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AAC deal: Who stays? Who goes?

The fate of the 280 Atlantis, and 350 Alliance employees affected by the mega-merger remains largely unclear but the new entity’s top heavy Atlantis management structure has Alliance staffers nervous….

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Merger engages money markets

Montreal: An instant roadshow ensemble of Michael MacMillan, Robert Lantos, and the cfos of their respective merging companies, Kerri Golden and Roman Doroniuk, chartered a private jet July 21 and 22 for a series of meetings with brokers in New York,…

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Lions Gate Entertainment chairman and ceo Frank Giustra has purchased 500,000 shares of his company’s stock as it hovered slightly above an all-time low of $2.00 per share….

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Studio boon through MaritimesÊ

Fireworks Entertainment and Maritime Entertainment Group are constructing a studio in Fredericton, n.b. The Kings Clear facility will house a 30,000-square-foot soundstage, post-production facilities, and animation studio….

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Elation, trepidation: Alliance, Atlantis creating Cdn. ‘mini-major’

The market approves, the broadcasters approve and smaller producers are cautiously optimistic, days after the merger of Alliance Communications and Atlantis Communications to form Alliance Atlantis Communications….

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Belanger returning in Sept.

Although industry scuttlebutt already named commissioner Andree Wylie the most likely candidate for the crtc’s new vice-chair of broadcasting, official word is that Charles Belanger is returning to the fold September 8….

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Casing CTV

While the asset shifts of Shaw Communications, wic, Netstar and CanWest are in the news, sources say the vultures are circling the CTV Network….

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Radke, Partners’ split

Toronto-based commercial giant Partners’ Film Company has given birth to a new affiliate production company, a move which co-incides with the death of its partnership with established shop Radke Films….

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Distribs lose U.S. deals

A pair of Canadian distribution companies have lost their service agreements with u.s. majors….

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Manitoba plans new $7M studio

A consortium of parties involved in the film and tv sector are planning to open a $7 million film and tv complex in Winnipeg next year….

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End of an era…