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It was a $750 million surprise when Alliance Communications and Atlantis Communications agreed to merge in July. The move makes the newly joined company one of the top-12 filmed entertainment companies in the world.
Atlantis co-founder Michael MacMillan will be the new company's chief executive, with Lewis Rose, president of Atlantis, as president of the new company. Alliance chair and CEO Robert Lantos will return to film production.
Although shareholders of both companies were expected to rubber-stamp the deal in September, the CRTC has the final say...