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Starz
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Starz plots international OTT expansion
Over-the-top service Starz Play is planning to move outside of the Middle East and North…
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Vimeo debuts TV Store with Lionsgate onboard
Vimeo has launched a new transactional TV store, with Lionsgate and Starz the first partners to…
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AMC sets Halloween launch for int’l horror net
AMC Networks International is launching a new horror net called Dark. It will replace its…
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Callender’s Playground ups two
Colin Callender’s drama prodco Playground has upped Scott Huff (left) and Elsye Dolbec (below right),…
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Amazon adopts American Gods
Amazon Prime Video has snapped up rights to big-budget, high-concept Starz drama American Gods in…
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Virgin orders comedy shorts, buys Magic City
UK pay TV provider Virgin Media is pushing further into original programming, commissioning Avalon Television…
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Lionsgate can ‘dramatically scale’ drama with Starz
Lionsgate chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer has said the US$4.4 billion acquisition of premium cable…
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Amazon buys Evil Dead series
Amazon has acquired Ash vs Evil Dead for its German service. The comedy horror plays…
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50 Cent extends Starz deal, plans Tomorrow, Today
Rapper Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson has scored an overall development deal with US network Starz,…
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Starz making US Peep Show
Cable net Starz is working up a version of Peep Show, the latest attempt at remaking…
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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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Power-ful two-season renewal for 50 Cent drama
50 Cent’s Power has received a two-season renewal, guaranteeing it fourth and fifth seasons. The…
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Lionsgate backs Gogglebox pair’s indie
Lionsgate has invested in Primal Media, the new prodco from Mat Steiner and Adam Wood, the…
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Starz brings in AMC veteran as sales chief
Starz has recruited Joe Glennon as its executive VP of affiliate sales, with the distribution…
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Lionsgate buys $4.4bn Starz
Lionsgate has acquired premium cable net Starz for US$4.4 billion. The deal had long been…
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Albrecht extends Starz stay
Chris Albrecht has signed a contract to remain CEO of US premium cable channel Starz…
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Amazon accrues Girlfriend Experience
Amazon Prime Video has acquired Starz drama The Girlfriend Experience. The deal covers the UK,…
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Starz ups Hirsch and Weil
Starz has appointed Jeffrey Hirsch COO, handing him some of the responsibilities that sat with…
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Starz president Curtis retiring after 20 years
Long-serving Starz president Glenn Curtis is set to retire after more than 20 years with…
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Starz goes OTT in US with SVOD platform
Premium cable channel Starz has created an over-the-top streaming service in the US, offering shows…
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Starz repositions channels
Starz has repositioned its channels line-up and brought all of its offering under the Starz…
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Showtime rolls Dice with binge strategy
US premium cable broadcaster Showtime is launching all episodes of six-part comedy Dice all at…
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Rapper 50 Cent plots sketch-reality show with A&E
Gangster rap star 50 Cent is developing a sketch comedy and music variety series with…
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Rapper 50 Cent plots sketch-reality show with A&E
Gangster rap star 50 Cent is developing a sketch comedy and music variety series with…
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CBS ‘resumes interest in Starz acquisition’
US broadcaster CBS is reportedly back in for premium cable compatriot Starz. A report in…
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Albrecht: Starz ‘believes in consolidation’
Starz CEO Chris Albrecht has said the premium cable operation does “believe in consolidation” after…
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Sky Arts retells Gaiman’s Likely Stories
UK satellite channel Sky Arts has commissioned a four-part scripted series from cult writer Neil…
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Starz to follow White Queen with White Princess
Starz has greenlit The White Princess, a follow-up to its successful War of the Roses…
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Lionsgate confirms Starz merger talks
Lionsgate Entertainment has confirmed it will explore a “potentially mutually beneficial combination” with premium cable…
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Lionsgate ‘restarts’ Starz acquisition talks
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly back in for US premium cable channel Starz. The pair was…