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AMC Global Media acquisitions, on the record

The businesses AMC Global Media bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
25/7 Media
Word for word“On December 29, 2023, AMC Networks sold its interest in 25/7 Media to the noncontrolling interest holders.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureOn December 29, 2023—
production services business
Word for word“See Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to the 2023 sale of the production services business and the 2021 spin-off of the Levity comedy venues business.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture2023—
remaining 50% interest in an equity method investment
Word for word“In June 2021, the Company paid $ 23.8 million to acquire the remaining 50 % interest in an equity method investment in which it previously owned a 50 % interest and began consolidating that business from June 2021.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionJune 2021$ 23.8 million
LiveCo
Word for word“In connection with the transaction, the Company effectively exchanged all of its rights and interests in LiveCo for the release of the Company's obligations, principally related to leases.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture——
Sentai Holdings
Word for word“The purchase accounting adjustments of $ 2.8 million to the carrying amount of goodwill in Domestic Operations in 2022 relate to the December 2021 acquisition of Sentai Holdings, a global supplier of anime content, including its anime-focused HIDIVE subscription streaming service.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionDecember 2021—
25/7 Media production services business
Word for word“In January 2024, the Company updated the name of its previously titled "International and Other" operating segment to "International" due to the divestiture of the 25/7 Media production services business on December 29, 2023, which was the sole component of the operating segment that comprised “Other.”” 10-K for 2024
divestitureDecember 29, 2023—
remaining 50.1% of the BBC America joint-venture
Word for word“On November 1, 2024, we acquired the remaining 50.1% of the BBC America joint-venture that we had not previously owned for $42.0 million in cash.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionNovember 1, 2024$42.0 million in cash
our rights and interests to Killing Eve
Word for word“These decreases were partially offset by the delivery in 2024 of 15 AMC branded shows in connection with a content licensing agreement with Netflix and the sale of our rights and interests to Killing Eve in 2024.” 10-K for 2024
agreed divestiture2024—
RLJ Entertainment
Word for word“On November 26, 2025, we acquired the remaining 17% of RLJ Entertainment that we had not previously owned for $75.0 million in cash.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionNovember 26, 2025$75.0 million in cash
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$354,000—
2017-12-31$0—
2018-12-31$84.4 million$123.9 million
2019-12-31$0—
2020-12-31$0—
2021-12-31$62.1 million$33.2 million
2022-12-31$0—
2023-12-31$0—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from AMC Global Media’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.