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Updated: AMC Networks Uses Slightly Risque Mannequin In Campaign Warning About Contract Dispute With Verizon

Phillip Dampier November 26, 2012 Consumer News, Verizon No Comments

In a slightly risque move that could alienate some, AMC Networks is alerting Verizon customers to a potential contract dispute that includes the depiction of a nude woman mannequin on its campaign website.

(Image pointlessly edited by Stop the Cap!)

The illustrated image, part of a sequence informing customers about the shows they could lose if the network is pulled, is a reference to the popular series Mad Men.

The program dispute involves AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WEtv — all owned by parent company AMC Networks, Inc.

AMC also began running a series of television ads alerting Verizon subscribers that the networks could be removed from the FiOS TV lineup.

Verizon objected to both the tone and substance of AMC’s campaign:

“There is no risk of FiOS TV customers losing AMC imminently, as AMC Networks has incorrectly claimed,” Verizon officials said in a statement. “This is nothing more than a desperate attempt by AMCN to scare our FiOS TV customers into thinking that they will lose their programming.”

One of our readers wondered why we bothered: “You censored a plastic mannequin and called her a woman?” tweeted Shawn.

Shawn turns out to be right. Although not completely visible on the website, some additional research shows the original image was part of a bizarre promotional poster for season five of the show.

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