But none of its current shows rank in the top 30 most-watched programs in Canada as tracked by Numeris. A recent survey by the Media Technology Monitor found that one in seven Canadians have transitioned from traditional TV to online and streaming services, with an additional one in five intending to do so over the next year. What do you think about Rogers cable dropping AMC?
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I consent the use of my personal data in accordance with Future's privacy policy , including its cookie policy. Thank you for signing up to Multichannel News. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. AMC's CEO Josh Sapan was discussing the company's nascent streaming video-on-demand operation and said: "We don't need tens of millions of subscribers for it to be a meaningful contributor to our business.
If that's true, then it's only a matter of time before other TV channels and studios embrace the same realization that narrowly focused niche-streaming channels are marketable enough. The world can only wonder which niche channel will be next. These services offer a wide range of content to satisfy the young as well as the old, fans of documentaries as well as fans of fiction, and binge-watchers as much as easily distracted viewers.
What the video media industry hasn't seen much of is subscription-based services with limited but highly focused libraries of video content. The unspoken fear in offering such a product has been a lack of scale needed to make it viable. AMC Networks has taken the chance on the idea, though, and it seems to be paying off. Sapan said during Tuesday's conference call the company was on pace to be serving between 3.
The real number is probably closer to the upper end of the forecasted range. It's not a lot. Hulu boasts The aforementioned Netflix ended its most recently completed quarter with almost million paying customers. None of them draw the sort of crowd ESPN attracts.
But they don't have to. They're still fiscally viable because most of their programming costs relatively little to produce. Take its zombie series The Walking Dead as an example. The creation of zombie armies requires some savvy makeup and prosthetic work, but there are no space battles, jumping cars, or extravagant sets needed.
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