Starz Wants You to Pick the Oscar(R) Winners

Starz Wants You to Pick the Oscar(R) Winners

Frustrated and Feeling Like Your Vote Doesn't Matter? Well Now it Does!

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the announcement of the Oscar(R) nominations on January 31, Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) invites viewers to log onto www.starz.com and predict who they think will win. Contestants have until 3 p.m. ET March 5 to make their selections online. Later that evening, they can see how well they predicted the actual winners when the awards are handed out on the live broadcast of The 78th Annual Academy Awards(R).

Contestants will pick their favorites for the top six categories, Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Directing and Best Picture. Throughout February, Starz will air profile pieces on the nominees to help contestants select the best. The Grand Prize at $4000 and two first prizes at $450 each will be randomly selected from all of the correct entries.

Following the show, everyone can log onto www.starz.com to see who the viewers picked, and who the Academy selected. Please visit www.starz.com for more information.

Starz is where the new hit movies live.

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States. SEG offers 13 digital movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) channels with approximately 14 million and 25 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than 750 movies per month across its pay TV channels and is a forerunner in offering its subscribers advanced services such as Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand(R) and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, www.starz.com.

Contacts: Alesya Holick Jonathan Taylor
Starz Entertainment Group The Lippin Group
(720) 852-6033 (323) 969-1990
Alesya.holick@starz.comjtaylor@lippingroup.com

Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

CONTACT: Alesya Holick of Starz Entertainment Group, +1-720-852-6033,
Alesya.holick@starz.com; or Jonathan Taylor of The Lippin Group,
+1-323-969-1990, jtaylor@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment Group

Web site: http://www.starz.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Download high-resolution versions of related images at starz.mediaroom.com.

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