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Streamer Acorn TV is an Anglophile favorite, but can it help AMC compete with Netflix?

“They are trying to walk a tightrope,” said Steve Nason, director of research for Parks Associates, a consulting company that tracks consumer technology services. “They don’t want to sabotage the traditional TV business — that’s their bread and butter. But they realize streaming is going to be their bread and butter five years from now.”

From the article "Streamer Acorn TV is an Anglophile favorite, but can it help AMC compete with Netflix?" by Stephen Battaglo. 

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