SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DOLAN CHARLES F (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DOLAN FAMILY OFFICE 340 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE (Street) WOODBURY NY 11797 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMC Networks Inc. [ AMCX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Executive Chairman / Member of 13(d) Group
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/21/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	12/21/2012		M		21,860	A	$8.95	98,728(1)	D(2)(4)
Class A Common Stock	12/21/2012		S		21,860	D	$48.994(7)	76,868(1)	D(2)(4)
Class A Common Stock								1,726	I(3)(4)	By Revocable Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options (rights to Buy)	$8.95	12/21/2012		M			21,860(5)	03/05/2010(8)	09/05/2014	Class A Common Stock	21,860	$0	0	D(6)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DOLAN CHARLES F (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DOLAN FAMILY OFFICE 340 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE (Street) WOODBURY NY 11797 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DOLAN HELEN A (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DOLAN FAMILY OFFICE 340 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE (Street) WOODBURY NY 11797 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes restricted shares.

2. Securities held directly by Mr. Charles F. Dolan and indirectly by his spouse, Ms. Helen A. Dolan.

3. Charles F. Dolan is the sole trustee and beneficiary of the Charles F. Dolan 2009 Revocable Trust.

4. Helen A. Dolan disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that she is, for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, the beneficial owner of such securities.

5. Exercise of options under the Company's Employee Stock Plan, exempt under Rule 16b-3.

6. Ms. Dolan disclaims beneficial ownership of all options beneficially owned or deemed to be beneficially owned by her spouse and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that she is, for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, the beneficial owner of such securities.

7. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $48.76 to $49.275 per share. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. Mr. Dolan hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.

8. Options vested in three equal annual installments beginning on the date indicated.

	/s/ Renzo Mori Attorney-in-Fact for Charles F. Dolan	12/26/2012
	/s/ Renzo Mori, Attorney-in-Fact for Helen A. Dolan	12/26/2012
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brian G. Sweeney and Renzo Mori, and each of them individually, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an Officer and/or Director, beneficial owner and/or trustee of stock of Cablevision Systems Corporation, AMC Networks Inc. and The Madison Square Garden Company (the “Companies”), (i) all forms and schedules in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, including all amendments thereto (a “Section 13 Schedule”), and (ii) a Form ID and any other forms required to be filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor provision) in order to file a Section 13 Schedule or Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules thereunder (a “Section 16 Form”) electronically (a “Form ID”, and, together with a Section 13 Schedule, the “Forms and Schedules”);
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and Schedules, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Forms and Schedules with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in- fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as he may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, and is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms and Schedules with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of December, 2012.

By: /s/ CHARLES F. DOLAN Charles F. Dolan

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brian G. Sweeney and Renzo Mori, and each of them individually, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an Officer and/or Director, beneficial owner and/or trustee of stock of Cablevision Systems Corporation, AMC Networks Inc. and The Madison Square Garden Company (the “Companies”), (i) all forms and schedules in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, including all amendments thereto (a “Section 13 Schedule”), and (ii) a Form ID and any other forms required to be filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor provision) in order to file a Section 13 Schedule or Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules thereunder (a “Section 16 Form”) electronically (a “Form ID”, and, together with a Section 13 Schedule, the “Forms and Schedules”);
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms and Schedules, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such Forms and Schedules with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in- fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as he may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, and is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms and Schedules with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of December, 2012.

By: /s/ HELEN A. DOLAN Helen A. Dolan