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6 unusual facts about Alliance Atlantis


Garth Dyke

Garth became an award-winning producer after working for two years with Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting (now CanWest Mediaworks Inc.) in Toronto, Ontario.

Lee Dainton

The film was released on DVD in North America on September 11, 2007 by Dimension Extreme and Alliance Atlantis.

Salter Street Films

This potentially lucrative award, combined with SSF’s reputation as a content-provider, attracted interest from the powerful media corporation Alliance Atlantis.

Stepfather II

In 2003, the film was released on DVD by Miramax Films and the same year in Canada by Alliance Atlantis; it included audio commentary with director Jeff Burr and producer Darin Scott.

Twist TV

In January 2000, Alliance Atlantis brokered a deal with News Corporation and several Canadian television providers, including both national satellite companies Bell ExpressVu and Star Choice, to distribute News Corporations's cable channel, The Health Network, in Canada.

On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and through that transaction, acquired Alliance Atlantis' interest in Discovery Health.


Robert Budreau

His short film Judgment Call sic won Best Short Film on the Emmy-nominated PBS series 'The Short List', while his short film Dry Whiskey sic (executive produced by Fred Fuchs, former head of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope) has won multiple awards at various film festivals, including Best Film at Cinefest Sudbury 2005 and will appear in 2007 on Alliance Atlantis Showcase.

The Blue Butterfly

The Blue Butterfly is a 2004 Canadian drama/adventure film, directed by Léa Pool, produced by Porchlight Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis, distributed by Monterey Media and starring Marc Donato as Pete Carlton, a boy terminally ill with cancer, whose final wish is to find the elusive Blue Morpho butterfly.


see also

Glassbox Television

On April 11, 2011, it was announced that Blue Ant Media, an upstart media company headed by former Alliance Atlantis executive Michael MacMillan, would acquire a controlling interest in Glassbox Television.