New York - Studio 3 Networks, the pay-TV movie channel joint venture between MGM, Paramount Pictures (NYSE: VIA) and Lionsgate, will first launch the service as a subscription-only website in May before coming to TV systems in October, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Epix service, which has not yet secured any carriage agreements with cable or satellite TV service providers, will debut with over 15,000 titles.

Los Angeles - RealD, a provider of digital 3D cinema projection systems, said on Monday that its theaters brought in 71% of the total box office for Lionsgate's "My Bloody Valentine 3D," which made $27 million in its first week of release. The company also stated that opening week 3D screens for the film outperformed 2D screens by 6 to 1.

Santa Clara, Calif. - Terminating a deal struck last month to sell its TV Guide Network to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners, Macrovision (NASD: MVSN), the provider of copy-protection technology and media databases, said that it will instead sell the network to film studio Lionsgate for $255 million, the same price as the original deal. The sale, expected to close by the end of February, includes both TV Guide Network, available in 83 million homes, and TVGuide.com, an online entertainment destination with over 15 million monthly unique visitors.

Los Angeles - The premium movie channel joint venture between Viacom/Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate, has received about $34 million so far from its partners, PaidContent reported, citing a regulatory filing.

Los Angeles - Five of Hollywood's major movie studios on Wednesday pledged to support a $1 billion effort to equip 20,000 U.S. movie theater screens with digital cinema projection systems. Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), a joint venture that represents theater owners AMC Entertainment, Cinemark and Regal Cinemas signed the pact with Disney (NYSE: DIS), Fox (NYSE: NWS), Lionsgate, Paramount (NYSE: VIA) and Universal (NYSE: GE), which calls for the studios to pay a "virtual print" fee of about $1,000 per screen to help offset costs, the Associated Press reported.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Film studio Lionsgate said on Friday that it has teamed with Spain-based mobile content distributor Zed to co-develop mobile entertainment projects based on its movies, TV programming and music, as well as original properties for mobile. The content will include mobile video, ringtones, games and community applications distributed to Zed's network of 130 mobile operator partners in 50 global territories.

San Mateo, Calif. - Web video-on-demand service Jaman.com on Tuesday announced a deal with Lionsgate, to distribute a large collection of the film studio's titles on its service. A number of titles will be made available for free, ad-supported streaming, while premium feature-length movies from Lionsgate, including "Dogville," "Reservoir Dogs" and "Requiem for a Dream," will be available for download rental for between $2.99 and $3.99 each.

Los Angeles - Film studio Lionsgate is in talks to offer content on Google's YouTube, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details of the agreement are still being negotiated, but it would create a Lionsgate-branded, ad-supported YouTube channel that would offer clips from movies and TV shows; full-length content was not mentioned. Lionsgate head of digital media Curt Marvis told THR the deal could see Lionsgate's YouTube clips feature links to purchase full-length downloads elsewhere.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Thursday announced that new release movies from the major Hollywood studios will now be made available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD releases, and will be priced at $14.99. Participating studios include 20th Century Fox (NYSE: NWS), The Walt Disney Studios (NYSE: DIS), Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Paramount Pictures (NYSE: VIA), Universal Studios Home Entertainment (NYSE: GE), Sony Pictures Entertainment (NYSE: SNE), Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios.

New York - Media conglomerate Viacom (NYSE: VIA) announced on Monday that it has formed a joint venture to create a premium TV channel and video-on-demand service that will feature classic and new movies and TV shows from five studios. Scheduled to launch in the fall of 2009, the service will feature programming from Viacom's Paramount and Paramount Vantage, MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF).

Santa Monica, Calif. - Independent film studio Lionsgate on Monday announced a partnership with Apple (NASD: AAPL) to provide digital copies of select films that can be easily transferred from a DVD or Blu-ray disc into iTunes for viewing on a PC, Mac, video iPod or iPhone. The first Lionsgate releases to feature an iTunes Digital Copy will be "Rambo" and "The Eye."