~ Prime Video will be the exclusive subscription streaming
home in India for La La Land,
winner of six Academy Awards, along with event films including
Deepwater Horizon and The Divergent Series: Allegiant ~
~ Power Rangers and The Shack Lead Deep Roster of upcoming
releases available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in
India, not available on Satellite
or Pay Television ~
~ Popular movie franchises like The Twilight Series, and Step
Up 5, Hit Television Series Nashville, The Royals, and Graves will
have their exclusive subscription streaming home on Amazon Prime
Video ~
~ Amazon Prime offers unlimited free fast delivery on
India's largest selection of
products, early access to top deals and unlimited streaming of
latest and exclusive movies, TV shows and Amazon Originals
~
MUMBAI, India,
March 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Amazon and Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF.A, LGF.B)
today announced a long-term exclusive deal that will make Prime
Video India the subscription streaming home for hundreds of
Lionsgate's top acclaimed films, television episodes and upcoming
new releases. Blockbuster movies like La La Land, which has
grossed over $370 million at the
worldwide box office and won six Academy Awards, event films
including Deepwater Horizon and The Divergent Series:
Allegiant and upcoming 2017 releases Power Rangers, The
Shack and others will also be exclusively available only
to Prime members, and will not be available on Satellite or Pay
Television. Rohit Tiwari at
Morris Street Advisors, which represents Lionsgate in India, negotiated and closed the
ground-breaking deal.
"It is awesome that Lionsgate has partnered with Amazon Prime
Video to bring its original, daring and highly acclaimed content to
Indian customers," said
Nitesh Kripalani, Director and
Country Head, Amazon Prime Video India. "We know our Prime
members are going to absolutely love the selection of award-winning
films, indelible characters and unforgettable stories from
edge-of-the-seat thrillers to spectacular action to heartfelt drama
- in true Lionsgate style. Their prestigious and prolific
library of motion picture and television titles is sure to produce
sizable viewership for us."
"Our collaboration with Amazon Prime Video India is the latest
example of our commitment to bring world-class, award-winning
movies and television series to the Indian market and its viewers,"
said Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television & Digital
Distribution Jim Packer. "We're very pleased to partner
with Amazon as they continue to transform the face of entertainment
in India and bring our premium
film and television content to their viewers."
Hit movie franchises like The Twilight Saga,
which grossed over $3 billion
worldwide, the Saw series, the highest-grossing long-running
horror franchise in history, Red and Step Up
5 from the global blockbuster Step up
franchise along with worldwide hit TV series such
as Nashville, The Royals
and Graves amongst others will have their exclusive
subscription streaming home on Amazon Prime Video. In
addition, beloved series such as the iconic Mad Men and
Anger Management are included in the deal.
Amazon Prime Video has the largest selection of latest and
exclusive movies and TV shows, ad-free across Indian and
Hollywood movies, US TV shows,
top/popular Indian and international kids' shows, award winning
Amazon Original shows along with content from top Bollywood,
regional, Indian and international studios - all available in one
location/service.
To watch these and other new release Hollywood and Bollywood movies, US TV shows,
kids' programming and Amazon Originals, please visit
www.PrimeVideo.com or download the Amazon Prime Video app today and
sign-up for a 30-day free trial of Prime membership.
For more information contact:
Bhavana Lal
Amazon
bhaval@amazon.com
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About Lionsgate
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) is a
vertically integrated next generation global content leader with a
diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution,
television programming and syndication, premium pay television
networks, home entertainment, global distribution and sales,
interactive ventures and games and location-based
entertainment.
With the acquisition of Starz, Lionsgate adds to its portfolio
of businesses the flagship STARZ premium pay network serving 24.3
million subscribers and the STARZ ENCORE platform
with 31 million subscribers. The combined company will operate five
over-the-top (OTT) streaming services and the STARZ app delivering
content directly to consumers.
The Company's feature film business spans eight labels and
includes the blockbuster The Hunger
Games franchise, the Now You See
Me series, the box office blockbuster La
La Land, which won six Academy
Awards®, the hit franchise sequel John Wick: Chapter Two, double Oscar
winner Hacksaw Ridge, Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween, CBS Films/Lionsgate's Hell
or High Water, Roadside
Attractions' critically-acclaimed Manchester by the Sea, Codeblack
Films' breakout concert film Kevin
Hart: Let Me Explain and Pantelion
Films' Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing
Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.
One of the largest independent television businesses in the
world, Lionsgate's slate of premium quality series encompasses
nearly 90 shows on more than 40 different networks. These include
the ground-breaking Orange is the New Black, the fan
favorite Nashville,
the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show, the
hit drama The Royals, the
acclaimed Casual, the breakout
success Greenleaf and hit STARZ series
including Outlander, Black
Sails, Survivor's
Remorse and Power, the second highest-rated
premium pay television series of 2016.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in
box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates.
Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of more than
16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important
source of recurring revenue and serves as a foundation for the
growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate, Summit
Entertainment and Starz brands are synonymous with original,
daring, quality entertainment in markets around the
world. www.lionsgate.com
ABOUT Morris Street Advisors
MORRIS STREET ADVISORS
(MSA) is a boutique firm based in
Delhi, Mumbai, and New
York and is the exclusive non-theatrical distribution
partner of Lionsgate in India and
the region. MSA also manages a $100
Million private equity fund for Sycamore Ventures and is
about to launch a sizable fund with Highstreet Advisers (a
partnership with Dentons Wirthlin, the in-house consulting arm of
Dentons, the world's largest law firm) and Japanese investors.
MSA also has a robust global private equity fund raising and
investment banking practice. It also has a Joint Venture with
Metallica Commodities Inc. to trade bespoke commodities and
electronic waste.
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