Starz


Starz cancels horror-comedy ‘Shining Vale’ after second season under-performs

Starz in the US has cancelled horror comedy Shining Vale, with the recently concluded second season set to be its last. Show co-creator Jeff Astrof shared news of the show’s cancellation on social media yesterday and told US trades that he was hopeful a third season he has already begun writing will find a new […]

Starz to end crime drama ‘Hightown’ after third and final season

Starz is bringing the curtain down on crime drama Hightown, with a third and final season set to debut early next year. The show was created and executive produced by Rebecca Cutter (Gotham), with Jerry Bruckheimer Television producing with Lionsgate TV. Its third and final season will debut 26 January via the Starz app, before […]

Starz snags Sky drama ‘Mary & George’ for North America as AMC bows out

Starz has snagged rights to Mary & George, the upcoming Sky Studios show that had previously been picked up by AMC Networks. The drama is produced by the UK’s Hera Pictures and has been inspired by Benjamin Woolley’s nonfiction book The King’s Assassin, with Killing Eve‘s DC Moore writing. AMC Networks had previously taken rights […]

Starz restructures senior team as SVP of originals & head of production depart

Starz has restructured its senior team with a flurry of exits including SVP of originals, Kathryn Tyus-Adair. She will leave the US cablenet along with director of originals Alex Alberts, SVP & head of production Kevin Hamburger and original programming manager Jordan Lippetz. The trio’s departures, which come a week after Starz unveiled plans to […]

Starz greenlights ‘Spartacus: House Of Ashur’ in historical drama franchise revival

US network Starz has greenlit Spartacus: House Of Ashur, a new chapter in its historical drama franchise Spartacus, with Steven S DeKnight returning as showrunner and executive producer. Produced by Lionsgate Television for Starz, the new series will star Nick Tarabay, who reprises his role as the villainous Ashur from his time on the original […]

Starz to cut 10% of workforce & exit UK & Australia ahead of Lionsgate split

US streamer and cablenet Starz is to cut more than 10% of its staff ahead of its separation from Lionsgate next year in an “organisational restructure” that will see it exit the UK and Australia. The news was revealed in a memo to staff on Friday by CEO Jeffrey Hirsch, who wrote: “As difficult as […]

Former Starz int’l chief Superna Kalle lands at Oz gaming firm Aristocrat

Superna Kalle, the former president of international at Starz, has joined Australian gaming and gambling tech company Aristocrat as chief strategy and content officer. Reporting directly to Aristocrat CEO & managing director Trevor Croker, Kalle will be based in Los Angeles and will join the Sydney-headquartered firm on 9 October. Croker said that Kalle will […]

Starz recruits WarnerMedia alum Sofia Chang as distribution chief

Lionsgate-owned Outlander and Power Book network Starz has hired WarnerMedia alum Sofia Chang as EVP and chief distribution officer. Based in New York and reporting to Starz’s president of domestic networks, Alison Hoffman, Chang will oversee all of the streaming platform’s sales activities with multichannel video and digital distributors in the US. Chang is the […]

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