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Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation,
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company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in
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, Canada and is currently headquartered in
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, United States. In addition to its flagship Lionsgate Films division, the company contains other divisions such as
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and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as
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, Debmar-Mercury, and Starz Inc.


History


Early history

Lionsgate was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra with a $16 million investment including another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as
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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 listed Beringer Gold Corp. (founded in 1986) to take the company public. Beringer's mining assets were soon sold off."Lionsgate
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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
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(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 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
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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
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,
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while corporate headquarters remained in
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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, former Sony Pictures executive Jon Feltheimer, 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 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 Modern Times Group. 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
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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
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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. In January 2009, Lionsgate purchased TV Guide Network and
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from Rovi for $255 million cash. In May 2009, Lionsgate sold a 49% stake in TV Guide Network and website to
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under pressure from shareholder
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. Lionsgate cut back its slate of films per year by four in February 2009. In April,
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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
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/ Viacom, was also a co-owner of Epix, a pay TV movie channel which debuted on October 30. On September 13, 2010, Lionsgate and Televisa formed a
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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
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, 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,
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acquired the remaining stakes in Fearnet from LGF and Sony Pictures Entertainment. 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
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In 2015, Lionsgate took over the distribution functions for CBS Films, the film division of
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. On February 11, 2015,
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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
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Fourteen days later, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht hinted a possible merger with Lionsgate.Starz CEO Albrecht Hints at Possible Merger With Lions Gate
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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,
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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 television producer Craig Piligian when the studio acquired more than 50% of his Pilgrim Studios 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
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Lionsgate Acquires Stake in Reality Producer Pilgrim Studios
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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
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.
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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
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.


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 for a possible acquisition, with Amazon.com (which went on to announce its intent to acquire
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on May 26, 2021),
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, Sony Pictures,
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,
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, and Viacom (with CBS and Viacom remerging into ViacomCBS in 2019) having made offers. At the time, Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns stated in an interview with
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that Lionsgate was mostly interested in merging with CBS and Viacom. Viacom and Lionsgate were both interested in acquiring
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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 (which had collaborated with the company in the 2017 film '' My Little Pony: The Movie'' via its
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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
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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
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over the use of the Star+ 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 and acquired the catalogue of
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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
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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 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
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and several defunct studios, including Trimark Pictures (acquired in 2000), Artisan Entertainment (acquired in 2003), Overture Films ( Starz'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),
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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 and
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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 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, 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's Barbie-branded videos, as well as '' Clifford the Big Red Dog'' videos from
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, '' Stickin' Around'' videos from
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, and
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,. Lionsgate Home Entertainment also previously distributed videos from HIT Entertainment and
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until 2012 and 2014 respectively when the studios made new deals with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment. Through Artisan, the company also released the back catalog of ITC Entertainment until 2013, when ITC's successor-in-interest ITV Studios Global Entertainment signed a deal with Shout! Factory. 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
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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, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and NCircle Entertainment. Lionsgate's movies are released on DVD and
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as well as on the PSP through Universal Media Disc. Since 2012, LGHE started distributing
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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 to acquire the distribution rights to several ABC Studios/ Touchstone Television shows including '' According to Jim'', '' Reaper'', ''
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'', '' 8 Simple Rules'' and '' Boy Meets World''. Until 2012, Lionsgate also distributed most of the theatrical properties held by
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on DVD under license from
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. 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). In February 2011, Lionsgate and StudioCanal made an agreement to release 550 titles from the Miramax film library worldwide. Following ViacomCBS' acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax, Paramount Home Entertainment 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 and Manga Entertainment. 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 expired, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 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
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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
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, 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
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, 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
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announced that a major new film and television production studio overlooking Weequahic Park and
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, "Lionsgate Newark," would open in 2024 on the 15-acre former Seth Boyden housing projects site at 101 Center Terrace in the Dayton 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

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produced such series as ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Weeds'', '' Nurse Jackie'', '' Boss'', '' Tyler Perry's House of Payne'' and the
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-winning ''
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''. Lionsgate also acquired TV syndication firm Debmar-Mercury in 2006 with CBS Television Distribution handling ad-sales with the exception for '' Meet the Browns'', as the ad-sales are handled by
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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
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.


Media networks

The company owns Starz, a premium-tier cable network, and related channels including Starz Encore, and MoviePlex. In addition, Lionsgate also co-owns Celestial Tiger Entertainment with Saban Capital Group and Celestial Pictures.


Assets


Motion pictures

* Lionsgate Films (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 (20%) ** Pantelion Films (50% with TelevisaUnivision) **
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(45%) ** Grindstone Entertainment Group ** Studio L ** Globalgate Entertainment (joint venture with Televisa Cine (Mexico), Tobis Film (Germany), Nordisk Film (Denmark), TME Films (Turkey), TF1 Studio (France), Lotte Entertainment (South Korea), Belga Films (Belgium), PKDN Films (Japan), Paris Filmes (Brazil), Viva Films (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

*
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** Debmar-Mercury ** Sea to Sky Entertainment (joint venture with Thunderbird Entertainment) * Pilgrim Studios ** 1620 Media * 3 Arts Entertainment (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 and 5 sister channels ** Starz Encore and 7 sister channels ** MoviePlex *** 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) ** Celestial Movies *** Celestial Movies HD *** Celestial Classic Movies ***
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** cHK ** KIX ** Thrill ** Miao Mi


Former

* Anchor Bay Entertainment ** 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 ** 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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acquired Lionsgate's stake in the network in 2017 ** Epix2 ** Epix Drive-In ** Epix Hits * Fearnet -
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acquired Lionsgate's stake in the network in 2013 * Film Roman - acquired by Waterman Entertainment in 2015; pre-2015 library retained by Starz * Mandalay Pictures (1997–2002) * Mandate Pictures * Manga Entertainment (US branch) * Maple Pictures * Miramax - Paramount Home Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the entire Miramax library on September 22, 2020 * Modern Entertainment-acquired from Modern Times Group in 2005. ** Crown International Pictures library ** New Visions Pictures library *** New Century Entertainment library ** Continental Film Group library * Overture Films * Pacific International Enterprises * Pantaya (stake sold in 2021) *
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- 50% stake; sold to co-owner
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in March 2019, and part of
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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 ** 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, CEO of Lionsgate * Emily Fine, executive at MHR Fund Management * Michael Fries, CEO and vice-chairman of
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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
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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 * {{Authority control 1997 establishments in British Columbia Companies based in Santa Monica, California Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Entertainment companies established in 1997 Entertainment companies based in California Film distributors of the United States Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1997 Television production companies of the United States Home video companies of the United States