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11 hrs ago | Hollywood Reporter

Cinetic adds film-finishing fund

As Cinetic Media transforms from one of the top indie film sales and financing outfits to a one-stop shop for packaging features with new management and digital rights arms, it now has more ammo in its arsenal: ...

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Related Topix: Media, Sundance Film Festival, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Cinetic adds film-finishing fund

As Cinetic Media transforms from one of the top indie film sales and financing outfits to a one-stop shop for packaging features with new management and digital rights arms, it now has more ammo in its arsenal: ...

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Related Topix: Media, Sundance Film Festival, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Bloomberg.com

CanWest Global Reports Third-Quarter Loss of $28 Million on Debt Expenses

CanWest Global Communications Corp. jumped the most in five years in Toronto trading after saying third-quarter earnings beat analysts' estimates, helped by last year's purchase of Alliance Atlantis ...

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Related Topix: CanWest Global Communications, Media, Television, Canada

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Bloomberg.com

Goldman to Offer $310 Million of CW Media Notes to Finance Alliance Bid

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is selling $310 million of CW Media Holdings Inc. notes to help finance the joint venture's purchase of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., according to a person familiar with the ...

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group, Media

Tue Jun 10, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Former broadcast executives on board for Glassbox

Glassbox Television Inc., a small media company that has focused on younger, mostly male audiences for the past few years, began attracting mainstream attention Monday with the addition of several former ...

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Related Topix: Media, Electronics

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Peterborough Examiner

Trent convocation: new nurses already working

Posthumous degree awarded after student died in crash Posted 2 hours ago The nurses who graduated from Trent University yesterday had an experience that will follow them through their careers.

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Mon Apr 28, 2008

Globeinvestor.com

Debt adds drama to Alliance's summer film slate

“Alliance Films' ability to avoid a payment default and to execute its business plan will be contingent upon cash injections from investors and continued support from its creditors in agreeing to waive or amend the financial covenants”

The movie industry is less than a week away from its all-important summer blockbuster season, and what happens at the box office this year may be more crucial than ever for Canada's biggest distributor, ... via Globeinvestor.com

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Media, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group

Wed Apr 23, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

End of Alliance-Miramax era?

“They're looking at all the options available to them to best serve them”

Canadian indie movie distributor Alliance Films believes its long relationship with Miramax Films is likely coming to an end. via Hollywood Reporter

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Related Topix: Media

Mon Apr 21, 2008

Canada NewsWire

Craig Wireless enhances senior management team

“We have assembled a strong and dynamic team in Canada and abroad with a wealth of experience on many levels, and an impressive track record of innovation and entrepreneurialism.”

Industry Veteran David Lazzarato appointed New Chief Executive Officer WINNIPEG, April 21 /CNW/ - Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. via Canada NewsWire

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Related Topix: CanWest Global Communications, Media, Television

Wed Apr 16, 2008

The Globe and Mail

One little 'no' changes everything

“If the government has made a policy decision to move in that direction, the market would benefit from a clear and timely statement on the scope of that policy.”

Corporate lawyers lugging ambitious foreign takeover blueprints to Ottawa in recent years hesitated on a few occasions at the threshold of Investment Canada's review division to silently ask: Will this be the ... via The Globe and Mail

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Related Topix: Telecom, Media

Tue Apr 08, 2008

Globeinvestor.com

Lantos gets the cold shoulder

“This agreement marks a significant step in our aggressive campaign to further expand the company's distribution infrastructure and library of assets”

A decision by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell the international rights to some of Canada's best-known films and television shows to a U.S. buyer has upset at least one domestic distributor who wanted in on the ... via Globeinvestor.com

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Related Topix: Investment Services, Financial Services, Entertainment, Television, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group, Media, Drama

Sun Apr 06, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Canuck actors slam Alliance-Echo Bridge deal

“This is another step in the commoditization of our culture. With this sale of yet another significant Canadian cultural library to foreign interests, we are losing control of our cultural heritage”

Canadian actors reacted angrily Friday to news that Goldman Sachs & Co. has sold the international distribution rights to 7,500 Canadian TV titles in the Alliance Atlantis library to U.S. distributor Echo ... via Hollywood Reporter

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Related Topix: Media, Television, Financial Services, Investment Services, Entertainment, Drama

Fri Apr 04, 2008

Variety

Echo Bridge connects with Alliance

“This is a remarkably successful library all over the world”

Indie distrib Echo Bridge Entertainment has dramatically beefed up its program vault with the acquisition of the distribution rights to the Alliance Atlantis Intl. via Variety

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Related Topix: Media, Soap Opera, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama

Wed Apr 02, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Fight Net lands new investment

Canadian martial arts cable channel the Fight Network on Wednesday said it has received a cash infusion from domestic investors that will fund its international expansion. via Hollywood Reporter

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Related Topix: Media, Music, Entertainment

Wed Mar 26, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Entertainment One set to be 'top player'

“In less than a year we have established a base that is strong enough to be a significant player. That was the goal: to have some impact.”

Entertainment One Ltd. is expected to announce Thursday it is buying the Canadian assets of Toronto-based rival ThinkFilm in a move that delivers the fast-rising company into the upper echelons of the industry ... via The Globe and Mail

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Mon Mar 24, 2008

hosted The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press

Alliance Films will lose longtime distribution deal with New Line at end of 2008

- A lucrative distribution deal between Canada's Alliance Films and Hollywood movie maker New Line Cinema will end later this year when the American company shifts into the hands of Warner Bros.

The move will end a longtime relationship between the two companies, which have worked alongside each other for the Canadian distribution of blockbuster franchises such as the "Lord of the Rings" and "Austin Powers" series.

On Monday, Alliance Films spokeswoman Candace Stevenson confirmed that the current contract between the two companies expires on Dec. 31, 2008. Executives from Alliance Films were unavailable to comment further. Read more

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Related Topix: Media, Entertainment

Fri Mar 14, 2008

The Toronto Star

Ex-Alliance executive at Green Gables firm

“Doug brings a wealth of experience and knowledge and we look forward to his success”

Canadian film producer Sullivan Entertainment has appointed former Alliance Atlantis movie distribution executive Doug Smith as worldwide sales consultant. via The Toronto Star

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Media, Children TV

Wed Mar 12, 2008

MyKawartha.com

Six to receive honorary degrees from Trent U

Internationally reknown fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are two of the six distinguished Canadians who will receive honorary degrees from Trent University this spring. via MyKawartha.com

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Related Topix: Media

Mon Mar 10, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Sales vet Kubota bolts CanWest for CTV

“Brad is an excellent addition to our sales team”

Canadian broadcaster CTV on Monday said it has poached veteran advertising sales executive Brad Kubota from rival CanWest Media. via Hollywood Reporter

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Related Topix: Media, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Marketing, Sales, Crime TV, Music

Wed Mar 05, 2008

GAM

Deals and Moves in Canadian Arts

Global Television's Canadian-made miniseries The Last Templar has been picked up by U.S. Network NBC. via GAM

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Related Topix: Media

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