Alliance Atlantis Streamlines Senior Management.

Business Editors

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000

ALLIANCE ATLANTIS CO(NASDAQ:AACB) (TSE:AAC.A.)(TSE:AAC.B.) Mr. Michael MacMillan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC., today announced a streamlining of the Company's senior management effective immediately, and a corresponding realignment of executive responsibilities.

Mr. Lewis Rose, President, and a Director of, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC., will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.

Under this realignment, each of the Company's three operating groups - Television, Motion Pictures, and Broadcasting - will report to Mr. MacMillan. In addition, the New Media Group and Human Resources department will also report directly to him.

Mr. Judson Martin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will continue to be responsible for ALLIANCE ATLANTIS' financial affairs. He will also assume responsibility for administrative matters, including the Corporate Communications, Information Technology, and Corporate Legal groups. Mr. Martin will report directly to Mr. MacMillan.

Mr. Seaton McLean, currently President, Television Production, is being appointed President, Motion Picture Production, assuming the responsibilities of Mr. David Ginsburg, who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. In 1978, along with Mr. MacMillan and others, Mr. McLean was one of the founding shareholders of Atlantis Films Limited, a predecessor company of ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Mr. Peter Sussman, President, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS ENTERTAINMENT, who has shared responsibility with Mr. McLean for television production, is today also being appointed President, Television Production. Mr. Sussman joined Atlantis in 1986 and has been integral to the Company's growth in television development, financing, and production since that time.

As part of this management streamlining, seven additional positions in Television and Motion Pictures are being eliminated in the Company's Los Angeles office.

Mr. MacMillan made these announcements from the Company's headquarters in Toronto, and said, "This streamlining of Alliance Atlantis' senior management will provide more definitive lines of responsibility, authority, and, most importantly, accountability. Additionally, we have aligned management responsibilities with those executives best suited to ensure the long-term success of each of our Television, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Corporate Groups. Both Mr. Rose and Mr. Ginsburg, and the others departing the Company today, have made meaningful contributions to Alliance Atlantis. I would like to acknowledge their contributions and wish them well in their future endeavours."

ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC. is a leading creator, producer, distributor and broadcaster of filmed entertainment with significant ownership interests in seven Canadian specialty television networks. The Company's principal business activities are conducted through three operating groups: Television, Motion Pictures and Broadcasting. Headquartered in Toronto, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS operates offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Vancouver, London, Sydney, and Shannon. The Company's common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange - trading symbols AAC.A, AAC.B and on NASDAQ - trading symbol AACB. The Company's website is www.allianceatlantis.com.