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ContentFilm Plc creates and distributes filmed entertainment. The company occupies a unique niche as a production, sales, and distribution company based in London, with strong ties to the American film industry, and it plans to exploit that niche by combining quality UK and European productions with larger, studio-driven films. The company was formed by the merger of ContentFilm, Inc., a US corporation, and Winchester Entertainment Plc, an AIM listed UK company, in March 2004. The co-founders of ContentFilm Inc. were appointed as co-CEOs of the new company. They are Edward R. Pressman and John Schmidt. Ed Pressman has been a film producer for over twenty five years, with over sixty films to his name, including Wall Street, Badlands, The Crow, Reversal of Fortune, American Psycho, City Hall and Das Boot. John Schmidt was the co-founder of October Films, an independent film studio which became part of Universal Studios and USA Networks. He was formerly the CFO of Miramax, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. The activities of the combined company are: Film production and financing; International sales of distribution rights in films owned by ContentFilm and third parties; Theatrical distribution in the UK; Licensing and merchandising of children's television properties.
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