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Archives for: October 20105
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Report: Lionsgate proposes merger with MGM
Tuesday October 12th 2010Lionsgate has again proposed a merger with MGM, the Los Angeles Times reported. The proposal reportedly would give MGM lenders a 55% stake in the merged company. The news comes a day before Lionsgate is scheduled to face off in a Canadian court with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has been pushing for a Lionsgate-MGM merger.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 10/08/10 to 10/10/10
Monday October 11th 2010FilmTotalThe Social Network, Sony$15,451,991Life as We Know It, WB$14,506,464Secretariat, BV$12,694,770Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, WB$6,888,019My Soul to Take, Uni.$6,842,220The Town, WB$6,411,008Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Fox$4,603,123Easy A, SGem$4,289,418Case 39, ParV$2,680,305You Again, BV$2,512,782
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Bergstein distribs in bankruptcy
Thursday October 07th 2010Halting two trials in their tracks, a federal judge Wednesday granted motions that will effectively put David Bergstein’s troubled indie distribs ThinkFilm and Capitol Films Development into bankruptcy. The ruling by Judge Barry Russell in a U.S. federal court in Los Angeles came after lawyers for both film companies failed[…]
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Sellers upbeat about business at MIPCOM
Thursday October 07th 2010Storm clouds lifted literally and figuratively here this week as 12,000 Mipcom-goers hunkered down to do business after two years of tentativeness, even at times trepidation. While no one was ready to say that the financial worth of transactions had returned to pre-2007 levels, most participants at the five-day sales bazaar on the French Riviera reported reasonably upbeat results, including plenty of program sales, new partnerships and, crucially, new funding sources for content.
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Quebecor snuffs Sun TV News controversy, to apply for regular Cat 2 licence
Wednesday October 06th 2010Quebecor Media Inc. plans to drop a three-year, mandatory carriage condition for its Sun TV News channel and instead apply for a regular Category 2 licence, Serge Sasseville, Quebecor’s vice-president of corporate and institutional affairs, told The Wire Report.
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Archives for: October 20105
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Report: Lionsgate proposes merger with MGM
Tuesday October 12th 2010Lionsgate has again proposed a merger with MGM, the Los Angeles Times reported. The proposal reportedly would give MGM lenders a 55% stake in the merged company. The news comes a day before Lionsgate is scheduled to face off in a Canadian court with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has been pushing for a Lionsgate-MGM merger.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 10/08/10 to 10/10/10
Monday October 11th 2010FilmTotalThe Social Network, Sony$15,451,991Life as We Know It, WB$14,506,464Secretariat, BV$12,694,770Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, WB$6,888,019My Soul to Take, Uni.$6,842,220The Town, WB$6,411,008Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Fox$4,603,123Easy A, SGem$4,289,418Case 39, ParV$2,680,305You Again, BV$2,512,782
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Bergstein distribs in bankruptcy
Thursday October 07th 2010Halting two trials in their tracks, a federal judge Wednesday granted motions that will effectively put David Bergstein’s troubled indie distribs ThinkFilm and Capitol Films Development into bankruptcy. The ruling by Judge Barry Russell in a U.S. federal court in Los Angeles came after lawyers for both film companies failed[…]
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Sellers upbeat about business at MIPCOM
Thursday October 07th 2010Storm clouds lifted literally and figuratively here this week as 12,000 Mipcom-goers hunkered down to do business after two years of tentativeness, even at times trepidation. While no one was ready to say that the financial worth of transactions had returned to pre-2007 levels, most participants at the five-day sales bazaar on the French Riviera reported reasonably upbeat results, including plenty of program sales, new partnerships and, crucially, new funding sources for content.
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Quebecor snuffs Sun TV News controversy, to apply for regular Cat 2 licence
Wednesday October 06th 2010Quebecor Media Inc. plans to drop a three-year, mandatory carriage condition for its Sun TV News channel and instead apply for a regular Category 2 licence, Serge Sasseville, Quebecor’s vice-president of corporate and institutional affairs, told The Wire Report.
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Archives for: October 20105
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Report: Lionsgate proposes merger with MGM
Tuesday October 12th 2010Lionsgate has again proposed a merger with MGM, the Los Angeles Times reported. The proposal reportedly would give MGM lenders a 55% stake in the merged company. The news comes a day before Lionsgate is scheduled to face off in a Canadian court with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has been pushing for a Lionsgate-MGM merger.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 10/08/10 to 10/10/10
Monday October 11th 2010FilmTotalThe Social Network, Sony$15,451,991Life as We Know It, WB$14,506,464Secretariat, BV$12,694,770Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, WB$6,888,019My Soul to Take, Uni.$6,842,220The Town, WB$6,411,008Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Fox$4,603,123Easy A, SGem$4,289,418Case 39, ParV$2,680,305You Again, BV$2,512,782
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Bergstein distribs in bankruptcy
Thursday October 07th 2010Halting two trials in their tracks, a federal judge Wednesday granted motions that will effectively put David Bergstein’s troubled indie distribs ThinkFilm and Capitol Films Development into bankruptcy. The ruling by Judge Barry Russell in a U.S. federal court in Los Angeles came after lawyers for both film companies failed[…]
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Sellers upbeat about business at MIPCOM
Thursday October 07th 2010Storm clouds lifted literally and figuratively here this week as 12,000 Mipcom-goers hunkered down to do business after two years of tentativeness, even at times trepidation. While no one was ready to say that the financial worth of transactions had returned to pre-2007 levels, most participants at the five-day sales bazaar on the French Riviera reported reasonably upbeat results, including plenty of program sales, new partnerships and, crucially, new funding sources for content.
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Quebecor snuffs Sun TV News controversy, to apply for regular Cat 2 licence
Wednesday October 06th 2010Quebecor Media Inc. plans to drop a three-year, mandatory carriage condition for its Sun TV News channel and instead apply for a regular Category 2 licence, Serge Sasseville, Quebecor’s vice-president of corporate and institutional affairs, told The Wire Report.
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