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network, for which it owned a minority interest in 1994. Also that year, the company had acquired Soundmix Ltd., which was an audio post-production facility in Toronto, and also has interests in Great North Communications and Salter Street Films. In 1995, a minority interest of the company was sold
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In 1983, the same year the company founded, it started Atlantis Television International to serve as international distributor for Atlantis productions and, later, the distribution of outside projects, which in 1987 became Atlantis Releasing, and establishes offices in
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Later that year, the company had acquired Ironstar Communications, in order to expand Atlantis' distribution operations in the United States, and hired Ironstar executive Derek McGillvay to join the company as VP of sales.
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to begin distributing content or the Canadian market, for $ 10 million. Also that year, the company gained a 50% interest in Calibre Digital Pictures, a visual effects company.
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In 1986, it launched a partnership with P.S. Production Services to set up Cinevillage, which was a 4-acre film and video production center in Toronto.
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In 1993, the company pushed its operations in the United States, with several made-for-cable movies, such as an adaptation of
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The company made its start in April 1978, first as Birchbark Films Limited, then as Atlantis Films Limited by
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Hontz, Anita M. Busch,Gary Levin,Jenny; Busch, Anita M.; Levin, Gary; Hontz, Jenny (1997-08-06).
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In 1998, the company would get into the network television business, by teaming up with
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Ledger, Kathryn (1989-10-23). "Atlantis gets firm foothold in europe".
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Currently, the former assets of Atlantis Communications ares owned by
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In 1980, the company started making dramas with an adaptation of
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In 1996, the company was an applicant for a Canadian version of
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was a television production company that was formed in 1978 by
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Defunct film and television production companies of Canada
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In 1997, the company had signed a distribution deal with
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Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
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Index

Atlantis Films
J. Michael Hagopian
Public
Traded as
TSX
Michael MacMillan
Alliance Communications
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Alliance Atlantis
Lionsgate Television
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Queen's University
Michael MacMillan
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Queen's University
Michael MacMillan
Toronto
The Olden Days Coat
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Ray Bradbury Theater
Airwolf
Toronto
Amsterdam
London
Sydney
A Life and His Dog
Life Network
Universal Television

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