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The Movie Network extends film output deals

Includes on-air, on-demand, digital rightsTORONTO – Bell Media’s The Movie Network (TMN) announced today it has signed new exclusive output deals with most major movie studios, securing hits that it can air on mulitple platforms “for years to come.”The company did not announce how many years nor any financial details of these new deals.TMN will now have the Canadian first-window rights for film titles from: 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Films; Entertainment One; Sony Pictures Entertainment; Universal Pictures and Focus Features; and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.Bell Media had already announced a long-term agreement with Lionsgate to distribute its future...