Read More: Alchemy Acquires Sundance Political Thriller 'Zipper' Hoping to increase its output of independent content, television and film distributor Alchemy has acquired ANconnect and Anderson Digital and has formed a strategic alliance with Arc Entertainment. In particular, the company has acquired ANconnect's distribution assets and the entire distribution arm of Anderson Media Corporation. Formerly owned by Freyr Thor and Steve Lyons, Arc Entertainment is a a global digital distributor of feature films and television series. Under their new partnership, Alchemy will optimize and distribute Arc's media assets, provide financial support for the Bentonville Film Festival and allow for distribution of titles associated with the festival, both physically and digitally. In return, Alchemy is gaining about 50 new content partners, including Badasarian Productions, DreamWorks Animation's non-theatrical and classics divisions and Microsoft. These multiple...
- 7/13/2015
- by Kaeli Van Cott
- Indiewire
The distributor announced on Monday corporate acquisitions and a strategic alliance that builds its annual content flow to more than 1,300 films and 3,000 TV episodes.
Alchemy CEO Bill Lee (pictured) and his team have acquired the film distribution assets of ANconnect, the physical distribution arm of family-owned Anderson Media Corporation.
The distributor has also bought digital films and television distributor Anderson Digital, which prior to this acquisition was co-owned by Charles Anderson and partners Freyr Thor and Steve Lyons.
Anderson will become an investor in Alchemy while Thor will serve as Alchemy’s svp of product management.
A strategic alliance with Arc Entertainment, a leading supplier of faith and family content to Walmart and other national retailers, will see Alchemy distribute Arc’s media assets.
It will also provide financial support for the growth of the Bentonville Film Festival, the brainchild of Geena Davis, Arc president Trevor Drinkwater that launched in early May in Arkansas.
The arrangement...
Alchemy CEO Bill Lee (pictured) and his team have acquired the film distribution assets of ANconnect, the physical distribution arm of family-owned Anderson Media Corporation.
The distributor has also bought digital films and television distributor Anderson Digital, which prior to this acquisition was co-owned by Charles Anderson and partners Freyr Thor and Steve Lyons.
Anderson will become an investor in Alchemy while Thor will serve as Alchemy’s svp of product management.
A strategic alliance with Arc Entertainment, a leading supplier of faith and family content to Walmart and other national retailers, will see Alchemy distribute Arc’s media assets.
It will also provide financial support for the growth of the Bentonville Film Festival, the brainchild of Geena Davis, Arc president Trevor Drinkwater that launched in early May in Arkansas.
The arrangement...
- 7/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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