Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation,
doing business as
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Lionsgate, is a
Canadian
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-
American entertainment
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company. It was formed by
Frank Giustra
Frank Giustra (born August 22, 1957) is a Canadian businessman, mining financier and global philanthropist, who also founded Lionsgate Entertainment. He is CEO of Fiore Group of Companies and co-chair of International Crisis Group. From 2001 ...
on July 10, 1997, domiciled in
Vancouver, British Columbia
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, Canada and is currently headquartered in
Santa Monica, California
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, United States. In addition to its flagship
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is an American film production and film distribution studio, headquartered in Santa Monica and founded in Canada, and is the flagship division of Lionsgate Entertainment. It is the lar ...
division, the company contains other divisions such as
Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lionsgate, which is a Canadian– American entertainment company.
History
The company was established in July 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. It ...
and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as
Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
History Independent era (1991–2012)
Summ ...
,
Debmar-Mercury, and
Starz Inc.
History
Early history
Lionsgate was formed in 1997 by
Frank Giustra
Frank Giustra (born August 22, 1957) is a Canadian businessman, mining financier and global philanthropist, who also founded Lionsgate Entertainment. He is CEO of Fiore Group of Companies and co-chair of International Crisis Group. From 2001 ...
with a $16 million investment including another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as
G. Scott Paterson
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.
Giustra had recently retired as CEO from Yorkton, an investment bank, and Paterson was then president. Giustra then merged Lionsgate with
Toronto Stock Exchange
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listed Beringer Gold Corp. (founded in 1986) to take the company public. Beringer's mining assets were soon sold off.
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Lionsgate Investors
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Acquisitions
Lionsgate then began a series of acquisitions to get into the film industry. The company bought a number of small production facilities and distributors, starting with
Montreal
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-based
Cinépix Film Properties
Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is an American film production and film distribution studio, headquartered in Santa Monica and founded in Canada, and is the flagship division of Lionsgate Entertainment. It is the larg ...
(renamed as Lions Gate Films) and
North Shore Studios (renamed Lions Gate Studios) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mandalay Television was acquired by Lionsgate from
Peter Guber
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for a 4% Lionsgate stake. In 1998, Lionsgate helped Guber form
Mandalay Pictures with a 45% investment in Mandalay. Lionsgate followed that up with a June purchase of International Movie Group, Inc. (IMG), a bankrupt film distributor previously invested in by Guber and Yorktown Securities, for its film library. IMG's CEO Peter Strauss became President of Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc. (LGE), the American parent company for Lionsgate's U.S. interests.
The Lions Gate Media subsidiary was also formed to produce for television.
Completing its first year of operation, Lionsgate had a revenue of $42.2 million with a loss of $397,000. The company share price dropped to a low of $1.40. This limited the corporation's ability to make acquisitions via stock swaps. Lionsgate instead made its next acquisition of Termite Art Productions, a reality-based television production company, for $2.75 million by issuing three convertible promissory notes. Giustra had the shareholders vote to move the company's public listing from the Toronto Stock Exchange to the
American Stock Exchange
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, along with a two-for-one stock consolidation to qualify, for greater exposure that might boost share value.
In January 1999, Roman Doroniuk was named president and chief operating officers of Lionsgate, which led to the corporation's financial operations being moved in April to Doroniuk's offices in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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while corporate headquarters remained in
Vancouver
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, British Columbia. Lionsgate created US based Avalanche Films and acquired half of
Sterling Home Entertainment, both in video sales. Again, Lionsgate registered losses in its second year of $9.3 million on revenues of $78.3 million with most of the losses from its stake in Mandalay Pictures. Thus in the summer, Lionsgate placed its studios up for sale with no buyers. TV operations were changed to non-network hourlong series over riskier network shows and ended its relationship with Mandalay Television. The corporation sought out more capital and cash with a filing of a preliminary prospectus for the sale of preferred stock and common stock
warrants and a $13.4 million line of credit.
Lionsgate increases and new CEO
Additional acquisition funding arrived in January 2000 as a $33.1 million investment from an investor group that included
Paul Allen
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, former
Sony Pictures
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executive
Jon Feltheimer
Jon Feltheimer (born September 2, 1951) is the Chief Executive Officer of Lions Gate Entertainment and has held that position since 2000. Feltheimer has led Lionsgate to grow into the leading Canadian independent filmed entertainment studio.
Bi ...
, German broadcasting company Tele-Munchen, and
SBS Broadcasting SA. This led to Feltheimer taking over as CEO from Giustra thus the passed over Doroniuk left the company. Feltheimer increased film making including several $1 million films at Avalanche. However, Federgreen still remains one of the major owners of the company and is extremely involved in the making of all their major movies. In June, Lionsgate acquired
Trimark Holdings, Inc. for approximately $50 million in stock and cash including taking on $36 million in debt.
Lionsgate continued making acquisitions during the decade to boost distribution and its film library. On December 15, 2003, Lionsgate acquired
Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...
for $220 million. In 2004, Erik Nelson reacquired Termite Art and renamed it to Creative Differences.
Lionsgate partnered with Panamax Films in 2005 to make movies for the Latino market which only produced two films.
On April 13, 2005, Lionsgate spun off its Canadian distribution unit into a new distribution unit called
Maple Pictures under the direction of two former Lionsgate executives, Brad Pelman and Laurie May. On August 1, 2005, Lions Gate Entertainment acquired the entire library of Modern Entertainment, the U.S. film division of the
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television company
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. On October 17, 2005, Lionsgate acquired UK company
Redbus Film Distribution for $35 million and became
Lionsgate UK on February 23, 2006.
On March 15, 2006, Lionsgate sold Lionsgate Studios to Bosa Development Corporation. On July 12, Lionsgate purchased
Debmar-Mercury, an independent television distributor, which has continued operations as a Lionsgate subsidiary. The company agreed in August to lease term with
New Mexico
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State Land Office and the city of Rio Rancho for a new 52.8 acres studio near Rio Rancho's under construction city center and arena.
On July 26, 2007, Lionsgate bought a partial stake in independent film distribution company
Roadside Attractions
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. Lionsgate started up Lionsgate Music by June 2007. On September 10, 2007, Lionsgate bought
Mandate Pictures for $56.3 million, $44.3 million in cash and $12 million in stock, and taking on $6.6 million of Mandate's debt. Mandate Chief Executive Joe Drake returned to the company as co-chief operating officer of its film unit.
By July 2008, Lionsgate has not made any progress on building its new film studio in Rio Rancho or on setting up the corporation to run the studio per its agreement with New Mexico. In November, Lionsgate Music established a joint venture with music publishing company
Wind-up Records
Wind-up Entertainment was an American independent record label founded by Alan and Diana Meltzer in 1997. It was based in New York City and was distributed by BMG Distribution. Wind-up's best-selling artists worldwide were Creed and Evanescen ...
.
In January 2009, Lionsgate purchased
TV Guide Network and
TVGuide.com
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The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008.
Corporate ...
from
Rovi for $255 million cash. In May 2009, Lionsgate sold a 49% stake in
TV Guide Network and website to
One Equity Partners
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under pressure from shareholder
Carl Icahn
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.
Lionsgate cut back its slate of films per year by four in February 2009. In April,
Relativity Media
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signed with Lionsgate for a 5 picture per year multi-year film distribution. In August, Lionsgate signed with
Redbox for a five-year same day release deal worth $158 million. Lionsgate, along with
MGM and
Paramount Pictures
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/
Viacom, was also a co-owner of
Epix
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, a pay TV movie channel which debuted on October 30.
On September 13, 2010, Lionsgate and
Televisa
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In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
formed a
joint venture
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,
Pantelion Films, to produce for the next five years eight to 10 films a year targeted for the U.S. Latin American market.
[
Lionsgate sold off its Canadian distribution unit, Maple Pictures, in September 2011 to Alliance Films.
Lionsgate announced on January 13, 2012, that it had acquired ]Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
History Independent era (1991–2012)
Summ ...
, producers and distributors of the '' Twilight Saga'' films, for $412.5 million. The two companies have planned on merging since 2008. On October 6, 2012, Lions Gate Entertainment announced that Brian Goldsmith became the co-COO of the company and joining co-COO Steve Beeks. On November 18, 2012, Lionsgate announced it has passed over the $1 billion mark for the first time with the success of ''The Hunger Games'' and '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2''.
On December 23, 2013, Lionsgate announced they have crossed over $1 billion domestically and internationally for the second year in a row with the success of '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'', '' Now You See Me'', '' Instructions Not Included'', and '' Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain''.
On April 14, 2014, Comcast
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acquired the remaining stakes in Fearnet
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Backgro ...
from LGF and Sony Pictures Entertainment
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. On April 21, 2014, Lionsgate announced that they will merge its movie marketing operations. A few days later, on April 30, Lionsgate announced that the studios will expand into the gaming development.[Lionsgate expanding into video games under Nerdist co-founder's lead](_blank)
Alexa Ray Corriea polygon.com April 30, 2014, Retrieved on July 2, 2014
In 2015, Lionsgate took over the distribution functions for CBS Films
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CBS Films originally was planned to distribute, develop and prod ...
, the film division of CBS Corporation
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.
On February 11, 2015, John C. Malone
John Carl Malone (born March 7, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. ...
swapped a 4.5% stake with 14.5% of the voting power in Starz Inc. for 3.4% of Lionsgate's shares while joining the company's board of directors.[Lionsgate, Starz Swap Stock as John Malone Joins Board](_blank)
Brent Lang variety.com February 11, 2015, Retrieved on February 26, 2015 Fourteen days later, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht hinted a possible merger with Lionsgate.[Starz CEO Albrecht Hints at Possible Merger With Lions Gate](_blank)
Jeff Berman thestreet.com February 25, 2015, Retrieved on February 26, 2015
On April 1, 2015, according to '' Deadline'', Lionsgate announced it has created its new label, Lionsgate Premiere. This new label will handle up to 15 releases a year, targeting young audiences at theaters and digital outlets. The new label, part of the company's diversification effort, will incorporate Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment titles (including the '' Step Up'' film series and the '' Red'' film series) and then specialize in "innovative multiplatform and other release strategies" to reach "affinity audiences with branded content and targeted marketing." Marketing and Research SVP Jean McDowell will handle marketing, with distribution to be run by Adam Sorensen, who currently manages Western Sales.
On November 10, 2015, Malone's two other companies, Liberty Global
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and Discovery, Inc. (now Warner Bros. Discovery), made a joint investment of $195–400 million in Lionsgate and acquired a 3.4% stake in the company. Then on June 30, 2016, Lionsgate agreed to acquire Starz Inc. for $4.4 billion in cash and stock. As of December 2016, it became the parent company of Starz Inc.
On November 12, 2015, Lionsgate created a partnership with Armenian American
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television producer Craig Piligian when the studio acquired more than 50% of his Pilgrim Studios Pilgrim Media Group (also known as Pilgrim Studios) is a television production company based in North Hollywood, California. It was founded in 1997 by Craig Piligian. It is best known for producing reality television shows for the Discovery Chann ...
company worth $200 million. Piligian retained his position as CEO of the company while Pilgrim will continue to operate independently under Piligian.[Lionsgate Buys Major Stake In Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios For $200 Million](_blank)
Nellie Andreeva deadline.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016[Lionsgate Buys Stake in Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios](_blank)
Cynthia Littleton variety.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016[Lionsgate Acquires Stake in Reality Producer Pilgrim Studios](_blank)
Reid Nakamura, thewrap.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016 The deal made Lionsgate a major unscripted player.
On July 13, 2016, Lionsgate acquired a minority stake in British unscripted television production startup company Primal Media. It was launched by Matt Steiner and Adam Wood, who originally launched Gogglebox Entertainment that was acquired by Sony Pictures Television
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.
AT&T
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also owns an approximately 2% stake in Lionsgate.
On December 15, 2017, the weekly US financial newspaper Barron's revealed that Malone was selling nearly 108,000 class B shares in Lionsgate for $3.2 million, or $29.63 each, from December 4 to 13. Malone now owns directly and indirectly 6 million nonvoting class B shares, as well as beneficially about 6 million class A shares, which carry one vote each.
Following the Weinstein effect, Lionsgate was listed as one of 22 potential buyers interested in acquiring The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prio ...
.
Acquisition target in 2018
In 2018, Lionsgate's newly launched digital content unit, Studio L, announced its first slate. In October 2018, Agapy Kapouranis replaced Peter Iacono as president of international television and digital distribution.
In January 2018, it was reported that Lionsgate was being subject to a bidding war
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for a possible acquisition, with Amazon.com (which went on to announce its intent to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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on May 26, 2021), Comcast
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, Sony Pictures
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, Verizon Communications
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, CBS Corporation
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, and Viacom (with CBS and Viacom remerging into ViacomCBS
Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned and operated by National Amusements (79.4%) and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York. It w ...
in 2019) having made offers.
At the time, Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns stated in an interview with CNBC
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that Lionsgate was mostly interested in merging with CBS and Viacom. Viacom and Lionsgate were both interested in acquiring The Weinstein Company
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.
On February 27, 2018, a month after the bidding war announcement, '' Variety'' reported in a detailed article that toy manufacturing company Hasbro
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(which had collaborated with the company in the 2017 film '' My Little Pony: The Movie'' via its Allspark Pictures
Allspark, formerly known as Hasbro Studios, LLC, was an American production and distribution company located in Burbank, California. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the American toy and multimedia company Hasbro. Originally just a TV produc ...
theatrical film financing unit which is in turn owned by its Allspark division) came close to also acquiring Lionsgate, but the deal fell through. Hasbro would later go on to acquire Entertainment One
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on December 30, 2019.
Recent history
On October 3, 2019, Malone completed the sale of his stake in the studio.
In April 2021, Lionsgate's Starz Inc. division filed an injunction in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico against The Walt Disney Company
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over the use of the Star+
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brand in Latin America. The two companies would reach a settlement in August that same year.
In July 2021, Lionsgate purchased a 20 percent equity stake in Spyglass Media Group
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History Spyglass Entertainment
On August 21, 1998, Gary Barber, former vice chairman and ...
and acquired the catalogue of The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prio ...
from Spyglass.
Distribution
The distribution of selected recent non-in-house films for pay-per-view and on-demand are under the supervision of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios under Universal Pictures
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(Universal formerly held home video and television rights to many of the early Lionsgate films), while all others (particularly the in-house films) are distributed for both cable and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios under MGM Television
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are also distributed in international cable, digital and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division.
Films
Aside from home video distribution of films sub-licensed from other studios, Lionsgate's library consists of its own in-house productions, as well as films from Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
History Independent era (1991–2012)
Summ ...
and several defunct studios, including Trimark Pictures
Trimark Pictures was an American production company that specialized in the production and distribution of television and home video motion pictures. The company was formed in 1984 by Mark Amin as Vidmark Entertainment with Vidmark Inc. (later ...
(acquired in 2000), Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...
(acquired in 2003), Overture Films (Starz
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's former feature film division whose library Lionsgate acquired after the 2016 Starz merger), Hearst Entertainment, Tribune Entertainment, Zoetrope Corporation (with certain exceptions), Vestron Pictures (acquired by Artisan in 1991), The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (usually credited or abbreviated as TWC) was an American independent film studio, founded in New York City by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in March 2005. TWC was one of the largest mini-major film studios in North America prio ...
and Dimension Films (through its 20% stake in Spyglass Media Group). Their complete ownership depends on the worldwide regions of license.
Divisions
Home entertainment
Before Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment was formed, Lions Gate's video releases were distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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Background
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. Lionsgate Films decided to create two home video labels: Avalanche Home Entertainment, which released smaller Canadian B-movies on video and DVD; and Sterling Home Entertainment (a joint venture with Scanbox International, a Danish film company), which released American low-budget movies on video and DVD in the late 1990s.
In June 2000, Lionsgate purchased Trimark Pictures
Trimark Pictures was an American production company that specialized in the production and distribution of television and home video motion pictures. The company was formed in 1984 by Mark Amin as Vidmark Entertainment with Vidmark Inc. (later ...
and its in-house home video unit. These three companies: Avalanche, Sterling, and Trimark Home Video were merged into Lions Gate Home Entertainment in 2001. After the acquisition, Sterling Home Entertainment was then renamed to Studio Home Entertainment, which later on folded itself into Lionsgate. In 2003, Lionsgate acquired Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...
, thus expanding Lionsgate's home video library.
Its library of more than 8,000 films owes some of its size to output deals with other studios. Mainly concerned with the distribution of the Lions Gate film library, it also distributed Mattel
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's Barbie
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-branded videos, as well as ''Clifford the Big Red Dog
''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an American children's book series about the adventures of a precocious girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a giant, red-furred dog named Clifford. It was first published in 1963 and was written by No ...
'' videos from Scholastic
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* a philosopher or theologian in the tradition of scholasticism
* ''Scholastic'' (Notre Dame publication)
* Scholastic Corporation, an American publishing company of educational materials
* Scholastic Building, in New Y ...
, '' Stickin' Around'' videos from Nelvana
Nelvana Enterprises, Inc. (; previously known as Nelvana Limited, sometimes known as Nelvana Animation and simply Nelvana or Nelvana Communications) is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment company owned by Corus Entertainment. Found ...
, and MGA Entertainment
MGA Entertainment Inc. (short for Micro-Games America Entertainment; sometimes referred to as MGA) is a manufacturer of children's toys and entertainment products founded in 1979. Its products include, Bratz, L.O.L. Surprise!, Num Noms and Rainbow ...
,. Lionsgate Home Entertainment also previously distributed videos from HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment Limited (commonly written as HiT) was a British-American entertainment company founded in 1982 as Henson International Television, the international distribution arm of The Jim Henson Company, by Jim Henson, Peter Orton, and So ...
and Jim Henson Home Entertainment
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until 2012 and 2014 respectively when the studios made new deals with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc and MCA Videocassette, Inc.) is the home video distribution division of Am ...
and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment. Through Artisan, the company also released the back catalog of ITC Entertainment
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History Incorporated Television Programme Compan ...
until 2013, when ITC's successor-in-interest ITV Studios Global Entertainment signed a deal with Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...
.
In 2001, in Quebec it was renamed Crystal Films, and in Ontario and other provinces, Maple Pictures.
In August 2001, Lions Gate Home Entertainment signed a deal with DIC Entertainment
DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions), branded as The Incredible World of DIC, was an international film and television production comp ...
to distribute their back catalogue of animated titles on video and DVD in the United States, replacing DIC's long time partner Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The partnership only lasted a year, as in 2003 DIC started to distribute their shows through the Sterling Entertainment Group (no connection to the ex-Lionsgate subsidiary Sterling Home Entertainment) and later other distribution companies like Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...
, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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and NCircle Entertainment.
Lionsgate's movies are released on DVD and Blu-ray
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as well as on the PSP through Universal Media Disc
The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is a discontinued optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia platform. It can hold up to 1.8 gigabytes of data and is capable of storing video games, ...
.
Since 2012, LGHE started distributing Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
History Independent era (1991–2012)
Summ ...
releases as a result of Lionsgate acquiring that company.
On August 4, 2008, Lionsgate announced that it had completed a deal with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., doing business as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, is the home entertainment distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company. The division handles the distribution of Disney's films, television series, and ...
to acquire the distribution rights to several ABC Studios
ABC Signature is an American television production studio that is a subsidiary of Disney Television Studios, a division of Walt Disney Television, which is part of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company. ...
/Touchstone Television
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shows including ''According to Jim
''According to Jim'' is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children (and then five children, starting with the seventh season finale). It originally ran on ABC from Octobe ...
'', ''Reaper
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'', ''Hope & Faith
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'', ''8 Simple Rules
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'' and '' Boy Meets World''.
Until 2012, Lionsgate also distributed most of the theatrical properties held by Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City a ...
on DVD under license from Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
. The deal also expanded to include some non-marquee films originally released by Paramount themselves. Recently, with the folding of Republic, Lionsgate's function was transferred to Olive Films (and later Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art house films, ...
).
In February 2011, Lionsgate and StudioCanal made an agreement to release 550 titles from the Miramax
Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California.
It was initially a lea ...
film library worldwide. Following ViacomCBS' acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax, Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution, and originally Paramount Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a division of Paramount Global.
The division oversees PPC's home entertainme ...
took over the home media rights to the Miramax catalog.
On December 8, 2016, Lionsgate acquired Starz Inc. making Lionsgate the parent company of the North American branches of Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment (formerly Video Treasures and Starmaker Entertainment) was an American home entertainment and production company. It was a subsidiary of Starz Inc. Anchor Bay Entertainment marketed and sold feature films, television se ...
and Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyro ...
. The former was folded into Lionsgate Home Entertainment shortly after the buyout and the latter is planned to be relaunched in the near future.
On June 30, 2021, Lionsgate's distribution deal with 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment
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expired, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (abbreviated as SPHE) is the home video distribution division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
Background
SPHE is responsible for the distribution of the Sony Pictures l ...
began distributing Lionsgate's releases in North America as of July 1, 2021.
Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games
Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games is the video game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...
development division of Lionsgate. It was created in April 2014 and is headed by Nerdist Industries co-founder Peter Levin. This division is dedicated to producing and distributing multiplatform games based on Lionsgate franchises, and investing in digital businesses. One of these franchises was '' Blair Witch'', with Lionsgate Games publishing a '' Blair Witch'' game in 2019.
Lionsgate Entertainment World
Lionsgate Entertainment World is an indoor interactive experience centre based on Lionsgate's blockbuster films, such as The Hunger Games, The Divergent Series and Now You See Me, is set to open on Hengqin, Zhuhai
Hengqin (, pt, Ilha da Montanha) is an island in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin were leased to Macau by the ...
, China in the first half of 2019. The Lionsgate project is an investment by Hong Kong conglomerate Lai Sun Group and designed and produced by Thinkwell Group.
Studio complexes
Lionsgate Studios Yonkers
On September 5, 2019, Great Point Capital Management signed a deal with Lionsgate to build a new production facility in Yonkers, New York
Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul ...
, with Lionsgate becoming a long-term anchor tenant and investor. As the anchor tenant, Lionsgate will have naming rights to the studio. Construction on the site will start in November, and the facility will be running in late autumn 2020. The $100 million complex will include three 20,000-square-feet and two 10,000-square-feet stages, a fully operational back lot and the opportunity to create a location-based entertainment property. The studio, will be built next to the former Otis Elevator Company building in Getty Square and is expected to provide 420 new jobs in Yonkers, the developers said. They received numerous tax breaks and exemptions to build the project.
National Resources will be an investment partner and project developer, responsible for all phases of design and construction of the studio complex.
On April 8, 2020, it was announced that the developers locked down $60 million in financing while the rest of the $40 million in the second phase of the project will be anchored by entertainment firm Lionsgate.
Lionsgate Newark studio
In 2022, the city of Newark, New Jersey
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announced that a major new film and television production studio overlooking Weequahic Park and Weequahic Golf Course Weequahic Golf Course (pronounced we-QWAY-ik) is an 18-hole public course located in the Dayton neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey.
Designed in 1913 by George Low, it is the oldest public golf course in New Jersey. The word "Weequahic" is from the ...
, "Lionsgate Newark," would open in 2024 on the 15-acre former Seth Boyden housing projects site at 101 Center Terrace in the Dayton
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
section of the city near Evergreen Cemetery. Lionsgate Newark will partner on public relations and community affairs with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Television
Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lionsgate, which is a Canadian– American entertainment company.
History
The company was established in July 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. It ...
produced such series as ''Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...
'', ''Anger Management
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'', ''The Dead Zone The Dead Zone may refer to:
* ''The Dead Zone'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Stephen King
* ''The Dead Zone'' (film), a 1983 film adaptation of the novel, starring Christopher Walken and directed by David Cronenberg
* ''The Dead Zone'' (TV series), ...
'', ''5ive Days to Midnight
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'', '' Weeds'', '' Nurse Jackie'', '' Boss'', '' Tyler Perry's House of Payne'' and the Emmy Award
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-winning ''Mad Men
''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its ...
''. Lionsgate also acquired TV syndication firm Debmar-Mercury in 2006 with CBS Television Distribution
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handling ad-sales with the exception for '' Meet the Browns'', as the ad-sales are handled by Disney–ABC Domestic Television
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and Turner Television / Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution co-distributing the series. In March 2013, Lionsgate signed with Mars One (a Dutch nonprofit with space agency and aerospace backers intent on colonizing Mars) to produce a reality TV show. In August 2018, Lionsgate signed a first-look television development agreement with Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...
.
Media networks
The company owns Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consis ...
, a premium-tier cable network, and related channels including Starz Encore
Starz Encore is an American premium television channel owned by Starz Inc. a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado, United States. Launched as Enco ...
, and MoviePlex
MoviePlex, stylized as movieplex since 2006, is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the Starz Inc. subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex i ...
. In addition, Lionsgate also co-owns Celestial Tiger Entertainment with Saban Capital Group
Saban Capital Group LLC is an American investment firm based in Los Angeles, California focused on media, entertainment, and communications investments. Formed in 2010 by Haim Saban, Saban Capital Group owns Saban Films, part of Univision Com ...
and Celestial Pictures.
Assets
Motion pictures
* Lionsgate Films
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(Lionsgate Motion Picture Group)
** Lionsgate Premiere
** Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
History Independent era (1991–2012)
Summ ...
*** Summit Premiere
*** Summit Entertainment Records
*** International Distribution Company
Summit Entertainment is an American film production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
History Independent era (1991–2012)
Su ...
, LLC (joint venture with Pedro Rodriguez)
** Spyglass Media Group
Spyglass Media Group, LLC, formerly Spyglass Entertainment, is an American film production company founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998.
History Spyglass Entertainment
On August 21, 1998, Gary Barber, former vice chairman and ...
(20%)
** Pantelion Films (50% with TelevisaUnivision
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)
** Roadside Attractions
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(45%)
** Grindstone Entertainment Group
** Studio L
** Globalgate Entertainment (joint venture with Televisa Cine (Mexico), Tobis Film (Germany), Nordisk Film
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(Denmark), TME Films (Turkey), TF1 Studio (France), Lotte Entertainment (South Korea), Belga Films (Belgium), PKDN Films (Japan), Paris Filmes (Brazil), Viva Films
Viva Films is a Philippine film production company established under Viva Communications. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario Jr.
History
Veering away from the Sharon Cuneta- Gabby Concepcion tandem, Viva became home to qu ...
(Philippines), Falcon Pictures (Indonesia), Cine Colombia (Colombia) and Rai Cinema (Italy))
** Good Universe
* Lionsgate Home Entertainment
* Lionsgate UK
** Elevation Sales (joint venture with StudioCanal UK)
** Primal Media
** Potboiler Television (joint venture with Potboiler Productions)
* Lionsgate India
* Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games
* Lionsgate Global Franchise Management
* Lionsgate Music
Television production and distribution
* Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lionsgate, which is a Canadian– American entertainment company.
History
The company was established in July 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. It ...
** Debmar-Mercury
** Sea to Sky Entertainment (joint venture with Thunderbird Entertainment)
* Pilgrim Studios Pilgrim Media Group (also known as Pilgrim Studios) is a television production company based in North Hollywood, California. It was founded in 1997 by Craig Piligian. It is best known for producing reality television shows for the Discovery Chann ...
** 1620 Media
* 3 Arts Entertainment
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The company has gone on to produce TV shows such as ''King of the Hill'', '' The O ...
(majority stake)
Media networks
* Starz Networks
Starz Entertainment LLC., (doing business as Starz Inc., and founded as Encore Movie Group in 1991) is an American entertainment company that owns U.S. pay television channels, including the namesake Starz network, and a media distribution comp ...
** Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consis ...
and 5 sister channels
** Starz Encore
Starz Encore is an American premium television channel owned by Starz Inc. a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado, United States. Launched as Enco ...
and 7 sister channels
** MoviePlex
MoviePlex, stylized as movieplex since 2006, is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the Starz Inc. subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex i ...
*** IndiePlex
*** RetroPlex
* Laugh Out Loud (joint venture with HartBeat Digital)
* Tribeca Shortlist (joint venture with Tribeca Enterprises)
* Celestial Tiger Entertainment (joint venture with Celestial Pictures and Saban Capital Group
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)
** Celestial Movies
*** Celestial Movies HD
*** Celestial Classic Movies
*** Celestial Movies Pinoy
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** cHK
** KIX
** Thrill
** Miao Mi
Former
* Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment (formerly Video Treasures and Starmaker Entertainment) was an American home entertainment and production company. It was a subsidiary of Starz Inc. Anchor Bay Entertainment marketed and sold feature films, television se ...
** Anchor Bay Films
** Video Treasures
*** HGV Video Productions
** Starmaker Entertainment
*** Media Home Entertainment
**** Fox Hills Video
**** The Nostalgia Merchant
**** Hi-Tops Video
** Burbank Video
** Prism Entertainment/Prism Pictures
** Wizard Video
** MNTEX Entertainment
** Regal Video
** Strand Home Video
* Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...
** LIVE Entertainment/International Video Entertainment
*** U.S.A. Home Video
*** Family Home Entertainment - Renamed Lionsgate Family Entertainment
*** The Video Late Show
*** Magnum Entertainment
*** Vestron Video
**** Vestron Pictures
**** Lightning Video
**** Lightning Pictures
**** Children's Video Library
*** Carolco Home Video
*** Avid Home Entertainment
*** VCL (Germany)
*** Thiller Video
*** King Bee Video
* Avalanche Home Entertainment
* Codeblack Films
* Comic-Con HQ
* Defy Media (19%)
* Epix
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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acquired Lionsgate's stake in the network in 2017
** Epix2
** Epix Drive-In
** Epix Hits
* Fearnet
Fearnet was an American digital cable television network, website and video on demand service owned by Comcast. The network specialized in horror entertainment programming through a mix of acquired and original series, and feature films.
Backgro ...
- NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.
NBCUniversal is primaril ...
acquired Lionsgate's stake in the network in 2013
* Film Roman
Film Roman, LLC is an American independent animation studio currently based in Woodland Hills, California and formerly in Burbank. It was previously owned by Starz Inc., which is now a division of Lionsgate, and later by Waterman Entertainme ...
- acquired by Waterman Entertainment in 2015; pre-2015 library retained by Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consis ...
* Mandalay Pictures (1997–2002)
* Mandate Pictures
* Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyro ...
(US branch)
* Maple Pictures
* Miramax
Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California.
It was initially a lea ...
- Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution, and originally Paramount Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a division of Paramount Global.
The division oversees PPC's home entertainme ...
acquired distribution rights to the entire Miramax library on September 22, 2020
* Modern Entertainment-acquired from Modern Times Group
Modern may refer to:
History
* Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
Phil ...
in 2005.
** Crown International Pictures
Crown International Pictures (CIP) was an independent film studio and distribution company formed in 1959 by Newton P. Jacobs.
History
Jacobs was a branch head of RKO Pictures until 1947, when he formed Favorite Films, an organization which relea ...
library
** New Visions Pictures library
*** New Century Entertainment library
** Continental Film Group library
* Overture Films
* Pacific International Enterprises
* Pantaya (stake sold in 2021)
* Pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
- 50% stake; sold to co-owner CBS Corporation
The second incarnation of CBS Corporation (the first being a short-lived rename of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation) was an American multinational media conglomerate with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing, an ...
in March 2019, and part of Paramount Global
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since Dec 4, 2019
* Redbus Film Distribution
** Redbus Home Entertainment
* Starz Distribution
* Studio Home Entertainment
** Sterling Home Entertainment
* Termite Art Productions
* Trimark Pictures
Trimark Pictures was an American production company that specialized in the production and distribution of television and home video motion pictures. The company was formed in 1984 by Mark Amin as Vidmark Entertainment with Vidmark Inc. (later ...
** Vidmark Entertainment
Corporate governance
Board of Directors as of July 2021:
Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Mark Rachesky, M.D., founder and president of MHR Fund Management
Directors
* Michael Burns, vice-chairman of Lionsgate
* Mignon Clyburn, president of MLC Strategies
* Gordon Crawford, former Capital Research executive
* Jon Feltheimer
Jon Feltheimer (born September 2, 1951) is the Chief Executive Officer of Lions Gate Entertainment and has held that position since 2000. Feltheimer has led Lionsgate to grow into the leading Canadian independent filmed entertainment studio.
Bi ...
, CEO of Lionsgate
* Emily Fine, executive at MHR Fund Management
* Michael Fries, CEO and vice-chairman of Liberty Global
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* Susan McCaw, president of SRM Capital
* Yvette Ostolaza, partner at Sidley Austin
* Daryl Simm, chairman and CEO of Omnicom Media
* Hardwick Simmons, former chairman and CEO of NASDAQ
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See also
* Lists of Lionsgate films
This is a list of feature films originally released and/or distributed by Lionsgate.
Lists
The films are divided into lists by decade:
* List of Lionsgate films (1997–1999)
* List of Lionsgate films (2000–2009)
* List of Lionsgate films ...
References
External links
*
Official UK website
Lionsgate Entertainment archives
at the University of Toronto Media Commons
*
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