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AMC Ramps Up Programming Feud With Dish Cable
As Pete Campbell haters everywhere know, the gloves came off repeatedly throughout AMC's latest season of Mad Men. Now the network is following suit -- a snarky viral ad campaign is just the latest jab in AMC's feud with satellite broadcaster Dish Network.
AMC Networks -- which encompasses AMC, Sundance and WE -- is urging viewers to drop their Dish subscriptions with its Save the White House campaign. The ad refers not to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but to the home of fictional meth dealer Walter White -- the main character in AMC's hit series Breaking Bad.
The billboards are part of a larger initiative to make viewers aware of Dish's plans to drop AMC networks from the cable servic…
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