Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that I,
Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney, constitute and appoint Sean S. Sullivan, Anne G.
Kelly and James G. Gallagher, each of them severally, as true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me
and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any Forms 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder (including any am
Power of Attorney
endments or exhibits thereto and
other forms and reports) that I may be required to file with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of my ownership or transactions
in securities of AMC Networks Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing required and necessary to be done in and about the
foregoing as fully for all intents and purposes as I might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. I acknowledge that the
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each serving in such capacity as requested
herein, are not assuming, nor is AMC Networks Inc. assuming, any of the
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934. This power of attorney is not intended to, and does not, revoke,
or in any way affect, any prior power of attorney that I have executed.
This power of attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until I no longer am required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by AMC Networks Inc., unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
In Witness Whereof, I
have hereunto signed my name on the 16th day of August, 2011.
     /s/ Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney
Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney