Exclusive: Kew Media Distribution, the British sales arm of the beleaguered Canadian TV group Kew Media, is on the precipice of closure as it stares down the barrel of a winding-up order.
Kew Media Distribution represents high-profile shows including HBO’s Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, made by Amos Pictures, and World Productions’ hit BBC drama Line Of Duty. But after its parent company ran into trouble last year and was ordered to cease trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, producers including Amos are fighting to claw back the money they are owed from the international sales of their shows.
Now, in a final attempt to recover cash, film distribution company 101 Films has served Kew Media Distribution with a winding-up petition. Such a move is seen as a last resort and, if successful, will result in Kew Media Distribution being liquidated and its assets being sold off. The legal...
Kew Media Distribution represents high-profile shows including HBO’s Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, made by Amos Pictures, and World Productions’ hit BBC drama Line Of Duty. But after its parent company ran into trouble last year and was ordered to cease trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, producers including Amos are fighting to claw back the money they are owed from the international sales of their shows.
Now, in a final attempt to recover cash, film distribution company 101 Films has served Kew Media Distribution with a winding-up petition. Such a move is seen as a last resort and, if successful, will result in Kew Media Distribution being liquidated and its assets being sold off. The legal...
- 2/7/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Content Media acquires Chinese production and distribution companies from tycoon Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Media; deal includes the Chinese theatrical release of Grace of Monaco.
Content Media Corporation has concluded a deal with Beijing-based Seven Stars Entertainment and Media and its principal, Chinese tycoon Bruno Wu.
The deal will include the acquisition by Content of the Alive Group of companies based in Beijing, a direct equity investment by Seven Stars into Content, and the appointment to the Content board of directors of Wu as chairman and Alex Cherepakhov as non-executive director.
The Alive Group is headquartered in Beijing and consists of several companies based in mainland China engaged in production and distribution of television programming to the Chinese market under the Alive TV Network brand; feature film production, co-production services and theatrical distribution in China; and sports programming, primarily mixed martial arts, under the Tiger Sports brand.
Alive also handles digital distribution of English-language programming to Ott...
Content Media Corporation has concluded a deal with Beijing-based Seven Stars Entertainment and Media and its principal, Chinese tycoon Bruno Wu.
The deal will include the acquisition by Content of the Alive Group of companies based in Beijing, a direct equity investment by Seven Stars into Content, and the appointment to the Content board of directors of Wu as chairman and Alex Cherepakhov as non-executive director.
The Alive Group is headquartered in Beijing and consists of several companies based in mainland China engaged in production and distribution of television programming to the Chinese market under the Alive TV Network brand; feature film production, co-production services and theatrical distribution in China; and sports programming, primarily mixed martial arts, under the Tiger Sports brand.
Alive also handles digital distribution of English-language programming to Ott...
- 3/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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