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In 2016, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer heralded the company's $4.4 billion purchase of Starz as a move that would create a 'global content powerhouse.' Now, Lionsgate is eyeing a Starz [...]

On April 1, Lionsgate shifted its streaming strategy, selling its 75 percent stake in Latino-centric service Pantaya for $124 million to Hemisphere Media, a Miami-based publicly traded firm focused on [...]

What's John Malone up to? Speculation has been rampant since the Liberty Global dealmaker--who built cable empire TCI before selling it to AT&T in 1999 for about $50 billion--left the [...]

Jon Feltheimer has for years been a buyer, most recently of Starz, but as Disney and AT&T bulk up and potential suitors swirl, his mini-studio could prove irresistible for a [...]

In December 2016, when Lionsgate completed its $4.4 billion acquisition for Starz in order to bet on the success of an over-the-top service, the prospects were less than rosy. But [...]

LD Entertainment, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have acquired U.S. distribution of the Julia Roberts drama Ben Is [...]

Lionsgate and 3 Arts saw much to celebrate in their May 30 announcement that the studio had acquired a majority interest in the management/production firm. 'This deal checks all the [...]

ANALYST CHANGES TUNE ON STARZ Never a big fan of Lionsgate's $4.4 billion purchase of Starz, Sanford Bernstein media analyst Todd Juenger changed his tune last week. In a client [...]

Artisan Entertainment says it has stopped looking for someone to buy its film distrib operations and is now on the hunt for an acquisition of its own. Specifically, the New [...]

MEDIA MOGUL John Malone is optimistic about the $4.4 billion combination of mini-studio Lionsgate and premium cable outlet Starz. He told reporters July 7 at the Allen & Co. retreat [...]

LIONS GATE TO BUY STARZ FOR $4.4B: Santa Monica studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has reached a deal to acquire Englewood, Colo.-based pay-TV network Starz for $4.4 billion in a [...]

With the worldwide success of 'The Hunger Games' still ringing as a clarion to the viability of independently financed films, Lionsgate's $412.5 million deal to buy Summit Entertainment is echoing [...]

Judgment Day is at hand for Chatsworth-based Image Entertainment Inc., the target of a yearlong hostile takeover bid by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Specifically, it's Tuesday, when Image shareholders are [...]

CANNES -- Toronto-based Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. said Tuesday that it has acquired U.K. independent film distributor Redbus Group for $28 million in cash and $7 million in stock. In [...]

NEW YORK -- U.K. kids television producer HIT Entertainment said investment firm Apax Partners is set to complete its acquisition of HIT this month after independent film firm Lions Gate [...]

NEW YORK -- Independent film firm Lions Gate Entertainment said Thursday that it won't submit a bid for U.K. kids television producer HIT Entertainment after a monthlong due diligence process, [...]

Lions Gate Entertainment confirmed Sunday that it is interested in making an offer for London-based HIT Entertainment. The independent film company said that it has requested access to due diligence [...]

ALIBABA'S STALLED EFFORT TO BUY LIONSGATE chairman Mark Rachesky's 37 percent stake has raised a familiar question: Should the studio, which releases The Hunger Games: Mockingjay--Part 7 on Nov. 21, [...]

Lionsgate has acquired North American rights to River Phoenix's last film, Dark [...]

CBS has acquired the remaining half of TV Guide Digital from [...]

ACQUIRED: CBS Corp. has acquired JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s share of cable channel TVGN (TV Guide Network) and companion Internet site TVGuide.com. It plans to operate both with co-owner Lions [...]

The price of Lions Gate Entertainment's acquisition of Summit Entertainment (maker of the Twilight film [...]

Though analysts cheered news that film and television company Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. was on the verge of acquiring rival studio Summit Entertainment LLC, investors appeared last week to be [...]

BATTLE ENDS: Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has reported that activist investor Carl Icahn has agreed to end his nearly two-year-old takeover bid, selling substantially all of his investment firm's shares [...]

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has sent a merger proposal to Century City film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Lions Gate, which has its studio in Santa Monica but its corporate headquarters in [...]

TORONTO -- Mark Rachesky, who supports Lionsgate management in its war with Carl Icahn, has emerged with a much larger stake in the mini-major. A former Icahn protege and now [...]

Could a potential merger between two lions of the film industry have investors roaring with excitement? Since Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. announced last month that it was interested in acquiring [...]

Lions Gate Entertainment is embarking on a pricey and challenging acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which is unlikely to help Lions' shares. The stock is weak and there are negative sentiments associated with the acquisition.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.'s purchase of the TV Guide Network may not be a perfect match for the studio, but given the acquisition's price, it makes great financial sense. On [...]

SELLER'S REMORSE: Just three weeks alter it was announced that TV Guide Channel and TVGuide.com would be sold to TV producer Allen Shapiro's private equity firm, owner Macrovision said Lions [...]

In a much-anticipated acquisition, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has purchased independent production and distribution outfit Mandate Pictures. The $56.3 million acquisition is comprised of $44.3 million in cash and $12 [...]

LIONS Gate Entertainment Corp. has been on a roll. In 2006 its film "Crash" won the Academy Award for best picture. The "Saw" horror franchise and its strategy of producing [...]

In what may signal the beginning of the end--or perhaps a change in tactics--of its long-running bid to take over troubled Image Entertainment Inc., Santa Monica's Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. [...]

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.'s yearlong takeover hunt for Image Entertainment Inc. came to an end with a whimper last week--though the long-term pursuit may not be over. After a contentious, [...]

Lions Gate Films Entertainment Corp. is once again trying to crash the gates at Chatsworth-based Image Entertainment Inc., this time by trying to force Image's entire board to stand for [...]