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This article lists television content currently and/or formerly broadcast by Starz, an American pay television network owned and operated by Starz Inc., a subsidiary of Lionsgate. Primarily a film-based service, it began to introduce original programming in 2005 to compete with rival pay TV services HBO and Showtime.
Launched as The Movie Channel 2 Starz: Lionsgate : 1994 - Starz Cinema: 1999 - Starz Comedy: 2005 - Starz Edge: 1996 - Formerly known as Starz 2 and Starz Theater Starz in Black: 1997 - Formerly known as BET Movies: Starz and Black Starz Starz Kids & Family: 1999 - Formed from the merger of Starz Kids and Starz Family Starz Encore: 1991 -
Starz (stylized in all caps since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American pay television network owned by Starz Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of Starz Encore, programming on Starz consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series.
In January 2009, Lionsgate purchased TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from Rovi for $255 million cash. [28] In May 2009, Lionsgate sold a 49% stake in TV Guide Network and website to One Equity Partners under pressure from shareholder Carl Icahn. [29] Lionsgate cut back its slate of films per year by four in February 2009.
Encore was the first major U.S. premium channel to debut in almost 11 years, since Cinemax launched on August 1, 1980 – at the time of Encore's launch, Cinemax, HBO, Showtime and The Movie Channel were its only competitors (Encore was the only upstart premium channel that managed to gain any headway with those services; other premium channels ...
The Roku Channel, which offers thousands of free free, ad-supported movies and television shows, will soon offer premium subscriptions. ... Starz, Epix and 22 other premium channels through The ...
EXCLUSIVE: Starz and Channel 4 have greenlighted thriller series The Couple Next Door, starring Poldark‘s Eleanor Tomlinson and Outlander’s Sam Heughan. Filming has commenced in Leeds and ...
The headquarters of IndiePlex and its sister channels MoviePlex and RetroPlex are located on the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado. [ 1 ] On April 5, 2016, Starz was rebranded and added all the Encore channels to its moniker, therefore increasing the Starz channel lineup to 14 Starz movie channels.