Tag: Lionsgate

NEW YORK: Peter Iacono, the president of international television and digital distribution at Lionsgate, met with World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati to discuss the complexities of windowing product in today’s multiplatform media environment.

SANTA MONICA: Independent studio Lionsgate is acquiring Starz in a cash and stock deal worth $4.4 billion.

SANTA MONICA/LOS ANGELES: The film franchise Step Up, which grossed $650 million at the global box office, is getting a series spin-off on the YouTube Red subscription platform.

SANTA MONICA: The strong performance of its television segment helped to boost Lionsgate’s fourth-quarter revenues to $791.2 million.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has picked up a Lionsgate-produced comedy series based on the 2014 indie film Dear White People.

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has teamed up with international entertainment executives Paul Presburger, William Pfeiffer and Clifford Werber to launch Globalgate Entertainment, which will focus on local-language film production around the world.

Sandra Stern, the president of Lionsgate Television Group, shares her views of the vibrant market for scripted programming.

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has inked an overall TV deal with writer/producer/comic K.P. Anderson, who will create new original series and formats through his Pygmy Wolf Productions banner.

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate reported quarterly earnings of $40.7 million, down sharply from the $98.2 million posted in the prior-year period, with the company citing a soft performance from its movies.

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Writer-producers Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling have entered into an overall television deal with Lionsgate, with original scripted programming coming through their new company, Carpool Entertainment.