114-622: Lionsgate Studios Corp. , simply known as Lionsgate Studios , is a Canadian-American film and television production and distribution conglomerate owned by Lionsgate , domiciled in Vancouver , British Columbia , and primarily based in Santa Monica, California . It was formed on May 14, 2024, after Lionsgate spun out its film and television businesses. Lionsgate Studios' portfolio includes Lionsgate Canada (formerly known as Entertainment One), 3 Arts Entertainment , Pilgrim Media Group , and
228-550: A brand label for films and television series by 20th Century Studios , Searchlight Pictures , 20th Television , Blue Sky Studios , 20th Century Animation , Searchlight Television , 20th Television Animation , and FX Productions . Additionally, the 20th Century Studios logo now serves as the all-encompassing logo for 20th Century Home Entertainment. As a result of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, MGM's home media deal with 20th Century expired and transferred to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on 30 June 2020. Following
342-449: A special-purpose acquisition company named Screaming Eagle Corporation to form a separate publicly traded company called Lionsgate Studios Corporation . The deal was closed on May 7, 2024, with the transaction setting a $ 4.6-billion value on Lionsgate Studios. The company launched a week later on May 14, and began trading on Nasdaq via the stock symbol LION. Lionsgate remains its controlling shareholder, owning around 87% of it following
456-571: A $ 13.4 million line of credit. 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
570-399: A $ 4.6-billion value on Lionsgate Studios and the deal was closed on May 7, 2024. The company was launched on May 14, 2024 and it has been trading on Nasdaq via the stock symbol LION. Lionsgate will remain the controlling shareholder owning around 87% of Lionsgate Studios following the split. Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games is the video game development division of Lionsgate. It
684-585: A 49% stake in TV Guide Network and website to One Equity Partners under pressure from shareholder Carl Icahn . Lionsgate cut back its slate of films per year by four in February 2009. In April, Relativity Media 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 / Viacom ,
798-572: A Danish film company), which released American low-budget movies on video and DVD in the late 1990s. In June 2000, Lions Gate bought Trimark Pictures and merged its in-house home video unit with those of Avalanche and Sterling to form Lions Gate Home Entertainment the following year, i.e. in 2001. After the acquisition, Sterling Home Entertainment was then renamed Studio Home Entertainment, which later folded into Lionsgate. Lions Gate bought Artisan Entertainment in 2003 and folded it into its Family Entertainment section of its Home Entertainment division
912-661: A Lionsgate subsidiary. The company agreed in August to lease term with New Mexico 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 . 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
1026-822: A deal with DIC Entertainment 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 (unrelated to the ex-Lionsgate subsidiary Sterling Home Entertainment) and later other distribution companies like Shout! Factory (now Shout! Studios ), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (now 20th Century Home Entertainment ) and NCircle Entertainment. In 2008, Lionsgate Home Entertainment contracted with HIT Entertainment for DVD distribution in
1140-586: A deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to distribute Lionsgate's film library and future releases in US. In February 2006, British children's company HIT Entertainment signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Fox for the exclusive marketing, sales, and distribution rights of HIT's properties in North America beginning in August of that year. The deal would significantly boost HIT's distribution to over 70,000 retail storefronts. The deal between
1254-448: A deal with Time Warner Cable , as to secure a lower channel position for the then-new Fox Family Channel , so Mechanic adopted the DVD format to smooth the deal. By 1998, Wyatt became permanent president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Wyatt then became head of Fox Consumer Products, which put together the video and licensing unit. Wyatt had to drop the licensing half eventually, as
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#17327881171681368-518: A deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment to release MGM's films outside of the US & Canada. In May 2003, MGM reinstated full distribution rights to their products in regions like Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, although 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment continued distributing MGM titles in a majority of developing regions. In 2006, after ending a similar deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , MGM signed
1482-526: A deal with Lionsgate to build a new production facility in Yonkers, New York , 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,
1596-527: A deal with Lionsgate to release its audiovisual content on DVD after its deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ended, with the exception of Strawberry Shortcake , as it was a prior deal made in 2003 between 20th Century Fox and American Greetings. Until 2012, Lionsgate also distributed most of the theatrical properties held by Republic Pictures on DVD under license from Paramount Pictures . The deal also expanded to include some non-marquee films originally released by Paramount themselves. Recently, with
1710-460: A deal with the studio to release DiC content on DVD. With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) moving its home video distribution to TCFHE in 2006, by this time the company had moved into second place behind Warner Bros. and ahead of Walt Disney, and had its best year yet. In October, Fox Home Entertainment issued the first to include a digital copy along on a disc with the special-edition DVD of Live Free or Die Hard . The 2010 Blu-ray release of Avatar
1824-446: A first-look television development agreement with Universal Music Group . With the acquisition of Entertainment One on December 27, 2023, Lionsgate restructured eOne's television assets and folded them into Lionsgate Television, creating in the process Lionsgate Alternative Television on January 14, 2024, which produces and distributes Lionsgate's unscripted television shows. On September 5, 2019, Great Point Capital Management signed
1938-582: 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
2052-572: 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
2166-405: A joint venture. The joint venture was originally between Fox, Pathé and Le Studio Canal+ , and was known as PFC Vidéo (Pathé Fox Canal). In January 2001, StudioCanal exited the venture to start distributing releases through then-sister company Universal Pictures Video France (later switching to self-distributing their releases), and EuropaCorp joined the joint-venture. Effectively, the venture
2280-618: A lower price, and share sales for more customer satisfaction. Mechanic left Fox in June 2000, while Wyatt resigned in December 2002. Jim Gianopulos replaced Mechanic, while executive vice president of domestic marketing and sales, Mike Dunn, took over from Wyatt. Wyatt left to start a direct-to-video film production and financing company for Japanese-style animated programming. In 2004, 20th Century Fox passed on theatrical distribution, but picked up domestic home video rights to The Passion of
2394-551: 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 Allspark Pictures 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 (eOne; another Canadian-founded business) on December 30, 2019. On October 3, 2019, Malone completed
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#17327881171682508-505: A part of that, CBS/Fox looked to existing retail chains for direct sales. Toys "R" Us and Child World signed the first direct deals in July 1985 with CBS/Fox. Walt Disney Home Video soon followed with a direct deal with Toys "R" Us. During this period, two sub-labels of the company were created. The first was Key Video , launched in April 1984, structured as a separate company but utilizing
2622-481: A possible merger with Lionsgate. 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
2736-617: 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 , 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
2850-845: A small selection of DIC's catalogue on DVD, with the deal including Inspector Gadget , Madeline , Dennis the Menace and Care Bears . The distribution deal continued with Cookie Jar Group after its purchase of DIC in 2008. Eventually, Cookie Jar's deal with Fox expired after 2011. In 2007, to commemorate the successful sales of Strawberry Shortcake in North America, American Greetings extended their home video deal with Fox to include DVD releases of Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot and Sushi Pack . In January 2009, American Greetings announced that they would move their North American distribution to Lionsgate Home Entertainment however Strawberry Shortcake remained under Fox due to
2964-564: A stake of joint venture Amblin Partners . Through the namesake Lionsgate Films studio, the company's filming division also releases films under the Summit Entertainment and eOne Films labels. Following the completion of acquisition of Entertainment One from Hasbro on December 27, 2023, Lionsgate revealed its intention to split its film and television assets into its own company, whose Studios division would merge with
3078-503: A suggested list price of $ 24.98, to encourage purchasing over rental. Bill Mechanic 's arrival in 1993 from Walt Disney Home Video, as the new head of Fox Filmed Entertainment, saw new plans to move Fox forward, including Fox Video. However, DeLellis was initially left alone, as Mechanic was occupied setting up multiple creative divisions within Fox. Mechanic had been the one to install the "Vault" moratorium strategy at Disney. Mrs. Doubtfire
3192-537: A worldwide distribution deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, reinstating the rights internationally. TCFHE and MGM renewed their home video distribution deal twice (one in 2011 and one in June 2016) and it expired on June 30, 2020, with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment taking over in that same year. As of 2021, Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment , distributes in North America, with releases initially alternating between
3306-436: Is Starz , a premium cable and satellite television network and streaming service that also includes sister channels Starz Encore and MoviePlex . In addition to the "Sphere" family of channels ("MovieSphere by Lionsgate", "OuterSphere by Lionsgate", "HerSphere by Lionsgate"), Lionsgate also operates other streaming services and FAST channels through various partnerships. In a joint venture with Ebony Media Group ,
3420-405: Is a home video distribution arm that distributes films produced by 20th Century Studios , Searchlight Pictures , Blue Sky Studios , and 20th Century Animation and several third-party studios, as well as television series by 20th Television , Searchlight Television , 20th Television Animation , and FX Productions in home entertainment formats. For 38 years, 20th Century Home Entertainment
3534-404: Is a Canadian-American entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California . It was founded by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, and domiciled in Vancouver , British Columbia , being incorporated there. Up until 2024, Lionsgate owned film and TV studios under its own umbrella. They have since been spun off into Lionsgate Studios , of which Lionsgate owns 87%. Lionsgate
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3648-469: Is the television arm of Lionsgate and Lionsgate Studios established in July 1997 and has produced such series as Nashville , Anger Management , The Dead Zone , 5ive Days to Midnight , Weeds , Nurse Jackie , Boss , Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Mad Men . Lionsgate later acquired TV syndication firm Debmar-Mercury on July 12, 2006 with CBS Media Ventures , at the time known as CBS Television Distribution , handling ad-sales, with
3762-503: 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 and Discovery, Inc. (now Warner Bros. Discovery ), made
3876-623: 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
3990-781: The Marvel Productions and Marvel Films Animation library. Shortly afterward, Saban terminated its existing home video deal with WarnerVision Entertainment , and decided that they would move itself to TCFHE. In 2001, The Walt Disney Company acquired Fox Family Worldwide , which included the Fox Family Channel , the Fox Kids brand and Saban Entertainment. A year later in 2002, Saban became BVS Entertainment and its titles transferred to Buena Vista Home Entertainment for distribution. In 1999, after ending their worldwide deal with Warner Home Video , MGM signed
4104-766: The PSP through Universal Media Disc . Their releases are currently distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , who released the company's content on home video since 2021, following the expiration of their deal with 20th Century Home Entertainment . Audiovisual releases from or by Lions Gate were previously distributed by Universal Studios Home Video (now Universal Pictures Home Entertainment ) and Columbia TriStar Home Video (now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ). Lions Gate Films would eventually 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,
4218-606: The acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company was proposed. Disney acquired most of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets on March 20, 2019, including 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. On January 17, 2020, Disney retired the "Fox" name from several of the acquired 21st Century Fox assets (to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation ), including the renaming of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment as 20th Century Home Entertainment. Disney also folded 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment into their existing Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment division to be used solely as
4332-559: The "CBS Video" name (which had been sparingly used since the 1970s), with CBS/Fox handling marketing and Fox Video handling distribution. CBS/Fox would retain the license to non-theatrical products from third parties, including those from BBC Video and the NBA. Fox Video was run by president Bob DeLellis, a 1984 hire at CBS/Fox who had risen to group vice president and president by 1991. With expected repeat viewing, FoxVideo dropped prices on family films starting in June 1991 with Home Alone at
4446-544: 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 . Lionsgate Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (also known as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation , and doing business as Lionsgate )
4560-463: The 2003 deal, and was soon expanded to include Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures . In 2008, WWE Studios signed a deal with 20th Century Fox, allowing it to distribute one theatrical title and four direct-to-video titles annually. 20th Century Home Entertainment distributes films for Annapurna Pictures in the United States, as part of a distribution pact that began in July 2017. From July 1993 until 2001, Le Studio Canal+'s content
4674-500: 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,
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4788-591: The CBS/Fox sales and marketing arms; Key's remit was to exploit catalog titles (from both CBS and Fox as well as other companies whose catalogs CBS/Fox had access to at the time, including Lorimar , ITC and United Artists ) targeted towards collectors and longer shelf life than other titles (later expanded to include acquired titles and non-theatrical programming from outside CBS/Fox, primarily B-movies). Key's offerings were often, though not always, priced for sale at cheaper rates than mainstream CBS/Fox titles. The other
4902-601: The Christ . Passion sold 15 million DVDs. TCFHE continued obtaining additional Christian films' domestic home video rights for movies like Mother Teresa and the Beyond the Gates of Splendor documentary. After a 2005 test with a Fox Faith website, in 2006, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment launched its own film production banner for religious films using the same name. Effective October 1, 2005, 20th Century Fox Scandinavia
5016-509: The Guild name in 1998, The 50-50 rental joint venture was renamed to Fox Pathé Home Entertainment . This physical and digital agreement was later briefly carried over to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment following the purchase of Fox before expiring on June 30, 2021, after Pathé signed a new partnership deal with Warner Bros. Pictures . In 1996, Fox Kids Network merged with Saban Entertainment to form Fox Kids Worldwide , which included
5130-471: The Key Video name (later renamed to Key DVD) made a brief comeback in the 2000s. In March 1991, a reorganization of the company was made, which would give Fox greater control of the joint venture. All of CBS/Fox's distribution functions were transferred to the newly formed Fox Video , which would also take over exclusive distribution of all 20th Century Fox products. CBS began releasing their products under
5244-535: The Philadelphia Flash ), La Cage aux Folles II , and Star Wars . While sale tapes were in big boxes that were later used by CBS/Fox in its early years (dubbed "Fox Boxes" by VHS collectors), Video Rental Library tapes were packaged in black clamshell cases. Similar approaches were taken by other companies; however, none lasted long. In June 1982, 20th Century Fox entered into a joint venture with CBS to form CBS/Fox Video ; Roberts remained head of
5358-572: The Prince, and the Twist [1] . From January 2023, Lionsgate entered a movie distribution deal with Cineplex Pictures, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Cineplex Entertainment which will see the release of selected Lionsgate titles in Canada. In July 2023, Deadline reported that Lionsgate was a frontrunner to acquire Entertainment One from Hasbro. In August 2023, Lionsgate announced it would acquire
5472-510: The US after its contract with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment expired, which ended in 2014 and got transferred to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment . On August 4, 2008, Lionsgate announced a deal with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment to acquire the distribution rights to several Touchstone Television/ABC Studios (now ABC Signature ) shows including According to Jim , Reaper , Hope & Faith , 8 Simple Rules and Boy Meets World . In 2009, American Greetings struck
5586-562: The United Kingdom (Elevation Sales), Poland (Galapagos), Czech Republic (Magic Box), Spain (Divisa Films), Italy (Eagle Pictures), Scandinavia ( SF Studios ), France and Benelux (ESC Distribution), Germany ( Leonine Studios ) and Japan ( Happinet ). In February 2024, Disney entered into a home video distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , in which Sony would handle all physical media production and distribution for Disney's home entertainment assets in North America. The first 20th Century Studios film to be released by Sony
5700-507: The United States, the company also distributed products from Anchor Bay Entertainment , Relativity Media , EuropaCorp U.S.A. and Yari Film Group . CBS/Fox Video also once served as a distributor for television and film products released by BBC Video in the United States until these rights expired on June 30, 2000, and weren't renewed. On June 28, 2000, BBC Worldwide announced a new partnership with Warner Home Video for US & Canada that would begin effectively on July 1, 2000, excluding
5814-471: The Year awards. Wyatt's system was a great edge for years. The TV-on-DVD business was initiated by Wyatt through the release of whole seasons of The X-Files , The Simpsons and 24 , which started the binge-watching concept. However, the videocassette rental business was declining such that video rental chains signed revenue-sharing deals with the studios, so additional copies of hits could be brought in for
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#17327881171685928-592: The acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax by PHE's parent company Paramount Global (at the time known as ViacomCBS ). With Lionsgate acquiring Summit Entertainment in 2012, its home entertainment division took over its home video releasing rights. On December 8, 2016, Lionsgate acquired Starz Inc. , which includes the North American branches of Manga Entertainment and the first incarnation of Anchor Bay Entertainment . Shortly after acquisition, Anchor Bay
6042-546: The acquisition, Lionsgate relocated from Marina del Rey to Artisan's headquarters in Santa Monica. 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
6156-516: The archive series had released 100 movies. Fox Home Entertainment also started the early window policy, where the digital version is released through digital retailers two or three weeks before the discs, and was launched with Prometheus in September 2012. This also started Fox's Digital HD program where customers could download or stream 600 Fox films on connected devices at less than $ 15/film through multiple major platforms. However, Digital HD
6270-551: 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 TVGuide.com from Rovi for $ 255 million cash. In May 2009, Lionsgate sold
6384-536: The company did not initially issue DVDs; instead, Fox advocated for digital VHS tapes (which eventually emerged as the obscure D-Theater ), then the disposable DIVX . DIVX was a DVD variant that had limited viewing time, launched by the Circuit City consumer electronics chain in June 1998. With DVD's low cost at $ 20 and DIVX at $ 4.50, and the desirability for consumers to own DVDs, the DVD format won quickly out over DIVX. News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch wanted
6498-623: The company programs the "Ebony TV by Lionsgate" channel. In 2015, Lionsgate formed a joint venture with Tribeca Enterprises to launch the "Tribeca Shortlist" streaming service and "Tribeca Channel" FAST channel. In 2017, Lionsgate partnered with comedian Kevin Hart to launch the LOL Network . 20th Century Home Entertainment 20th Century Home Entertainment (previously known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC. and also known as 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment )
6612-538: The company public. Beringer's mining assets were soon sold off. 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 -based Cinépix Film Properties (which became the present-day Lionsgate Films ) and North Shore Studios (which became known as Lions Gate Studios, until its acquisition in 2006) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mandalay Television
6726-553: The company while Pilgrim will continue to operate independently under Piligian. 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 . AT&T also owns an approximately 2% stake in Lionsgate. On December 15, 2017,
6840-573: The company's films on home media. This was extended to include DreamWorks' pre-2013 catalog following DreamWorks' purchase of it from Paramount Pictures on July 1, 2014. Fox's rights with DreamWorks ended in 2017 after the release of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and the purchase of DreamWorks Animation by NBCUniversal a year prior. With that, DreamWorks transferred the home entertainment rights to its movies to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. In
6954-459: The corporation's financial operations being moved in April to Doroniuk's offices in Toronto , Ontario while corporate headquarters remained in Vancouver , 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
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#17327881171687068-673: 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 Swedish 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 Lions Gate Studios to Bosa Development Corporation. On July 12, Lionsgate purchased Debmar-Mercury , an independent television distributor, which has continued operations as
7182-461: The exception of Meet the Browns , which was rather co-distributed by Turner Television/ Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Disney–ABC Domestic Television rather handling its ad-sales). 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. On August 6, 2018, Lionsgate signed
7296-442: The expanded business unit would have been over $ 800 million, with FoxVideo providing the bulk at $ 650 million. Mechanic kept DeLellis as president of the expanded unit's North American operation, with Jeff Yap as international president. By May 1995, Fox had Magnet under a worldwide label deal for 10 to 12 titles through 1996. TCFHE would also be responsible for DVD when they hit the market. Mechanic had Fox Home Entertainment institute
7410-534: 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 . In 2008, Lionsgate formed Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) with Saban Capital Group and Celestial Pictures . CTE oversees the distribution rights of Lionsgate properties in Greater China and Southeast Asia . The distribution of selected recent non-in-house films for pay-per-view and on-demand are under
7524-493: The folding of Republic, Lionsgate's function was transferred to Olive Films (and later Kino Lorber ). On February 11, 2011, Lionsgate and StudioCanal made an agreement to release 550 films from Miramax globally, replacing long time partner Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment at the time when Miramax was owned by the Walt Disney Company. It was transferred to Paramount Home Entertainment in April 2020 after
7638-469: The following year. With a library of more than 8,000 films and although founded to distribute in-house productions, LGHE also previously distributed productions featuring Barbie from Mattel and Clifford the Big Red Dog from Scholastic Corporation , Stickin' Around videos from Nelvana and MGA Entertainment productions. Lionsgate Home Entertainment also previously distributed videos from
7752-440: The following year; re-establishing Lionsgate's Canadian roots. In December 2023, Lionsgate revealed its plan to split its film and television assets with Starz following the completion of the company's acquisition of eOne. The company's Studios division will merge with Screaming Eagle Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company led by Eli Baker, to form a separate publicly traded company, Lionsgate Studios . The transaction sets
7866-699: The home entertainment division of the Jim Henson Company until 2012 when Henson signed a deal with Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment . With the acquisition of Artisan, LGHE 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 (now Shout! Studios ). 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
7980-466: The home video label for products released under the 20th Century Studios , Searchlight Pictures , Blue Sky Studios , 20th Century Animation , 20th Century Family , 20th Television , 20th Television Animation and FX Productions banners. 20th Century's best-selling DVD titles are the various season box sets of The Simpsons . Since July 1993, Fox's Home video operations in France have operated as
8094-424: The home video unit boomed. DVD sales were so strong during this period that they factored into green-lighting theatrical films. Wyatt reorganized Fox Home Entertainment, and forged a partnership with replicator Cinram . Being ahead of the other studios, TCFHE began picking up additional outside labels as distribution clients, with their fees covering the company's overhead. Fox Home Entertainment won multiple Vendor of
8208-453: The industry's bestselling live-action home video release. With the May 1997 departure of DeLellis, a quick rotation of presidents led Fox Home Entertainment: Yapp for four months before he left to lead Hollywood Video , then an interim president—Pat Wyatt, head of 20th Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising, who assumed the post in September 1997. With DVD being a Warner Home Video property,
8322-455: The joint-venture, but was replaced as president in January 1983 by a former Columbia Pictures executive, Larry Hilford. Hilford had been a verbal critic of the video rental business, but with the situation out of their control, he attempted to make the situation work for them. CBS/Fox and other home video units increased prices of the cassettes by around 67% to maximize income. They also moved to encourage customer purchasing instead of renting. As
8436-615: The launch of Disney+ in 2019 and its international expansion in the following years, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (which had been distributing 20th Century & Searchlight titles since 2020) has begun to discontinue physical distribution entirely in certain regions such as Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Greece, India, the Middle East, Portugal, Asia (except for Japan), Hungary, and Romania, or to let other companies distribute in certain international markets like
8550-845: The libraries of Anchor Bay Entertainment , Overture Films , the pre-2015 Film Roman library and in-house content by Starz and it's predecessor IDT Entertainment), the library of Hearst 's entertainment division, Tribune Entertainment (through Debmar-Mercury ), American Zoetrope (distribution deal in 2010, with certain exceptions), Modern Entertainment (library acquired in 2005), the assets of The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films (post-2005 titles only; through its 18.9% stake in Spyglass Media Group ). Lionsgate Studios' complete ownership depends on various and/or specific global licensing. Lionsgate's movies have been released on DVD , Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray , as well as on
8664-485: 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
8778-439: 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. Following
8892-461: The merger of its former existence as Alliance Communications and Atlantis Communications ), Salter Street Films , Cineplex Odeon Films and Phase 4 Films . Lionsgate Studios' library features titles from several defunct studios, including: Trimark Pictures (acquired in 2000), Artisan Entertainment (acquired in 2003 and with it Vestron Pictures which Artisan acquired in 1991), Starz Distribution (acquired by Lionsgate in 2016, which includes
9006-453: The moratorium strategy with the August 1995 release of the three original Star Wars movies giving them a sales window before going off the market forever; four months for New Hope , and until the fall of 1997 for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi . Sales topped 30 million copies over expectations. The company's 1996 release of Independence Day sold 18 million units, making it
9120-459: The most titles with 10. Dunn added another title in December 2016: president of product strategy and consumer business development. Dunn turned over TCFHE in March 2017 to Keith Feldman taking over his older title, president of worldwide home entertainment. Feldman was previously president of worldwide home entertainment distribution, and, before that, president of international. In December 2017,
9234-444: The motion picture and television assets of Entertainment One from Hasbro for $ 500 million. Included among the assets are the trademarks of Maple Pictures , which Lionsgate divested to Alliance Films in 2011. The studio is expected to also pay $ 375 million in cash and $ 125 million in production financing loans related to the purchase. The acquisition was completed on December 27, 2023, and eOne would later rebrand as "Lionsgate Canada"
9348-402: The physical distribution of titles from Sony Pictures ( Columbia Pictures , TriStar Pictures , Screen Gems , Crunchyroll, LLC , etc.) as well as Lionsgate, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ( Walt Disney Pictures , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm Ltd. , 20th Century Studios , etc.) and The Criterion Collection through their existing distribution deals with SPHE. Lionsgate Television
9462-501: The purchase of Fox by Disney, Entertainment One ended its deal with Fox and signed a multinational distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment shortly after. With the acquisition of Entertainment One by Lionsgate in 2023, Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment took over the home media distribution rights of these catalogs. In 2013, as part of DreamWorks Animation 's existing five-year distribution deal with 20th Century Fox, Fox also released
9576-408: The release of Walking with Dinosaurs , which was instead transferred over from CBS/Fox to Warner on September 1, 2000. In 1998, after ending their deal with WEA Video , Artisan signed a deal with Fox to release Artisan's film library in the United States. After the Lionsgate purchase in December 2003, it was expanded to include Canada as well. The deal expired in July 2021, with Lionsgate signing
9690-713: The sale of his stake in the studio. In April 2021, Lionsgate's Starz division filed an injunction in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico against The Walt Disney Company 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 an 18.9 percent equity stake in Spyglass Media Group and acquired the catalogue of The Weinstein Company from Spyglass. In 2024, Lionsgate optioned an Air Mail story written by Hannah Ghorashi, titled The Grift,
9804-570: 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 acquired the remaining stakes in Fearnet from Lionsgate 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
9918-458: The split. Lionsgate Studios operates through its filming division, Lionsgate Films ; which consists of its own in-house productions, as well as films under the Summit Entertainment label, and from its Lionsgate Canada subsidiary. The latter company, which was known as Entertainment One prior to its sale to Lionsgate, also houses the libraries of defunct production companies such as Koch Entertainment , Christal Films , Alliance Atlantis (from
10032-448: 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. In 2022, the city of Newark, New Jersey announced that a major new film and television production studio overlooking Weequahic Park and Weequahic Golf Course , Lionsgate Newark Studios would open in 2024 on
10146-471: The studios backed Blu-ray , while the other half backed HD DVD , and some planned to issue releases in both formats. In late 2006, the company began releasing its titles on Blu-ray . Blu-ray won the format war in 2008, but with streaming services picking up in popularity and the Great Recession, the expected rebound in disc sales never happened. In 2006, animation studio DIC Entertainment struck
10260-468: The studios will expand into the gaming development. In 2015, Lionsgate took over the distribution functions for CBS Films , the film division of CBS Corporation . On February 11, 2015, John C. Malone 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. Fourteen days later, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht hinted
10374-516: The supervision of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios via Universal Pictures (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. Amazon MGM Studios , under MGM Television , are also distributed in international cable, digital and broadcast television through Lionsgate's syndicated division. Liongate's main outlet
10488-467: The three volumes of the Bobby's World show. The company was renamed Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on March 16, 1995, after Fox Entertainment Group acquired CBS's interest in CBS/Fox. The reorganization also created additional distribution operations ( Fox Kids Video , CBS Video , and CBS/Fox Video) and two new media units, Fox Interactive and Magnet Interactive Studios. Total revenue for
10602-425: The two companies occurred after HIT closed their standalone home video unit in North America. The distribution deal was not renewed and in February 2008, HIT signed a new home video deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment . In November 2006, following the major success of Fox's distribution of the company's Strawberry Shortcake series, animation studio DIC Entertainment struck a five-year deal with Fox to release
10716-553: The two companies until 2023. After a prior home entertainment distribution arrangement for Australia and Spain, in February 2016, Entertainment One (eOne) and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment signed a new multi-territory distribution agreement. The agreement called for a distribution joint venture in Canada. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Australia, Fox would manage eOne's existing home video distribution. In March 2019, after
10830-641: The video distribution arm had been under a deal with a home entertainment company called Magnetic Video , a small independent home video distributor founded by Andre Blay and Leon Nicholson that was based in Farmington Hills, Michigan , after a previous relationship with the company. In March 1979, 20th Century-Fox acquired Magnetic Video. In late 1981, Fox renamed Magnetic Video Corporation to 20th Century-Fox Video and continued to be headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan. However, Blay
10944-775: 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 . 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
11058-582: Was Playhouse Video , launched in February 1985 (replacing the short-lived CBS/Fox Children's Video label) and run in a similar fashion to Key Video, with am emphasis on children's and family titles, including those of The Muppets , Planet of the Apes original pentalogy , Shirley Temple movies and content from CBS (including the Dr. Seuss specials owned by the network and Peanuts movies and specials). Both of these labels were rendered inactive by 1991; under Fox,
11172-499: 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),
11286-514: 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 joint venture , 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 , producers and distributors of
11400-469: Was folded into Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Manga is planned to be relaunched in the near future. Anchor Bay Entertainment would be revived by co-founders of Umbrelic Entertainment, Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz, on February 15, 2024, as a production company for "genre films, undiscovered treasures, cult classics and remastered catalog releases". On June 30, 2021, Lionsgate's North American distribution deal with 20th Century Home Entertainment expired and
11514-547: Was forced out at the time, with Telecommunications division president and CEO Steve Roberts taking charge of TCF Video. During this time, 20th Century-Fox Video released a few titles for rental only, including Eye of the Needle , Caveman , Death Hunt , Dr. No , A Fistful of Dollars , Rocky , Taps , For Your Eyes Only , Omen III: The Final Conflict , Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (aka Chu Chu and
11628-412: Was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra, whose $ 16 million investment was augmented by $ 40 million from investors including Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as G. Scott Paterson . 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
11742-586: Was founded 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 is an indoor interactive experience centre based on Lionsgate's blockbuster film franchises, such as The Hunger Games , The Divergent Series and Now You See Me , opened on Hengqin, Zhuhai , China in
11856-513: Was not renewed. In June 2016, Fox signed a deal with Warner Home Video to distribute Warner's library in Spain . The deal was extended in September 2019 after Disney acquired Fox as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment took over Fox on distributing Warner's library in Spain. When Divisa Home Video started distributing Disney's titles in Spain, the deal expired in April 2022, as Arvi Licensing signed
11970-523: Was released soon after Mechanic's arrival with a sell through price, and surpassed sale projections at 10 million tapes. In 1995, FoxVideo launched a line, Fox Kids Video, in order to release various titles that was aired on the Fox Kids Network, such as Bobby's World , The Tick , Eek! the Cat and Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? , although the name was previously used a year earlier on
12084-640: Was released through PFC Vidéo in France. They exited the venture to release content through Universal. In June 2013, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution formed a joint-venture partnership titled Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment in Nordic territories. In 2020, the company was shut down. In late 2013, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment began distributing Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in Spanish territories, including Latin America and Spain. The deal expired in June 2016 and
12198-578: Was renamed as Fox Pathé Europa. The venture ended shortly after Disney's purchase of 20th Century Fox, with Pathé resorting to simply self-distributing their home video releases and EuropaCorp moving to ESC Distribution. From 1995 to 2021, Fox held a distribution partnership with Pathé's UK branch as well, which began after the then-named Guild entered into the 50-50 rental joint venture with Fox's UK branch called Fox Guild Home Entertainment . The deal also allowed Fox to take over retail distribution of Guild products from PolyGram Video . After Pathé retired
12312-415: Was reported that Lionsgate was being subject to a bidding war for a possible acquisition, with Comcast and Sony Pictures having made offers. At the time, Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns stated in an interview with CNBC that Lionsgate was mostly interested in merging with CBS and Viacom. Viacom and Lionsgate were both interested in acquiring The Weinstein Company . On February 27, 2018,
12426-535: Was soon dropped as 4K, or Ultra HD , was introduced in 2012. In 2014, a high-tech think tank, Fox Innovation Lab , was formed under 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. In September 2015, the first Ultra HD Blu-ray player was introduced, leading TCFHE to have future movies released the same day in Ultra HD Blu-ray as regular Blu-ray and DVD. The first Ultra HD Blu-ray films were released in March 2016, with Fox being one of four studios involved; Fox had had
12540-504: Was split into two, 20th Century Fox Theatrical Sweden and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Scandinavia. For the Home Entertainment Scandinavia division, Peter Paumgardhen was appointed managing director and would report to senior vice president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Europe Gary Ferguson. By 2005, DVD was on the decline and the rise of HDTVs required a new, high-resolution format; Fox and half
12654-431: Was taken over Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as of July 1, 2021. After Lionsgate completed its acquisition of Entertainment One (eOne), now Lionsgate Canada , on December 27, 2023, its home entertainment division started distributing its physical releases worldwide. On June 24, 2024, it was reported that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had entered into a distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services to handle
12768-417: Was the distinct home video distribution arm of Fox Entertainment Group . It was formed in 1982 as 20th Century-Fox Video . On March 20, 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox , and as a result, its operations were folded into Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment , Disney's own home entertainment division, where it exists in the present-day merely as a brand label . From 1976 to 1981,
12882-445: Was the home media release of The First Omen on July 30, 2024. On June 24, 2024, it was reported that Sony had entered into a distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services to handle the physical distribution of titles from Sony Pictures as well as Disney and Lionsgate Home Entertainment through their existing distribution deals with SPHE. 20th Century Home Entertainment is used by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment as
12996-481: Was the year's top-selling title and the top Blu-ray Disc seller, with 5 million units sold. In 2011, Fox released on Blu-ray Disc the full Star Wars double trilogy on 9 discs, a premium set selling 1 million units its first week in stores, generating $ 84 million in gross sales. In response to Warner Bros., Sony and MGM issuing manufactured-on-demand lines of no-frills DVD-R editions of older films in May 2012, TCFHE began its Cinema Archives series. By November 2012,
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