What does payment for program license agreement mean?

Measures the cash outflows dedicated to securing rights for content, programming, or intellectual property licenses. For media companies, this is a critical indicator of investment in the core product library and future content pipeline.

AMC Networks Inc. AMCX Payment for program license agreement

Payment for program license agreement at other companies

Helen Of TroyHELE

-$41K-109%

Butterfly NetworkBFLY

$672.75K+105%

Applovin CorporationAPP

$0-100%

Gray TelevisionGTN

$7M0.0%

Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL

$27.2M+1.5%

Playtika Holding Corp.PLTK

$5.6M-15.2%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$542.1M-2.4%

Gross profit$258.9M-10.1%

Operating income$31.3M-51.3%

Net income-$18.9M-205%

EPS (diluted)-$0.43-226%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$552.1M-36.6%

Total debt$1.8B-23.9%

Total equity$955.2M+7.5%

Total assets$3.9B-10.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$67.5M-38.0%

CapEx$2.7M-81.9%

Free cash flow$64.8M-31.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$415.12M+54.0%

Enterprise value$1.7B-6.3%

P/E3.2×-3.2×

P/S0.2×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin49.7%-2.9pp

Operating margin-3%-11.6pp

Net margin-6.5%—

FCF margin10.6%-1.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-13.8%—

Debt / equity1.9×-0.8×

Current ratio1.8×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by AMC Networks Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept amcx:PaymentForProgramLicenseAgreement.

The official record: AMC Networks Inc.’s 10-K, filed February 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is AMC Networks Inc.'s payment for program license agreement?: AMC Networks Inc. (AMCX) reported payment for program license agreement of $40M in Q4 2024.
What does payment for program license agreement mean?: Measures the cash outflows dedicated to securing rights for content, programming, or intellectual property licenses. For media companies, this is a critical indicator of investment in the core product library and future content pipeline.