Company
Acorn
Who owns the shelf, who is tied to it on the public record, and how the titles on this desk score.
63
8 titles on this desk. 1 at 70 or above. 0 under 40.
Acorn TV, a brand of AMC Networks Inc. · Parent: Nasdaq: AMCX
AMC Networks, New York. Founded Acorn as a mail-order mystery brand. The streamer grew under RLJ Entertainment, bought by AMC Networks in 2018..
The company
Acorn is a small streaming brand of British and other foreign mysteries, villages, and crafts. The company behind it is AMC Networks, which also owns AMC, BBC America, IFC, and Shudder.
Who owns it
AMC Networks is public, and the Dolan family controls it through supervoting shares. Ordinary shareholders do not outvote the family. Acorn is one brand inside that company, not a separate stock.
Public offices
The Dolan family also controls Madison Square Garden and has been a public civic name in New York for decades. That is a different company with the same family. AMC Networks lobbies as a cable programmer. Acorn itself is not a political shop.
Who connects to whom
Tap a name. The lines are ownership, a job, a lawsuit, or a marriage that is already in the record. Index funds are holders, not editors.
Money, tax, and the payroll
People
AMC Networks employs a few thousand. Acorn is a slice of that, not a published headcount.
Revenue
AMC Networks has reported a little above $2 billion of revenue in recent years. Acorn's own take is not broken out.
Tax
The parent's 10-K. Acorn is not its own taxpayer.
How many are watching
AMC Networks reports streaming subscribers for the whole company, not a clean Acorn-only census. This desk does not invent one.
Nothing responsible to chart. A blank is better than a made-up audience.
Who it is built for
Older viewers
Mysteries and village stories. The brand does not chase teenagers.
Readers
Many titles began as books. The audience already knows the form.
Age
No public panel.
Who watches the watcher
Public markets
The parent files. The brand does not.
Common Sense Media
Title by title, when a title is big enough to be rated.
The eight, over time
Now is counted from the titles on this desk. Earlier years keep that shape and move the level. They are the house's prior reading, not eight new audits.
- Industry74
- Household58
- Piety46
- Courage65
- Republic70
- Temperance64
- Truth71
- Stewardship58
What is on the shelf
| Title | Year | Kind | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Creatures Great and Small | 2020 | Series | 81 |
| Doc Martin | 2004 | Series | 69 |
| Dalgliesh | 2021 | Series | 68 |
| The Brokenwood Mysteries | 2014 | Series | 66 |
| Miss Scarlet | 2020 | Series | 61 |
| The Madame Blanc Mysteries | 2021 | Series | 60 |
| Harry Wild | 2022 | Series | 54 |
| Agatha Raisin | 2014 | Series | 46 |
AMC Networks filings and the 2018 RLJ acquisition. Dolan supervoting control is in the proxy. Acorn-only revenue is not disclosed.
Petition
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