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Saban Capital Acquisition Corp. announced Feb. 28 that it has terminated its planned $622 million purchase of Panavision Inc. The decision to end the deal was 'due to market conditions, [...]

One of the biggest entertainment acquisitions announced last year has been abandoned. Saban Capital Acquisition Corp.--a company formed by Beverly Hills billionaire and Power Rangers creator Haim Saban--announced Feb. 28 [...]

High-flying economies tend to produce a euphoric surge of mergers and acquisitions, and that certainly manifested in the Valley region during 2018.From one end of the Valley, where Walt Disney [...]

No consensus exists on whether the current stock exchange rally can be sustained. A review of 2001, a primer on defensive stocks as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Ronald Perelman's disputed attempt to sell Panavision to M&F Worldwide, are among several topics covered.

A busy week on Wall Street saw Nasdaq Composite shares gain an average of 10% thanks to a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. However, longtime Warren Buffett-associated stocks Coca Cola and Gillette lowered growth and earnings forecasts. Holders of M&F Worldwide are protesting its board's decision to bail out audacious Ronald O. Perelman's troubled Panavision. The FASB will delay its June 30 ban on pooling accounting of mergers for 6 months.

At some locations, Plus8 Digital rental customers will now have access to the Panavision Genesis and F900 cinematography cameras and assorted lenses, thanks to a new merger agreement between the [...]

HONGKONG Production house Salon Films has purchased the Southeast Asian business and inventory of Panavision subsidiary Samuelson's Film Services. Salon, which made its name with the 1960 pie 'The World [...]

LOS ANGELES--Panavision (www.panavision.com) recently reached an agreement to acquire post production technology innovator Light Iron (www.lightiron.com). The acquisition leverages the strengths of the designer, manufacturer and rental provider of high [...]

'Inspired by the Past. Focused on the Future' reads the motto on the website of Panavision Inc., the stalwart camera system and accessories provider. As the future of filmmaking involves [...]

Panavision has acquired Plus 8 Digital in a bid to bolster its camera-rental market share and diversify its digital cinematography offerings. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The [...]

FOLLOWING PANAVISION'S ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT HIRER BROADCAM LAST YEAR, AND THEIR relocation to their new parent company's headquarters, Brodcam's Artarmon building is now available. The two-storey, 870m2 building was [...]

Panavision has purchased the camera inventory of William E White Intl., Canada's oldest and largest production equipment company. The purchase includes all film, HD and video camera equipment owned by [...]

Panavision purchased Technovision France, a family-owned and -operated film equipment rental company in Paris. Founded in the 1950s by Henryk Chroscicki, the rental house has furnished more than 3,500 feature […]

M&F Worldwide shareholders won a settlement against what they claimed was self-dealing in Ronald O. Perelman's attempt to have M&F acquire Panavision.

WOODLAND Hills-based motion picture camera-maker Panavision Inc. has sold a 20-percent stake in Efilm LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, to Deluxe Laboratories Inc. of Los Angeles for [...]

Financier Perelman is criticized for an attempt, likely to be successful, to sell one company he owns stake in, Panavision, to another, M and F Worldwide.

Ronald O. Perelman's M&F Worldwide's attempt to have M&F buy Perelman's 83% stake in Panavision is called 'self-dealing' by M&F shareholder Furtherfield Partners' lawsuit. Perelman's asking price of $26 per share is more than quadruple Panavision's current trading price. A history of some of Perelman's other interlocking interests is included.