deal could spark buyouts of other smaller names in the media...

Albert Fried & Company Director of Research Rich Tullo was not surprised by the Washington Post's report that live TV viewing declined during the fourth quarter. "I am glad that Nielsen and half the firms on Wall Street have finally caught on to what we've been saying all along...

Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) stunned investors Wednesday when it was revealed that the company offered to acquire Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) for $80 billion. The deal (which valued Time Warner at $85 per share) was ultimately rejected, but that didn't stop investors from buying the...

Historically, Halloween was a time when regular network television series gave a passing nod to the popular holiday with perennial “Trick or Treat” episodes. Cable channels dusted off their stash of old horror flicks and viewers enjoyed such offerings as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) owned, Syfy...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) aims to make America’s four biggest TV networks an offer they can’t refuse – at least one they won’t want to refuse. The offer is to begin sending weekly reports, letting ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC know how much chitchat their programs generate on the popular social network,...

Remember when Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) was little more than an online video rental store? Times have changed. Sunday they changed some more as the video rental plus streaming video service won a best director Emmy for David Fincher of House of Cards. From a convenient way to rent DVDs to even...

What will happen if Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is unable to pay back its $6.3 billion debt to Hollywood? Rich Tullo, Director of Research at Albert Fried & Company, fears the worst. "The only way Hollywood gets its money back is either [Netflix goes] bankrupt and Hollywood owns Netflix, which is...

Low Winter Sun, the latest drama from AMC (NASDAQ: AMCX), isn't merely another Detroit 1-8-7. Viewers may remember that latter series as an ill-fated cop show from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and ABC. While it had a notable fan base (IMDb readers gave it a 7.3 out of 10; TV.com readers awarded it with a...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) wanted The Killing to continue. Should AMC (NASDAQ: AMCX) have listened? The once-dead series returned to the critically acclaimed network this month with new episodes. While the revival was widely promoted (and hugely anticipated), other shows have begun to assassinate...

The good news is that U.S. television broadcast networks, namely The Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE: DIS) ABC, CBS (NYSE: CBS), News Corp.’s (NASDAQ: NWSA) Fox, and Comcast’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBC, can expect advertising rate hikes of about six percent this week during the start of the important “upfront...

When Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) decided to buy House of Cards, the new hit drama starring Kevin Spacey, it did not scoff at the hefty price tag. According to CNNMoney and numerous other publications, the streaming video giant agreed to pay $100 million for the first two seasons. While this might...