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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-016645
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130311
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130313
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130313

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sweeney Brian
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001320298

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35106
		FILM NUMBER:		13687582

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1111 STEWART AVENUE
		CITY:			BETHPAGE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11714

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMC Networks Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001514991
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841]
		IRS NUMBER:				275403694
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11 PENN PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10001
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 324-8500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11 PENN PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10001

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOLAN-SWEENEY DEBORAH A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000933025

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35106
		FILM NUMBER:		13687581

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11 PENN PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10001

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DOLAN DEBORAH ANN
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941121
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DOLAN FAMILY OFFICE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>340 CROSSWAYS PARK DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WOODBURY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>By trusts</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Shares withheld to pay withholding taxes on vested restricted shares exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes restricted shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Securities held directly by Brian G. Sweeney, Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney's spouse. Ms. Dolan-Sweeney disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities of AMC Networks Inc. beneficially owned or deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Sweeney (other than securities in which she has a direct pecuniary interest) and this filing shall not be deemed an admission that Ms. Dolan-Sweeney is, for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, the beneficial owner of such securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Securities held in trusts for which Mr. Sweeney serves as co-trustee. Both he and Ms. Dolan-Sweeney disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that they are, for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, the beneficial owners of such securities.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Brian G. Sweeney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-03-13</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Brian G. Sweeney, Attorney-in-Fact for Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-03-13</signatureDate>
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<B><FONT face="serif">POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></B><BR>
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<FONT face="serif">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Renzo Mori, Marianne Dolan Weber and Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney, and each of them individually, the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:</FONT></P>
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<FONT face="serif">(1)</FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 	</TD>
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<FONT face="serif">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#146;s capacity as an Officer and/or Director of, beneficial owner of and/or trustee of a trust which beneficially owns stock of Cablevision Systems Corporation, AMC
Networks Inc. and/or The Madison Square Garden Company (the &#147;Companies&#148;), (i) 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 &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)
and the rules thereunder (a &#147;Section 16 Form&#148;), and (ii) all forms and schedules in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, including all amendments thereto (a &#147;Section 13 Schedule&#148;), and (iii)
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 a Section 16
Form electronically (a &#147;Form ID&#148;, and, together with a Section 13 Schedule and Section 16 Form, the &#147;Forms and Schedules&#148;);</FONT>	</TD>
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<FONT face="serif">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</FONT>	</TD>
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<FONT face="serif">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 or she may approve in his or her
discretion.</FONT>	</TD>
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<FONT face="serif">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 or her
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 are the Companies assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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<FONT face="serif">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&#146;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Companies, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.</FONT></P>
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<FONT face="serif">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8</FONT><SUP><FONT face="serif">th </FONT></SUP><FONT face="serif">day of March, 2013.</FONT></P>
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<FONT face="serif">By: /s/ BRIAN G. SWEENEY</FONT><BR>
<FONT face="serif">Brian G. Sweeney</FONT><BR>
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