Macrovision's lower-priced deal with investor Allen Shapiro has been
cancelled and the indie studio known more for horror ("Saw," "Hostel")
and lowbrow comedy (Dane Cook movies) than arthouse fare is buying the
cable channel and web site for $255M:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997965.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Lionsgate intends to have the channel continue to be competitive with E! in the entertainment news/reality category--they already own pieces of the VOD horror service FearNet (with Sony and Comcast) and Viacom's forthcoming Showtime-killing premium channel Epix (along with MGM). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
