Tag: Lionsgate
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Lionsgate Splits With Starz to Form Standalone Studio
Lionsgate said it will merge its Studio Business, which comprises its Television Studio and Motion Picture Group, with Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp as the company splits the studio division with Starz. The company announced the merger in a statement released on December 22. Lionsgate will keep 87.3% of the total shares of Lionsgate Studios and…
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Lionsgate and EBONY Magazine Launch New Free Streaming Channel
EBONY Media Group and Lionsgate joined forces to launch a new free channel directed towards Black viewers that is rolling out through the end of the month, starting on Samsung TV Plus. EBONY TV by Lionsgate is EBONY’s first venture into ad-supported streaming. The channel hosts 18,000 titles from Lionsgate’s catalog featuring African-American programming, such…
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The Conners is Coming to Free Streaming Services Thanks to Lionsgate
The back episodes of hit ABC sitcom The Conners is coming to free streaming services. Lionsgate’s Worldwide Television Distribution Group and Debmar-Mercury struck a multi-year global licensing deal with Werner Entertainment, which produces the show, to bring the Emmy Award-winning comedy series to syndication and streaming platforms. Debmar-Mercury, a subsidiary of Lionsgate, will focus on…
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Lionsgate Begins Process of Spinning Off Starz As Cord Cutting Grows
Lionsgate is working towards separting the company’s studio division from its pay TV and streaming divisions. The company bought Starz for $4.4 billion in 2016 and already are parting ways, in a sense. Earlier this week, Lionsgate announced the studio business will be rebranded as StarzPlay and rename the streaming service Starz as Lionsgate+ in…
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Lionsgate Lays Off Another Round of Employees As Cord Cutting Grows
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group has laid off another round of staffers as the studio continues to separate from Starz.
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Free Streaming Service Tubi Enters Partnership with Lionsgate
FOX’s free ad-supported streaming service Tubi announced today that it has entered an exclusive multi-year deal with Lionsgate to become the AVOD home to 30 new feature films. With the partnership, Tubi will also add over 200 existing Lionsgate titles to its streaming library. Now available on Tubi is “Shattered,” starring John Malkovich, Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan,…
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The Roku Channel & Lionsgate Will Bring ‘Expendables 4,’ ‘Borderlands,’ & More to the Free Streaming Service
Roku and Lionsgate have closed a multiyear deal to bring theatrically-released Lionsgate films to The Roku Channel. The free streaming service will receive two separate windows for each film, starting with exclusive rights to Lionsgate’s film slate immediately after appearing on STARZ. The deal will include titles like the John Wick franchise starring Keanu Reeves,…
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Redbox Partners with Lionsgate, Will Release 36 Original Movies Per Year
Redbox has announced a new multiyear partnership with Lionsgate to handle distribution of Redbox Entertainment titles across home entertainment as well as SVOD licensing for some Redbox films. The new deal will also give licensing rights of Lionsgate’s library of 17,000 titles to Redbox’s ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) and Free Ad Supported Television (FAST)…
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Stream ‘John Wick’ Hosted by Keanu Reeves for Free on Friday
Lionsgate and Fandango have teamed up to bring a special live watch party of the first John Wick movie, hosted by Keanu Reeves this Friday. Tune in, May 8 at 6:00pm PT / 9:00pm ET to watch this special event, where Reeves will be joined by Halle Berry and other cast members on Fandango’s Movieclips…
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Stream ‘John Wick,’ ‘La La Land’ and More for Free During YouTube Watch Parties
Lionsgate has announced it will stream free Friday night movies on YouTube for the next four weeks. “Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies,” will stream exclusively on YouTube at 6 pm ET for free starting this Friday. The series will be hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis and feature other celebrity guests and YouTube personalities.…