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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 [...]

While some questions remain, Wall Street sees the Lionsgate-Summit deal as a generally low-risk proposition for both indie studios, bringing Lionsgate a reliable stream of cash in exchange for a [...]

Does Hollywood now have a seventh major in Lionsgate-Summit? In the wake of Lionsgate's $412.5 million acquisition of its rival, that's the initial hope on the part of those involved [...]

Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate may be getting closer to a walk down the aisle--possibly as early as this week--though it's far from a done deal. The mini-majors have been negotiating [...]

Lionsgate is carrying on with intentions of merging with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., once the famed studio emerges from bankruptcy. Speaking Nov. 10 on CNBC, Michael Burns, vice chairman of the Santa [...]

Lionsgate has been handed the keys and the deed to cabler TV Guide Network and the TV Guide Online biz after closing its $255 million purchase from Macrovision. Lionsgate pounced [...]

Ramping up its focus on arthouse pics, Lionsgate announced a deal Thursday to purchase a minority stake in indie distributor Roadside Attractions, known for handling the likes of 'Super Size [...]

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 [...]

It's a war of words, and colors, as Image Entertainment and Lionsgate gird for battle ahead of Image's annual shareholder meeting Oct. 10. Handing in the white proxy card supports [...]

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 [...]

Execs at Image Entertainment continue to review a recent takeover offer from Lions Gate Entertainment. Lions Gate made a stock-based offer for Image on Sept. 14 that at the time [...]

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 [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- 'Barney,' meet 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman.' Lions Gate Entertainment, the indie studio behind sleeper hits like 'Diary' and 'Saw,' is considering bolstering its family entertainment library [...]

A year ago, Lions Gate and Artisan merged in the first big deal aimed at exploiting a movie library in the DVD era. But the company thus birthed is likely [...]

In its last earnings report before its acquisition of Artisan Entertainment takes hold, Lions Gate Entertainment last week reported a wider net loss of $29.8 million in its third quarter, [...]

The merger between Lions Gate Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment will lock up 'all the key library product available in the independent marketplace' and create a company that 'will operate at [...]

It took two years and a purchase price of about $210 million, but Lions Gate Entertainment last week finally acquired the film library it needs to take theatrical production operation [...]

HOLLYWOOD -- Initially outfoxed in an auction for the Gotham film company, Lions Gate is back in the Artisan hen house. Several other suitors also remain in the hunt as [...]

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 [...]