All Finance articles – Page 39
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NewsIM Global poised for next step
Asian announcements were two-a-penny at the AFM last year, but away from the market bustle a deal was brewing that would have trumped any headline from Santa Monica.
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NewsIM Global acquired by China's Tang Media, pacts with Tencent
Donald Tang’s Tang Media Partners (TMP) has acquired a majority stake in US firm IM Global, which is also partnering with Chinese tech giant Tencent on a TV production venture.
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NewsChina’s Enlight Media invests in ticketing platform Maoyan
Beijing-based studio Enlight Media is paying $245m for a 19% stake in China’s largest online ticketing platform Maoyan.
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NewsBelga raises €5m for animation 'The Son Of Bigfoot'
Belga Films Fund (BFF) has raised more than $5.6m (€5m) for Ben Stassen’s new animated feature, The Son Of Bigfoot.
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NewsUnified, Victory Square Labs launch fund
Keith Kjarval’s Unified Pictures has set up a slate financing fund with Canadian venture firm Victory Square Labs.
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NewsRio cinema staff to strike over pay dispute
Cinema director confirms that venue will not open on May 25; actress and former Rio employee Zawe Ashton comments.
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NewsElevation, Anton Corp in slate finance deal
Laurie May and Noah Segal’s Canadian distributor and Anton Corp, which Harold van Lier has joined as partner, announced in Cannes they will team up on 20-25 films a year.
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FeaturesUK Private Financiers: Adventure Capital
Investor confidence in the UK film industry is growing thanks to the country’s embedded tax credit and the efforts of an increasing number of dynamic private financers. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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NewsFacing East (Hong Kong) Limited boards 'Inversion'
The Revenant executive producers Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee have launched the Hong Kong and Beijing-based producer-financier.
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NewsWestern Australia launches $11.8m film fund
Fund will aim to attract increased production of features, high-end TV and docs to the region.
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NewsChina-UK Film Fund partners with Duncan Heath's ITG
EXCLUSIVE: Fund backed by Zhongze Asset Management and Varcale Capital Management partners with four UK companies.
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NewseOne denies ITV takeover bid
Entertainment One (eOne) has poured cold water on claims that it is a takeover target for UK broadcaster ITV.
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NewsDaniel Battsek to succeed David Kosse as Film4 boss
Cohen Media Group president takes the reins at the UK broadcaster following David Kosse’s appointment at STX.
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NewsFrance sees production boost as international spend rises 30%
Neil Jordan’s big budget Riviera and James Foley’s Fifty Shades Freed among productions due to shoot in territory this year.
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NewsStudiocanal invests in Cumberbatch's SunnyMarch TV
Company invests in trio of independent companies including Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch TV,Atlantis producer Urban Myth Films and Spain’s Bambú Producciones.
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NewsUK industry react to David Kosse's departure from Film4
Screen canvassed the UK industry for reaction to the surprise news.
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NewsDick Cook Studios, Film Carnival sign $500m deal
Days after ScreenDaily reported from the China-US Motion Picture Summit that Dick Cook Studios (DCS) was in talks with additional Asian investors including Film Carnival, the former Disney chairman has closed a half-billion slate financing deal with the Chinese company.
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NewsICM Partners expands practice
Head of international and independent film Jessica Lacy is among a group of nine agents in Los Angeles and New York who have been promoted to partner.
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NewsVice buys stake in Pulse Films
Vice Media has acquired a majority stake in The Witch producer Pulse Films.
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NewsSkydance raises $700m in funding round
David Ellison’s production and financing company, whose credits include, has secured a new raft of financing for film and TV production.