Howard leaves Liberty board
Gary Howard resigned from the board of John Malone's Liberty Media, the company said Wednesday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing ... After weeks of dragging its feet, Mexico's securities watchdog said Wednesday that it believes executives at broadcaster TV Azteca committed fraud in a controversial debt deal ... Canadian large-format exhibitor Imax Corp. said Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Pathe Netherlands to install a theater system in the country's largest multiplex in Amsterdam ... Higher TV ad revenue from hit U.S. series helped Canadian broadcaster and newspaper firm Bell Globemedia post higher fourth-quarter revenue.
- 2/3/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liberty getting grip on int'l assets
Hoping to further simplify its company structure, Liberty Media Corp. said Tuesday that it might create a new company to hold all of its international assets. Speaking at the Banc of America Securities media conference in New York, Liberty chief operating officer Gary Howard said that he and chairman John Malone were in the early stages of drafting the plan but were leaning toward making it an asset-based stock as opposed to a tracking stock. Assets that would be included in the new company could include its stakes in such companies as shopping channel QVC, UnitedGlobalCom, United Pan-European Communications, Japanese cable operator Jupiter Telecommunications and some South American assets.
- 5/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liberty open to various options on Court TV play
NEW YORK -- John Malone's Liberty Media has an open mind about various potential transactions, including its future position in cable TV network Court TV, in which it currently owns a 50% stake, chief operating officer Gary Howard said Tuesday. AOL Time Warner, Liberty's 50% partner in Court TV, has recently said it could divest its stake if it needs to cut debt. "We have had no conversations" with AOL TW, Howard said at the sidelines of the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference here Tuesday. "But we would wait and see what AOL TW does and decide what is the best option financially."...
- 10/2/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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