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3/3/2021 HLTH SEN The MPLC Rights Holder List is broken down into seven categories for your programming needs. Subject to the Umbrella License® Terms and Conditions, Licensee may publicly perform copyrighted movies, television programs and other audiovisual content intended for personal, private use only from the list of rights holders below for the following use: Senior Centers, Programs, and Day Facilities MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS & AFFILIATED LABELS 20th Century Studios (f/k/a Twentieth Buena Vista Pictures Cannon Pictures Century Fox Film Corp.) Dreamworks Animation SKG Dreamworks Pictures (Releases 2011 to Dreamworks Pictures (Releases prior to present) 2011) Fine Line Features Focus Features Fox - Walden Fox 2000 Films Fox Look Hanna-Barbera Hollywood Pictures Lionsgate Entertainment Lorimar Telepictures Lucasfilm Marvel Studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios New Line Cinema Nickelodeon Movies Orion Pictures Paramount Classics Paramount Pictures Paramount Vantage Picturehouse Pixar Animation Studios Polygram Filmed Entertainment Republic Pictures RKO Pictures Searchlight Pictures (f/ka/a Fox Searchlight Pictures) STX Entertainment Touchstone Pictures United Artists Pictures Universal Pictures USA Films Walt Disney Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Independent Pictures CHILDRENS APC Kids SAS Central Park Media Cosgrove Hall Films DC Comics D'Ocon Dreamworks Classics (f/k/a Classic Media) Family Entertainment Library Golden Books Entertainment Harvey Entertainment *Please refer to the last page of this document for information on any excluded titles. 3/3/2021 HLTH SEN The MPLC Rights Holder List is broken down into seven categories for your programming needs. Subject to the Umbrella License® Terms and Conditions, Licensee may publicly perform copyrighted movies, television programs and other audiovisual content intended for personal, private use only from the list of rights holders below for the following use: Senior Centers, Programs, and Day Facilities Peter Pan Video Scholastic Entertainment Toonz Entertainment Ptd Ltd. Warner Bros. Animation Zodiak Kids Studios UK (fka The Foundation) FAITH-BASED Affiliate of Valiant Women Society (fka Alley Cat Films American Portrait Films Maralee Dawn Ministries) Big Idea Entertainment Billy Graham Evangelistic Ass. / World Candlelight Media Wide Pictures CDR Communications Choices, Inc. Christian History Institute dba Vision Video Christian Television Association Cross Wind Productions Crossroad Motion Picture Crown Entertainment D Christiano Films DBM Films EO International ERF Christian Radio & Television Gateway Films Grizzly Adams Productions Hatikvah International Christian Communications (ICC) International Films Jeremiah Films Kalon Media, Inc. Lantern Film and Video Linn Productions Mahoney Media Group, Inc. McDougal Films Mermalife Messenger Films Open Door International Owlegories Praise Home Video Quigley Village Reel To Real Russ Doughten Films Side By Side Films Spark Productions Ltd St Benedict Press Teenergy Productions Television Associates Three Seventeen Trust Tommy Nelson TVA/Quigley's Village Wisenquest *Please refer to the last page of this document for information on any excluded titles. 3/3/2021 HLTH SEN The MPLC Rights Holder List is broken down into seven categories for your programming needs. Subject to the Umbrella License® Terms and Conditions, Licensee may publicly perform copyrighted movies, television programs and other audiovisual content intended for personal, private use only from the list of rights holders below for the following use: Senior Centers, Programs, and Day Facilities FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL Abacus Media Rights Ltd Actaeon Films Adventure Line Productions (ALP) Ager Film Apnea Film Srl (ex. IT) Big Talk Productions Brainpool Brook Lapping Productions Carey Films Ltd Cinematheque Collection Coccinelle Film Colin Buchanan Eccho Rights AB Eventidigitali Srl (ex. IT) Evra Media Solutions (fka Opus Distribution) Gobstopper North Ltd. (fka Handsome Golden Network Overseas Ltd Hartswood Films Productions Ltd. Hat Trick Productions Indus Films ITV Global Entertainment K5 International Koch Films GmbH (f/k/a KSM GmbH) Korda London Weekend Television Lucky Day Productions Magnolia TV Spa (Italy) Mastiff Norway (MTV Norway) Mastiff Sweden (MTV Sweden) Media Asia International Distribution Mediaserf Germany Meridian Television MTV Films MVM Entertainment Ltd Neue Road Movies Dritte Produktionen Nonstop Group GmbH Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab (ex Partridge Films PG Productions Services Finland) Praesens Film Primeworks Pueblo AG Rank Films Revelation Films Ringel Film GmbH Riservarossa Srl (ex. IT) Road Movies GmbH d/b/a Neue Road Romulus Library Movies GmbH SCM Haenssler Snowman Productions Denmark (ex. Snowman Productions Norway Denmark) *Please refer to the last page of this document for information on any excluded titles. 3/3/2021 HLTH SEN The MPLC Rights Holder List is broken down into seven categories for your programming needs. Subject to the Umbrella License® Terms and Conditions, Licensee may publicly perform copyrighted movies, television programs and other audiovisual content intended for personal, private use only from the list of rights holders below for the following use: Senior Centers, Programs, and Day Facilities Sony Creative Products (MOFY) ex. South Pacific Pictures Starvision Plus Japan Subotica Ltd TCB Media Rights Wim Wenders Stiftung (ex. GAS) Ytinifni Pictures Zodiak Belgium (fka Kanakna) Zodiak Finland Zodiak Media AB (Sweden) Zodiak Media Ireland Zodiak Netherlands (fka Palm Plus) Zoo Aperto Srl (ex. IT) INDEPENDENT 101 Films 12 Yard Productions 2929 Entertainment 365 Flix International A Contracorriente - Spain A Really Happy Film (HK) Ltd. (fka Distribution Workshop Abbey Home Media Abot Hameiri Absurda Acacia ACIP (fka Angel City Factory (ACP)) Acorn Media Action Concept Film und Aenon After Dark Films Stuntproduktion (ex. Germany) AI Film Air Productions Alcina Pictures (ex. Canada) Alcon Entertainment Amazing Maurice Productions Ltd AMBI Distribution Corp. (pka Ambi Exclusive Aquisitions Co., LLC) AMBI Exclusive Acquisitions Co. LLC American World Pictures Animalia Productions (pka Icon Film Distribution Pty Ltd) Annapurna Productions Arbitrage Archery Pictures Limited Arclight Films International ArenaFilm Pty. Arenico Productions GmbH Artisan Asmik Ace, Inc. (ex. Japan) Athena Atlantic 2000 August Entertainment Avalon Distribution Ltd *Please refer to the last page of this document for information on any excluded titles. 3/3/2021 HLTH SEN The MPLC Rights Holder List is broken down into seven categories for your programming needs. Subject to the Umbrella License® Terms and Conditions, Licensee may publicly perform copyrighted movies, television programs and other audiovisual content intended for personal, private use only from the list of rights holders below for the following use: Senior Centers, Programs, and Day Facilities Avalon Television Azucar Entertainment Bandai Namco Arts Inc (ex. Japan) Banijay Finland Banijay France (fka Zodiak Media Banijay Group (fka Zodiak Media SA) France) Banijay Productions Banijay Studios Banijay Studios France-FKA Zodiak Fiction & Docs Bauer Martinez Studios BBL Distribution BBP Music Publishing c/o Black Bear Pictures Beakus Ltd Beano Productions Bear Hunt Films Ltd Bedford Entertainment Bejuba Entertainment Berlin Animation Film Best Film and Video Beyond Entertainment Limited BKN International AG - All Rights Reserved Black & White Productions, LLC Blakeway Productions Block 2 Block Distribution Ltd. Bloodline Pictures Blu Blue Ant International Ltd BMG Audiovisual (Soundstage / Berlin Bobkind Inc Bob's Your Uncle Live TV) Bold Films LP Brad Lachman Productions Brainstorm Media Bridgestone Multimedia Group Bullseye Bwark C3 Entertainment Camera Film Castle Rock Entertainment CBS Films (2015-2019) Chapman Entertainment Ltd Chapter 2 Chicken Soup for the Soul Chorion Cinema NX Limited Entertainment Cinetel Films Inc. Clearlake Entertainment Clearstory Ltd Clubdeal CodeBlack Cohen Media Group, LLC Concord FTV Ltd. (fka Imagem FTV) Content Mint Pty Ltd Coolabi Productions Ltd *Please refer to the last page of this document for information on any excluded titles. 3/3/2021 HLTH SEN The MPLC Rights Holder List is broken down into seven categories for your programming needs. Subject to the Umbrella License® Terms and Conditions, Licensee may publicly perform copyrighted movies, television programs and other audiovisual content intended for personal, private use only from the list of rights holders below for the following use: Senior Centers, Programs, and Day Facilities Cornelia Street Productions Cradle Films Ltd Creation Films Crook Productions Crystal Image Cuarzo Cypress Entertainment Group - Damerei Dances With Wolves Productions, Inc. Spyglass Dandy Entertainment Ltd Dangerous Daniel Cormack Daro Film Distribution Darrall MacQueen Ltd Davis Films DC Films Diverse Productions DLO Doodle Productions Dreyfuss/James Productions Drive Media Rights Ltd Ecosse Films Edko Films Eleven Film Elle Driver Emperor Motion Picture Limited Endeavor Content, LLC Endgame Entertainment Company Enlighten Content, LLC Entertainment Asset Holdings ETA Films European Broadcasting Union Euston Films Expectation Entertainment Fabrication Films Fangoria Video Fifth year Productions Film & Music Entertainment Ltd Film Bridge International Film Finances Inc Filmmates Entertainment Filmnation International Films Around the World Films of Record Ltd Five Apples Ltd Five Star Productions Flying Bark
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