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Lionsgate Television
TypeDivision
IndustryTelevision
Founded1997 (1997)
Headquarters,
Key people
Kevin Beggs (chair)
Sandra Stern (president)
ParentLionsgate
SubsidiariesDebmar–Mercury
Sea to Sky Entertainment
Pilgrim Media Group
Websitelionsgate.com
Footnotes / references
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Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lionsgate, which is a CanadianAmerican entertainment company.

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Television

Television

Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports.

Lionsgate

Lionsgate

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. In addition to its flagship Lionsgate Films division, the company contains other divisions such as Lionsgate Television and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as Summit Entertainment, Debmar-Mercury, and Starz Inc.

Canada

Canada

Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area with the world's longest coastline. Its southern and western border with the United States is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

Entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

History

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 chairmsn, Frank Giustra.[14][15][16]

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Lionsgate Films

Lionsgate Films

Lionsgate Films is a Canadian-American film production and film distribution studio, headquartered in Santa Monica and founded in Canada, and is the flagship division of Lionsgate Entertainment. It is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. It focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film franchises, including The Hunger Games, Rambo, Divergent, The Punisher, John Wick, Saw, Madea, Blair Witch, Now You See Me, Hostel, The Expendables, Sinister, The Twilight Saga and Step Up.

Mandalay Television

Mandalay Television

Mandalay Television is a television production company, founded in 1995, which is part of producer and businessman Peter Guber's Mandalay Entertainment.

Mandalay Entertainment

Mandalay Entertainment

Mandalay Entertainment Group is an American entertainment company founded in 1995 by Peter Guber, with interests in motion pictures, animated films, television, sports entertainment and new media. The name after Mandalay the second-largest city of Myanmar.

Lionsgate

Lionsgate

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. In addition to its flagship Lionsgate Films division, the company contains other divisions such as Lionsgate Television and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as Summit Entertainment, Debmar-Mercury, and Starz Inc.

20th Television

20th Television

20th Television is an American television production company that is a division of Disney Television Studios, part of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment distributes the television series produced by 20th Television in home media formats through the 20th Century Home Entertainment banner.

Meet the Browns (TV series)

Meet the Browns (TV series)

Meet the Browns is an American sitcom created and produced by Tyler Perry. The Initial story of the show revolves around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Decatur, Georgia, with his daughter Cora Simmons. However as the show progresses, this idea is gradually phased out and it becomes a typical family sitcom about a multigenerational clan living under one roof. The show premiered on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 ,and finished its run on November 18, 2011 on TBS.

Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Disney–ABC Domestic Television is the in-home sales and content distribution firm of Disney Platform Distribution, a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment, which is division of The Walt Disney Company. Content distribution responsibilities include domestic television syndication, domestic pay TV, Internet and cable video-on-demand (VOD), and pay-per-view outlets. Disney–ABC Domestic TV replaces the original 20th Television since August 10, 2020, and is currently running as a syndication and distribution arm.

Joint venture

Joint venture

A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to access a new market, particularly Emerging market; to gain scale efficiencies by combining assets and operations; to share risk for major investments or projects; or to access skills and capabilities.

Frank Giustra

Frank Giustra

Frank Giustra is a Canadian businessman, mining financier and global philanthropist, who also founded Lionsgate Entertainment. He is CEO of Fiore Group of Companies and co-chair of International Crisis Group. From 2001 to 2007, he was the chairman of the merchant banking firm, Endeavour Financial, which financed mining companies.

Productions

Source: "Lionsgate Television", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate_Television.

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References
  1. ^ Rose, Lacey (August 16, 2015). "Lionsgate's Sandra Stern Upped to TV President, Talks "Showrunner Crisis" and "Lack of Opportunity for Women"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ^ Dempsey, John (19 June 1998). "Lions Gate to buy Termite". Variety. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ^ Martin, Denise (27 September 2004). "Lionsgate locks in docs". Variety. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Television Academy Foundation". emmysfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ Enchin, Harvey (12 September 1997). "Guber takes TV partner". Variety. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ Hontz, Jenny (15 April 1998). "Miller roars into Lions Gate". Variety. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (20 April 1999). "LG, Mandalay TV split". Variety. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Lions Gate offering locks in $16.5 mil". Variety. 2 March 1999. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  9. ^ "LIONSGATE TELEVISION INC. (Entity Number: C2157214)". California Business Search. California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  10. ^ Dempsey, John (14 January 2003). "NL, Lions Gate team on TV pic pact". Variety. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Lionsgate Expands Into Television Syndication Business, Acquires Debmar-Mercury". PR Newswire (Press release). 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Lionsgate Expands into Television Syndication Business, Acquires Debmar-Mercury". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ "20th Century TV to handle ad sales of both Debmar-Mercury shows for 2007 season". www.tvnewscheck.com. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  14. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 March 2012). "Lionsgate In TV Venture With Frank Giustra". Deadline. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  15. ^ "Frank Giustra launches Sea to Sky Entertainment". The Globe and Mail. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  16. ^ "Lionsgate, Thunderbird pact for TV: Guistra reunites with company he founded". Chicago Tribune. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
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