Media advisory - Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results Conference Call

Media advisory - Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results Conference Call

www.allianceatlantis.com TSX: AAC.A, AAC.NV.B NASDAQ: AACB

TORONTO, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - WHAT: Alliance Atlantis will hold its quarterly conference call to review the Company's financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2004.

- WHEN: 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 31, 2005.

- HOW: To listen to the call dial 1-800-814-3911 or, locally, (416) 640-4127 at least 10 minutes prior to 11:00 a.m. ET.

- RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by e-mailing media@allianceatlantis.com.

- AUDIO WEBCAST: The conference call will also be audio webcast live at www.newswire.ca/webcast and archived for future playback at www.allianceatlantis.com (indefinitely) and www.newswire.ca/webcast (for 30 days from the date of the webcast).

- REPLAY: A replay of the conference call will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 31, 2005, to 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Please dial (416) 640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 and enter code 21116120 followed by the number sign to listen.

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The Alliance Atlantis news release related to the financial results - including financial statements - will be available the morning of Thursday, March 31 and distributed via Canada NewsWire (www.newswire.ca) and posted on the Company's Web site (at www.allianceatlantis.com). Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Information will be available on the Company's Web site.

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.

In 2005, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. celebrates its 10th anniversary as a leading specialty broadcaster, continuing to offer Canadians recognizable, high-quality brands boasting targeted, high-quality programming across 13 specialty channels. The Company co-produces and distributes a limited number of television programs in Canada and internationally, including the hit CSI franchise, and holds a 51% limited partnership interest in Motion Picture Distribution LP, Canada's leading motion picture distribution business. The Company's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange - trading symbols AAC.A, AAC.NV.B and on NASDAQ - trading symbol AACB. The Company's Web site is www.allianceatlantis.com.

The presentations may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward- looking statements are market and general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.

CONTACT: Jennifer Bell, Director, Corporate & Public Affairs, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., Tel: (416) 934-7854, E-mail: jennifer.bell@allianceatlantis.com

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