Lionsgate Ripe For Takeover

[Zu Nim]

Yes. Amazon Studios uses a variety of distributors. By order of use: Sony, Lionsgate, Broad Green Pictures, PBS, and Universal. They don't distribute anything themselves. I don't see how buying Lionsgate would make it more likely they would join MA.

If UV failed because retailers didn't want to bear the costs and MA rectified that by putting the burden on the studios, enabling MA for Lionsgate might bring costs that Amazon wants to avoid. It could actually prevent Lionsgate from joining MA. Right now Lionsgate is in the business of selling movies. If they're bought by Amazon, they become in the business of building up Amazon Prime Video. Why encourage people to watch all that sweet Lionsgate content at other providers? It's going to come down to Amazon's motives and we don't know them.