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AMC Networks Inc
(NASDAQ:AMCX) 

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AMC Networks Inc., an entertainment company, owns and operates a suite of video entertainment products that are delivered to audiences and a platform to distributors and advertisers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, National Networks; and International a...

Founded: 1980
Full Time Employees: 2,114
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Broadcasting

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      revenues
    542,127,000 594,803,000 561,741,000 600,024,000 555,233,000 599,305,000 599,614,000 625,934,000 596,461,000 678,848,000 636,954,000 678,628,000 717,447,000 964,520,000 681,843,000 738,025,000 712,157,000 803,709,000 810,766,000 771,392,000 691,741,000 780,275,000 654,015,000 646,291,000 734,375,000 785,204,000 718,597,000 772,299,000 784,221,000 772,846,000 696,875,000 761,385,000 740,823,000 726,934,000 648,023,000 710,545,000 720,189,000 729,597,000 634,646,000 684,832,000 706,579,000 678,950,000 632,165,000 601,138,000 668,682,000 609,444,000 519,550,000 522,093,000 524,554,000 435,247,000 395,328,000 379,322,000 381,961,000 366,712,000 332,056,000 327,570,000 326,239,000 338,959,000 283,914,000 291,965,000 
      operating expenses:
                                                                
      technical and operating
    283,180,000 299,096,000 291,075,000 283,876,000 267,346,000 292,544,000 287,746,000 280,727,000 271,576,000 393,910,000 284,900,000 321,961,000 326,729,000 612,434,000 293,459,000 325,772,000 284,237,000 434,406,000 378,264,000 338,841,000 280,572,000 441,212,000 333,816,000 282,503,000 344,060,000 426,222,000 354,992,000 385,623,000 340,148,000 402,377,000 346,398,000 376,809,000 320,365,000 384,876,000 322,743,000 334,845,000 298,612,000 364,648,000 338,799,000 305,492,000 274,274,000 322,134,000 293,096,000 259,730,000 262,173,000 281,804,000 252,556,000 232,044,000 211,019,000 230,844,000 157,054,000 137,656,000 136,679,000 158,530,000 129,627,000 114,349,000 104,930,000 143,247,000 96,420,000 95,883,000 
      selling, general and administrative
    201,925,000 209,371,000 189,291,000 221,704,000 197,975,000 192,650,000 191,622,000 208,176,000 188,881,000 196,951,000 187,232,000 194,298,000 185,606,000 226,373,000 207,972,000 231,819,000 230,653,000 281,570,000 220,011,000 198,618,000 191,535,000 220,239,000 148,769,000 155,163,000 184,649,000 174,211,000 159,357,000 173,364,000 172,512,000 163,390,000 156,242,000 171,376,000 166,449,000 148,672,000 138,688,000 162,273,000 163,709,000 162,268,000 137,116,000 179,366,000 153,901,000 166,813,000 156,308,000 158,880,000 154,579,000 140,853,000 132,851,000 141,890,000 151,508,000 111,352,000 105,952,000 108,978,000 99,453,000 109,624,000 97,202,000 90,878,000 99,222,000 91,942,000 68,229,000 88,564,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    21,423,000 25,675,000 21,378,000 26,446,000 20,926,000 22,599,000 23,097,000 26,493,000 25,826,000 27,773,000 28,009,000 25,745,000 25,875,000 27,671,000 29,735,000 27,231,000 22,590,000 22,620,000 23,411,000 22,604,000 25,246,000 24,424,000 27,547,000 25,905,000 26,730,000 25,530,000 25,619,000 25,893,000 24,056,000 27,247,000 22,011,000 21,669,000 20,354,000 29,601,000 20,938,000 20,606,000 23,493,000 21,311,000 22,282,000 21,553,000 19,632,000 20,602,000 20,862,000 21,040,000 20,527,000 18,828,000 18,295,000 17,531,000 14,394,000 8,079,000 9,935,000 18,308,000 18,345,000 17,894,000 18,368,000 24,067,000 25,051,000 24,651,000 25,012,000 25,259,000 
      restructuring and other related charges
    4,338,000 13,739,000 4,479,000 3,529,000 4,789,000 43,037,000 3,496,000 2,931,000  5,250,000 10,563,000 6,041,000 5,933,000     844,000 754,000 155,000 8,625,000 21,189,000 4,406,000 3,507,000 5,966,000 10,919,000 10,191,000 17,162,000                                 
      total operating expenses
    510,866,000 645,665,000 506,223,000 535,555,000 491,036,000 853,524,000 505,961,000 615,146,000 486,283,000 690,291,000 516,104,000 572,927,000 544,143,000 1,356,161,000 531,166,000 584,822,000 537,480,000 740,077,000 622,440,000 703,136,000 522,033,000 698,880,000 514,538,000 597,489,000 561,405,000 743,485,000 550,159,000 602,042,000 539,358,000 635,722,000 532,276,000 569,854,000 507,168,000 565,390,000 494,669,000 534,755,000 488,518,000 625,869,000 517,509,000 506,800,000 447,772,000 518,606,000 472,897,000                  
      operating income
    31,261,000 -50,862,000 55,518,000 64,469,000 64,197,000 -254,219,000 93,653,000 10,788,000 110,178,000 -11,443,000 120,850,000 105,701,000 173,304,000 -391,641,000 150,677,000 153,203,000 174,677,000 63,632,000 188,326,000 68,256,000 169,708,000 81,395,000 139,477,000 48,802,000 172,970,000 41,719,000 168,438,000 170,257,000 244,863,000 137,124,000 164,599,000 191,531,000 233,655,000 161,544,000 153,354,000 175,790,000 231,671,000 103,728,000 117,137,000 178,032,000 258,807,000 160,344,000 159,268,000 158,834,000 230,747,000 159,016,000 110,229,000 129,475,000 147,633,000 84,972,000 122,387,000 247,324,000 127,484,000 80,664,000 86,859,000 98,276,000 97,039,000 79,119,000 94,444,000 82,274,000 
      yoy
    -51.30% -79.99% -40.72% 497.60% -41.73% 2121.61% -22.50% -89.79% -36.43% -97.08% -19.80% -31.01% -0.79% -715.48% -19.99% 124.45% 2.93% -21.82% 35.02% 39.86% -1.89% 95.10% -17.19% -71.34% -29.36% -69.58% 2.33% -11.11% 4.80% -15.12% 7.33% 8.95% 0.86% 55.74% 30.92% -1.26% -10.49% -35.31% -26.45% 12.09% 12.16% 0.84% 44.49% 22.68% 56.30% 87.14% -9.93% -47.65% 15.81% 5.34% 40.90% 151.66% 31.37% 1.95% -8.03% 19.45%     
      qoq
    -161.46% -191.61% -13.88% 0.42% -125.25% -371.45% 768.12% -90.21% -1062.84% -109.47% 14.33% -39.01% -144.25% -359.92% -1.65% -12.29% 174.51% -66.21% 175.91% -59.78% 108.50% -41.64% 185.80% -71.79% 314.61% -75.23% -1.07% -30.47% 78.57% -16.69% -14.06% -18.03% 44.64% 5.34% -12.76% -24.12% 123.34% -11.45% -34.20% -31.21% 61.41% 0.68% 0.27% -31.17% 45.11% 44.26% -14.86% -12.30% 73.74% -30.57% -50.52% 94.00% 58.04% -7.13% -11.62% 1.27% 22.65% -16.23% 14.79%  
      other income:
                                                                
      interest expense
    -41,345,000 -41,927,000 -44,574,000 -42,460,000 -43,392,000 -45,006,000 -45,123,000 -43,216,000 -32,841,000 -37,399,000 -38,757,000 -38,930,000 -37,617,000 -36,677,000 -34,308,000 -31,980,000 -30,797,000 -31,399,000 -31,413,000 -31,519,000 -34,742,000 -33,327,000 -33,418,000 -34,301,000 -37,564,000 -38,816,000 -39,621,000 -39,716,000 -39,645,000 -39,386,000 -38,137,000 -39,265,000 -38,205,000 -37,392,000 -35,392,000 -30,718,000 -30,500,000 -30,201,000 -29,675,000 -32,007,000 -31,751,000 -30,613,000 -31,927,000 -32,571,000 -33,024,000 -32,902,000 -31,665,000 -33,923,000 -31,772,000 -28,958,000 -29,765,000 -27,768,000 -29,369,000 -38,588,000 -29,962,000 -29,431,000 -29,797,000 -30,378,000 -31,789,000 -15,353,000 
      interest income
    3,124,000 5,013,000 6,113,000 8,205,000 8,415,000 9,323,000 9,303,000 9,292,000 8,885,000 10,074,000 11,686,000 7,342,000 7,916,000 4,774,000 3,625,000 2,467,000 2,460,000 2,629,000 2,264,000 3,008,000 2,342,000 18,756,000 2,994,000 3,727,000 4,555,000 11,136,000 4,626,000 4,745,000 4,200,000 3,727,000 5,102,000 5,332,000 5,019,000 3,863,000 3,582,000 3,767,000 3,493,000 2,199,000 471,000 1,671,000 722,000 641,000 557,000 792,000 437,000 425,000 349,000 318,000 341,000 220,000 177,000 169,000 253,000 195,000 100,000 102,000 105,000 136,000 318,000 163,000 
      miscellaneous
    -16,942,000 8,303,000 473,000 12,819,000 7,888,000 -10,562,000 8,850,000 1,493,000 -5,190,000 10,761,000 -2,211,000 10,140,000 4,589,000 28,000 -1,546,000 -742,000 5,828,000 5,580,000 54,000 14,174,000 5,406,000 81,309,000 11,138,000 8,713,000 -29,939,000 10,972,000 -1,490,000 -2,697,000 -12,785,000 -1,812,000 28,762,000 -14,719,000 16,946,000 -2,128,000 12,420,000 18,980,000 11,049,000 -10,914,000 2,988,000 -24,910,000 -837,000 5,795,000 -7,640,000 11,384,000 -10,230,000 -4,489,000 -11,766,000 869,000 -5,110,000 7,380,000 -65,000 -144,000 -202,000 -21,000 1,000 -644,000 12,000 -17,000 -199,000 7,000 
      total other income
    -55,163,000 -29,872,000 67,328,000 4,309,000                  66,738,000 -19,286,000 -21,861,000 -65,856,000 -16,708,000 -36,485,000 -37,668,000 -48,230,000 -37,471,000 -4,273,000 -48,652,000 -16,240,000 -35,657,000 -22,394,000 -7,971,000 -15,958,000 -38,917,000 -28,511,000 -55,255,000 -80,200,000 -24,177,000 -39,010,000                  
      income from operations before income taxes
    -23,902,000 -80,734,000 122,846,000 68,778,000 37,108,000 -300,464,000 66,331,000 -21,396,000 81,032,000 -28,007,000 91,568,000 84,253,000 148,192,000 -423,516,000 118,448,000 122,948,000 152,168,000 40,442,000 159,231,000 53,919,000 120,640,000 148,133,000 120,191,000 26,941,000 107,114,000 25,011,000 131,953,000 132,589,000 196,633,000 99,653,000 160,326,000 142,879,000 217,415,000 125,887,000 130,960,000 167,819,000 215,713,000 97,503,500 88,626,000 122,777,000 178,607,000                    
      income tax benefit
    6,738,000                       -9,707,000    1,396,000                                 
      net income including noncontrolling interests
    -17,164,000 -53,168,000 80,081,000 52,706,000 22,153,000 -289,521,000 46,440,000 -32,289,000 57,383,000 -39,888,000 67,897,000 62,098,000 111,293,000 -279,418,000 89,992,000 89,920,000 110,534,000 24,029,000 118,487,000 42,598,000 94,725,000 98,232,000 67,996,000 17,234,000 73,526,000 348,000 123,226,000 133,985,000 150,157,000 76,439,000 116,660,000 110,332,000 160,536,000 148,545,000 90,836,000 107,626,000 142,631,000 19,039,000 67,469,000 83,387,000 120,064,000 90,686,000 76,900,000 87,442,000 126,676,000 81,637,000 53,103,000 58,448,000 71,237,000 34,962,000 57,950,000          
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -1,706,000 -2,518,250 -3,552,000  -4,104,000                                                        
      net income attributable to amc global media's stockholders
    -18,870,000                                                            
      net income per share
                                                                
      basic
    -0.43 -1.24 1.73 1.12 0.4 -6.41 0.93 -0.66 1.04 -0.5 1.44 1.6 2.37 -6.14 1.96 1.93 2.44 0.4 2.6 0.84 2.08 1.98 1.18 0.29 1.24 -0.14 2.09 2.28 2.53 1.28 1.96 1.84 2.57 2.32 1.37 1.55 0.885 0.91 1.06 1.56                    
      diluted
    -0.43 -0.97 1.38 0.91 0.34 -6.31 0.76 -0.66 1.03 -0.5 1.44 1.6 2.36 -6.06 1.94 1.91 2.38 0.38 2.55 0.83 2.02 1.95 1.17 0.28 1.22 -0.13 2.07 2.25 2.48 1.26 1.93 1.82 2.54 2.29 1.35 1.54 1.98 0.878 0.91 1.05 1.55                    
      weighted-average common shares:
                                                                
      basic
    43,627 44,420 44,136 44,868 44,821 44,438 44,607 44,466 44,068 43,827 43,951 43,842 43,628 43,135 43,238 43,192 42,780 42,361 42,506 42,481 41,930 51,016 52,346 52,311 55,477 56,205 55,847 56,590 56,588 58,066 56,875 57,758  64,905 63,683                          
      diluted
    43,627 56,590 56,275 56,350 56,616 44,438 56,149 44,466 44,600 43,991 44,041 43,900 43,837 43,731 43,732 43,679 43,715 43,439 43,440 43,382 43,171 51,733 52,904 52,797 56,061 57,037 56,605 57,335 57,725 58,947 57,779 58,387  65,625 64,447                          
      impairment and other charges
         302,694,000  96,819,000  66,407,000 5,400,000 24,882,000      637,000  142,918,000 16,055,000                                        
      gain on extinguishment of debt
     -1,261,000 105,316,000 25,745,000    247,000                                                     
      income tax expense
     27,566,000 -42,765,000 -16,072,000 -14,955,000 -13,608,250 -19,891,000 -10,893,000 -23,649,000 -20,681,250 -23,671,000 -22,155,000 -36,899,000 -25,779,500 -28,456,000 -33,028,000 -41,634,000 -16,413,000 -40,744,000 -11,321,000 -25,915,000 -49,901,000 -52,195,000  -33,588,000 -24,663,000 -8,727,000  -46,476,000 -23,214,000 -43,666,000 -32,547,000 -56,879,000 22,658,000 -40,124,000 -60,193,000 -73,082,000 -45,772,000 -21,157,000 -39,390,000 -58,543,000 -45,481,000 -43,358,000 -50,997,000 -61,254,000 -40,413,000 -13,078,000 -36,559,000 -39,105,000 -23,558,000 -34,784,000 -83,850,000 -36,649,000 -15,069,000 -20,121,000 -26,898,000 -23,970,000 -18,860,000 -22,440,000 -19,812,000 
      net income attributable to amc networks' stockholders
     -55,467,000 76,529,000 50,289,000 18,049,000 -284,497,000 41,382,000 -29,234,000 45,803,000 -21,809,000 63,424,000 70,239,000 103,610,000 -264,689,000 84,666,000 83,429,000 104,188,000 17,039,000 110,651,000 35,885,000 87,021,000 94,711,000 61,640,000 14,961,000 68,667,000 -8,577,000 116,923,000 128,743,000 143,397,000 71,879,000 111,257,000 106,181,000 156,870,000                            
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
       -2,417,000                                                         
      total other expense
        -27,089,000 -46,245,000 -27,322,000 -32,184,000 -29,146,000 -16,564,000 -29,282,000 -21,448,000 -25,112,000 -31,875,000 -32,229,000 -30,255,000 -22,509,000 -23,125,000 -29,095,000 -14,337,000 -49,068,000                                        
      loss on extinguishment of debt
          -352,000              -22,074,000    -2,908,000          -3,004,000   -1,000 -2,295,000 -9,000 -48,334,000                 -191,000 -17,000 -14,518,000 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
         -3,395,750 -5,058,000  -11,580,000 -1,003,750 -4,473,000  -7,683,000 14,729,000 -5,326,000 -6,491,000 -6,346,000 -6,990,000 -7,836,000 -6,713,000 -7,704,000 -3,521,000 -6,356,000 -2,273,000 -4,859,000 -8,925,000 -6,303,000 -5,242,000 -6,760,000 -4,560,000 -5,403,000 -4,151,000 -3,666,000 -3,045,000 -3,834,000 -5,028,000 -6,414,000 -4,545,000 -2,076,000 -6,212,000 -6,620,000       207,000             
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
           3,055,000    8,141,000                              -3,579,750 -4,130,000  -5,756,000 -4,022,000 57,000  130,000 417,000 161,000          
      impairment charges
                         -8,184,000  130,411,000            17,112,000                         
      impairment and related charges
                                  4,486,000    11,036,000                          
      restructuring expense
                                2,642,000 42,708,000 3,139,000   2,241,000 1,264,000  2,704,000 9,837,000 19,312,000 389,000  9,057,000 2,631,000 2,654,000 656,000 8,943,000 5,619,000 1,153,000             
      weighted-average common shares:
                                                                
      basic weighted-average common shares
                                    60,967   66,224 68,020 71,746 71,507 72,729 72,579 72,420 72,503 72,447 72,206 72,000 72,075 72,043 71,775 71,543 71,650 71,568 71,290 70,374 70,506 70,479 69,871 69,283 69,284 69,161 
      diluted weighted-average common shares
                                    61,719   66,789 68,764 72,410 72,140 73,300 73,274 73,190 73,222 73,128 72,970 72,854 72,890 72,802 72,759 72,703 72,755 72,643 72,547 72,236 72,265 72,183 72,130 70,731 72,268  
      net income attributable to amc networks’ stockholders
                                     81,454,000 87,002,000 102,598,000 136,217,000 14,494,000 65,393,000 77,175,000 113,444,000 90,089,000 72,770,000 83,009,000 120,920,000 77,615,000 53,160,000 58,655,000 71,367,000 35,379,000 58,111,000          
      restructuring (credit) expense
                                       -81,000     -35,000                    
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                             136,167,000 120,258,000 138,439,000 187,930,000 122,050,000 67,147,000 96,739,000 111,092,000 58,520,000 92,734,000 219,581,000 98,166,000 30,260,000 56,664,000 68,303,000 67,047,000 48,125,000 62,757,000 46,870,000 
      net income from continuing operations
                                             72,754,500 76,900,000                  
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                 -862,000 -966,000  -750,000         -30,250 -314,000  
      basic net income per share attributable to amc networks’ stockholders:
                                                                
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                 -0.01 -0.01  -0.01            
      net income
                                             1.24 1.15 1.67 1.07 0.74 0.81 0.99 0.49 0.81 135,731,000 61,517,000 15,191,000 36,648,000 41,510,000 43,181,000 29,478,000 40,003,000 27,155,000 
      yoy
                                             15.89% 35.14% 41.98% 68.69% 118.37% -8.64% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 226.98% 42.46% -48.47% -8.39% 52.86%     
      qoq
                                             24.00% -13.04% -31.14% 56.07% 44.59% -8.64% -18.18% 102.04% -39.51% -100.00% 120.64% 304.96% -58.55% -11.71% -3.87% 46.49% -26.31% 47.31%  
      diluted net income per share attributable to amc networks’ stockholders:
                                                                
      income from continuing operations
                                               87,442,000 126,676,000 81,637,000 54,069,000 60,180,000 71,987,000 34,962,000 57,950,000 135,731,000 61,517,000 15,191,000 36,543,000 41,405,000 43,077,000 29,265,000 40,317,000 27,058,000 
      income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                   -1,732,000       105,000 105,000 104,000   97,000 
      net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                               -4,433,000                 
      income from discontinued operations
                                                   -0.02             
      operating expenses: - sum
                                                437,935,000 450,428,000 409,321,000  376,921,000 350,275,000 272,941,000 131,998,000 254,477,000 286,048,000 245,197,000 229,294,000 229,200,000 259,840,000 189,470,000 209,691,000 
      other income: - sum
                                                -42,817,000 -36,966,000 -43,082,000  -36,541,000 -26,452,000 -29,653,000 -27,743,000 -29,318,000 -50,404,000 -30,195,000 -29,973,000 -29,992,000 -30,994,000 -31,687,000 -35,404,000 
      litigation settlement gain
                                                       -132,944,000         
      restructuring credit
                                                            -3,000 -60,000 -191,000 -15,000 
      write-off of deferred financing costs
                                                         -1,216,000 -334,000  -312,000 -544,000  -5,703,000 
      basic net income per share:
                                                                
      diluted net income per share:
                                                                
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        assets
                                                            
        current assets:
                                                            
        cash and cash equivalents
      552,137,000 502,379,000 716,838,000 866,407,000 870,229,000 784,649,000 816,377,000 802,553,000 690,522,000 570,576,000 955,187,000 893,370,000 763,932,000 930,002,000 790,930,000 817,344,000 821,626,000 892,221,000 870,967,000 980,726,000 993,123,000 888,526,000 1,071,860,000 889,887,000 704,129,000 816,170,000 773,386,000 706,342,000 683,682,000 554,886,000 564,717,000 416,124,000 529,200,000 558,783,000 552,289,000 189,479,000 403,648,000 682,764,000 643,470,000 702,800,000 307,555,000 241,060,000 194,307,000 296,622,000 283,992,000 159,454,000 509,676,000 448,637,000 554,948,000 313,252,000 307,803,000 224,182,000 224,959,000 197,837,000 
        accounts receivable, trade
      550,666,000 575,263,000 571,613,000 614,887,000 573,234,000 623,898,000 647,601,000 643,278,000 629,073,000 664,396,000 657,656,000 660,474,000 702,681,000 722,185,000 696,143,000 744,432,000 773,273,000 815,444,000 771,546,000 807,499,000 777,063,000 813,587,000 768,506,000 796,834,000 826,022,000 857,143,000 807,481,000 838,287,000 829,704,000 835,977,000 777,950,000 818,730,000 793,275,000 775,891,000 712,176,000 744,647,000 716,904,000 647,233,000 726,508,000 685,144,000 571,460,000 607,026,000 667,771,000 483,600,000 518,112,000 530,206,000 317,140,000 315,103,000 316,304,000 254,895,000 293,930,000 285,378,000 232,610,000 241,980,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      237,766,000 202,967,000 228,712,000 245,342,000 259,878,000 262,257,000 212,599,000 264,848,000 316,925,000 380,518,000 276,284,000 275,490,000 229,357,000 286,875,000 414,640,000 429,899,000 357,399,000 282,453,000 208,181,000 221,846,000 170,199,000 223,173,000 174,682,000 189,683,000 195,191,000 230,360,000 187,755,000 166,181,000 157,972,000 131,809,000 118,569,000 110,437,000 102,058,000 91,726,000 99,452,000 77,612,000 71,894,000 95,481,000 87,373,000 62,443,000 83,531,000 72,206,000 70,569,000 69,688,000 57,606,000 63,535,000 40,115,000 42,262,000 26,832,000 37,352,000 49,488,000 40,921,000 53,446,000 60,518,000 
        total current assets
      1,340,569,000 1,280,609,000 1,517,163,000 1,726,636,000 1,703,341,000 1,670,804,000 1,685,713,000 1,717,768,000 1,650,401,000 1,623,370,000 1,901,105,000 1,840,496,000 1,706,735,000 1,949,869,000 1,915,038,000 2,005,469,000 1,967,402,000 2,000,186,000 1,868,699,000 2,028,162,000 1,956,218,000 1,938,766,000 2,032,981,000 1,893,758,000 1,742,401,000 2,330,297,000 2,224,910,000 2,144,579,000 2,105,220,000 1,963,411,000 1,931,490,000 1,808,157,000 1,889,454,000 1,879,850,000 1,817,104,000 1,478,749,000 1,653,987,000 1,849,338,000 1,878,055,000 1,925,962,000 1,481,334,000 1,386,491,000 1,382,221,000 1,293,922,000 1,310,610,000 1,176,742,000 1,204,620,000 1,145,947,000 1,357,077,000 875,378,000 905,654,000 835,895,000 815,403,000 801,144,000 
        property and equipment
      107,630,000 115,978,000 123,602,000 134,404,000 145,010,000 143,036,000 135,084,000 141,803,000 147,972,000 159,237,000 172,897,000 186,482,000 195,817,000 202,034,000 204,689,000 213,940,000 221,294,000 225,791,000 218,699,000 221,555,000 224,725,000 256,045,000 255,729,000 259,783,000 289,519,000 283,752,000 269,287,000 264,616,000 251,841,000 246,262,000 225,468,000 214,054,000 185,440,000 183,514,000 172,621,000 159,153,000 169,223,000 177,694,000 171,092,000 173,969,000 145,217,000 140,323,000 134,852,000 123,763,000 130,040,000 106,393,000 68,371,000 69,487,000 69,358,000 65,105,000 63,300,000 62,429,000 60,565,000 62,864,000 
        program rights
      1,685,354,000 1,763,084,000 1,731,418,000 1,729,327,000 1,655,445,000 1,713,952,000 1,775,628,000 1,790,978,000 1,753,270,000 1,802,653,000 1,807,549,000 1,884,392,000 1,869,182,000 1,762,939,000 2,109,542,000 1,941,899,000 1,855,025,000 1,731,838,000 1,700,175,000 1,551,717,000 1,381,884,000 1,269,131,000 1,336,612,000 1,370,500,000 1,381,950,000 1,038,060,000 1,051,068,000 1,114,038,000 1,154,265,000 1,214,051,000 1,152,451,000 1,218,682,000 1,279,589,000 1,319,279,000 1,239,506,000 1,221,916,000 1,077,358,000 1,097,708,000 1,123,874,000 1,046,302,000 996,206,000 1,028,927,000 997,911,000 964,432,000 971,456,000 916,203,000 843,208,000 854,867,000 709,134,000 242,402,000 236,986,000 240,545,000 217,024,000 206,866,000 
        intangible assets
      176,882,000 184,803,000 196,780,000 204,262,000 209,961,000 216,478,000 226,758,000 233,371,000 258,913,000 268,558,000 300,763,000 312,280,000 345,286,000 354,676,000 360,184,000 374,348,000 388,706,000 399,434,000 391,778,000 395,998,000 389,919,000 410,672,000 417,778,000 425,233,000 507,136,000 524,531,000 540,365,000 557,371,000 569,527,000 578,907,000 469,757,000 479,163,000 452,395,000 457,242,000 473,699,000 479,179,000 478,760,000 523,574,000 532,263,000 550,921,000 549,599,000 562,465,000 565,425,000 497,323,000 498,361,000 516,428,000 212,002,000 216,139,000 228,661,000 253,706,000 266,723,000 285,894,000   
        goodwill
      165,018,000 166,809,000 260,015,000 259,438,000 250,728,000 246,304,000 559,200,000 553,775,000 622,190,000 626,496,000 640,143,000 648,202,000 647,293,000 643,419,000 666,619,000 684,236,000 701,239,000 709,344,000 689,639,000 702,451,000 682,632,000 686,407,000 673,810,000 665,890,000 686,835,000 701,980,000 782,234,000 792,083,000 797,793,000 798,037,000 705,382,000 710,047,000 707,654,000 695,158,000 690,854,000 680,234,000 662,076,000 706,163,000 708,071,000 731,993,000 717,057,000 727,206,000 704,955,000 592,880,000 601,921,000 586,533,000 77,387,000 78,016,000 78,660,000 79,963,000 83,173,000 83,173,000 83,173,000 83,173,000 
        deferred tax assets
      16,652,000 17,781,000 18,592,000 15,789,000 14,517,000 13,183,000 13,307,000 12,522,000 11,748,000 11,456,000 15,542,000 14,898,000 14,197,000 13,618,000 12,661,000 12,280,000 12,041,000 11,334,000    25,046,000    51,545,000    19,272,000    20,081,000 20,405,000 9,079,000                   
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      68,690,000 72,545,000 46,065,000 51,649,000 54,595,000 58,390,000 64,513,000 63,658,000 68,786,000 71,163,000 81,783,000 97,567,000 101,811,000 108,229,000 109,301,000 111,673,000 119,774,000 125,866,000    146,522,000    170,056,000                             
        other assets
      312,895,000 335,272,000 315,759,000 300,062,000 298,229,000 300,074,000 365,206,000 358,845,000 398,276,000 406,854,000 471,003,000 486,164,000 582,917,000 599,052,000 435,464,000 449,794,000 484,253,000 545,153,000 481,229,000 441,808,000 467,648,000 513,749,000 477,938,000 480,324,000 489,265,000 496,465,000 499,062,000 441,052,000 433,907,000 441,792,000 635,541,000 592,046,000 549,932,000 447,937,000 442,388,000 412,232,000 379,341,000 219,426,000 200,359,000 202,021,000 227,199,000 208,620,000 204,602,000 141,676,000 119,746,000 135,983,000 70,320,000 55,782,000 59,836,000 61,585,000 39,729,000 41,022,000 15,484,000 13,396,000 
        total assets
      3,873,690,000 3,936,881,000 4,209,394,000 4,421,567,000 4,331,826,000 4,362,221,000 4,825,409,000 4,872,720,000 4,911,556,000 4,969,787,000 5,390,785,000 5,470,481,000 5,463,238,000 5,633,836,000 5,813,498,000 5,793,639,000 5,749,734,000 5,748,946,000 5,495,465,000 5,479,509,000 5,245,682,000 5,246,338,000 5,386,427,000 5,305,956,000 5,316,422,000 5,596,686,000 5,618,209,000 5,561,734,000 5,521,914,000 5,278,563,000 5,161,957,000 5,073,367,000 5,113,367,000 5,032,985,000 4,890,764,000 4,478,168,000 4,470,054,000 4,622,065,000 4,665,403,000 4,678,229,000 4,169,811,000 4,109,610,000 4,049,424,000 3,663,255,000 3,685,850,000 3,484,705,000 2,524,787,000 2,460,339,000 2,568,323,000 2,152,876,000 2,173,439,000 2,125,809,000 2,121,457,000  
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                            
        current liabilities:
                                                            
        accounts payable
      129,303,000 94,742,000 88,549,000 102,275,000 99,320,000 88,570,000 88,964,000 109,672,000 90,594,000 89,469,000 103,575,000 112,315,000 106,740,000 172,009,000 129,493,000 153,178,000 161,968,000 173,207,000 123,556,000 100,758,000 116,668,000 120,530,000 80,967,000 89,971,000 104,126,000 94,306,000 123,838,000 105,353,000 107,392,000 107,066,000 97,508,000 105,015,000 96,816,000 102,197,000 78,904,000 90,893,000 97,477,000 83,432,000 89,055,000 131,408,000 135,788,000 146,260,000 129,066,000 92,183,000 131,932,000 123,253,000 61,327,000 63,726,000 55,871,000 62,604,000 69,148,000 61,866,000 41,583,000 55,341,000 
        accrued liabilities
      292,105,000 323,029,000 281,641,000 291,987,000 270,856,000 290,718,000 305,614,000 319,112,000 351,280,000 385,838,000 373,403,000 374,803,000 401,206,000 419,065,000 309,144,000 298,807,000 280,906,000 340,407,000 269,079,000 482,968,000 268,264,000 320,005,000 281,023,000 245,281,000 239,584,000 251,214,000 238,937,000 231,859,000 249,950,000 264,918,000 240,892,000 216,481,000 235,301,000 263,076,000 252,495,000 234,494,000 300,200,000 253,579,000 235,422,000 168,301,000 184,243,000 154,099,000 184,165,000 182,795,000 127,388,000 111,938,000 101,789,000        
        current portion of program rights obligations
      240,491,000 258,252,000 229,782,000 258,930,000 191,119,000 221,603,000 220,210,000 257,232,000 286,870,000 301,221,000 257,508,000 323,862,000 325,091,000 374,115,000 309,958,000 299,830,000 321,308,000 307,054,000 297,118,000 265,058,000 263,928,000 259,449,000 302,061,000 286,143,000 283,239,000 304,692,000 310,688,000 345,799,000 321,914,000 343,589,000 356,157,000 347,076,000 326,862,000 327,549,000 318,473,000 301,527,000 276,083,000 288,023,000 291,243,000 295,087,000 302,473,000 280,641,000 284,866,000 261,783,000 261,274,000 234,401,000 217,866,000 207,868,000       
        deferred revenue
      63,415,000 63,651,000 74,495,000 68,525,000 60,576,000 61,838,000 68,682,000 57,768,000 61,252,000 65,736,000 69,796,000 75,601,000 70,785,000 134,883,000 265,071,000 243,734,000 205,432,000 167,071,000 81,848,000 76,504,000 76,787,000 71,048,000 61,557,000 58,871,000 73,334,000 63,921,000 65,725,000 56,577,000 51,261,000 55,424,000 61,289,000 62,191,000 51,916,000 46,433,000 51,579,000 47,834,000 46,902,000 94,746,000 93,275,000 68,168,000 52,250,000 70,604,000 51,307,000 39,354,000 43,220,000 25,141,000 31,699,000 42,254,000 40,676,000 32,975,000 32,687,000 25,488,000 19,507,000 16,116,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
      24,770,000 11,068,000 7,500,000 77,500,000 97,500,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 32,500,000 67,500,000 67,500,000 459,063,000 450,625,000 42,188,000 33,750,000 33,750,000 33,750,000 33,750,000 33,750,000 26,813,000 16,875,000 8,438,000 75,000,000 76,000,000 81,000,000 70,625,000 56,250,000 47,875,000 37,500,000 30,125,000 21,334,000 9,375,000     259,000,000 240,500,000 203,500,000 230,551,000 166,500,000 129,500,000 111,000,000 92,500,000 55,500,000 37,000,000 18,500,000         
        current portion of lease obligations
      13,900,000 17,643,000 33,793,000 34,161,000 33,673,000 32,439,000 34,523,000 31,461,000 32,773,000 33,659,000 36,822,000 36,828,000 35,667,000 36,411,000 35,726,000 37,076,000 38,376,000 36,596,000 37,383,000 33,203,000 27,736,000 32,435,000 33,519,000 33,179,000 33,857,000 33,959,000 33,349,000 31,445,000 31,341,000                          
        total current liabilities
      763,984,000 768,385,000 715,760,000 833,378,000 753,044,000 702,668,000 725,493,000 807,745,000 890,269,000 943,423,000 1,300,167,000 1,374,034,000 981,677,000 1,170,233,000 1,083,142,000 1,066,375,000 1,041,740,000 1,058,085,000 835,797,000 975,366,000 761,821,000 878,467,000 835,127,000 794,445,000 804,765,000 804,342,000 820,412,000 808,533,000 791,983,000 797,421,000 769,870,000 735,393,000 715,666,000 744,102,000 706,168,000 954,434,000 965,611,000 927,859,000 943,951,000 833,684,000 807,175,000 765,687,000 784,685,000 634,505,000 621,280,000 534,427,000 414,357,000 410,934,000 736,652,000 369,519,000 363,150,000 329,502,000 295,884,000 286,461,000 
        program rights obligations
      163,937,000 181,773,000 207,810,000 190,392,000 142,927,000 144,476,000 152,588,000 165,177,000 133,119,000 150,943,000 146,924,000 163,020,000 169,553,000 200,869,000 170,900,000 187,197,000 183,594,000 218,321,000 226,941,000 220,279,000 210,428,000 182,511,000 198,197,000 222,631,000 210,173,000 239,813,000 284,424,000 289,728,000 342,173,000 373,249,000 397,592,000 442,665,000 491,527,000 534,980,000 455,167,000 485,883,000 397,995,000 369,587,000 385,445,000 427,442,000 422,930,000 459,650,000 476,420,000 484,253,000 490,499,000 446,635,000 403,673,000 435,587,000 190,357,000 162,557,000 161,425,000 164,297,000 139,417,000 133,169,000 
        long-term debt
      1,724,518,000 1,741,225,000 1,911,213,000 2,127,822,000 2,232,563,000 2,328,719,000 2,335,061,000 2,351,356,000 2,279,086,000 2,294,249,000 2,334,216,000 2,349,121,000 2,763,767,000 2,778,703,000 2,785,184,000 2,791,673,000 2,798,179,000 2,804,720,000 2,811,249,000 2,817,789,000 2,825,104,000 2,774,307,000 2,791,091,000 2,807,890,000 2,824,470,000 3,039,979,000 3,056,692,000 3,073,419,000 3,080,800,000 3,088,221,000 3,095,628,000 3,103,056,000 3,101,138,000 3,099,257,000 3,097,350,000 2,453,814,000 2,525,544,000 2,650,418,000 2,703,031,000 2,801,690,000 2,576,446,000 2,612,806,000 2,649,182,000 2,703,458,000 2,721,353,000 2,739,263,000 2,155,405,000 2,154,692,000 2,153,997,000      
        lease obligations
      78,583,000 82,263,000 42,855,000 51,446,000 56,417,000 64,581,000 69,119,000 74,983,000 82,269,000 87,240,000 99,116,000 108,451,000 116,380,000 124,799,000 128,832,000 132,548,000 141,784,000 151,839,000 159,998,000 155,397,000 159,816,000 194,324,000 209,549,000 214,334,000 219,709,000 211,047,000 215,251,000 223,335,000 224,684,000                          
        deferred tax liabilities
      116,814,000 108,164,000 146,274,000 111,602,000 111,585,000 121,302,000 152,310,000 156,017,000 156,858,000 160,383,000 117,687,000 113,110,000 106,907,000 112,642,000 210,811,000 197,977,000 185,755,000                  173,363,000                    
        other liabilities
      37,621,000 41,322,000 41,837,000 40,190,000 53,081,000 60,334,000 57,382,000 55,285,000 65,680,000 74,306,000 84,988,000 81,008,000 105,993,000 139,108,000 112,652,000 133,697,000 133,948,000 165,860,000 123,898,000 94,748,000 138,854,000 125,970,000 130,244,000 133,933,000 156,909,000 163,638,000 159,641,000 160,417,000 160,368,000 208,036,000 178,160,000 173,756,000 153,167,000 136,122,000 130,379,000 120,890,000 121,280,000 98,639,000 104,272,000 92,625,000 94,019,000 74,700,000 72,615,000 91,558,000 95,489,000 87,517,000 79,625,000 63,501,000 66,394,000 66,574,000 57,320,000 50,329,000 51,906,000 32,399,000 
        total liabilities
      2,885,457,000 2,923,132,000 3,065,749,000 3,354,830,000 3,349,617,000 3,422,080,000 3,491,953,000 3,610,563,000 3,607,281,000 3,710,544,000 4,083,098,000 4,188,744,000 4,244,277,000 4,526,354,000 4,491,521,000 4,509,467,000 4,485,000,000 4,562,425,000 4,315,419,000 4,406,937,000 4,230,653,000 4,287,588,000 4,299,684,000 4,323,279,000 4,367,059,000 4,595,730,000 4,658,804,000 4,690,433,000 4,737,575,000 4,633,797,000 4,617,782,000 4,628,208,000 4,631,890,000 4,650,436,000 4,589,805,000 4,203,358,000 4,195,740,000 4,267,221,000 4,335,485,000 4,351,950,000 4,052,840,000 4,069,693,000 4,138,783,000 4,051,278,000 4,081,939,000 3,963,011,000 3,136,717,000 3,140,421,000 3,393,598,000 3,068,300,000 3,132,560,000 3,130,666,000 3,186,954,000 3,209,901,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                            
        stockholders' equity:
                                                            
        class a common stock, 0.01 par value...
      667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 667,000 666,000 666,000 665,000 661,000 661,000 660,000 660,000 655,000 653,000 653,000 653,000 646,000 643,000 643,000 643,000 639,000 639,000 639,000 634,000 633,000 632,000 632,000 631,000 627,000 627,000 627,000 627,000 624,000 624,000 624,000 621,000 621,000 620,000 618,000 617,000 617,000 617,000 617,000 613,000 606,000 588,000 588,000   
        class b common stock, 0.01 par value...
      115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 115,000 118,000 118,000 135,000 135,000   
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                            
        paid-in capital
      419,630,000 429,902,000 438,924,000 433,374,000 424,806,000 437,860,000 377,345,000 374,353,000 369,877,000 378,877,000 372,925,000 366,553,000 360,117,000 360,251,000 347,204,000 341,403,000 335,803,000 347,971,000 340,033,000 330,593,000 314,331,000 323,425,000 320,681,000 308,288,000 282,153,000 286,491,000 272,823,000 258,150,000 242,322,000 239,767,000 232,882,000 215,989,000 182,278,000 191,303,000 179,289,000 158,485,000 146,928,000 143,183,000 120,802,000 122,964,000 115,579,000 107,477,000 98,885,000 92,720,000 84,168,000 75,174,000 59,389,000 50,837,000 42,798,000 25,523,000 17,913,000 11,351,000   
        accumulated earnings
      2,157,090,000 2,176,124,000 2,231,593,000 2,155,064,000 2,104,801,000 2,092,229,000 2,376,908,000 2,335,526,000 2,365,524,000 2,321,105,000 2,342,914,000 2,279,490,000 2,209,251,000 2,105,641,000 2,370,330,000 2,285,664,000 2,202,235,000 2,098,047,000 2,081,008,000 1,970,357,000 1,934,472,000 1,847,451,000 1,752,740,000 1,691,100,000 1,676,139,000 1,609,428,000 1,618,005,000 1,501,082,000 1,372,339,000 1,228,942,000 1,157,063,000 1,045,806,000 936,379,000 766,725,000 621,225,000 534,223,000 431,626,000 280,915,000 215,519,000 138,343,000               
        treasury stock
      -1,396,092,000 -1,406,027,000 -1,399,122,000 -1,399,599,000 -1,391,334,000 -1,408,307,000 -1,408,832,000 -1,408,832,000 -1,410,105,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,419,882,000 -1,166,119,000 -1,166,119,000 -1,149,138,000 -1,063,181,000 -1,063,181,000 -1,051,022,000 -993,574,000 -992,583,000 -976,840,000 -951,850,000 -793,078,000 -709,440,000 -622,564,000 -519,604,000 -366,653,000 -161,990,000 -100,220,000 -51,993,000 -51,993,000 -51,993,000 -51,993,000 -47,605,000 -47,605,000 -47,605,000 -29,666,000 -29,616,000 -29,616,000 -17,666,000 -17,665,000 -17,614,000 -83,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -226,172,000 -218,910,000 -219,321,000 -217,929,000 -250,218,000 -266,969,000 -229,154,000 -248,120,000 -245,803,000 -232,831,000 -246,052,000 -219,276,000 -228,470,000 -239,798,000 -295,998,000 -243,292,000 -193,580,000 -175,818,000 -164,899,000 -148,167,000 -156,237,000 -134,950,000 -160,457,000 -182,111,000 -196,364,000 -167,711,000 -200,277,000 -167,144,000 -166,446,000 -160,194,000 -150,846,000 -144,793,000 -95,581,000 -114,386,000 -124,319,000 -144,169,000 -181,191,000 -152,845,000 -151,615,000 -124,149,000 -118,010,000 -110,920,000 -141,656,000 -44,387,000   -5,005,000 -5,859,000 -7,281,000 -15,390,000 -14,829,000 -12,544,000 -10,893,000  
        total amc global media stockholders' equity
      955,238,000                                                      
        non-redeemable noncontrolling interests
      32,995,000 31,878,000 30,400,000 36,015,000 32,296,000 28,665,000 31,225,000 28,383,000 26,630,000 25,895,000 31,601,000 32,585,000 47,246,000 46,825,000 47,064,000 48,778,000 51,627,000 51,584,000 51,571,000 49,873,000 48,109,000 26,296,000 24,743,000 23,229,000 23,848,000 25,724,000 26,675,000 26,693,000 29,147,000 28,528,000 28,633,000 29,521,000 30,367,000 29,001,000 28,889,000 27,984,000 27,864,000 29,519,000 30,837,000 31,862,000 25,429,000 24,290,000 19,550,000            
        total stockholders' equity
      988,233,000 1,013,749,000 1,083,256,000 1,007,707,000 921,133,000 884,260,000 1,148,274,000 1,082,092,000 1,106,905,000 1,073,946,000 1,082,287,000 1,040,251,000 969,042,000 853,813,000 1,049,494,000 1,013,446,000 976,978,000 902,672,000 888,599,000 783,542,000 721,561,000 643,101,000 772,346,000 675,145,000 637,396,000 691,505,000 654,799,000 568,513,000 484,537,000 345,208,000 291,639,000 195,420,000 261,111,000 163,945,000                     
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      3,873,690,000 3,936,881,000 4,209,394,000 4,421,567,000 4,331,826,000 4,362,221,000 4,825,409,000 4,872,720,000 4,911,556,000 4,969,787,000 5,390,785,000 5,470,481,000 5,463,238,000 5,633,836,000 5,813,498,000 5,793,639,000 5,749,734,000 5,748,946,000 5,495,465,000 5,479,509,000 5,245,682,000 5,246,338,000 5,386,427,000 5,305,956,000 5,316,422,000 5,596,686,000 5,618,209,000 5,561,734,000 5,521,914,000 5,278,563,000 5,161,957,000 5,073,367,000 5,113,367,000 5,032,985,000                     
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
        60,389,000 59,030,000 61,076,000 55,881,000 185,182,000 180,065,000 197,370,000 185,297,000 225,400,000 241,486,000 249,919,000 253,669,000 272,483,000 270,726,000 287,756,000 283,849,000 291,447,000 289,030,000 293,468,000 315,649,000 314,397,000 307,532,000 311,967,000 309,451,000 304,606,000 302,788,000 299,802,000 299,558,000 252,536,000 249,739,000 220,366,000 218,604,000 217,697,000 217,149,000 214,998,000 215,323,000 213,856,000 208,513,000 210,420,000 208,287,000 206,089,000            
        total amc networks stockholders' equity
       981,871,000 1,052,856,000 971,692,000 888,837,000 855,595,000 1,117,049,000 1,053,709,000 1,080,275,000 1,048,051,000 1,050,686,000 1,007,666,000 921,796,000 806,988,000 1,002,430,000 964,668,000 925,351,000 851,088,000 837,028,000 733,669,000 673,452,000 616,805,000 747,603,000 651,916,000 613,548,000 665,781,000 628,124,000 541,820,000 455,390,000 316,680,000 263,006,000 165,899,000 230,744,000 134,944,000                     
        current portion of program rights
            9,136,000 7,089,000 13,881,000 7,880,000 11,978,000 11,162,000 10,765,000 10,807,000 13,325,000 13,794,000 15,104,000 10,068,000 18,005,000 18,091,000 15,833,000 13,480,000 17,933,000 17,354,000 17,059,000 426,624,000 456,288,000 433,769,000 433,862,000 440,739,000 470,254,000 462,866,000 464,921,000 453,450,000 452,709,000 450,090,000 461,005,000 380,439,000 390,162,000 448,535,000 477,218,000 440,483,000 428,529,000 406,511,000 398,563,000 375,324,000 315,219,000 320,634,000 328,451,000      
        deferred tax liability
                       163,600,000 157,536,000 143,358,000 134,630,000 132,009,000 135,476,000 150,046,000 151,033,000 136,911,000 122,384,000 135,001,000 137,567,000 145,443,000 154,110,000 149,599,000 145,159,000 109,698,000   151,149,000 183,582,000 160,597,000 156,487,000 127,455,000 131,142,000 129,391,000 109,290,000 124,280,000 143,238,000 70,825,000 62,441,000 63,611,000 41,435,000 43,040,000 50,999,000 51,948,000 48,788,000 
        deferred tax asset
                        12,202,000 15,496,000 22,363,000  39,778,000 55,792,000 50,813,000  61,376,000 48,998,000 19,927,000  21,677,000 27,547,000 21,731,000    8,906,000 43,037,000 30,101,000 24,059,000 37,537,000 21,741,000 17,354,000 33,932,000 29,584,000 23,877,000 18,558,000 15,177,000 124,196,000 19,724,000 12,652,000 39,802,000 77,856,000 87,964,000 
        operating lease right-of-use asset
                        133,044,000 122,322,000 120,293,000  151,801,000 154,676,000 168,503,000  172,575,000 175,677,000 174,563,000                          
        deferred carriage fees
                                17,332,000 23,320,000 14,871,000 16,831,000 20,191,000 23,671,000 27,172,000 29,924,000 34,187,000 37,626,000 40,403,000 48,162,000 51,689,000 47,061,000 53,199,000 55,578,000 59,458,000 49,259,000 51,781,000 44,407,000 46,705,000 37,851,000 63,273,000 40,756,000 42,937,000 45,122,000 53,236,000 59,170,000 
        current portion of capital lease obligations
                                   5,090,000 4,649,000 4,630,000 4,771,000 4,847,000 4,717,000 4,253,000 4,449,000 4,579,000 4,405,000 4,220,000 2,921,000 3,083,000 2,781,000 2,890,000 2,834,000 1,760,000 1,676,000 1,636,000 1,596,000      
        capital lease obligations
                                   21,427,000 22,422,000 23,739,000 25,233,000 26,277,000 27,378,000 28,341,000 34,161,000 37,136,000 38,189,000 40,022,000 24,815,000 25,708,000 26,490,000 28,214,000 29,038,000 11,931,000 12,832,000 13,266,000 13,690,000 1,520,000 1,484,000 1,573,000 2,171,000 3,013,000 
        stockholders' equity
                                                            
        amounts due from related parties
                                        478,000 488,000 536,000 384,000 441,000 2,981,000 4,033,000 3,975,000 3,691,000 3,569,000 4,044,000 4,364,000 3,912,000 4,134,000 6,346,000 7,753,000 4,795,000 5,067,000   
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                            
        stockholders’ equity
                                                            
        total amc networks stockholders’ equity
                                        54,373,000 29,677,000 31,452,000 110,002,000 85,225,000 85,904,000               
        total stockholders’ equity
                                        83,262,000 57,661,000 59,316,000 139,521,000 116,062,000 117,766,000               
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                        4,890,764,000 4,478,168,000 4,470,054,000 4,622,065,000 4,665,403,000 4,678,229,000               
        assets held for sale
                                         16,433,000         18,709,000 19,982,000         
        liabilities held for sale
                                         16,433,000         17,632,000 19,434,000         
        deferred tax liabilites
                                         159,996,000                   
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficiency
                                                            
        promissory note payable
                                                40,000,000            
        stockholders’ deficiency:
                                                            
        accumulated deficit
                                              -65,190,000 -137,960,000 -220,969,000 -419,504,000 -472,664,000 -531,319,000 -638,065,000 -696,176,000 -831,907,000 -908,615,000 -945,263,000 -986,773,000 -1,055,239,000 -1,100,148,000 
        total amc networks stockholders’ deficiency
                                              -118,878,000 -192,660,000 -314,998,000 -418,043,000 -428,577,000 -501,467,000 -612,615,000        
        total stockholders’ deficiency
                                              -93,449,000 -168,370,000 -295,448,000 -388,023,000 -396,089,000 -478,306,000 -611,930,000 -680,082,000 -825,275,000 -915,424,000 -959,121,000 -1,004,857,000   
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficiency
                                              4,169,811,000 4,109,610,000 4,049,424,000 3,663,255,000 3,685,850,000 3,484,705,000 2,524,787,000 2,460,339,000 2,568,323,000 2,152,876,000 2,173,439,000 2,125,809,000   
        revenues
                                              632,165,000 601,138,000 668,682,000 519,550,000 522,093,000 524,554,000 395,328,000 379,322,000 381,961,000 332,056,000 327,570,000 326,239,000 283,914,000 291,965,000 
        operating expenses:
                                                            
        technical and operating
                                              293,096,000 259,730,000 262,173,000 252,556,000 232,044,000 211,019,000 157,054,000 137,656,000 136,679,000 129,627,000 114,349,000 104,930,000 96,420,000 95,883,000 
        selling, general and administrative
                                              156,308,000 158,880,000 154,579,000 132,851,000 141,890,000 151,508,000 105,952,000 108,978,000 99,453,000 97,202,000 90,878,000 99,222,000 68,229,000 88,564,000 
        restructuring expense
                                              2,631,000 2,654,000 656,000 5,619,000 1,153,000          
        depreciation and amortization
                                              20,862,000 21,040,000 20,527,000 18,295,000 17,531,000 14,394,000 9,935,000 18,308,000 18,345,000 18,368,000 24,067,000 25,051,000 25,012,000 25,259,000 
        total operating expenses
                                              472,897,000              
        operating income
                                              159,268,000 158,834,000 230,747,000 110,229,000 129,475,000 147,633,000 122,387,000 247,324,000 127,484,000 86,859,000 98,276,000 97,039,000 94,444,000 82,274,000 
        other income:
                                                            
        interest expense
                                              -31,927,000 -32,571,000 -33,024,000 -31,665,000 -33,923,000 -31,772,000 -29,765,000 -27,768,000 -29,369,000 -29,962,000 -29,431,000 -29,797,000 -31,789,000 -15,353,000 
        interest income
                                              557,000 792,000 437,000 349,000 318,000 341,000 177,000 169,000 253,000 100,000 102,000 105,000 318,000 163,000 
        miscellaneous
                                              -7,640,000 11,384,000 -10,230,000 -11,766,000 869,000 -5,110,000 -65,000 -144,000 -202,000 1,000 -644,000 12,000 -199,000 7,000 
        total other income
                                              -39,010,000              
        income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                              120,258,000 138,439,000 187,930,000 67,147,000 96,739,000 111,092,000 92,734,000 219,581,000 98,166,000 56,664,000 68,303,000 67,047,000 62,757,000 46,870,000 
        income tax expense
                                              -43,358,000 -50,997,000 -61,254,000 -13,078,000 -36,559,000 -39,105,000 -34,784,000 -83,850,000 -36,649,000 -20,121,000 -26,898,000 -23,970,000 -22,440,000 -19,812,000 
        net income from continuing operations
                                              76,900,000              
        income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                 -966,000 -1,732,000 -750,000    105,000 105,000 104,000 -314,000 97,000 
        net income including noncontrolling interests
                                              76,900,000 87,442,000 126,676,000 53,103,000 58,448,000 71,237,000 57,950,000        
        net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                              -4,130,000 -4,433,000 -5,756,000            
        net income attributable to amc networks’ stockholders
                                              72,770,000 83,009,000 120,920,000 53,160,000 58,655,000 71,367,000 58,111,000        
        basic net income per share attributable to amc networks’ stockholders:
                                                            
        income from discontinued operations
                                                 -10 -20 -10         
        net income
                                              1,000 1,150 1,670 740 810 990 810 135,731,000 61,517,000 36,648,000 41,510,000 43,181,000 40,003,000 27,155,000 
        diluted net income per share attributable to amc networks’ stockholders:
                                                            
        weighted-average common shares:
                                                            
        basic weighted-average common shares
                                              72,503,000 72,447,000 72,206,000 72,075,000 72,043,000 71,775,000 71,650,000 71,568,000 71,290,000 70,506,000 70,479,000 69,871,000 69,284,000 69,161,000 
        diluted weighted-average common shares
                                              73,222,000 73,128,000 72,970,000 72,890,000 72,802,000 72,759,000 72,755,000 72,643,000 72,547,000 72,265,000 72,183,000 72,130,000 72,268,000  
        income from continuing operations
                                               87,442,000 126,676,000 54,069,000 60,180,000 71,987,000 57,950,000 135,731,000 61,517,000 36,543,000 41,405,000 43,077,000 40,317,000 27,058,000 
        noncontrolling interests
                                                 30,020,000 32,488,000 23,161,000 685,000        
        litigation settlement gain
                                                     -132,944,000       
        net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                 57,000 207,000 130,000 161,000        
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                  6,792,000 1,551,000         
        amounts due to related parties
                                                      1,121,000 1,066,000 722,000 833,000   
        deferred litigation settlement proceeds
                                                      307,960,000      
        restructuring credit
                                                         -3,000 -191,000 -15,000 
        write-off of deferred financing costs
                                                       -334,000  -312,000  -5,703,000 
        accrued liabilities:
                                                            
        interest
                                                     28,183,000 21,948,000 14,862,000 28,681,000 15,263,000 17,383,000 373,000 
        employee related costs
                                                     53,623,000 41,699,000 63,858,000 48,718,000 41,100,000 46,601,000 36,688,000 
        income taxes payable
                                                     11,000 35,837,000      
        other accrued expenses
                                                     13,633,000 39,587,000 24,127,000 14,335,000 13,132,000 11,711,000 17,417,000 
        basic net income per share:
                                                            
        diluted net income per share:
                                                            
        credit facility debt
                                                       5,950,000 5,950,000 5,950,000 5,950,000 5,950,000 
        senior notes
                                                       687,169,000 686,917,000 686,671,000 686,217,000 686,004,000 
        loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                          -17,000 -14,518,000 
        amounts due from affiliates
                                                          9,508,000 5,979,000 
        note receivable from affiliate
                                                            
        amortizable intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 734,370 and 675,038
                                                          305,550,000  
        indefinite-lived intangible assets
                                                          19,900,000 19,900,000 
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 1,280 and 16,388
                                                          26,198,000  
        liabilities and stockholders’ (deficiency) equity
                                                            
        deferred carriage fees payable
                                                          1,143,000 1,664,000 
        amounts due to affiliates
                                                          10,418,000 16,730,000 
        senior subordinated notes
                                                            
        stockholders’ (deficiency) equity
                                                            
        class a common stock, .01 par value...
                                                          583,000  
        class b common stock, .01 par value...
                                                          135,000  
        total stockholders’ (deficiency) equity
                                                          -1,065,497,000 -1,099,435,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficiency) equity
                                                          2,121,457,000  
        amortizable intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 714,592 and 675,038
                                                           325,328,000 
        deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of 13 and 16,388
                                                           27,460,000 
        amc networks class a common stock, .01 par value...
                                                           578,000 
        amc networks class b common stock, .01 par value...
                                                           135,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 
                                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                  
          net income including noncontrolling interests
        -17,164,000 -53,168,000 80,081,000 52,706,000 22,153,000 -289,521,000 46,440,000 -32,289,000 57,383,000 -39,888,000 67,897,000 62,098,000 111,293,000 -279,418,000 89,992,000 89,920,000 110,534,000 24,029,000 118,487,000 42,598,000 94,725,000 98,232,000 67,996,000 17,234,000 73,526,000 348,000 123,226,000 133,985,000 150,157,000 76,439,000 116,660,000 110,332,000 160,536,000 148,545,000 90,836,000 107,625,000 142,631,000 19,039,000 67,472,000 83,388,000 120,064,000 90,686,000 76,900,000 87,442,000 126,676,000 81,637,000             
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          depreciation and amortization
        21,423,000 25,675,000 21,378,000 26,446,000 20,926,000 22,599,000 23,097,000 26,493,000 25,826,000 27,773,000 28,009,000 25,745,000 25,875,000 27,671,000 29,735,000 27,231,000 22,590,000 22,620,000 23,411,000 22,604,000 25,246,000 24,424,000 27,547,000 25,905,000 26,730,000 25,530,000 25,619,000 25,893,000 24,056,000 27,247,000 22,011,000 21,669,000 20,354,000 29,601,000 20,938,000 20,606,000 23,493,000 21,311,000 22,282,000 21,553,000 19,632,000 20,602,000 20,862,000 21,040,000 20,527,000 18,828,000 18,295,000 17,531,000 14,394,000 8,079,000 9,935,000 18,308,000 18,345,000 17,894,000 49,118,000 25,051,000 75,197,000 50,185,000 
          share-based compensation expenses related to equity classified awards
        6,097,000 5,503,000 6,027,000 8,043,000 5,757,000 5,743,000 5,776,000 8,457,000 6,075,000 5,994,000 6,378,000 7,648,000 5,645,000 6,124,000 7,050,000 8,683,000 8,129,000                                          
          non-cash restructuring and other related charges
         -486,000 1,850,000 3,470,000 42,576,000    3,231,000        4,329,000 -767,000 2,198,000 3,928,000 72,000                                
          amortization and write-off of program rights
        206,262,000  216,239,000 211,750,000 197,881,000  226,990,000 212,164,000 202,552,000         307,699,000 268,292,000 182,361,000 150,987,000 301,682,000 206,949,000 191,273,000 223,982,000 278,509,000 227,339,000 263,712,000 205,275,000 276,845,000 215,332,000 250,331,000 218,626,000 287,178,000 234,037,000 233,506,000 199,517,000 249,242,000 239,569,000 202,670,000 170,821,000 222,936,000 182,448,000 173,123,000 170,038,000 171,670,000 166,709,000 142,096,000 149,371,000 184,468,000 111,064,000 103,694,000 98,382,000 120,583,000 145,044,000 67,442,000 174,216,000 112,872,000 
          amortization of deferred carriage fees
        2,588,000 2,945,000 4,439,000 6,886,000 6,885,000 8,386,000 7,600,000 5,842,000 4,920,000 5,679,000 4,670,000 5,892,000 5,100,000 9,487,000 7,845,000 8,245,000 8,657,000 13,571,000 8,505,000 2,766,000 4,867,000 7,143,000 7,339,000 6,966,000 6,783,000 6,963,000 6,863,000 5,051,000 2,710,000 4,235,000 4,304,000 4,402,000 4,401,000 4,401,000 4,401,000 4,402,000 4,401,000 4,401,000 4,402,000 4,247,000 3,940,000 4,005,000 4,004,000 4,005,000 4,004,000 3,214,000 2,647,000 2,751,000 2,750,000 2,797,000 2,635,000 2,448,000 2,710,000 2,661,000 4,369,000 2,184,000 17,972,000 11,981,000 
          unrealized foreign currency transaction loss
        3,765,000   -11,532,000 -3,329,000 9,906,000 -7,951,000 136,000 2,504,000 -5,062,000 5,066,000 1,086,000 1,626,000    1,073,000 -6,857,000 584,000 3,149,000 -13,758,000 -6,143,000 -4,699,000 6,093,000 7,848,000 -16,814,000        -600,000 -6,540,000 -7,364,000 -754,000 8,970,000 434,000 24,836,000 3,530,000    8,807,000 8,295,000             
          amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts on indebtedness
        1,762,000 1,597,000 1,676,000 1,966,000 1,969,000 1,960,000 2,004,000 1,621,000 1,750,000 1,698,000 1,971,000 1,967,000 1,938,000 1,955,000 1,950,000 1,930,000 1,898,000 1,909,000 1,897,000 1,875,000 2,048,000 1,966,000 1,951,000 2,170,000 1,918,000 2,037,000 2,023,000 1,993,000 1,954,000  1,946,000 1,919,000 1,881,000  1,979,000 2,269,000 2,282,000  2,359,000 2,391,000 2,247,000  2,267,000 2,246,000 2,230,000  2,231,000 2,193,000 2,012,000        3,863,000 1,746,000 
          deferred income taxes
        9,512,000 -37,865,000 31,743,000 -481,000 -10,675,000 -53,206,000 -4,152,000 -1,694,000 -4,011,000 46,763,000 3,698,000 5,544,000 -6,269,000 -96,981,000 12,177,000 12,685,000 21,430,000 2,245,000 15,278,000 11,841,000 4,646,000 10,756,000 1,966,000 -5,463,000 15,900,000 26,329,000 -25,180,000 -31,207,000 -8,858,000 -6,037,000 10,114,000 -2,510,000 31,800,000 -57,990,000 -2,589,000 7,853,000 4,061,000 -3,438,000 10,855,000 -7,914,000 12,139,000 29,465,000 -19,918,000 2,719,000 7,350,000 25,133,000 -29,226,000 -16,737,000 22,037,000 27,276,000 5,749,000 107,250,000 31,229,000 -118,159,000 39,401,000 18,806,000 53,275,000 36,008,000 
          other
        -3,373,000 -3,745,000 -1,298,000 -2,305,000 -3,928,000 -3,018,000 -1,878,000 3,546,000 -2,230,000 -353,000 -2,680,000 -1,941,000 -260,000 187,000 -2,899,000 -2,508,000 -2,447,000 -3,787,000 4,347,000 -7,021,000 -755,000 10,102,000 5,247,000 -16,987,000 1,044,000 5,649,000 -6,424,000 -3,199,000 1,142,000 6,198,000 -7,831,000 9,292,000 -2,348,000 -6,397,000 -975,000 -3,920,000 278,000 -1,950,000 -2,503,000 -1,976,000 46,000 2,930,000 -1,827,000 -2,673,000 2,427,000 6,027,000 -1,774,000   -58,000 -737,000 -657,000 -1,000     
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                  
          accounts receivable, trade
        20,853,000 -7,377,000 42,247,000 -36,698,000 53,204,000 12,874,000 1,523,000 -14,215,000 30,704,000 -14,238,000 -5,651,000 38,328,000 15,893,000 -29,340,000 41,301,000 20,900,000 37,510,000 -38,570,000 30,601,000 -29,083,000 36,996,000 -28,991,000 36,963,000 28,187,000 27,178,000 -50,338,000 16,004,000 -7,582,000 -1,429,000 -49,773,000 38,086,000 -22,542,000 -17,877,000 -61,245,000 30,187,000 -27,551,000 -15,952,000 -62,797,000 78,283,000 -36,094,000 -9,442,000 -117,160,000 24,337,000 80,210,000 -98,392,000 -80,696,000 12,038,000 12,000,000 -16,326,000 -61,560,000 -3,245,000 1,226,000 -16,504,000 -44,267,000 -7,024,000 1,327,000 9,419,000 172,000 
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -7,300,000 -6,246,000 3,054,000 25,749,000 12,658,000 30,962,000 40,210,000 80,250,000 63,606,000 -43,063,000 12,850,000 55,029,000 78,442,000 -15,895,000 32,679,000 -48,943,000 -1,910,000 -121,062,000 -44,566,000 -47,616,000 29,383,000 -15,038,000 33,145,000 28,421,000 17,532,000 -20,928,000 -81,358,000 -13,784,000 -26,233,000 24,980,000 -15,392,000 -6,865,000 -5,512,000 9,484,000 -38,322,000 -12,981,000 -18,160,000 38,363,000 -26,254,000 -24,940,000 7,850,000 19,310,000 -28,306,000 -13,831,000 -1,528,000 -4,469,000 -35,389,000 10,605,000 25,384,000 -21,162,000 -11,058,000 -12,528,000 -8,088,000 -35,329,000 21,651,000 29,046,000 -11,279,000 -16,081,000 
          program rights and obligations
        -167,708,000 -245,988,000 -237,707,000 -161,929,000 -169,605,000 -240,724,000 -256,074,000 -242,465,000 -193,006,000 -235,578,000 -200,218,000 -273,810,000 -370,304,000 -281,414,000 -398,445,000 -327,192,000 -340,300,000 -330,610,000 -383,692,000 -345,529,000 -237,951,000 -284,746,000 -178,240,000 -165,400,000 -221,627,000 -293,182,000 -233,199,000 -252,868,000 -190,651,000 -307,655,000 -199,723,000 -222,743,000 -248,642,000 -276,573,000 -261,763,000 -247,200,000 -211,280,000 -285,305,000 -221,600,000 -274,094,000 -192,194,000 -223,076,000 -203,842,000 -234,002,000 -178,203,000 -179,853,000 -174,100,000 -150,837,000 -185,447,000 -159,214,000 -116,471,000 -147,766,000 -93,892,000 -98,970,000 -187,457,000 -81,028,000   
          deferred revenue
        -218,000 -11,763,000 5,938,000 8,863,000 -1,296,000 -6,810,000 10,894,000 -3,472,000 -4,575,000 4,877,000 -5,720,000 4,874,000 -64,702,000 -130,444,000 21,948,000 38,159,000 6,715,000 119,995,000 5,634,000 -4,468,000 5,671,000 9,436,000 2,852,000 -14,608,000 9,522,000 -1,728,000 9,288,000 5,307,000 -4,200,000 -9,923,000 -861,000 -588,000 4,980,000 -5,024,000 3,379,000 1,196,000 -11,104,000 -40,562,000 1,418,000 25,356,000 3,952,000  -18,333,000 19,217,000 14,562,000  -3,648,000 15,857,000 4,010,000          
          accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities
        -9,032,000 77,023,000 -26,884,000 -2,778,000 -27,265,000 -11,173,000 -34,132,000 -36,543,000 -40,629,000 1,200,000 -35,922,000 -40,102,000 -122,906,000 178,156,000 -37,792,000 16,204,000 -84,918,000 117,307,000 -2,758,000 82,521,000 -67,664,000 65,251,000 -3,881,000 -25,040,000 -20,372,000 -5,874,000 35,785,000 272,000 -58,591,000  9,238,000 17,157,000 -63,007,000                          
          net cash from operating activities
        67,467,000 49,246,000 44,828,000 102,791,000 108,805,000 58,108,000 62,235,000 104,403,000 150,869,000 72,780,000 106,092,000 157,566,000 -132,519,000 145,243,000 19,417,000 40,729,000 -23,555,000 99,490,000 -87,183,000 23,604,000 107,563,000 104,649,000 219,175,000 226,504,000 198,408,000 83,351,000 111,460,000 117,250,000 171,687,000 134,735,000 193,235,000 161,605,000 116,972,000 112,156,000 107,596,000 21,107,000 144,870,000 87,733,000 197,028,000 62,180,000 167,384,000 69,066,000 110,732,000 110,046,000 80,195,000 113,932,000 84,379,000 102,852,000 74,599,000 24,598,000 66,461,000 -102,693,000 -37,829,000 345,130,000 165,604,000 76,963,000 202,361,000 119,122,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                  
          capital expenditures
        -2,652,000 -8,801,000 -2,832,000 -7,050,000 -14,620,000 -20,523,000 -8,294,000 -9,238,000 -6,720,000 -6,815,000 -6,942,000 -9,952,000 -11,498,000 -10,762,000 -11,956,000 -10,026,000 -11,528,000 -12,603,000 -11,120,000 -10,312,000 -8,537,000 -11,605,000 -12,818,000 -9,256,000 -12,916,000 -22,508,000 -19,633,000 -27,410,000 -22,053,000 -29,028,000 -23,372,000 -25,460,000 -11,942,000 -18,255,000 -21,858,000 -19,730,000 -20,206,000 -34,715,000 -20,319,000 -11,799,000 -12,387,000 -19,511,000 -15,686,000 -14,876,000 -18,248,000 -15,399,000 -5,585,000 -12,566,000 -6,189,000 -5,967,000 -4,666,000 -5,667,000 -8,003,000 -4,884,000 -6,619,000 -2,838,000 -7,129,000 -4,340,000 
          free cash flows
        64,815,000 40,445,000 41,996,000 95,741,000 94,185,000 37,585,000 53,941,000 95,165,000 144,149,000 65,965,000 99,150,000 147,614,000 -144,017,000 134,481,000 7,461,000 30,703,000 -35,083,000 86,887,000 -98,303,000 13,292,000 99,026,000 93,044,000 206,357,000 217,248,000 185,492,000 60,843,000 91,827,000 89,840,000 149,634,000 105,707,000 169,863,000 136,145,000 105,030,000 93,901,000 85,738,000 1,377,000 124,664,000 53,018,000 176,709,000 50,381,000 154,997,000 49,555,000 95,046,000 95,170,000 61,947,000 98,533,000 78,794,000 90,286,000 68,410,000 18,631,000 61,795,000 -108,360,000 -45,832,000 340,246,000 158,985,000 74,125,000 195,232,000 114,782,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -2,652,000 -9,701,000 -2,150,000 -7,740,000 -14,620,000 -20,209,000 -8,145,000 -9,238,000 -2,784,000 -5,088,000 -6,246,000 -5,983,000 -7,005,000 -10,762,000 -18,694,000 -172,000 -9,757,000 -57,462,000 -11,120,000 -13,962,000 55,962,000 -10,736,000 -14,429,000 -8,332,000 -1,666,000 -29,843,000 -16,309,000 -25,410,000 -18,145,000 -74,299,000 -26,463,000 -105,334,000 -54,088,000 -25,808,000 -21,858,000 -34,730,000 -48,206,000 -129,715,000 -20,319,000 -12,153,000 -12,387,000 -37,165,000 -15,686,000 -13,880,000 -50,039,000 -171,113,000 -40,786,000 -12,566,000 -998,745,000 -5,967,000 -7,166,000 -5,667,000 -7,346,000 -4,884,000 -7,454,000 -2,838,000 -7,386,000 -4,462,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                  
          principal payments on term loan a facility
        -2,767,000 -168,455,000 -78,125,000 -28,125,000 -8,125,000 -8,125,000 -43,125,000                                                    
          payments for financing costs
        -2,000,000 -832,000 -2,331,000   -178,000 -1,026,000                            -2,070,000     -230,000 -9,036,000 -12,452,000 -10,000 -2,000 -530,000 -1,028,000 -211,000 -40,000   
          deemed repurchases of restricted stock units
        -6,598,000 -401,000 -3,643,000 -665,000 -3,961,000 -42,000 -6,000 -1,211,000 -6,012,000 -775,000 -1,248,000 -17,000 -20,292,000  -16,000 1,000 -34,633,000  -1,000 -88,000 -8,858,000  -60,000 -22,959,000  -380,000 -15,354,000  -577,000 -12,796,000                      
          principal payments on finance lease obligations
        -455,000 -1,128,000 -1,103,000 -1,241,000 -1,198,000 -1,189,000 -1,186,000 -1,146,000 -1,129,000 -1,088,000 -1,188,000 -931,000 -1,015,000 -970,000 -943,000 -947,000 -716,000 -934,000 -882,000 -889,000 -1,095,000 -857,000 -829,000 -794,000 -781,000 -1,056,000 -1,469,000 -1,281,000 -1,309,000                              
          net cash from financing activities
        -11,820,000 -253,055,000 -191,003,000 -113,264,000 -12,966,000 -57,484,000 -46,817,000 17,211,000 -23,133,000 -459,528,000 -30,091,000 -26,506,000 -28,310,000 -16,907,000 -13,722,000 -35,475,000 -31,011,000 -17,484,000 -2,393,000 -10,336,000 -53,890,000 -283,254,000 -27,928,000 -33,764,000 -303,052,000 -13,443,000            -151,312,000                 -66,375,000 -65,927,000 -50,128,000 2,857,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents from operations
        52,995,000 -213,510,000 -148,325,000 -18,213,000 81,219,000 -19,585,000 7,273,000 112,376,000 124,952,000 -391,836,000    117,574,000 -12,999,000 5,082,000 -64,323,000        -106,310,000 40,065,000 69,733,000 26,550,000 126,567,000 37,857,000    -5,247,000 357,291,000 -224,959,000 -76,168,000  29,480,000 -36,683,000 386,384,000                  
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        -3,237,000 -949,000 -1,244,000 14,391,000 4,361,000 -12,143,000 6,551,000 -345,000 -5,006,000 7,225,000 -7,938,000 4,361,000 1,764,000 21,498,000 -13,415,000 -9,364,000 -6,272,000 -3,290,000 -9,063,000 -11,703,000 -5,038,000 6,007,000 5,155,000 1,350,000 -5,731,000 2,719,000 -2,689,000 -3,890,000 2,229,000 -47,688,000 10,431,000 -7,761,000 9,365,000 11,741,000 5,519,000 10,790,000 -1,573,000 -8,081,000 9,814,000 -22,647,000 95,000 -4,522,000 -9,366,000 11,102,000 -8,250,000 -35,161,000 -30,431,000 36,509,000 -15,975,000          
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        502,379,000  784,649,000  570,576,000  930,002,000  892,221,000  888,526,000  816,170,000  554,886,000  558,783,000  481,389,000  316,321,000  201,367,000  521,951,000  610,970,000  215,836,000 215,836,000 79,960,000 79,960,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        552,137,000  -149,569,000 -3,822,000 870,229,000  13,824,000 112,031,000 690,522,000  61,817,000 129,438,000 763,932,000  -26,414,000 -4,282,000 821,626,000  -109,759,000 -12,397,000 993,123,000  181,973,000 185,758,000 704,129,000  67,044,000 22,660,000 683,682,000  148,593,000 -113,076,000 529,200,000  362,810,000 -214,169,000 403,648,000  39,294,000 -59,330,000 702,800,000  66,495,000 46,753,000 194,307,000  12,630,000 124,538,000 159,454,000  61,039,000 -106,311,000 554,948,000  307,803,000 224,182,000 224,959,000 197,837,000 
          non-cash impairment and other charges
             302,694,000                                                    
          amortization and write-offs of program rights
                                                                  
          loss on extinguishment of debt
         1,261,000                22,074,000 2,908,000            1,000 2,295,000 9,000 48,334,000                14,535,000 14,518,000 
          deferred carriage fees
                 -13,101,000 1,404,000 -3,719,000 -2,410,000 -17,305,000 -10,599,000 -1,752,000 -9,934,000 -23,858,000 -1,346,000 -27,804,000 -57,000 6,224,000 938,000 -511,000 -15,484,000 -624,000 -812,000 -13,175,000 -422,000 -1,050,000 -752,000 -838,000 -1,610,000 -371,000 -933,000 -2,883,000 -430,000 15,000 -501,000 -8,777,000 -1,133,000 -791,000 -1,687,000 -321,000 -16,817,000            -1,865,000 -1,808,000 
          proceeds from sale of investments
                 4,072,000 4,493,000   95,370,000 10,000,000                                  
          proceeds from the issuance of 10.50% senior secured notes due 2032
                                                                 
          proceeds from the issuance of 10.25% senior secured notes due 2029
                                                                
          proceeds from the issuance of 4.25% convertible senior notes due 2029
                                                                
          tender, redemption, and repurchase of 4.75% senior notes due 2025
                                                                  
          tender and repurchase of 4.25% senior notes due 2029
                                                                 
          redemption of 5.00% senior notes due 2024
                                                                  
          purchase of treasury stock
         -7,640,000                   -253,763,000 -16,981,000 -85,957,000 -12,158,000 -57,449,000 -991,000 -15,743,000 -24,991,000 -158,772,000 -83,637,000 -86,876,000 -102,960,000 -152,951,000 -91,423,000 -113,240,000 -61,770,000         -17,804,000 -135,000 -50,000 -11,950,000 -15,988,000 -15,937,000 -83,000  
          purchase of noncontrolling interests
                 -1,343,000                                            
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
            -5,992,000 -1,480,000 -15,352,000 -1,168,000 -25,330,000 -20,459,000 -15,585,000 -11,502,000 -6,725,000 -3,093,000 -23,574,000 -1,565,000  -2,994,000 -9,448,000 -2,464,000  -3,348,000 -7,526,000 -3,081,000  -3,416,000 -4,500,000 -5,629,000  -2,366,000 -5,532,000 -1,435,000  -3,180,000 -1,218,000 -11,712,000                      
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                  
          unrealized foreign currency transaction gain
                      -544,000             3,854,000 -4,501,000  1,154,000 2,716,000 -4,582,000                          
          other investing activities
          682,000    -1,230,000 3,936,000                                                  
          tender and redemption of 4.75% senior notes due 2025
                                                                 
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                                                                  
          repurchase of 4.25% senior notes due 2029
                                                                
          return of capital from investees
             314,000    1,450,000    1,771,000     948,000   -3,852,000 3,324,000 2,000,000 3,908,000 3,565,000 176,000 175,000 172,000                          
          principal payments on long-term debt
                -16,875,000 -433,068,000 -8,438,000 -8,437,000 -8,438,000 -8,437,000 -8,438,000 -8,437,000 -8,438,000 -1,500,000 -1,015,000,000 -19,750,000 -23,750,000 -9,375,000 -209,375,000 -10,375,000 -9,896,000 521,000 -3,238,000      -1,147,000,000 -55,465,000 -55,500,000  -82,551,000 -37,000,000 -691,449,000  -18,500,000 -18,500,000 -18,500,000              
          bad debt expense
                 397,000 1,036,000 707,000 363,000 167,000 870,000 345,000 820,000  1,370,000 2,759,000 771,000  -1,404,000 533,000 1,211,000 9,013,000 691,000 584,000 2,353,000 1,244,000 4,231,000 1,010,000 914,000  1,430,000 1,247,000 961,000  265,000 921,000 528,000  923,000    1,262,000            
          gains on investments
                                                                  
          income taxes payable
                 -15,229,000 15,089,000 25,000 1,084,000 -13,329,000 10,940,000 -5,798,000 8,039,000 1,768,000 237,000 -16,610,000 11,138,000 -10,562,000 17,009,000 -113,000 369,000 -1,882,000 -5,847,000 -31,166,000 40,114,000 -12,001,000 -3,176,000 -17,552,000 15,723,000 2,572,000 -14,444,000 -67,721,000 57,627,000 32,739,000 -3,222,000 -23,762,000 37,398,000 -20,903,000 13,411,000 -35,656,000 38,352,000 5,587,000 6,561,000 7,424,000 4,568,000 460,000 684,000 -32,122,000 -80,903,000      
          acquisition of investments
                 -316,000                                               
          loans to investees
                                                                 
          cash paid on distribution of business
                         -7,052,000                                      
          principal payments received on loans to investees
                                                                  
          payments for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                  
          proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
                         1,500,000 984,500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000   2,521,000        982,500,000     600,000,000          
          proceeds from stock option exercises
                         -2,305,000 12,100,000     4,630,000       11,000 1,000 16,000 1,200,000 157,000 152,000 901,000 130,000 33,000 145,000 82,000 843,000 37,000 171,000 876,000 675,000 6,703,000 1,997,000 1,828,000 2,460,000  
          contributions from noncontrolling interests
                          -1,000 2,702,000                                      
          impairment and other charges
                        644,000 -142,918,000 142,918,000 16,055,000                                      
          amortization of program rights
                  196,299,000 243,313,000 187,073,000  213,209,000 204,038,000 192,852,000                                          
          gain on investments
                                                                
          principal payment received on loan to investee
                         18,125,000 1,875,000  1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000                                  
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents from operations
                   125,077,000 -167,834,000                   -105,315,000 -38,948,000                          
          write-down of non-marketable equity securities and note receivable
                             14,897,000 -14,897,000 20,000,000 2,465,000 17,741,000                              
          payments for acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired
                                     -675,000           36,000 -6,581,000              
          loss on investments
                        -4,293,000    5,366,000                                      
          bad debt (recoveries) expense
                                                                  
          deemed repurchase of restricted stock units
                                                                  
          contributions from noncontrolling interest
                                                 -32,000                 
          distributions to noncontrolling interest
                                               -9,000 -8,968,000                 
          share-based compensation expense related to equity classified awards
                          9,454,000 16,263,000 13,446,000 9,767,000 12,394,000 15,235,000 15,512,000 13,668,000 13,841,000 16,725,000 19,899,000 8,973,000 16,934,000 19,753,000 15,319,000 12,133,000 13,817,000 15,131,000 12,464,000 10,028,000 9,381,000 11,323,000 8,165,000 7,110,000 7,821,000 8,801,000 7,288,000 6,794,000 7,730,000 8,759,000 5,080,000 5,250,000 5,108,000 5,604,000 4,337,000 4,356,000 8,484,000 3,583,000 4,320,000  
          acquisition of investment securities
                          -2,703,000 -25,694,000  -2,861,000                              -750,000    
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                          -100,696,000 -694,000 109,635,000  176,818,000                                    
          impairment charges
                             -8,184,000                                   
          unrealized (gain) on derivative contracts
                                                                  
          investments in and loans to investees
                                         -10,000,000                        
          impairment and related charges
                                                                 
          unrealized gain on derivative contracts
                                      -23,526,000 -3,338,000 -13,984,000           1,097,000 -306,000  -1,379,000 -182,000 -856,000  194,000 -2,078,000 -718,000      
          investment in and loans to investees
                                      -2,592,000 -45,170,000 -42,318,000    -28,000,000                      
          net cash used in financing activities
                                   -65,290,000 -26,975,000  -28,610,000 -161,586,000 -101,832,000                  1,744,000 2,049,000 -10,847,000      
          non-cash restructuring charges
                                    1,171,000                              
          adjustments to reconcile income from operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          unrealized loss on derivative contracts
                                           -10,304,000 -11,486,000    164,000                  
          amortization and write-off of deferred financing costs and discounts on indebtedness
                                                         5,580,000 1,879,000 1,846,000 1,819,000   2,505,000   
          excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements
                                             -25,000 17,000 71,000 -852,000 -313,000 -259,000 -366,000 -3,672,000 -1,136,000 -954,000 -188,000 -4,520,000 -55,000 -2,027,000 -1,560,000 -1,333,000 -225,000 -1,492,000    
          accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
                                         24,242,000 34,962,000 -9,944,000 -33,651,000 24,159,000 14,689,000 63,153,000 -68,886,000 15,366,000 37,341,000 13,089,000 -23,445,000 62,430,000 41,023,000 2,806,000 -18,787,000 14,272,000 23,611,000 22,687,000 -42,781,000 8,482,000 8,670,000 -31,065,000 -13,484,000 -29,968,000 
          payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                     -160,160,000             
          premium and fees paid on extinguishment of debt
                                             -1,000 -1,765,000 -9,000 -39,179,000                  
          principal payments on capital lease obligations
                                     -1,060,000 -1,253,000 -1,219,000 -1,406,000 -1,145,000 -902,000 -1,125,000 -1,401,000 -1,106,000 -1,107,000 -989,000 -1,086,000 -553,000 -943,000 -29,000 -1,420,000 306,000 -1,395,000 -898,000 -414,000 -404,000 -394,000 -385,000 -375,000 -366,000 -690,000 -290,000 -3,417,000 -2,242,000 
          provision for doubtful accounts
                                                               105,000 670,000 547,000 
          repayment of long-term debt
                                                                  
          payment of promissory note
                                                                
          deemed repurchase of restricted stock/units
                                                                  
          net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
                                           -211,336,000 -172,832,000        -28,966,000              
          amounts due from related parties
                                            -28,000    1,081,000 -28,000 -58,000 -284,000 411,000              
          loss from discontinued operations
                                                                 
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          proceeds from insurance settlements
                                                     654,000        
          proceeds from the sale of an investment
                                                                  
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
                                                 13,288,000 75,861,000 35,651,000 1,190,000     5,732,000 61,039,000 -106,311,000 -56,022,000 297,718,000 91,775,000 8,198,000 144,847,000 117,517,000 
          cash flows from discontinued operations:
                                                                  
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations
                                                      -236,000 -2,234,000 -485,000          
          unrealized loss derivative contracts
                                                                  
          purchases of investments
                                                 960,000 -25,210,000              
          deemed repurchases of restricted stock/units
                                              13,000 -421,000 -10,413,000  -134,000 -1,472,000 -12,848,000              
          unrealized gain derivative contracts
                                                                  
          contributions from noncontrolling member
                                                                  
          net cash from (used in) financing activities
                                               -86,710,000 231,387,000        578,109,000          
          income from discontinued operations
                                                                  
          benefit from doubtful accounts
                                                                  
          deferred revenue and deferred litigation settlement proceeds
                                                         -8,342,000 -10,552,000 -306,382,000 -12,424,000      
          unrealized foreign currency transaction
                                                                  
          distributions to noncontrolling member
                                                                  
          recovery of doubtful accounts
                                                    -114,000              
          provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts
                                                         -38,000         
          gain on sale of investment
                                                                  
          amounts due from/to related parties
                                                       401,000 490,000 -784,000 298,000 1,165,000 1,354,000 202,000 -3,675,000 -3,922,000   
          proceeds from sale of equipment, net of costs of disposal
                                                             100,000  13,000 13,000 
          deemed repurchase of restricted stock
                                                                  
          contributions from noncontrolling interest member
                                                                 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations
                                                             192,000 148,000 152,000 360,000 
          deferred carriage fees and deferred carriage fees payable
                                                      -124,000 -10,060,000 -3,050,000 -166,000 -10,066,000 -192,000 -214,000 -3,460,000 -434,000 -148,000   
          deemed repurchases of restricted stock
                                                                  
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
                                                      43,297,000 90,263,000 -346,037,000          
          net income
                                                                  
          loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                                  
          unrealized foreign transaction gain
                                                                  
          payment for acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired
                                                       -993,210,000          
          distributions from noncontrolling interests
                                                                  
          income from continuing operations
                                                        71,987,000 34,962,000 57,950,000 135,731,000 61,517,000 15,191,000 84,482,000 43,077,000 97,097,000 56,780,000 
          foreign transaction loss
                                                        1,718,000          
          bad debt recoveries
                                                        -216,000          
          foreign exchange gain
                                                                  
          payment for acquisition of a business
                                                             -185,000  -270,000 -135,000 
          capital contributions from cablevision
                                                                20,813,000 20,813,000 
          capital distributions to cablevision
                                                                -20,813,000 -20,813,000 
          recovery of provision for doubtful accounts
                                                                  
          (recovery of) provision for doubtful accounts
                                                            -8,000 -630,000 -96,000    
          proceeds from insurance settlement
                                                            657,000      
          repayment of credit facility debt
                                                             -637,562,000 -52,975,000 -51,488,000 -826,488,000 -775,000,000 
          redemption of senior notes
                                                                -300,000,000 -300,000,000 
          redemption of senior subordinated notes, including tender premium and fees
                                                                -338,365,000 -338,365,000 
          repayment of note payable to related party
                                                                  
          effect of change in cash related to net assets distributed to cablevision
                                                                  
          amortization and write-off of financing and other costs
                                                              4,563,000    
          proceeds from credit facility debt
                                                                1,442,364,000 1,442,364,000 
          non-cash restructuring (credit) expense
                                                                  
          program rights
                                                                -346,269,000 -250,777,000 
          program rights obligations
                                                                121,320,000 119,135,000 
          deferred carriage fees payable
                                                                -1,339,000 -814,000 
          share-based compensation expense allocations related to cablevision equity classified awards prior to the distribution
                                                                8,343,000  
          write-off of deferred financing costs
                                                                5,703,000 5,703,000 
          amounts due from/to affiliates
                                                                -9,333,000 580,000 
          additions to deferred financing costs
                                                                -26,599,000 -23,900,000 
          repayment of note payable to affiliate
                                                                  
          share-based compensation expense allocations related to cablevision equity classified awards
                                                                 8,343,000 
          effect of change in cash related to net assets distributed to cablevision in 2010