Company type | Division |
---|---|
Industry | Television |
Predecessor |
eOne Television Atlantis Communications |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | 2700 Colorado Avenue,
Santa Monica,
California , |
Key people | Kevin Beggs (
chair) Sandra Stern ( president) |
Parent | Lionsgate |
Subsidiaries |
Debmar–Mercury Sea to Sky Entertainment (50%) Pilgrim Media Group |
Website | lionsgate.com |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lionsgate, which is a Canadian– American entertainment company.
The company was established in 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. In 1998, it acquired documentary/reality production company Termite Art Productions but was itself acquired by Erik Nelson in 2004 and renamed Creative Differences. [2] [3] [4] The company acquired Mandalay Television in 1997, [5] before acquiring a minority investment in Mandalay Entertainment outright before splitting in 2002. [6] Lionsgate sold off its shares in Mandalay Television in 1999. [7]
In 1999, Lions Gate Television, Inc. became an incorporated entity. [8] [9] In 2003, Lionsgate and New Line Television set up a partnership to provide 20 motion pictures designed for television. [10] In 2006, Lionsgate expanded into television syndication when the company acquired television distribution company Debmar-Mercury. [11] [12] Before the acquisition, Debmar-Mercury syndicated Lionsgate's film library.
20th Television handled advert sales to the series distributed by Debmar-Mercury with the exception of Meet the Browns, as the advert sales are handled by Disney–ABC Domestic Television with Turner Television Co. distributing the series. [13]
On March 13, 2012, Lionsgate Television formed a new 50/50 joint venture, Sea to Sky Entertainment, with Thunderbird Films, the company founded by Lionsgate's founder and chairman, Frank Giustra. [14] [15] [16]
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer Kevin Beggs is the longest-tenured television studio Chairman.
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Company type | Division |
---|---|
Industry | Television |
Predecessor |
eOne Television Atlantis Communications |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | 2700 Colorado Avenue,
Santa Monica,
California , |
Key people | Kevin Beggs (
chair) Sandra Stern ( president) |
Parent | Lionsgate |
Subsidiaries |
Debmar–Mercury Sea to Sky Entertainment (50%) Pilgrim Media Group |
Website | lionsgate.com |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lionsgate, which is a Canadian– American entertainment company.
The company was established in 1997 as Lions Gate Television, Inc. with the establishment of Lionsgate Films. In 1998, it acquired documentary/reality production company Termite Art Productions but was itself acquired by Erik Nelson in 2004 and renamed Creative Differences. [2] [3] [4] The company acquired Mandalay Television in 1997, [5] before acquiring a minority investment in Mandalay Entertainment outright before splitting in 2002. [6] Lionsgate sold off its shares in Mandalay Television in 1999. [7]
In 1999, Lions Gate Television, Inc. became an incorporated entity. [8] [9] In 2003, Lionsgate and New Line Television set up a partnership to provide 20 motion pictures designed for television. [10] In 2006, Lionsgate expanded into television syndication when the company acquired television distribution company Debmar-Mercury. [11] [12] Before the acquisition, Debmar-Mercury syndicated Lionsgate's film library.
20th Television handled advert sales to the series distributed by Debmar-Mercury with the exception of Meet the Browns, as the advert sales are handled by Disney–ABC Domestic Television with Turner Television Co. distributing the series. [13]
On March 13, 2012, Lionsgate Television formed a new 50/50 joint venture, Sea to Sky Entertainment, with Thunderbird Films, the company founded by Lionsgate's founder and chairman, Frank Giustra. [14] [15] [16]
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer Kevin Beggs is the longest-tenured television studio Chairman.
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