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Anchor Bay Entertainment in home video distribution deal with AMC Networks
MUMBAI: After a partnership distributing US media company AMC‘s series, ‘The Walking Dead‘, Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced a new deal with AMC‘s parent company, AMC Networks, for home entertainment distribution across the company‘s networks including AMC, IFC and Sundance Channel. The home entertainment distribution output agreement includes future scripted series to be produced in-house by AMC, IFC and Sundance Channel.
This includes the Sundance Channel scripted series, ‘Rectify‘ and AMC‘s recently greenlit original drama series ‘Low Winter Sun‘. The deal covers all US and Canadian distribution on DVD, Blu-ray and certain transactional digital distribution rights.
Anchor Bay Entertainment president Bill Clark said, “AMC‘s ‘The Walking Dead‘ has quickly become our best-selling TV-on-DVD title to-date. AMC has been an exceptional partner over the last few years and we look forward to expanding our relationship to distribute future scripted drama series from AMC, IFC and Sundance Channel.”
AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll said, “Anchor Bay has been a terrific partner on ‘The Walking Dead‘ and we look forward to continuing to work with them to extend the life of the series from AMC Networks‘ into the DVD and transactional digital marketplace”.
AMC‘s ‘Low Winter Sun‘ and Sundance Channel‘s ‘Rectify‘ will be the first two releases under the new deal. ‘Low Winter Sun‘ is a co-production between Endemol Studios and AMC Studios. This is a story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption in a world where the line between cops and criminals is blurred.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
