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Mon, Mar 2  NY
RTTNews) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF: News ) and Macrovision Solutions Corp. (MVSN) revealed the closing of the transaction by which Lionsgate has acquired the TV Guide Network and TV Guide Online properties from Macrovision. ...

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6 Months Ago, Alibaba News Channel says (in Lions Gate sells 49 pct of TV Guide)  NEW YORK
LOS ANGELES, May 28 - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in the TV Guide channel for about $123 million, hoping to help turn the network into a dynamic entertainment channel. The buyers are One Equity Partners, ...

Thumbnail And Bizjournals.com says (in Lions Gate sells 49% interest in TV Guide) Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. will sell a 49 percent equity interest in TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com to One Equity Partners, the private-equity investment arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. for about $123 million in cash. Allen Shapiro, a former partner ...

And Reuters says (in REFILE-UPDATE 4-Lions Gate selling 49 pct of TV Guide channel)  India
By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES, May 28 (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp (LGF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in the TV Guide channel for about $123 million, aiming to turn the network into an entertainment channel. ...

And latimesblogs.latimes.com says (in Lions Gate sells 49% of TV Guide Network for $123 million to ...) Lions Gate Entertainment, seeking to offset the costs of its $250-million acquisition of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com, has sold 49% of the venture to the same private equity group that earlier had attempted to buy the assets before Lions Gate ...
Lions Gate sells 49 pct of TV Guide Reuters

11 Months Ago, eFluxMedia says (in TV Guide Being Sold To Lionsgate)  - Jan 7, 2009
The Studio will instead be sold to Lions Gate Entertainment corp. for the same sum but better terms. The deal shortens the time to the deal’s closing by a ...

Thumbnail And BusinessWeek says (in Lions Gate Swallows TV Guide) For the last eight years, Feltheimer has run tiny (by Hollywood standards) Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF), a $1.4 billion-a-year movie and TV company that ...
Macrovision sells TV Guide assets to Lions Gate The Associated Press
Lions Gate to Pay $255 Million for TV Guide Network Wall Street...

And gazette.com says (in Macrovision sells TV Guide assets to Lions Gate) LOS ANGELES -- Macrovision Solutions Corp. has canceled its deal to sell the TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com for $255 million to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners, and will instead sell them to movie studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. for the same price but better terms.

And Bizjournals.com says (in Macrovision changes plan, to sell TV Guide assets to Lions Gate ...) and TVGuide.com to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners for $225 million, opting instead to sell for the same price to Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. ...
Lions Gate to Pay $255 Million for TV Guide Network Wall Street Journal
Lions Gate Swallows TV Guide BusinessWeek

And TMCnet says (in AP Business NewsBrief at 9:35 am EST)  - Jan 6, 2009
to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners, and will instead sell them to movie studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. for the same price but better terms. ...

Thumbnail And San Jose Mercury News says (in News In Brief: Lions Gate to buy TV Guide; waiting list for TV ...)   USA - Jan 5, 2009
Lions Gate Entertainment agreed to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from Macrovision Solutions for $255 million in cash, expanding the independent film ...
Lions Gate to Pay $255 Million for TV Guide Network Wall Street Journal

And NYT > Business says (in Studio to Buy TV Guide) The Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation agreed to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from the Macrovision Solutions Corporation for $255 million.

Thumbnail And google.com says (in Macrovision sells TV Guide assets to Lions Gate) Macrovision changes plan, to sell TV Guide assets to Lions Gate ... Bizjournals.com
Lions Gate to Pay $255 Million for TV Guide Network Wall Street Journal
News In Brief: Lions Gate to buy TV Guide; waiting list for TV ... San Jose Mercury News

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