Starz Bulks Up Movie Line-Up

Starz Bulks Up Movie Line-Up

Adds Hundreds of First Run Titles Via Extended Output Deals with Sony Pictures Television and The Walt Disney Studios; Over 1200 Titles in New Library Agreements with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, MGM Worldwide Television Group, and Universal Pictures

Movies Will Air on Premium Channels, On Demand, HD and Broadband Platforms

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- "Ushering in the new year on a great note, Starz Entertainment has finalized deals with five major studios," announced Stephan Shelanski, Starz executive vice president programming. Its exclusive first run output deals with Sony Pictures Television and Disney-ABC Domestic Television have been extended well into the next decade, and library acquisitions from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, MGM Worldwide Television Group and Universal Pictures will provide the rights to approximately 1,200 top movie titles and television series from these studios' substantial film vaults. The deals allow Starz Entertainment to offer the content on multiple distribution platforms, including its 16 linear channels, HD, Starz On Demand, Starz Play and Vongo, the broadband video download service.

"Movies have always been the backbone of our company," continued Shelanski. "Extending our relationships with five major studios shows our continued commitment to providing top notch product to our consumers and affiliates. We are pleased to offer our subscribers' access to first run films from Sony Pictures and The Walt Disney Studios, as well as to Warner Bros., MGM and Universal's extensive libraries. This furthers our pipeline of exclusive quality movie programming well into the next decade." The Disney deal will provide films to Starz theatrically released through 2012, and the Sony Pictures Television deal provides films through 2015. Top future output titles from Sony Pictures include Hancock (Will Smith), Angels and Demons (Tom Hanks) and Don't Mess With Zohan (Adam Sandler). Disney titles include National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Enchanted, as well as the eight time Academy Award(R)-nominee (including Best Picture) No Country for Old Men from Miramax Films.

Under the terms of the library agreements, Starz Entertainment will have access to a wide variety of films across many genres including Warner Bros. titles The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Full Metal Jacket, Interview with the Vampire, Risky Business, Heat, Natural Born Killers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, L.A. Confidential, Dog Day Afternoon, The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Batman, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, The Exorcist 1-3, Lethal Weapon 1-3, Police Academy 1-7, Superman 1-3, Superman Returns and legendary Western television series such as "The Lawman," "Maverick," "Cheyenne," and "How the West Was Won."

Titles from MGM include Hannibal, Hotel Rwanda, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, 17 James Bond films, Fargo, Top Gun, The Usual Suspects, In the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Ronin, Robocop 1-3, Mad Max, The Magnificent Seven, The Pink Panther, Inspector Clouseau, Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Trail of the Pink Panther, Curse of the Pink Panther, Son of the Pink Panther, The Amityville Horror, Raging Bull and Leaving Las Vegas.

Universal Pictures titles include John Waters' Hairspray, Mulholland Drive, Conan the Barbarian, Death Becomes Her, The Crow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Minnie and Moskowitz, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, The Last Temptation of Christ, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Virginian, Wagon Train, Winchester 73, The Lonely Guy, Henry & June, Melvin and Howard, The Milagro Beanfield War, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Secrets & Lies and Nightmare on Elm Street 3-4.

The financial terms were not disclosed.

In addition to its output deals with Sony Pictures Television and Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Starz has the exclusive premium television rights to films from its sister company Overture Films, an innovative entity that develops, produces, acquires, and distributes motion pictures worldwide.

Starz Entertainment is the exclusive subscription television and broadband provider of first-run films from leading Hollywood studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Overture Films, Revolution Studios, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Disney-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.

About Starz Entertainment, LLC

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 16 million and 30.3 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, Starz Play and Vongo(R). Starz Entertainment (http://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.

Contacts: Steve Belgard/Starz Robin Mesger/The Lippin Group
(720) 852-5843 323-965-1990
steve.belgard@starz.comrmesger@lippingroup.com

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Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Steve Belgard of Starz Entertainment, LLC, +1-720-852-5843,
steve.belgard@starz.com; or Robin Mesger of The Lippin Group, +1-323-965-1990,
rmesger@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment, LLC

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

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