AMC Global Media CEO Kristin Dolan On Why ‘The Walking Dead' Deal With Netflix Was “The Right Choice”

AMC Global Media CEO Kristin Dolan said “a lot of the major players” in streaming looked at licensing The Walking Dead, but in the end re-upping with Netflix in a co-exclusive with AMC+ was “the right choice.” On the company's second-quarter earnings call shortly after the company announced the 5-year, $500 million deal, Dolan fielded numerous questions about the zombie series transaction. “We had a lot of of the major players involved and there was a variety of things to consider,” the exec said of the negotiations, which were led by Chief Commercial Officer Kim Kelleher. “We always knew we wanted to do a co-exclusive deal, but the opportunity to license everything to everybody – to one group globally versus piecemeal” proved attractive.