No Love Lost Between AMC, Dish Network
If you’ve ever “liked” Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead or The Killing (yeah right), chances are you’ve received some version of the “Tell Dish Network to keep AMC!” message this summer.
That’s because Dish refused to agree to AMC’s supposedly unreasonable demands for a contract extension, effectively forcing a blackout of the channel and related properties (IFC, WE tv, Sundance Channel) for all subscribers. Note: AMC still claims that an unrelated lawsuit stretching way back to 2008 is the real culprit.
AMC fired the first PR shots in the battle earlier this summer by organizing a related messaging push, encouraging fans to complain on Facebook and streaming new episodes of top shows on their site; a series of predictable potshots ensued.
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