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 […]
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 […]
Lionsgate, fresh from its acquisition of Entertainment One, has delayed plans to split from Starz until early in 2024 and has said it will end its operations in Latin America. The US mini-major, which revealed details about its plans to separate its studio business and Starz in July, blamed the delay on its acquisition of […]
Lionsgate in the US has revealed further details about its plans to separate its studio business and Starz to create two publicly traded companies. The company made an SEC filing in which it revealed that Lionsgate’s film and TV studio would become a separate company, while its media networks assets, primarily encompassing the pay-TV and […]
As North America’s pay-TV & streaming landscape continues to shift, Sarah Henschel, principal analyst at Omdia, explores the changing fortunes of some of the key players in the region. In 2022, online subscription revenue reached $39.2bn in North America, up 23% YoY. Online channel revenue in the US is dominated by Netflix, which accounted for […]
Stan extends Lionsgate deal Australian streamer Stan has expanded its partnership with Lionsgate with a multi-year output deal that hands it rights to espionage drama Gray and Julia Roberts-starring Gaslit. The first-run deal hands Stan a raft of dramas from Starz and Lionsgate, as well as films exclusive to local audiences. It is the second […]
Starz’s international programming chief Jeff Cooke is exiting the Lionsgate-owned company later this year. Cooke will remain in the role until July, but his next move is currently unknown. The international division oversees streamer Lionsgate+, home to original series such as Gaslit. The exec was promoted to SVP of programming for international networks in Janaury […]
Channel 4 in the UK and US network Starz have ordered a six-part thriller adapted from Dutch series New Neighbours (aka The Swingers), with Eagle Eye Drama attached to produce and Outlander’s Sam Heughan starring. The Couple Next Door explores “the stultifying claustrophobia of suburbia” and tracks what happens when a man shares a night […]
Lionsgate has reported a record $845m revenue from its content library over the past 12 months and revealed it sold a partial interest in Dubai-based Starzplay Arabia. The licensing of Canadian comedy Schitt’s Creek, to services such as Hulu in the US, was noted as a particular driver, with library revenue for the third quarter […]
US network Starz is in development on a revival of its historical drama franchise Spartacus, with Steven S DeKnight to return as showrunner and executive producer. Spartacus: Blood And Sand debuted on Starz in 2010 and was followed by a prequel series Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena in 2011 and two additional series Spartacus: Vengeance […]
