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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: ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

- 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

“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

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

“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

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