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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * AMC Networks Inc.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RLJ ENTERTAINMENT, INC. [RLJE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 11 PENN PLAZA 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2018 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10001 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 Common Stock 01/02/2018   J(1)   418,255 A $ 3 3,121,493 I By Subsidiary (3) Common Stock 01/02/2018   J(2)   22,000 A $ 3.6791 3,143,493 I By Subsidiary (3)

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
AMC Networks Inc. 11 PENN PLAZA NEW YORK, NY 10001		X

Signatures

/s/ Anne G. Kelly, Senior Vice President and Secretary of AMC Networks Inc.		01/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	RLJ Entertainment, Inc. ("RLJE") issued 418,255 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of RLJE reported herein to Digital Entertainment Holdings LLC ("DEH"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of AMC Networks Inc. ("AMC"), as payment of interest due to DEH pursuant to that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, by and among RLJE, certain subsidiaries of RLJE as Guarantors, and DEH, dated as of October 14, 2016, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of January 30, 2017 and the Second Amendment dated as of June 16, 2017.
(2)	Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement by and between DEH and Miguel Penella, dated as of January 2, 2018, DEH purchased from Mr. Penella 22,000 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $80,940.20.
(3)	AMC may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Common Stock is held directly by DEH, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of IFC Entertainment Holdings LLC. IFC Entertainment Holdings LLC is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Rainbow Programming Holdings LLC. Rainbow Programming Holdings LLC is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Rainbow Media Enterprises, Inc. Rainbow Media Enterprises, Inc. is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC. Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of AMC.

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