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MGM in talks to buy out Epix partners

US studio MGM Holdings is reportedly in talks to buy Viacom and Lionsgate out of their joint venture entertainment cable channel Epix. Film firm MGM has been looking to build out its TV division, and an agreement to acquire the 81% of Epix it doesn’t own would go a long way to bolstering its capabilities. […]

Lionsgate poaches ITV exec for UK

Lionsgate has hired Sarah Conroy as executive producer, reuniting her with her former ITV boss, Steve November. Conroy will report to November, who joined independent studio Lionsgate from ITV late last year. At the UK broadcaster, she was a drama commissioning editor and part of November’s team. At Lionsgate, she will work to grow the […]

Lionsgate’s Bellisario expands responsibilities to Starz

Lionsgate has handed Marcello Bellisario an expanded role covering talent and casting at the indie studio and premium cabler Starz. Bellisario became the first head of casting & talent relations for Lionsgate’s  TV operation when he joined the company in 2014. In his new senior VP, talent and casting position he will give Starz a full-time […]

Amazon lands Lionsgate output for India

Amazon India has secured a raft of exclusive TV and movie content after inking a programming deal with Lionsgate. The streaming service will features from get the independent US studio including La La Land and series including Nashville (pictured) for its Prime SVOD service. Other titles that will come to Prime as part of the […]

Starz joins BBC for Howard’s End

Starz has come on board the BBC adaptation of Howard’s End and the pair will coproduce the TV adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel. Starz will also sell the series internationally. The US premium cable net and the UK pubcaster have a history of working together, having teamed for Da Vinci’s Demons, Torchwood and The […]

Discovery, Lionsgate get closer, team for drama

Discovery is pushing further into drama with The Suck, a ten-part Vietnam war series being produced by Lionsgate. The deal comes after Discovery and Liberty invested in the US independent studio, and as Lionsgate boss Jon Feltheimer told investors the company is growing its strategic relationship with Discovery. The Suck will go out on Discovery […]

Lionsgate strikes another UK producer deal

The UK division of Lionsgate has continued its expansion with another producer deal, this time linking with TV and film outfit Bonafide. Lionsgate UK has sealed a first-look deal with the producer and will sell its content internationally. The UK-based producer has moved into TV and is making 1960s drama The Last Post, from Peter […]

Starz COO extends stay

Starz has agreed a new long-term contract with its COO, Jeffrey Hirsch. The deal will see Hirsch remaining with Lionsgate-owned Starz until at least December 2020. He joined the US-based premium cable business in 2015 from Time Warner Cable, and has gone on to rebrand the Starz network, reposition the Starz Encore channels, and launch […]

Selak to cover international at Lionsgate

Chris Selak has renewed her deal as executive VP, scripted at Lionsgate and added international to her remit. She has been at Lionsgate for six years and in her expanded role will cover worldwide, as well as domestic, television, working with the expanding Lionsgate UK operation, which this week took a stake to Potboiler Television. […]

Lionsgate buys into UK indie Potboiler

North America’s Lionsgate has bought into another UK prodco, this time taking a stake in film and television firm Potboiler Productions. The indie is run by Andrea Calderwood (Generation Kill, The Last King of Scotland) and Gail Egan (The Constant Gardener), and Lionsgate UK has taken an unspecified equity stake in its fledgling TV drama […]

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