MUMBAI: Independent film studio Lionsgate is continuing to build its library. It has secured access of up to 2,000 titles from Studio Canal in a multi-year deal.

This deal continues Lionsgate's strategy of strengthening television, VOD and Internet rights throughout its library.

The acquisition adds to Lionsgate's current library of more than 5,500 titles, already one of the most prestigious and prolific in the industry, and positions the company to continue leveraging its content into traditional and digital media distribution platforms. 

Lionsgate president Steve Beeks says, "The Lionsgate library is the jewel in our crown and, as we move into the digital world, we are capitalizing on opportunities to leverage our stockpile of content into new and incremental revenue streams."

The Studio Canal library deal includes television, DVD and a large proportion of VOD rights to a combination of English-language and French-language titles, including Tender Mercies, Crimes Of The Heart, Jean Renoir's The Grand
Illusion and Luis Bunuel's Obscure Object Of Desire.