Topic: Motion Picture Production and Distribution
Lions Gate rejects Icahn offer to boost stake
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp rejected on Friday Carl Icahn's bid to increase his stake in the studio as too low, setting the stage for a battle with the billionaire investor. Analysts say Icahn wants to block the independent studio behind the "Saw" horror movies ...
Summary Box: Lions Gate rejects Icahn offer
AP News
Summary Box: Lions Gate adopts poison pill, rejects Icahn offer to buy outstanding sharesICAHN REBUFFED: Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. rejected a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to boost his stake. POISON PILL: The board adopted a provision that would substantially dilute the value of shares held by any hostile ...
Showtime signs deal to air DreamWorks films
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS Corp's Showtime Networks Inc said on Thursday it has signed a deal to air movies from DreamWorks Studios, in a long-term agreement that could help restore content Showtime lost when three top studios started their own channel. Showtime Networks reached its deal with the Walt ...
Disney, Starz sign extend film licensing deal
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Disney, Starz extend exclusive movie licensing agreement through 2015Walt Disney Co.'s Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz Entertainment said Thursday they signed a new exclusive licensing agreement for Disney movies that will last through 2015 — three years longer than a previous deal. Under the deal, Starz ...
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