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Lionsgate
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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
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Amazon India strikes exclusive deal with Lionsgate
Amazon India has secured a raft of exclusive TV and movie content after inking a…
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Discovery pushes into drama in Lionsgate partnership
Discovery is pushing further into drama with The Suck, a ten-part Vietnam war series being produced…
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Starz COO agrees new contract following Lionsgate deal
Starz has agreed a new long-term contract with its COO, Jeffrey Hirsch. The deal will…
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Malone on Starz: international expansion and distribution partnerships will be key
Lionsgate’s acquisition of Starz creates a new opportunity to strengthen the business, expand internationally to…
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Lionsgate closes US$4.4 billion deal for Starz
Shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US studio Lionsgate’s takeover of Starz, meaning the deal is now…
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Liberty to make ‘selective’ content investments
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company will be “selective” about content…
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Liberty Global to increase online content focus
Liberty Global will look to increasingly focus its content spend online, according to company CEO…
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Liberty Global to make ‘smart’ investments in content
Liberty Global plans to make “smart, opportunistic investments” in content following its recent announcement that…
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Lionsgate can ‘dramatically scale’ drama with Starz
Lionsgate chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer has said the US$4.4 billion (€3.9 billion) acquisition of premium…
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Lionsgate buys Starz for $4.4bn
Studio Lionsgate has acquired premium cable channels provider Starz for US$4.4 billion (€4 billion). The…
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Report: Lionsgate restarts Starz talks
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly back in talks to buy US premium cable channel Starz. The…
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MGM, Lionsgate buy into free VOD service
US studios Lionsgate Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have taken equity stakes in ad-supported VOD service Tubi…
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Discovery, Liberty Global to take Lionsgate stakes
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global will both take shareholdings in Lionsgate Entertainment. This comes after…
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Netflix, Hulu and others to launch on Gear VR headset
Netflix and Hulu are among the major content partners that will launch apps for the…
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BT, AMC plots free Fear launch in UK
UK pay TV platform BT will make the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead…
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US studio Lionsgate moves sales HQ to London
The British government has hailed a move that will see US studio Lionsgate relocate its…
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Lionsgate, e-commerce giant create China streaming service
US media group Lionsgate has linked with Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group to launch a…
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ProSiebenSat.1 Group extends Studiocanal deal
ProSiebenSat.1 Group has extended its contract with Studiocanal Germany, giving it exclusive free TV rights…
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Amazon UK snags Mad Men and Lionsgate TV content
Amazon has struck a programming deal with Lionsgate UK for a range of content including…
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Viacom takes stake in web content firm Defy
Entertainment conglomerate Viacom has taken a minority stake in web programming giant Defy Media. In…
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Wuaki adds Hunger Games, Expendables
European streaming service Wuaki.tv has added Lionsgate UK-distributed movies such as The Hunger Games: Catching…
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Blinkbox re-launches UK VoD service with multiple studio deals
Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on…
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Amazon partners with studios, programmers in 4K push
Amazon has revealed that it is working with major Hollywood studios and TV programmers, including Warner Bros, Lionsgate,…
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CBS buys 50% stake in TV Guide Network
CBS has acquired a 50% stake in US cable network TV Guide Network, which will…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes deal for Lionsgate movies
ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up free-to-air TV rights and second and basic pay TV windows and…