Starz (TV station)

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STARZ
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TV channel
reception Cable , satellite , IPTV
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Start of transmission United StatesUnited States February 1, 1994
language English
Seat United States
owner Starz Inc.
List of TV channels
Website

Starz ( original spelling STARZ , originally Starz ! , from 2005 to 2016 starz ) is an American pay TV broadcaster for cable and satellite television , founded in 1994 , which forms the core business of the Starz Inc. media group .

Starz is considered the company's most important broadcaster, although sister company Encore was founded three years earlier. Starz's programming consists mainly of feature films and TV series premieres . The broadcaster's headquarters, along with those of its sisters Encore and MoviePlex, are located on the Meridian International Business Center Complex in Meridian, Colorado .

Logo from 2008 to 2016
Logo from 2005 to 2008
Logo from 1994 to 2005

history

Starz! made its debut on February 1, 1994 over the Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) cable network . The first films to air were The Scent of Women and The Crying Game . The station was originally run as a joint venture between TCI and Liberty Media , both of which were under the influence of John Malone . TCI held the majority in the station with 50.1% of the shares.

The network began as part of a seven-channel bouquet from Encore. This bouquet was originally supposed to consist of only six channels, but after a contract in 1993 granted Encore the rights to broadcast current films from Universal Pictures , another channel was added the following year to compete with HBO and Showtime .

Starz! initially broadcast, following the Encores numbering system, under the name Encore 8 , although Starz! before the other six channels that followed between July and September 1994.

At the time, the station focused on more recent films than its sister station Encore, which broadcast films from the 1960s to the 1980s. In addition to broadcasting rights to Universal Pictures films , Starz! initially also the television rights to publications by Carolco Pictures , Fine Line Features , its sister studio New Line Cinema and the Disney-owned Miramax Films , Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures , but films from these studios were not broadcast until 1997. The channel only broadcast adult content late in the evening or at night.

Initially, the availability of the Starz channels was limited to the TCIs cable network until a contract was signed with Continental Cablevision in 1995. The station gained in importance when Comcast offered Starz in Pennsylvania and New Jersey following a 1997 contract (to replace the discontinued PRISM). In the early 2000s it was Starz! Present on most of the major US cable and satellite networks, favored by the proliferation of digital television.

On July 1, 2016, Starz was bought by Canadian media company Lions Gate for $ 4.4 billion.

channels

Depending on the provider, up to twelve channels can be received from Starz - six of them broadcast 24 hours a day and are available in both standard definition (SDTV) and high definition (HDTV) . In addition, there is the video-on-demand offer “Starz on Demand”.

The pay TV offerings from Starz , Encore and MoviePlex, all of which belong to the Starz Inc. media group , are independent of one another. Still, Encore and MoviePlex are often sold in a bundle with Starz .

  • Starz , the main channel. Starz broadcasts popular and current films from blockbusters to independent films and international films.
  • Starz Cinema has been broadcasting classics, non-mainstream films and avant-garde films since 1999 .
  • Starz Comedy focuses on light-hearted films from slapstick to romantic comedies to dramedies . The channel dissolved Starz in 2005! Kids off.
  • Starz Edge broadcasts films tailored to 18- to 34-year-olds (the “new generation”).
  • Starz InBlack focuses on black cinema films , including both current and cult films.
  • Starz Kids & Family broadcasts ad-free family films and children's series (some of which are animated). The canal was created in 2005 from the merger of Starz! Family and Starz! Kids.

program

Current series

Former series

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John M. Higgins: TCI shuffling Starz !: will move it onto Liberty Media to shield MSO from channel's ongoing losses ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , highbeam.com, May 19, 1997, accessed March 28, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  2. ↑ a b Encore Media Corp. signed a deal with Universal film studios that will allow Encore to launch its own movie service ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , highbeam.com, May 31, 1993, accessed March 29, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  3. ↑ Encore to spin off channels early ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , highbeam.com, December 6, 1993, accessed July 23, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  4. ^ Encore celebrates the expansion of six multiplex channels by honoring film greats
  5. ↑ Starz! signs Continental as first major non-TCI MSO ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , highbeam.com, accessed March 30, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  6. ↑ Comcast Commits to Launch STARZ! in Philadelphia; More Than 300,000 Comcast Customers Will See STARZ! by October 1
  7. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/86565/