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Dish Network CEO: Dropping AMC Was Good Move
- Denver Business Journal, Thursday, August 9, 2012 4:04 PM
If you're a Dish subscriber, get used to a Don Draper-less existence -- "because dropping AMC and three sister channels is good for Dish’s bottom line, and the company isn’t looking to take them back, according to Charlie Ergen, Dish Network chairman," writes Greg Avery. "Dish may lose some fans of AMC’s most popular shows in the short run, Ergen said, but the long-term cost of carrying all four AMC Networks’ channels exceeded any revenue Dish might lose or the cost of replacing the four channels with programming by HD Net."
