Starz Entertainment Group Announces Renewal Of Affiliation Agreement With Echostar

Starz Entertainment Group Announces Renewal Of Affiliation Agreement With Echostar

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) today announced that is has renewed its affiliation agreement with Echostar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH). The multi-year renewal provides for carriage of SEG programming services on Echostar's DISH Network(TM). Terms of the deal were not announced.

SEG President and CEO Robert B. Clasen commented, "Echostar and Starz are both pioneers in digital television as well as neighbors here in Colorado. The success of Starz in the past decade owes a great deal to the innovation and entrepreneurship of our friends down the street. We are delighted with this new affiliation agreement that will enable the two companies to accelerate our growth in the years ahead, bringing the Starz entertainment experience to even more DISH Network(TM) customers."

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. SEG offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 14 million and 26 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than 750 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE:L)(NYSE:LMCb), www.starz.com.

Contacts: Tom Southwick
Starz Entertainment Group
(720) 852-5821(office)
(303) 513-3758 (cell)
tom.southwick@starz.com

Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

CONTACT: Tom Southwick of Starz Entertainment Group,
+1-720-852-5821, or cell, +1-303-513-3758, tom.southwick@starz.com

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

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