Miramax Films

It's no secret that Walt Disney Co. boss Bob Iger wants to change the way entertainment is delivered into the home, reducing the traditional months-long lag between a film's arrival in theaters and its release on DVD. Change may be......

Lions Gate Entertainment, signaling that it may be gearing up for a major acquisition or another strategic move, on Wednesday filed a registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $750 million. The filing comes as Lions......

Walt Disney Co. hopes to unload the assets of its recently shuttered specialty label Miramax Films by mid-March. But at this juncture it's unclear which prospective buyer is willing to fork over the premium the entertainment giant is seeking. Two......

Ovation TV, a small independent cable channel based in Santa Monica that is devoted to arts and culture, wants to stand up and bid for Miramax Films. Miramax's movie library of sophisticated and Oscar-winning titles such as "Shakespeare in Love,"......

Activist shareholder Carl Icahn launched a hostile tender offer on Monday to raise his stake in Lions Gate Entertainment from 18.9% to just under 30%, seeking to exert more control over the independent film and television studio behind the Oscar-...

Carl Icahn, who launched a not-so-tender offer on Monday to raise his stake in Lions Gate Entertainment to nearly 30%, wants to put his own person on the independent studio's board in order to scrutinize its investments in movies and......

It was "pay cable deal" day at Walt Disney Co. Disney ABC Domestic Television group Thursday renewed its long-term distribution deal with Starz Entertainment to carry Walt Disney Studios films released theatrically through 2015. The previous agreement was...

Lions Gate clawed back at Carl Icahn on Friday, rejecting the shareholder's hostile tender offer to raise his stake in the movie and television studio to nearly 30%. The company's board is urging shareholders not to sell their shares to......

With the recent demise of Miramax Films and its possible sale, the specialty label’s biggest movie producer, Scott Rudin, is negotiating to end his lucrative production deal with corporate parent Walt Disney Co. A prolific producer who supplied Miramax....

After independently exploring a potential acquisition of Miramax Films, brothers Alec and Tom Gores are joining forces on a potential bid for the specialty movie label, people close to the matter said Friday. Also entering the field is Washington...

The fate of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is still in limbo. While bids for the troubled studio were due Friday, front-runner Time Warner Inc. was still mulling an offer late in the afternoon and it was unclear if, and when, the media......

Once again Walt Disney Co. has pushed back the deadline for submitting bids to acquire the specialty label Miramax Films to April 5, according to people with knowledge of the situation. As the deadline approaches, one prospective bidder has dropped......