Deadline reported exclusively in February that Lionsgate Television was reducing its producing deals by more than half following the company’s acquisition of indie TV studio eOne from Hasbro.

The new entity, Lionsgate Canada, is launching around six months after Lionsgate acquired eOne from toy giant Hasbro for around US$375m, plus the assumption of production financing loans. The deal ...

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks said the toy company had received “strong interest” from potential bidders and was “pretty far advanced” in its process to offload eOne. Those interested parties have included ...