Fireworks Media
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| Industry | Television and film production and distribution |
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| Fate | Name changed to Content Television |
| Founded | 1996 as Fireworks Pictures, 2005 as Fireworks Entertainment |
| Defunct | March 14, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Originally Canada then United Kingdom from 2005 |
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Key people
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Jay Firestone |
| Parent | Content Media Corporation PLC |
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)
From March 14, 2011 Fireworks International became Content Television under the umbrella Content Media Corporation PLC.
The original company was sued by Sony regarding Queen of Swords and by 20th Century Fox regarding Mutant X.
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.
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