Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lionsgate, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of Starz Encore, Starz operates six 24-hour, linear multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and a namesake over-the-top streaming platform that both acts as a TV Everywhere offering for Starz's linear television subscribers and is sold directly to streaming-only consumers.
For the former UK music video channel, see Starz TV. For other uses, see Starz (disambiguation).Type
Nationwide
- Jeffrey Hirsch (President/CEO)
- Audrey Lee (EVP/General Counsel)
- Kathryn Busby (President, Original Programming)[1]
February 1, 1994
Starz! (1994–2005)
(U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires subscription, trial or television provider login to access content)
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- Starz (East)
- Starz (West)
Over-the-top TV
(requires subscription or trial to access content)
- Starz (East)
Over-the-top TV
(requires subscription or trial to access content)
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- Starz (East)
- Starz Cinema (East)
- Starz Comedy (East)
- Starz Edge (East)
- Starz Kids & Family (East)
- Starz In Black (East)
Over-the-top TV
(requires subscription or trial to access content)
- Starz (East)
Over-the-top TV
(requires subscription to access content)
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- Starz (East)
- Starz In Black (East)
- Starz Kids & Family (East)
- Starz Cinema (East)
- Starz Edge (East)
- Starz Comedy (East)
- Starz Encore (East)
- Stars Encore Action (East)
- Starz Encore Black (East)
- Starz Encore Classic (East)
Starz is also sold independently of traditional and over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors a la carte through Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels, which feature VOD library content and live feeds of Starz's linear television services (consisting of the primary channel's East and West Coast feeds and, for Amazon Video customers, the East Coast feeds of its five multiplex channels).[2][3] Starz's programming has been licensed for use by a number of channels and platforms worldwide, and the brand name is licensed by Bell Media for a companion channel of the Canada-based company's Crave premium service.
Starz and its sister networks, Starz Encore and MoviePlex, are headquartered in Santa Monica, California,[4] with satellite office facilities located at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Englewood, Colorado,[5] and at a small office located on 5th Avenue in New York City. As of September 2018, Starz was available to approximately 28.517 million American households that had a subscription to a multichannel television provider (27.675 million of which receive Starz's primary channel at minimum).[6]
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List of channels[edit]
Depending on the service provider, Starz provides up to twelve multiplex channels – six 24-hour multiplex channels, all of which are simulcast in both standard definition and high definition – as well as a subscription video-on-demand service (Starz On Demand). Starz broadcasts its primary and multiplex channels on Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules. The respective coastal feeds of each channel are usually packaged together (though most cable providers only offer the east and west coast feeds of the main Starz channel), resulting in the difference in local airtimes for a particular movie or program between two geographic locations being three hours at most.
The premium film services Encore and MoviePlex, which are also owned by Starz, Inc., operate as separate services; as such, subscribers to one of the services do not have to subscribe to any of the others. Some providers offer Encore and MoviePlex's multiplex channels on a separate digital cable tier from Starz. However, Encore and, depending on its carriage, MoviePlex are frequently sold together in a package with Starz.
Starz Entertainment has expanded considerably with the presence of its Starz and Encore family of multiplex networks, as well as ventures into television and film production, and home video distribution.