Starz is finally bringing its authenticated video service to Microsoft’s Xbox — but not yet to the latest generation of the console. The premium cabler’s TV Everywhere service for subscribers, Starz Play, is now available for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system for no extra charge to Xbox Live Gold members.
Exclusives
Sony Pictures Entertainment and U.S. pay TV network Starz extended an agreement that gives Starz exclusive rights to Sony movies through 2021, blocking Netflix Inc from striking a deal with the Hollywood studio.
Liberty Media has started sending out feelers to potential buyers for its premium channel Starz. Liberty has reached out to media companies ahead of the expected mid-January spinoff of its pay TV division, which includes the Starz and Encore channels, sources say.
The multiyear licensing agreement announced Tuesday represents a breakthrough for Netflix as it tries to secure more exclusive programming for a popular service that streams video over high-speed Internet connections. The approach is making Netflix more like traditional pay-TV channels such as HBO, Starz and Showtime.
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The move will give investors a better view of how Starz is doing, improve its capital structure and create two “currencies” in the form of shares that can be used for acquisitions, said Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei.
Sheryl Anderson, a 20-year veteran of Starz and long-time board member of the Cable Television Human Resources Association, was promoted to executive vice president of human resources and administration for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Starz network says it is ending its highly successful “Spartacus” saga next season. In an unusual move announced Monday, Starz will conclude this action-adventure series while […]
Starz today announced the promotion of Peter J. Demas to vice president, network operations; Michael Gallegos to executive director, on air promotion; and Stephan Pfeifer to senior director, business and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit Starz series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” has died at age 39, according to representatives and family. […]
A press release issued by Starz to inform journalists that it has ended negotiations with Netflix to renew its streaming contract has caused the high-flying stock to slide as much as 9% in after-hours trading. Shares of Netflix, which have advanced 435% in the past two years, were down just fractionally during the regular session to $233.27 Thursday, but sunk $21 after the closing bell when the Starz news hit.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions are joining forces to develop and air TV programming. The new series will be one-hour dramas with global appeal, […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wouldn’t be surprised if Netflix had to pay up to $200 million to renew a licensing deal with Liberty Media’s Starz network.
Looking to gain a deeper marketing experience for mobile consumers, Starz Entertainment has become the first TV partner to sign up for AT&T’s new mobile barcode program.
