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Starz boss Chris Albrecht to step down
Starz boss Chris Albrecht is to step down from the Lionsgate-owned cable business next month…
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Starz vehicle
Chris Albrecht tells Jesse Whittock about the new look Starz business following its merger with…
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Lionsgate’s Bellisario expands responsibilities to Starz
Lionsgate has handed Marcello Bellisario an expanded role covering talent and casting at the indie…
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What went down at NATPE Miami
NATPE welcomed the usual mix of buyers, sellers, programme-makers and hustlers to Miami last week….
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Starz’ Black Sails plots course for final season
Starz has greenlit a new season of Black Sails, and said it will be the…
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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part I
Drama’s prolonged period in the sun doesn’t seem like ending any time soon. In fact,…
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Virgin UK captures Ash Vs Evil Dead exclusive
Virgin Media has acquired first-run rights to comedy-drama Ash Vs Evil Dead, a move that…
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Starz okays second Evil Dead run before debut
Premium cable channel Starz has given the greenlight to a second season of new zombie…
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Starz boards BBC Two Poliakoff drama
US premium cable channel Starz has signed on as coproducer of BBC Two drama Close…
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Starz resurrects Evil Dead
Sam Raimi classic zombie horror movie The Evil Dead is being resurrected as a TV…
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New World Order
Following confirmation of the game-changing Shine Group-Endemol merger and the emergence of an increasingly more…
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Starz, FremantleMedia work up American Gods
Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…
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Starz promotes pair as production push beckons
Starz has promoted Melissa Harper and Richter Hartig to senior VP at the premium cable…
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News brief: Starz steals into bank robber drama Most Wanted
US premium cable net Starz is developing Most Wanted, a four-part drama set in the…
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Power Play: why celebs are becoming execs
As the global media superpowers march into ever more sectors, A-list actors, musicians, fashion gurus…
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Shooting Starz
Starz has built a solid slate of original programmes in recent years with the Spartacus…
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Epic drama for factual channels
The last decade saw the big factual channels move from documentary led schedules to grids…