Equity Plans	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Equity Plans	Equity Plans During the first quarter of 2026, AMC Global Media granted 3,398,929 RSUs to certain executive officers and employees under the AMC Global Media Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Employee Stock Plan, which vest ratably over a three-year period. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, 2,012,042 RSUs previously issued to employees of the Company vested. On the vesting date, 798,411 RSUs were surrendered to AMC Global Media to cover the required statutory tax withholding obligations and 1,213,632 shares of AMC Global Media's Class A Common Stock were issued. RSUs are surrendered to satisfy the employees' statutory minimum tax withholding obligations for the applicable income and other employment tax. The RSUs surrendered during the three months ended March 31, 2026 had an aggregate value of $6.6 million, which has been reflected as a financing activity in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Share-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was $6.1 million and $5.8 million, respectively. Share-based compensation expenses are recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) as part of Selling, general and administrative expenses. As of March 31, 2026, there was $36.2 million of total unrecognized share-based compensation cost related to outstanding unvested share-based awards. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average remaining period of approximately 2.6 years.

Equity Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

During the first quarter of 2026, AMC Global Media granted 3,398,929 RSUs to certain executive officers and employees under the AMC Global Media Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Employee Stock Plan, which vest ratably over a three-year period.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, 2,012,042 RSUs previously issued to employees of the Company vested. On the vesting date, 798,411 RSUs were surrendered to AMC Global Media to cover the required statutory tax withholding obligations and 1,213,632 shares of AMC Global Media's Class A Common Stock were issued. RSUs are surrendered to satisfy the employees' statutory minimum tax withholding obligations for the applicable income and other employment tax. The RSUs surrendered during the three months ended March 31, 2026 had an aggregate value of $6.6 million, which has been reflected as a financing activity in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Share-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was $6.1 million and $5.8 million, respectively. Share-based compensation expenses are recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) as part of Selling, general and administrative expenses.

As of March 31, 2026, there was $36.2 million of total unrecognized share-based compensation cost related to outstanding unvested share-based awards. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average remaining period of approximately 2.6 years.