AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:AMCX) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 3, 2023 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Nick Seibert - VP, Corporate Development and IR

Kristin Dolan - CEO

Patrick O'Connell - CFO

Kim Kelleher - CCO

Dan McDermott - President Entertainment and AMC Studios

Conference Call Participants

Michael Morris - Guggenheim Securities

David Joyce - Seaport Research Partners

Luke Landis - MoffettNathanson

Brett Feldman - Goldman Sachs

Thomas Yeh - Morgan Stanley

Steve Cahall - Wells Fargo

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the AMC Networks, Inc. Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

And I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. Nicholas Seibert, Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Sir, please go ahead.

Nick Seibert

Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to the AMC Networks third quarter 2023 earnings conference call.

Joining us this morning are Kristin Dolan, Chief Executive Officer; Patrick O’Connell, Chief Financial Officer; Kim Kelleher, Chief Commercial Officer; and Dan McDermott, President of Entertainment and AMC Studios. Today's press release is available on our website at amcnetworks.com. We will begin with prepared remarks, and then, we'll open the call for questions.

Today's call may include certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Please refer to AMC Network's SEC filings for a discussion of risks and uncertainties. The company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements made on this call. Today, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures.

The required definitions and reconciliations can be found in today's press release. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Kristin.

Kristin Dolan

Thanks, Nick, and good morning, everyone.

I'd like to begin today by sharing some strategic and operational highlights from the quarter that underscore our continued focus on three key areas: programming, partnerships, and profitability, which we believe are critical to the effective management of this company during a period of great change in our industry.

Let's start with partnerships. As we look at AMC Networks and the current landscape around content monetization and distribution, we're arguably in a moment when the value and impact of partners has never been more important. And this applies to us, to the companies we partner with and to consumers.