Vongo Inks Digital Download Agreement With Starz Media

Vongo Inks Digital Download Agreement With Starz Media

Comprehensive Deal Will Add More Than 250 New Titles for Vongo VOD Rental and Rights for Electronic Sell-Through

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment and Starz Media announced a comprehensive, multi-year content licensing and distribution agreement of Starz Media movies and video titles for Vongo, Starz Entertainment's broadband video download platform. The deal provides Vongo with more than 250 new movies and other video titles for VOD rental and electronic sell-through (EST) purchase, which Vongo anticipates launching in the future.

Thirteen movies from the popular Season One "Masters of Horror" series and The Evil Dead highlight the thriller/horror content with rights licensed for Vongo. Anime fans will enjoy Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, more than 50 episodes of "Astro Boy," Blood, The Last Vampire, and the Street Fighter Alpha feature and "Street Fighter II" series will similarly be available on Vongo.

"We are pleased to license a wide and varied collection of content from our sister company, Starz Media, for the growing Vongo platform," said Bob Greene, executive vice president, advanced services for Starz Entertainment. "While the subscription enjoyment of movies and video content continues to differentiate Vongo from all others in the marketplace, our unique position relative to our digital download peers allows us to bring in rich content -- such as that from Starz Media -- as a wonderful complement. Only on Vongo can you electronically rent by pay-per-view and also subscribe to major theatrical motion pictures and other video content by way of electronic downloads."

"Vongo offers a terrific storefront for Starz Media to showcase its compelling library of movie and video content," said Marc DeBevoise, senior vice president of business development for Starz Media. "Starz Media is looking to monetize its library through additional content licensing deals in the burgeoning digital distribution space. The partnership with our brethren at Vongo and Starz Entertainment will assist our own understanding about emerging consumer interests and behavior. Together, we can build upon the promised synergies between our companies."

Vongo subscribers have unlimited access to more than 1,000 movies and 2,500 total video selections as well as a live, streaming Starz TV channel for a monthly cost of $9.99. Select popular pay-per-view titles are also available for individual rental. In addition to Windows-based PCs, laptops and portable devices, Vongo subscribers can also transfer their Vongo content onto a TV for optimal viewing. Vongo was nominated for two Emmy(R) Awards this past year. Vongo is currently offering a 14-day free trial and is available as a free download for broadband subscribers in the United States at www.vongo.com.

As one of the largest content aggregators in Hollywood, Starz Entertainment has access to thousands of theatrical films that it makes available on Vongo including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Flightplan , Sin City, National Treasure, The Aviator, Hitch, The Incredibles, Bewitched, Fun with Dick and Jane, and Chicken Little. Coming later in 2007 to Vongo subscribers includes, The Da Vinci Code, Cars, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Starz Entertainment is the exclusive subscription television and broadband provider of first-run films from leading Hollywood studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Overture Films, Revolution Studios, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Pixar, TriStar, Screen Gems, Sony Classics and Warren Miller Films. Select first-run theatrical films from The Weinstein Company, IFC and Yari Film Group are also available for subscription television and broadband exclusively on Starz Entertainment services. A vast collection of classic and favorite titles are provided by a wide array of other Hollywood studios.

Additional programming available to Vongo subscribers includes full-length music concerts (Sheryl Crow: Live from London, No Doubt: Rock Steady Live Concert, Wyclef Jean's All Star Jam at Carnegie Hall, The Who Live: Isle of Wight Festival, Bon Jovi: Live from London, Outkast: Dare To Be Different, Snow Patrol: Live from Somerset House, Beyonce: Unauthorized), TV series (The Green Hornet, The Rifleman, Edgemont) and extreme sports (Warren Miller's Higher Ground, Real Action Sports, Ride Guide).

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 14.9 million and 26.6 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group (NASDAQ:LCAPA)(NASDAQ:LCAPB).

Starz Media, LLC, is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.

Contacts:

Eric Becker Jonathan Taylor
Starz Entertainment Starz Media
(720) 852-4065 (818) 748-4032
eric.becker@starz.comjonathan.taylor@starz.com

David Coates
Brodeur for Starz Entertainment
(617) 587-2927
dcoates@brodeur.com

Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC; Starz Media, LLC

CONTACT: Eric Becker of Starz Entertainment, +1-720-852-4065,
eric.becker@starz.com; or Jonathan Taylor of Starz Media, +1-818-748-4032,
jonathan.taylor@starz.com; or David Coates of Brodeur, +1-617-587-2927,
dcoates@brodeur.com, for Starz Entertainment

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

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

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