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Freestyle+ reported that parent company Mindless Inc. added Levity Live, an entertainment company and champion of comedy, to its investment group. 'We're thrilled to have Levity Live join our investor [...]

PHIL QUIST INVESTOR, CONNECT VENTURES; MUSIC/EMERGING TECH AGENT, CAA RECENT INVESTMENTS Royal, Deep VooDoo INTERESTS AI, music production tools, smart ticketing, live-concert experience enhancements Kendrick Lamar's innovative music video for [...]

One hundred years ago, in August 1923, the Green Bay Packers football club was formed in a public stock sale. The Packers sold 1,000 shares at $5 apiece, raising $5,000 [...]

Vid Inc. reported a strategic investment from Ontology. According to a release, as part of the deal, Vid will use Ontology's blockchain technology to power transactions within its application. In [...]

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) reported that it has made an investment in Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG). According to a release, EBG features a travel and entertainment benefits program, serving over [...]

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has made an investment in Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG), a privately held travel and entertainment provider in the United States. According to a media release, EBG [...]

Theme and amusement parks worldwide will undertake capital investments amounting to approximately $250 million for new attractions for the 1994 season. Amusement operators will also spend millions in maintenance and related activities. Good 1993 figures have encouraged operators to invest further in proven products while searching for newer crowd-drawers. A number of parks have already announced plans for several areas such as water rides, new themes and roller coasters., The 1994 season will be a record year for capital investment in existing theme and amusement parks worldwide. AB estimates that nearly $250 million will be spent on new attractions [...]

IDFC Investment Advisors Ltd, the investment management subsidiary for India Development Fund, has sold 0.80 per cent stake in Hyderabad-based animation company DQ Entertainment (International). IDFC sold 0.63 million shares [...]

Some carnival owners are charging ahead with ride purchases, but many seem to be holding the line, waiting to see what happens with the economy and the war on terrorism. [...]

ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-15 November 2008-Shaw Family Adds to Investment in Corus Entertainment(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Corus Entertainment reported that it has been advised that some of the Shaw Family, and [...]

Though they might be among the most reviled figures by Hollywood's largely liberal crowd, the Koch brothers have been silent investors in Warner Bros.' slate of movies for four years. [...]

Len Blavatnik's Access Entertainment has bought out James Packer's stake in RatPac [...]

Just a few weeks ago, Avi Lerner was poised to collect $205 million through the sale of his Millennium Films to China's Recon Holding. Then, sources say, he changed his [...]

LONDON--Theatre producers will be free to approach high earners for investment in shows, according to Treasury proposals to relax legal red tape. The planned legislation, which forms the detail of [...]

Don't look for any fans on Wall Street of WWF Entertainment's new football league, the XFL. Analysts were uncharacteristically blunt in their disapproval of the plan, and shares in the [...]

Sources say House of Blues Entertainment is in negotiations to purchase popular Atlanta venue The Tabernacle to create House of Blues [...]

With the bigscreen adaptation of 'Oblivion' on the horizon, comicbook publisher Radical Studios has raised $3 million in equity to help broaden its digital strategy and licensing capabilities. Co-founders Jesse [...]

Time Warner is eyeing an investment in digital upstart Maker Studios, a key producer of original programming for YouTube. Conglom is in discussions with the Culver City, Calif.-based Maker about [...]

ARI EMANUEL'S kingdom isn't quite big enough. The WME co-CEO and partner Patrick Whitesell are launching a venture capital fund, sources tell THR, and hiring a full-time manager to run [...]

Qatar is joining the Middle East movie gold rush. Qatari media group Al Noor Holdings has launched the $200 million Al Noor fund to finance and produce up to 15 [...]

Once Dwayne (formerly the Rock) Johnson made the successful leap from the wrestling mat to the bigscreen, it was only a matter of time before Vince McMahon threw his hat [...]

NEW YORK -- Shares of video-rental giant Blockbuster Inc. jumped to a 52-week high after Thanksgiving on news that chairman and CEO John Antioco has bought more shares and expectations [...]

Michael Gleissner will direct 'Irreversi,' a thriller marking his helming debut that goes into production March 27. Through his Hong Kong-based Bigfoot Entertainment, he has already put some $10 million [...]

Time Warner could enter into an agreement with Google as early as this week whereby the giant Internet search company will buy 5% of America Online for $1 billion, according [...]

Yahoo! confirmed Thursday that, after having met with Time Warner executives, it has passed on taking an equity stake in the media conglomerate's America Online unit. Insiders said that Yahoo! [...]

NEW YORK -- Time Warner and Microsoft Corp. have been discussing possible ways to cooperate in the hot online fields of search and advertising networks, discussions that could lead to [...]

In his usual Zen style, Time Warner topper Richard Parsons assured investors Tuesday they needn't be skittish about the conglom's avid hunt to buy up additional cable systems--i.e., Adelphia. Parsons, [...]

By summer 2004, Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) will complete a $23 million amphitheater, which will play host to a projected 30-40 events annually and help define the Tampa Bay area [...]

Most show owners contacted by AB said they don't have definite plans for big purchases in 2004 but they certainly wouldn't pass up a good deal if one came along. [...]

The owners of the SuperSplash waterpark in Edinburg, Texas, and the waterpark, amusement park and retail/entertainment zone that comprise Visionland in Birmingham, Ala., have purchased land adjacent to both facilities [...]

According to current real estate wisdom, any fool can build a theater from a hole in the ground. All it takes is deep pockets and a rubber stamp from the [...]

TV producer Endemol (Deal or No Deal) has invested $13 million in social casino startup Plumbee to develop its online and mobile gaming [...]

WME has acquired a minority stake in ad agency [...]

WME has taken a 'significant' stake in mobile app developer Chaotic Moon [...]

Sega GameWorks (SG) and Playdium Entertainment Corp. are building the first of about 40 Canadian entertainment centers next to a shopping mall in Mississaugua, Ontario. The center, Sega City @ Playdium, will cost $13.4 million, open in August 1996 and include outdoor sports games and indoor interactive games. Sega and Playdium are studying other Canadian downtown and suburban sites that have heavy traffic and easy access. SG is a joint venture of Sega Enterprises Ltd., DreamWorks SKG and MCA Inc., The first of up to 40 entertainment centers to be developed in Canada as part of a venture between Toronto-based Playdium Entertainment Corp. and Sega GameWorks is being built in [...]

Peter Chernin's Chernin Group has invested in Latino YouTube network MiTu, marking TCG's third investment in YouTube-based multichaunel networks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a source close [...]

SAN SEBASTIAN Antena 3 Films, a key Spanish film industry driver, is co-producing Javier Ruiz Caldera's laffer 'Tres bodas de mas' (Three More Weddings). Ruiz Caldera's follow-up to teen comedy [...]

Ogden Entertainment Services has purchased a minority interest in Partecsa, a Spanish firm that runs an entertainment facility on the old Expo '92 site. The facility includes a ride simulator, several pavilions, a 10,000-seat amphitheater and a large lake for firework and laser displays. The Spanish investment represents one part of Ogden's expansion plans into Europe; the company will also provide food and beverage service at the complex., Continuing its international expansion, Ogden Entertainment Services (OES) has invested in a firm called Partecsa, Seville, Spain, and will provide food and drink service for its entertainment attraction on the [...]

London, UK-based Tussauds Group Ltd. and Spain-based savings bank La Caixa have agreed to acquire Grand Tibidabo Group of Barcelona's 70% stake in the Tibigardens theme park project near Barcelona, Spain, for $75 million. Under the agreement, Tussauds would acquire a 40% stake and La Caixa a 30% stake in the theme park. Anheuser-Busch Co. and utility company Fecsa maintain their 20% and 10% share in the park, respectively., The London-based Tussauds Group has finalized negotiations and has agreed to purchase a 40 percent stake in the Tibi-gardens theme park project on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, south [...]

Endgame Entertainment is creating Endgame Releasing to provide as much as $500 million in funding for marketing and distribution of four to six wide releases per year through major studios. [...]

Time Warner's Turner Asia Pacific Ventures has sold its stake in Hindi-language entertainment channel Real and television production house Miditech back to its partners, Alva Bros. Entertainment. Turner acquired a [...]

Ody Adelson, president of Dick Clark Prods., and Robert Weakley and David Bernahl, cofounders of Carmel Calif.-based Coastal Luxury Management, producer of the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival, said [...]

Nearly five years after the death of Jim and Tammy Bakker's TV ministry, their Heritage USA theme park in Fort Mill, S.C., has been reborn. The 2,200-acre resort came alive [...]

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Back in the U.S. after 32 days in Europe, Larry and JoAnn Davis, owners of Carnival Time Shows, brought back a lot of ideas about people [...]