Starz Edge Gets Pumped for the X Games With the 'Excessive X Marathon'

Starz Edge Gets Pumped for the X Games With the 'Excessive X Marathon'

Marathon on Aug. 2 Features the Extreme Sports Show 'Chilli Factor,' Movies 'Riding Giants,' 'Lords of Dogtown,' and More

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Edge takes it to the extreme in celebration of the arrival of the summer X Games in Los Angeles, Aug. 3 through the 6. The "Excessive X Marathon" will start Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 9 a.m. (ET/PT) with a day-long marathon of the extreme sports show "Chilli Factor" leading up to a night of extreme movies.

The "Excessive X Marathon" begins at 9 a.m. (ET/PT) on Starz Edge and includes the following programs (all times are ET/PT):

- 9 a.m. -- 8:30 p.m. -- "Chilli Factor" -- Twenty-three episodes of the
extreme magazine series brings cutting-edge youth culture right to your
doorstep. This show takes you into the lives of top skaters,
snowboarders, surfers, bmx'ers and motocrossers and gives you a look at
the exciting culture of extreme sports.

- 9 p.m. -- "Riding Giants" -- This over-the-edge documentary details the
origins and history of surf culture. The story follows the men who
pioneered surfing and whose lives were dedicated to "riding the giants,"
which are dangerous waves of sixty feet or more.

- 10:45 p.m. -- "Lords of Dogtown" -- The true story of the birth of the
modern skateboarding culture, as a group of Southern Cal teens in the
1970s perfect their outrageous moves on the sidewalks and empty swimming
pools of Los Angeles. The film's cast includes Heath Ledger, John
Robinson, Emile Hirsch, William Mapother and Rebecca De Mornay.

- 12:35 a.m. -- "Warren Miller's Impact" -- True to his reputation, Warren
Miller delivers the adrenaline in this extreme sports documentary.
Watch as skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes in varied locales such
as Snowmass, Colorado and Davos, Switzerland. The action and
entertainment never stops in Warren Miller's library of extreme sports
films.

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About Starz Entertainment Group

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 14.6 million and 26.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than 1,000 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 that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.

Contacts: Michelle Ellis Jonathan Taylor
Starz Entertainment Group The Lippin Group
(720) 852-6269 (323) 965-1990
michelle.ellis@starz.comjtaylor@lippingroup.com

Ashley Hastings
Starz Entertainment Group
(720) 852-2080
ashley.hastings@starz.com

Source: Starz Entertainment Group LLC

CONTACT: Michelle Ellis, +1-720-852-6269, michelle.ellis@starz.com, or
Ashley Hastings, +1-720-852-2080, ashley.hastings@starz.com, both of Starz
Entertainment Group LLC; or Jonathan Taylor of The Lippin Group,
+1-323-965-1990, jtaylor@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment Group LLC

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

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