Key people Jay Firestone Founded 1996 Parent organization ContentFilm plc | Founder Jay Firestone Defunct 14 March 2011 | |
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Industry Television and film production and distribution Fate Name changed to Content Television Headquarters Originally Canada then United Kingdom from 2005 Films produced Interstate 60, Rat Race, Hardball, Who Is Cletis Tout?, An American Rhapsody | ||
Fireworks entertainment logo 1997
Fireworks Entertainment was an independent studio founded by Jay Firestone in 1996 to produce, distribute and finance television shows and feature films. Fireworks was acquired by Canwest Global in May 1998, and was later sold to ContentFilm (production company of The Cooler), a British company, in April 2005. Over the years Fireworks has amassed a significant catalogue of television shows and movies (Under the Fireworks Pictures label)
Contents
- Fireworks entertainment logo 1997
- Court cases
- Television shows As Fireworks Entertainment
- Movies As Fireworks Pictures
- References
From March 14, 2011 Fireworks International became Content Television under the umbrella Content Media Corporation PLC.
Court cases
The original company was sued by Sony regarding Queen of Swords and by 20th Century Fox regarding Mutant X.
Television shows (As Fireworks Entertainment)
TV shows filmed in widescreen 16:9 from 2000 but generally broadcast in 4:3 pan and scan. The widescreen versions are available on DVD.