Shaw Media, Inc. was the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications . It owned the Global Television Network , which broadcasts nationally via 13 television stations, as well as 19 specialty channels including Slice , HGTV Canada , Showcase , Food Network Canada , and History . Shaw Media consisted of the broadcasting assets of the former Canwest . Shaw Media properties were acquired in April 2016 by sister company Corus Entertainment .
64-598: In 1974, a group led by Israel Asper bought the assets of Pembina, North Dakota television station KCND-TV from broadcaster Gordon McLendon , moving the station to Winnipeg as independent station CKND-TV . Asper, through his company, Canwest , eventually bought out his partners in the Winnipeg station. A few months later, the Asper group joined a consortium that bought CKGN-TV, a network of six simulcasting transmitters across Ontario that carried many of CKND's programs and
128-565: A right-libertarian strain within the party. In the Manitoba election of 1973 , he promoted a laissez-faire economy, and advocated the elimination of the welfare state. He also advocated the public financing of election campaigns, to ensure that politics would not be dominated entirely by monied interests. Moreover, as leader of the Manitoba Liberals, he supported the provincial Bill of Rights, and would go on to seek inclusion of
192-564: A fourth, CHBC Kelowna , was converted to a Global station. The remaining station, CHCA Red Deer , was closed as of the same date. On September 24, the company announced that it would sell its 50.1% stake in Ten Network Holdings for A$ 680 million, in order to pay down its significant debt. The sale of CanWest's Australian media operations reduced some C$ 582-million in debt tied to the Australian TV network, raising
256-414: A further C$ 15 million in the restructured entity. In January 2010, CanWest's bonds commanded about 70 cents on the dollar. CanWest's bonds at one point traded for as little as 15 cents on the dollar. Several sources say that as CanWest notes increased fivefold in price, distressed-debt funds took profits on part of their position, with Angelo Gordon among the buyers. On February 3, 2010, it was reported that
320-408: A group led by Golden Tree Asset Management LP complained that "it was unfairly frozen out of the auction of Canwest Limited Partnership." As part of the transaction, Canwest and some of its subsidiaries, including Canwest Media Inc., The National Post Company , and Canwest Television LP (the licensee of Global, MovieTime , DejaView , and Fox Sports World Canada ) filed for creditor protection under
384-688: A package of seven feature films and television projects for the next twelve months, and John Hirsch made his television acting debut on Alliance's made-for-television movie production, The Sword of Gideon , which aired on CTV and HBO . In 1987, it attempted to take over the Los Angeles -based production company Robert Cooper Productions, a move that will join the two companies under the Alliance banner, and bring 28 hours of programming donated by Robert Cooper to Alliance, which included HBO projects and several other television films, and distribution of
448-503: A series of cost-cutting moves. The company's income statements reported net losses in 2008 and 2009, even though its operating activities were profitable (before taxes, interest, and non-operating charges: C$ 197 million in 2009, vs. C$ 428 million in 2008). On August 31, 2009, Canwest shut down its secondary system E! (the former CH). Three of the former E! owned-and-operated stations – CHCH Hamilton , CHEK Victoria , and CJNT Montreal – were sold to third parties, while
512-483: A significant financial toll. As early as 2002, most of Canwest's operating income was going to pay interest on its high-interest rate debt. By 2007, the company's bonds were downgraded to junk status. In October 2005, CanWest's Canadian newspapers were sold into an IPO trust. Sold 25.8% of Canada's newspapers for C$ 550 million. Attached to the Canadian newspaper IPO was $ 850 million in long term debt. CanWest bought back
576-627: A thorough feasibility study conducted by museum experts from around Canada. In 2003, Asper established a private charitable organization to build the CMHR, called the Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. On April 17, the 21st anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms , an event was held at The Forks in Winnipeg where Asper first publicly announced his intent to create
640-559: Is a philanthropic organization in Winnipeg. The Foundation provides general support to Winnipeg's Jewish community as well as supporting the broader community, particularly in western Canada , in areas of culture , education , medical research , community development , and human rights . The Asper Foundation received its heraldic emblem from the Canadian Heraldic Authority in January 2003. As of 2019,
704-514: The Return of Ben Casey telefilm, Alliance Entertainment had named Susan Cavan, who was formerly an in-house lawyer to serve as the studio's president, who succeeded Stephen Roth, who was one of the Alliance co-founders, which was ankled to become an industry consultant of the studio. It acquired a Montreal-based Francophone distribution company, Vivafilm, in 1990, after Lantos bought out the company back from Loewy, renaming it to Alliance-Vivafilm in
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#1732779679313768-742: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution Act of 1982 . His Liberals won only five seats, and Asper was elected in Wolseley by only four votes. He resigned as party leader and MLA in 1975, though he continued to support the Manitoba Liberal Party in later years. His media empire began with the Winnipeg television station CKND-TV in 1975. Shortly after, in 1977, Asper formed CanWest Global Communications Corporation , which grew to encompass
832-502: The Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act . Canwest Limited Partnership, a subsidiary which owns the company's other newspaper assets and online properties, is negotiating separately with creditors, and is expected to file for creditor protection at a later date. Specialty channels operated in partnership with other companies (such as TVtropolis , Mystery TV , MenTV , and the former Alliance Atlantis properties) are also not included in
896-609: The Global Television Network , among other assets. In 2000, CanWest bought the media holdings of Conrad Black 's Hollinger Inc. for $ 3.2 billion, allowing Asper control of the Southam newspaper group, over 60 Canadian newspapers (including the daily National Post ) as well as several important offshore newspapers and journals. Asper was noted for his fierce loyalty to Manitoba and western Canada , refusing enticements to move east to Toronto . I am
960-830: The Republic of Ireland , and Australia , although all were eventually sold off. In 1991, Canwest issued a successful initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In June 1996, Canwest was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Lacking a presence in Alberta , the company set its sights on Western International Communications , which owned three independent stations in that province that carried Global programming. It eventually bought that company's broadcasting assets in 2000. This not only boosted Global's coverage in western Canada, but prompted
1024-716: The University of Manitoba Law School in Winnipeg, where he received his law degree in 1957 and was called to the bar shortly thereafter in July, eventually receiving a Master of Laws in 1964. On October 7, 2003, Asper died in St. Boniface Hospital at the age of 71 after suffering a heart attack . He was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery in Winnipeg in the presence of 1,500 mourners, including Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and leading politicians. He founded
1088-1041: The "Asper HUJI Innovate" startup accelerator program at the University. The Asper Foundation also created and sourced the funding for Canada’s 5th national museum, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights . The Foundation's projects in Israel include the Centre for Entrepreneurship at HUJI, Community Action Centres and ‘Edible Gardens’ across Israel, a New Media Centre at Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya , and Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies . Alliance Films Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment , Alliance Communications , Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd , Motion Picture Distribution LP ; and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec; or simply Alliance , stylized as A L L I A N C E )
1152-487: The 25.8% Newspaper Trust IPO (and debt) in November 2008, for cash considerations of $ 495 million. The company was already one of the largest owners of Canadian local TV stations, when Canwest and Goldman Sachs in 2007 announced they would jointly acquire Canadian producer and broadcaster Alliance Atlantis Communications and its large stable of wide-distribution specialty channels. Under the deal, Canwest took control of
1216-652: The C$ 426 million they received from Canwest balance sheet in September, after CanWest sold its stake in Ten. On October 6, the company voluntarily filed for creditor protection under the CCAA , due to C$ 4 billion mounting debt across radio, television broadcasting and publishing assets in several countries. At the same time it announced it had agreed to a recapitalization transaction with some of its lenders, which will likely require
1280-494: The CMHR. The announcement included considerable funding commitments from the governments of Canada , Manitoba , and Winnipeg , as well as land donated by the Forks Renewal Corporation . Prime Minister Jean Chrétien committed the first $ 30 million towards the capital cost , and private fundraising was soon overseen by the Friends of the CMHR. Later that year, on October 7, on his way to announce
1344-518: The Foundation has $ 192 million in assets , and is one of Canada’s largest private foundations. The Foundation was established in 1983 by Israel and Babs Asper, created from the wealth they had generated via CanWest , to build upon theirs and their family’s philanthropic endeavours. In 1997, to focus on this philanthropy, Israel Asper resigned as CEO of CanWest, remaining as Executive Chairman instead. Some initiatives in Winnipeg supported by
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#17327796793131408-985: The Foundation include the Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program, the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba , the Asper Jewish Community Campus, the Saint Boniface Hospital Clinical Research Institute, Winnipeg Harvest, the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park , and several programs with the United Way in Winnipeg. On 22 November 2000, the Foundation donated $ 10 million each to The Winnipeg Foundation and
1472-606: The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba. In October 2019, the Foundation announced a gift of CA$ 5-million to the University of Manitoba to establish the "Asper Foundation Entrance Bursary," a $ 1,000 entrance bursary program available to students in any faculty or school. In early 2021, the Foundation made a $ 5 million gift to the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) to expand
1536-521: The Labour Zionists got control of the educational institutions, and of the government, I utterly supported Begin from the time I was 12 or 13. Without him and his guerrilla revolt against the British, there would be no Israel." Israel Asper first had the idea to build the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) on 18 July 2000. Asper spent the next three years making the CMHR a reality, and had
1600-469: The MPD era, all materials relating to Alliance Atlantis–distributed films contained a disclaimer stating that Alliance Atlantis was "an indirect limited partner of Motion Picture Distribution LP, not a general partner". However, in fact, the company controlled the general partner of the partnership, and hence effectively controlled the distribution unit itself. Formerly known as Motion Picture Distribution LP, it
1664-938: The Settlement Agreement, received the approval of the Ontario Superior Court on June 23, 2010, the Competition Bureau as of August 13, 2010, and was given final approval from the CRTC on October 22, 2010, with final closing occurring in October 2011 following the official CMI Transition Order. Canwest is now delisted from the TSX. Canwest was renamed to 2737469 Canada Inc. and ceased doing business that same date (the company would officially be dissolved later that year). Meanwhile, Shaw Communications reorganized Canwest into Shaw Media. The new division
1728-465: The Shaw deal and were already sold separately to Postmedia Network . However, the Asper family with Goldman and Catalyst made their own bid to retake Canwest with a $ 120 million bid in competition with the bid proposed by Shaw Communications. On February 25, 2010, it was announced that Shaw Communications had won a court battle to continue their plans to purchase assets & voting shares from Canwest. After
1792-614: The TV-on-DVD market. It began releasing various television series on DVD, the majority are Canadian productions or Canadian co-productions. To date they have released over 20 series and continue to release more. On June 24, 2011, Alliance Films bought Maple Pictures from Lionsgate for a total of $ 38.5 million before Alliance was folded into Entertainment One in early 2013. Since early 2010, Alliance Films has been partnering with Jason Blum and his BlumHouse Productions to produce low budget horror films. This began with Insidious which
1856-401: The acquisition by Entertainment One, and subsequent acquisition by Lionsgate ten years later, after which Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment took over these home media distribution rights. Alliance Films also operates the following international subsidiaries: The following is a list of TV series that have been released on DVD by Alliance Films: Alliance Films
1920-454: The announcement, Shaw revealed that its investment amounted to a minimum of $ 95-million in exchange for 20 per cent of the equity and an 80-per-cent voting interest in the restructured company. Although Goldman, Catalyst, and the Aspers continued to work on their own bid after the Shaw agreement, Shaw announced a revised agreement, following court ordered mediation, under which it would purchase
1984-495: The approval of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). When completed, bondholders – led by hedge funds West Face Capital, GoldenTree Asset Management , and Beach Point Capital Management – will own a majority of shares, leaving existing shareholders, including the Asper family, with a total of 2.3% of the "new" Canwest. However, the Aspers are expected to invest
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2048-603: The architectural competition in Vancouver for the CMHR’s design, Asper died suddenly at the age of 71. His family, along with the Asper Foundation's executive director, vowed to continue to develop the museum. Two weeks later, the groundbreaking ceremony was held at The Forks and the architectural competition announced. In 2014, a stretch of road in front of the CMHR was named "Israel Asper Way". The Asper Foundation
2112-571: The assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information. Israel Asper Israel Harold " Izzy " Asper OC OM QC (August 11, 1932 – October 7, 2003) was a Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate . He was the founder and owner of the now-defunct TV and media company CanWest Global Communications Corp and father to its former CEO and President Leonard Asper , former director and corporate secretary Gail Asper , and former Executive Vice President David Asper . He
2176-455: The broadcasting portion of AAC, although Goldman Sachs remained a major investor in those assets. Goldman retained or resold the remaining pieces of AAC, the distribution arm soon re-emerging as Alliance Films . Canwest executives testified in the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearings over fee-for-carriage , requesting that the commission force cable and satellite companies to pay for their signals without passing
2240-463: The company's fare was to be shown on the Big Three networks , namely ABC , CBS and NBC , as well as cable channel HBO and Canadian channel CTV , as well as a financing agreement with New Century/SLM Productions. One of Alliance's well known TV projects was Night Heat , and had to develop several television miniseries. On September 11, 1986, Alliance Entertainment Corporation expanded into
2304-595: The days of Alliance Atlantis respectively, they were responsible for co-producing the 2008 teen slasher Prom Night with Screen Gems and Original Film . They also produced and distributed the war drama Passchendaele , and co-produced the comedy Stone of Destiny with Infinity Features Entertainment and The Mob Film Company . They are also responsible for co-producing the 2011 horror film Insidious with FilmDistrict and Wanderlust with Universal Pictures and Apatow Productions. In 2010, Alliance Films expanded its home video operations with an aggressive push into
2368-599: The eOne's Kids and Family brands in 2019, while Lionsgate would acquire the studio's remaining entertainment assets (also including Maple Pictures' trademarks) on December 27, 2023. Alliance Films has distributed all or some of the following companies' films before the eOne acquisition and eOne's subsequent purchase by Lionsgate. All listings are from the start of their deal with Alliance up to their current state with eOne: For more, see Entertainment One . And also, Alliance Films' video releases from 2007 to 2013 were distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment , until
2432-589: The entirety of Canwest's broadcasting operations, including the portion owned by Goldman. This deal was later modified following a second court ordered mediation to include a settlement agreement between Shaw, creditors, and the Official Ad Hoc Committee of Shareholders, led by the Aspers, Blott Asset Management, L.L.C. and two other hedge funds. This marked the first successful equity committee campaign in Canada under CCAA. A modified deal, including
2496-461: The establishment of a second over-the-air service, originally known as CH , since in some areas the combined company had duplicate over-the-air coverage through multiple stations. Later that year, Canwest announced its acquisition of the Southam newspaper chain from Conrad Black , in order to pursue a media convergence strategy. Canwest was initially slow to invest in specialty channels due to
2560-525: The fees on to their subscribers. In his testimony, Canwest president Leonard Asper blamed the current rules for the poor financial condition of Canada's broadcast television stations, a position which has subsequently been adopted and addressed through rule changes by the CRTC and FCC. By early 2009, it became clear the company's debt was not manageable in light of the global economic crisis , forcing Canwest into an extended set of negotiations with its lenders and
2624-578: The firm of Asper, Freedman & Co. in 1959, and was also a partner and co-founder of the firm Buchwald, Asper, Henteleff (now Pitblado LLP) along with Harold Buchwald and Yude Henteleff . In 1970, he wrote The Benson Iceberg: A Critical Analysis of the White Paper on Tax Reform in Canada . Also that year, Asper was elected leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party (defeating university professor John Nesbitt ). Asper represented
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2688-473: The four Cooper/Alliance joint production ventures would be handled by Carolco Pictures outside of the Canadian market and handled through a $ 40 million limited partnership with Richard Greenshields of Canada Ltd., which is expected to file within two weeks. The aborted plan for an Alliance/Robert Cooper merger was later scrapped in October 1987. In late November 1987, after an aborted merger attempt between Alliance and Robert Cooper, which end up collaborating on
2752-761: The latter brand was dissolved; with Alliance Vivafilm folding into Les Films Séville in 2014. The company made its origins in 1972 when Robert Lantos formed Vivafilm. Two years later, Lantos teamed up with Stephen J. Roth to start out RSL Films (later RSL Entertainment Corporation) in 1975. Another company, the International Cinema Corporation was originally formed in 1971 by three National Film Board of Canada executives John Kemeny, as well as Don Duprey, Joe Koenig and George Kaczender to develop documentaries, and it became International Cinema Corporation in 1979 when Kemeny teamed up with Denis Heroux to produce feature films. The company
2816-442: The offspring of immigrants and Prairie immigrants at that. And these people who would otherwise have been cinders in one of Hitler ’s ovens have a great sense of gratitude to Canada for offering them shelter… people arriving with no money, people arriving not being able to speak a word of English from all over the place. And so you get taught that you owe and you have an undischarged debt to this country… Israel Asper (2001) He
2880-480: The present filing. Canwest shares were also suspended from trading on the TSX . Canwest said that it was not being liquidated at this point, and the company insisted that the proceedings would make Canwest "a stronger industry competitor with a renewed financial outlook." Nevertheless, some analysts expected that the conglomerate would sell assets or be broken up entirely as the restructuring process continues, noting that
2944-738: The privately owned CBC affiliate in Quebec City . Canwest then set up CKMI rebroadcasters in Montreal and Sherbrooke . With this move, Canwest's stations now had enough coverage of Canada that on August 18—the day CKMI officially disaffiliated from CBC—Canwest rebranded its station group as "The Global Television Network". Throughout the 1990s, Global (and its antecedents) held Canadian rights to hit U.S. series such as Cheers , Friends , and Frasier . Canwest also bought broadcasting assets internationally, including outlets in New Zealand ,
3008-673: The process. In 1993, the company expanded its operations to launch its sales arm, Le Monde Entertainment. In 1995, the company entered the broadcasting business, by first launching Showcase , then launching History Television . In 1997, the company had bought out several assets of Norstar Entertainment, including its title library for $ 5-10 million. In 1998, it merged with Atlantis Communications , forming Alliance Atlantis Communications . In partnership with Cineplex Entertainment , Alliance Films (operating as Motion Picture Distribution LP under Alliance Atlantis ) also operated Alliance Cinemas , owner of two Toronto -area theatres. During
3072-420: The provincial public broadcaster Knowledge Network . On September 2, 2014, Paul W. Robertson , the president of Shaw Media since its creation, died from cancer at age 59. He was replaced by Barbara Williams. On January 13, 2016, Corus Entertainment announced that it would acquire Shaw Media for $ 2.65 billion, in a corporate reorganization that would be used to fund Shaw's acquisition of Wind Mobile . The deal
3136-459: The publishing division has a separate set of lenders. As it turned out, the company would indeed be broken up. In February 2010, the company announced an agreement with Shaw Communications whereby the latter company would buy an 80% voting interest , and 20% equity interest, in the restructured entity, pending approvals from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and others. The company's newspapers were not part of
3200-575: The purchase of Maple Pictures a year prior. The acquisition was completed on January 9, 2013; upon the closure of the deal, Victor Loewy stepped down as CEO of the company. eOne also announced that it would phase out the Alliance brand entirely, in favour of solely operating under the eOne banner ( Les Films Séville banner in Quebec). In the years since its dissolution, Alliance Films' library (via eOne) would be split between Hasbro and Lionsgate (another Canadian-founded studio). Hasbro would acquire
3264-598: The remainder of the company. Alliance Films was headquartered in Montreal , Quebec , in the Quartier International . In the mid-2000s, Alliance Films began to produce films in moderation. In addition to producing films as The Rocket (Maurice Richard) with Cinémaginaire (as well as other movies), National Lampoon's Senior Trip with New Line Cinema and Munich with Universal Pictures, DreamWorks SKG and Amblin Entertainment of and before
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#17327796793133328-444: The strength of its terrestrial network. In 1999, seeking to change this, the company announced a deal to buy out the Canadian partners of NetStar Communications , owner of TSN , but was stymied by U.S. partner ESPN , which had veto power over such a sale. ESPN instead came to terms with Canwest's main rival CTV , a longtime business partner of ESPN's parent company Disney , as an acceptable buyer. Canwest's various acquisitions took
3392-543: The total value Canwest can erase from its overall debt to more than C$ 1.2-billion. Before the Ten deal, Canwest held about C$ 3.8-billion of debt on its balance sheet. In court documents, Goldman Sachs alleges "fraudulent" and "abusive" changes to the internal operation of Canwest in the days before it filed for creditor protection. As part of the filing, the Wall Street investment bank is seeking to undo these changes, and has also claimed that CanWest's creditors should return
3456-538: Was Canada’s greatest motion picture and digital media producer and distributor that was founded in 1984 until its demise in 2013. Founded in 1984, Alliance was one of the major motion picture companies to distribute independent films outside the United States and other countries, and had also served the United Kingdom and Spain . After Entertainment One acquired Alliance Films on January 9, 2013,
3520-503: Was a prominent member of Canada's Jewish community and a vocal supporter for the State of Israel . Among other positions, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba. Asper was also a close friend of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin . Controversially, Asper's newspaper chain fired Ottawa Citizen publisher Russell Mills after he wrote an article that
3584-413: Was also a noted philanthropist , making major donations to the areas of culture , arts, and education ; to expand on these endeavours, the Asper Foundation was established in 1983 in Winnipeg. In 1997, to focus on his philanthropic career, Asper resigned as CEO of CanWest to become Executive Chairman . In 2001, Asper donated CA$ 5 million to the St. Boniface Hospital & Research Foundation . He
3648-536: Was also the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1970 to 1975 and is credited with the idea and vision to establish the Canadian Museum for Human Rights . Israel Asper was born on August 11, 1932, to a Jewish family in Minnedosa , Manitoba , the son of musicians Leon Asper and Cecilia Swet, who had emigrated from Ukraine in the 1920s. Asper married Ruth Miriam "Babs" Bernstein on May 27, 1956, at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue , Winnipeg . Asper attended
3712-760: Was approved by the CRTC on March 23, 2016. Since both companies shared a common owner in JR Shaw , the CRTC legally considered the transaction to be a corporate reorganization, and thus exempted it from tangible benefits rules and concentration of media ownership scrutiny. After the sale, Shaw Media was renamed to Corus Media Holdings, Inc. on September 1, 2016. Shaw Media operated twenty specialty channels, two community channels and one pay-per-view channel, including Slice , HGTV Canada , Showcase , Food Network Canada , National Geographic Channel , Lifetime , BBC Canada , History , and H2 The Global Television Network broadcasts via 13 television stations, reaching: Many of
3776-524: Was critical of Chrétien. As a youth, growing up in Winnipeg, Asper joined the socialist-Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair which supported the creation of a binational state in Mandatory Palestine . As a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Asper's views on Zionism swung to the right and he became a supporter of Jabotinskyism and Irgun leader Menachem Begin and an opponent of Labour Zionism . Asper said of his views "because
3840-417: Was formed in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Héroux , John Kemeny , Robert Lantos , Andras Hamori and Susan Cavan as Alliance Entertainment, from a merger of RSL Entertainment Corporation and International Cinema Corporation, with financing from New Century Entertainment's SLM Productions and gave them a $ 10 million fund. In 1986, the company had completed the first six projects in the first twelve months, and
3904-454: Was known on-air as the Global Television Network . Canwest bought controlling interest in 1985, thus becoming the first western-based owner of a major Canadian broadcaster. Canwest subsequently invested in or acquired other independent TV stations across Canada. Eventually, his station group became known as the "Canwest Global System." In 1997, Canwest bought controlling interest in CKMI-TV ,
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#17327796793133968-415: Was named Shaw Media, reviving a name previously used for a separate set of media properties owned by Shaw prior to 1999, when the latter group was spun off as Corus Entertainment . Despite both companies being controlled by the Shaw family, Corus and the then-new Shaw Media remained independent, separately-managed entities. On May 12, 2011, Shaw Media sold BBC Kids to the government of British Columbia via
4032-407: Was rebranded and relaunched in 2007 due to the collapse of its preceding company, Alliance Atlantis , which was sold off piece by piece to CanWest Global , GS Capital Partners , along with several other smaller companies. Société générale de financement du Québec , an investment agency of the provincial government, owns 51% of the voting shares of the company and 38.5% of the equity. GS Capital owns
4096-546: Was released in 2011. The next to be released was Sinister in 2012 and Dark Skies in 2013. Since the 2013 acquisition and absorption, it is unclear if eOne will be a partner on subsequent BlumHouse films and their sequels. On January 3, 2012, it was announced that Goldman Sachs Group is looking to sell its majority stake in Alliance Films. On May 28, 2012, Entertainment One (eOne) confirmed their bid to purchase Alliance Films from Goldman Sachs Group, similar to
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