Chris Albrecht

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Starz boss Chris Albrecht is to step down from the Lionsgate-owned cable business next month…

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Amazon is set to add Starzplay, from US TV Network and Lionsgate Company Starz, in…

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TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…

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Canada’s Bell Media has teamed with Lionsgate to bring in its premium pay television platform…

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Chris Albrecht tells Jesse Whittock about the new look Starz business following its merger with…

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50 Cent’s Power has received a two-season renewal, guaranteeing it fourth and fifth seasons. The…

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Lionsgate has acquired premium cable net Starz for US$4.4 billion. The deal had long been…

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Chris Albrecht has signed a contract to remain CEO of US premium cable channel Starz…

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Starz has appointed Jeffrey Hirsch COO, handing him some of the responsibilities that sat with…

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Premium cable channel Starz has created an over-the-top streaming service in the US, offering shows…

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Starz CEO Chris Albrecht has said the premium cable operation does “believe in consolidation” after…

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Premium cable player Starz has made its first US investment in direct-to-consumer distribution by taking…

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Starz president and CEO Chris Albrecht has told TBI he expects consolidation in the content…

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Starz CEO Chris Albrecht gives Stewart Clarke his views on whether there is too much…

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The second season of LeBron James-inspired basketball comedy Survivor’s Remorse has launched internationally on Facebook,…

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US cable channel Starz and Entertainment One Television are working up a Cuban-flavoured noir drama…

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US premium cable net Starz will launch its planned international subscription on-demand service next year,…

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Outlander, Starz’s new fantasy drama, has had a second season greenlit following the Ron D….

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Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…

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Starz is investing more in programming, reaching out to specific segments of the audience and…

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Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, will be in Cannes for MIPTV to unveil his new…

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US cable operator Starz has upped John Penney to chief strategy officer. Penney has been…

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Starz has promoted Melissa Harper and Richter Hartig to senior VP at the premium cable…

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The former vice-chairman of Turner Broadcasting System, Andrew Heller, has joined the board of US…

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Starz has upped Michael Thornton in a reorganisation of its distribution activities that also sees…

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Starz has greenlit a second run of its pirate series Black Sails – before the…

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US premium cable net Starz has ordered Power, an original drama series that will be…

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TV presenter and journalist Piers Morgan is executive producing a drama about 1970s Fleet Street…

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Starz has built a solid slate of original programmes in recent years with the Spartacus…

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US cable network Starz is committed to boosting its original output following its split from…