AMC Chief: Streamed content gives boost to linear shows

Josh Sapan, President and Chief Executive, AMC Networks has told the RTS Cambridge Convention that the availability of content on streaming services has helped grow audiences on linear channels. “The availability of past seasons to be sampled has led people to the linear transmission,” said Saplan, who has held his post at AMC for some 20 years. “It’s different than anything there has ever been in the past.”

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