AMC Networks, Charter Renew Multiyear Distribution Deal; AMC+ Now Free for Spectrum TV Select Customers
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business Writer AMC Networks and Spectrum parent Charter Communications have reached an early renewal for their multiyear carriage deal.
Top AMC series include “The Walking Dead” franchise, the Annie Rice adaptations “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches,” “Dark Winds,” “Gangs of London” and other shows across AMC-owned cable networks BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and We TV.
As part of the new pact, the ad-supported version of AMC Networks’ streaming service AMC+, which offers same-day access to all original AMC series and content from Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, will be included at no additional cost for Charter’s Spectrum TV Select customers.
Charter will make AMC+ available for purchase to its internet-only customers. Financial terms of the renewal agreement between Charter and AMC Networks were not disclosed. “This agreement with AMC Networks supports our goal of enhancing the value and variety of premium entertainment content available to our customers,” Charter’s executive vice president of programming acquisition Tom Montemagno said. “The addition of AMC+ at no extra cost for our TV Select customers builds on our new distribution framework, which this year alone has included the addition of Paramount+ Essential, ViX Premium with Ads, Disney+ and ESPN+.
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