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The formation of Epix was announced on April 21, 2008, after individual negotiations between Paramount Pictures, MGM, and Lionsgate with Showtime to renew their existing film output deals broke down; each of the three studios disagreed with Showtime over the licensing fee rates for which they wanted Showtime to compensate them to allow future releases to air on the Showtime Networks services. [35]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, [4] previously known as MGM/UA Television, (common metonym: Lion [5]) is the television studio arm of the American film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) specializing in broadcast syndication and the production and distribution of television shows and miniseries.
MGM proceeded to return to theatrical distribution in 1981 with its purchase of United Artists (UA), as UA's parent company Transamerica Corporation decided to jettison the studio following the huge financial debacle of Heaven's Gate (1980); [17] [20] [page needed] after this acquisition, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. was renamed "MGM/UA ...
The same year, Entertainment One acquired the television studios Blueprint and Barna-Alper, and international television distributor Oasis International. [21] [22] Also on July 4, 2008, the company listed itself on the London Stock Exchange. [11] On January 22, 2009, Entertainment One Income Fund briefly rebranded as E1 Entertainment. During ...
Amazon MGM Studios, formerly Amazon Studios, is an American film and television production and distribution studio owned by Amazon.It was launched in 2010. It took its current name in May 2023 following its merger with MGM Holdings, which Amazon had acquired the year prior.
MGM's video division became known as MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group, Inc., more commonly known as MGM/UA Home Video. MGM/UA continued to license pre-1981 UA and pre-1950 WB films (as well as some post-1981 titles) to CBS/Fox (due to an agreement UA had with Fox years earlier dating back to when CBS/Fox Video was called Magnetic Video ).
MGM Holdings was formed by a Sony-led consortium on February 11, 2005, [1] and acquired MGM on April 8 in a US$4.8 billion leveraged buyout. [6] From that period until its emergence from bankruptcy on December 20, 2010, MGM Holdings was owned by Providence Equity Partners (29%), TPG Inc. (21%), Sony Corporation of America (20%), Comcast (20%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%), and Quadrangle ...
This list does not include films from United Artists before it merged with MGM (except for co-productions), or other studios that MGM acquired (such as Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and Cannon Films). MGM's pre-May 1986 library is currently owned by Warner Bros. through Turner Entertainment Co.