AMC Networks Soars Past Wall Street Q3 Expectations As Interim CEO Matt Blank Takes Reins

Christina Spade, who joined AMC Networks last January as chief financial officer, is gaining the additional title of chief operating officer.

is replacing Ed Carroll, who is leaving the company after 34 years.The promotion is a pretty impressive vote of confidence considering Spade, the former ViacomCBS chief financial officer, just joined AMC Networks in January.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChristina Spade was named chief operating officer of AMC Networks as the company continues to fine-tune its executive suite after longtime chief Josh Sapan stepped back from his role in August.Spade, formerly the chief financial officer of ViacomCBS, was named CFO for AMC Networks at the start of 2021, and she will retain her current CFO duties.  She held CFO roles for both Showtime and CBS Corp. before it was re-merged with Viacom.

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Disney Plus slammed on the brakes in the most recent quarter, gaining 2.1 million customers — the streamer’s slowest growth since launching two years ago.As of Oct.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCostume designer Jacqueline Durran pored over countless images of Princess Diana to get a feel for her clothing and style before meeting with “Spencer” director Pablo Larrain.Durran, whose credits include “Atonement” and “Little Women,” grew up in the U.K and remembers that though Diana was a style icon to many, her look wasn’t admired in the same way as Kate, Duchess of Cambridge or Meghan Markle.

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helped turn sunny Miami into a blood-spattered war zone in the 1980s. Blanco also infamously had a penchant for killing — or ordering — the deaths of all of her husbands, which earned her the nickname “The Black Widow.” The upcoming series — which will consist of six 50-minute episodes — is the brainchild of “Empire” scribe Ingrid Escajeda, who is serving as showrunner, writer and executive producer.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAMC Networks said an surge in the production of new programming helped boost its operations in the third quarter, resulting in a boost to profit as the company works to place its content in an array of new venues to court the rise of consumers interesting in streaming.The New York owner of the AMC, IFC and SundanceTV cable networks and distributor of the “Walking Dead” series, said net income rose to $110.6 million, or $2.60 a share, compared with $61.6 million,

“Spencer,” which fictionalizes the last Christmas that Princess Diana spends with her in-laws before separating from Prince Charles, is a study in despair.But the movie (out Nov. 5) has its brighter moments — many of which reflect the close relationship between the late royal and her sons, William and Harry.In one scene, hand-in-hand with Diana, the boys race across a field on their grandmother’s estate.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku grew total net revenue 51% year-over-year to $680 million for the third quarter of 2021, but it was lighter than investors expected — and the company warned that ongoing supply-chain problems, which it expects to extend into 2022, could have a “broad” negative impact on Q4 results.The streaming platform’s active accounts reached 56.4 million, a net increase of 1.3 million active accounts from the prior quarter, while total streaming hours were 18.0 billion,

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku grew total net revenue 51% year-over-year to $680 million for the third quarter of 2021, but it was lighter than investors expected — and the company warned of the impact of ongoing supply-chain problems on Q4 results that it expects will continue into 2022.The streaming platform’s active accounts reached 56.4 million, a net increase of 1.3 million active accounts from the prior quarter, while total streaming hours were 18.0 billion, up slightly (by 0.7

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