synopsis: The Walt Disney Company announced the sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC for over $660 million subject to certain adjustments. Partners in Filmyard include Los Angeles businessmen Ron Tutor, Tom Barrack, Colony Capital LLC and other individuals.

synopsis: USSE Corp. announced the acquisition of Emmy Award nominated Great Scott! Films Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary of USSE Corp. As an independent production company, Great Scott! Films has had a reputation for cutting edge content and quality production in both the sports and lifestyle spaces.

synopsis: QED Connect Inc. an innovative, software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for the information security market, announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Nazz Productions Inc. Nazz is an independent producer and distributor of film and television entertainment content.

synopsis: Mike The Pike Productions, Inc. has announced plans to purchase a controlling ownership interest in Pine Ridge Holdings Company. The acquisition goes toward implementing a multi-faceted entertainment company with a priority focus on feature film development and production as well as Concert Promotions.

synopsis: Camelot Entertainment Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Liberation Entertainment, Inc., including 750 of Liberation's 888 title film library initially, with the potential to add 138 more titles once title issues are cleared. In a deal valued between $3,900,000 and $4,430,000.

synopsis: Nexia Holdings, Inc., announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Revel Entertainment, LLC from Ben Gourley. Revel Entertainment has played a role in producing independent films, such as "Moving McAllister" that is currently playing on Showtime, as well as the upcoming film "Repo."

synopsis: U.S. entertainment company NBC Universal, controlled by General Electric; Luxembourg film distributor De Agostini Communications, controlled by De Agostini SpA of Italy; and Italian equity investments company IMI Investimenti SpA, controlled by Intesa Sanpaolo SpA of Italy, acquire joint control of Italian film and TV production firm Cattleya SpA.

synopsis: Universal Pictures unit of General Electric completed its sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media for about $150 million.

synopsis: Incentive Capital, LLC acquired substantially all assets of Liberation Entertainment, Inc. from Camelot Film Group, Inc. Liberation Entertainment is an independently held visual content company that specializes in the production of, and worldwide sales & distribution of, feature films and television.

synopsis: Perfect World Co., Ltd., a leading online game developer and operator based in China, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Perfect World (Beijing) Pictures Co., Ltd., the entity that operates Perfect World's film business, to Beijing Ever Joy Pictures Co., Ltd.

synopsis: ICAP, the world's premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services, announces the completed acquisition of Los Angeles-based Moving Pictures Film & TV, a multi-faceted media company. Pictures Film & TV will be rebranded as ICAP Media and brought into ICAP's Global Intellectual Property (IP) Brokerage business.

synopsis: It was announced jointly by Exclusive Media Group's (EMG) CEO Nigel Sinclair and Newmarket's Co-Founder Chris Ball, that EMG will acquire Newmarket Films, the highly regarded Los Angeles based film production and distribution company, creating an ideal pairing of two leading independent film companies.

synopsis: Lionsgate the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, has acquired renowned independent production and distribution company Mandate Pictures, the two companies announced today.

synopsis: Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. has completed its previously announced planned acquisition of The Bigger Picture, a subsidiary of privately held Sabella Dern Entertainment. AccessIT previously had an agreement with The Bigger Picture to make its programming available to all exhibitors across the country equipped with 2K digital projectors.

synopsis: Global Entertainment Holdings/Equities, Inc. a publicly traded holding company and Bayshore Media Group, a privately held independent producer and distributor of motion picture, video and television entertainment, announced that they have completed the previously announced share exchange.

synopsis: Mike The Pike Productions announced that it has acquired Saint James Films, LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary. Saint James Films produces low-budget genre films for the global marketplace that have proven particularly attractive to buyers in international markets.

synopsis: Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment announced that Lionsgate has completed a transaction to acquire Summit for a combination of cash and stock. The transaction unites two leading studios with powerful brands and complementary assets, solidifying Lionsgate's position as the world's largest and most diversified independent entertainment company.

synopsis: Image Entertainment, Inc. announced it has purchased Madacy Home Video, a division of Madacy Entertainment, one of North America’s leading independent distributors of audio and video entertainment products. The multi-million dollar deal includes rights to the video library and the trade name Madacy Home Video.

synopsis: Red Arrow Entertainment Group announced the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Endor Productions, Hilary Bevan Jones' TV and film production company.

synopsis: Ben Silverman's multimedia entertainment studio, Electus, an operating business of IAC, announced the acquisition of Engine Entertainment and the formation of a new in-house global distribution arm, Electus/Engine Distribution. The new division will handle worldwide sales for Electus' content including television, motion picture and digital.

synopsis: The Walt Disney Company announced the sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC for over $660 million subject to certain adjustments. Partners in Filmyard include Los Angeles businessmen Ron Tutor, Tom Barrack, Colony Capital LLC and other individuals.

synopsis: The Walt Disney Company announced the sale of Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC for over $660 million subject to certain adjustments. Partners in Filmyard include Los Angeles businessmen Ron Tutor, Tom Barrack, Colony Capital LLC and other individuals.

synopsis: Advent International, one of the world's leading global private equity firms, today signed an agreement with Lloyds TSB plc to acquire its subsidiary Lloyds TSB Registrars for a total consideration of £550 million ($1.1 billion), subject to completion and other adjustments.

synopsis: TradeMaven LLC and eLocal today jointly announced they have merged the two firms to form TradeMaven Group LLC (TMG). The merger is one of the most significant in the online trading industry, combining TradeMaven's leading technology for online trading with eLocal's exceptional retail and institutional execution and brokerage services.

synopsis: TeleCheck Services, Inc., a subsidiary of First Data Corp., today announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of ClearCheck, Inc., a full-service provider of return check management systems for major retailers and supermarkets across the United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: International Monetary Systems, Ltd., a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, today announced that it has purchased the assets and client base of Kansas Trade Exchange (KTE), located in Wichita, KS. The transaction will become effective on September 30, 2007.

synopsis: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announces that it has acquired 9,790,280 shares in London Stock Exchange plc for a price of 1,218 pence per share. The consideration represents approximately GBP 119.2 million (c. US$ 219.4 million).

synopsis: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced that it will complete its acquisition of Brut LLC, the owner and operator of the Brut ECN, from SunGard Data Systems Inc. SDS for a total consideration of $190 million in cash.