Lionsgate to Release Fiscal Year 2009 Third Quarter Earnings on Monday, February 9, 2009, and to Hold Analyst and Investor Conference Call on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Lionsgate to Release Fiscal Year 2009 Third Quarter Earnings on Monday, February 9, 2009, and to Hold Analyst and Investor Conference Call on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) , the leading next generation studio, today announced it will release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 (quarter ended December 31, 2008) after market close on Monday, February 9, 2009.

Lionsgate senior management will hold its analyst and investor conference call to discuss its fiscal year 2009 third quarter financial results at 9:00 A.M. ET/6:00 A.M. PT on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Interested parties may participate live in the conference call by calling 1-888-428-4479 (651-291-5254 outside the U.S. and Canada). A full digital replay will be available from Tuesday morning, February 10, through Tuesday, February 17, by dialing 1-800-475-6701 (320-365-3844 outside the U.S. and Canada) and using access code 982709.

Lionsgate is the leading next generation studio with a major presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company is leveraging its content leadership and marketing expertise through a series of partnerships that include the operation of the FEARnet branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and Comcast, the expected fall 2009 launch of the premium entertainment channel Epix with partners Viacom, Paramount Pictures and MGM, investment in the leading young men's digital distribution platform Break.com, ownership of the premier independent television syndication company Debmar-Mercury and an alliance with independent filmed entertainment production and distribution company Roadside Attractions. Lionsgate also has forged partnerships with leading content creators, owners and distributors in key territories around the world, including Televisa in the U.S. and Latin America, StudioCanal in the UK, Hoyts and Sony in Australia and Eros International in India. On January 5, 2009, the Company also agreed to acquire the TV Guide Network and TV Guide.com in a deal expected to close by February 28, 2009.

The Company has generated more than $450 million at the North American theatrical box office in the past 12 months and has forged strong positions in television and home entertainment with the production of such critically-acclaimed television series as Weeds and Mad Men, the distribution of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Family Feud, South Park, Trivial Pursuit and The Dead Zone, and nearly 7% market share and the industry's leading box office-to-DVD conversion rate in home entertainment. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with entrepreneurial innovation and original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe. More information on Lionsgate can be found at www.lionsgate.com.

   www.lionsgate.com      For further information, please contact:    Peter D. Wilkes   310-255-3726   pwilkes@lionsgate.com    Kristin Robinson   310-255-5114   krobinson@lionsgate.com   

The matters discussed in this press release include forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results in the future could differ materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including risk factors as set forth in Lionsgate's Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2008, as may be updated in Lionsgate's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect any future events or circumstances.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: krobinson@lionsgate.com

Source: Lionsgate

CONTACT: Peter D. Wilkes, +1-310-255-3726, pwilkes@lionsgate.com, or
Kristin Robinson, +1-310-255-5114, krobinson@lionsgate.com, both of Lionsgate

Web Site: http://www.lionsgate.com/

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