Starz and Dish Reach Deal

[Scott Greczkowski]

(Note from Scott... I wonder if we will be seeing Starz HD soon? )

STARZ, DISH RENEW DEAL

Linda Moss - MultiChannelNews

Starz Entertainment Group LLC renewed its carriage deal with EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network, officials said Thursday.
Starz, part of Liberty Media Corp., and Dish forged a multiyear pact for carriage of the programmer’s services.

“We’re delighted to renew our affiliation agreement with EchoStar, which has been a key element in the growth of Starz for many years,” Starz spokesman Tom Southwick said. “We think the new agreement will enable both of our companies to accelerate that growth and bring Starz to even more customers of the Dish Network.”

Read the rest at http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6320685.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2226

 

[jgags6]

well thats good news, i wonder if well see any new channels, hopefully Starz HD

 

[Juan]

Arent there a couple starz sd channels missing that hopefully will be added?

 

[Juan]

I wonder what this means


“. “We think the new agreement will enable both of our companies to accelerate that growth and bring Starz to even more customers of the Dish Network.”

 

[riffjim4069]

We want STARZ-HD!

 

[JohnEL]

Ditto: :

 

[John Kotches]

The Starz-HD logo has been shown prominently in several Dish-HD promos... How long before it's lit up for all Starz subscribers?

 

[riffjim4069]

I wonder what this means


“. “We think the new agreement will enable both of our companies to accelerate that growth and bring Starz to even more customers of the Dish Network.”

Could be one of those generic forward looking statements...perhaps they are going to add some from free VOD content...or perhaps Dish/Starz have decided they would rather have 6 customers subscribing at $3.99 per month than 1 customer at $11.99 per month to better match what Verizon FiOS is doing with their Movie Pak (bundled Starz, Encore, Showtime, TMC, Flix, and Sundance for $11.95).

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Another press release...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment Group LLC
(SEG) today announced that is has renewed its affiliation agreement with
Echostar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: DISH). The multi-year renewal
provides for carriage of SEG programming services on Echostar's DISH
Network(TM). Terms of the deal were not announced.

SEG President and CEO Robert B. Clasen commented, "Echostar and Starz are
both pioneers in digital television as well as neighbors here in Colorado.
The success of Starz in the past decade owes a great deal to the innovation
and entrepreneurship of our friends down the street. We are delighted with
this new affiliation agreement that will enable the two companies to
accelerate our growth in the years ahead, bringing the Starz entertainment
experience to even more DISH Network(TM) customers."

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 million and
26 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than
750 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 (NYSE: L, LMCb),
http://www.starz.com.

Contacts: Tom Southwick
Starz Entertainment Group
(720) 852-5821(office)
(303) 513-3758 (cell)
[EMAIL="tom.southwick@starz.com"]tom.southwick@starz.com[/EMAIL]

 

[psumattDE]

They are also launching two new movie channels IndiePlex and RetroPlex (within the Encore family) on cable systems Monday - those are 2 additional channels this agreement may bring us.

But yes - I would like to see Starz HD first and foremost.

 

[datwell]

We want STARZ-HD!

Me too!! Me too!! :up

--Doug

 

[JohnEL]

What is IndiePlex and RetroPlex.

 

[psumattDE]

What is IndiePlex and RetroPlex.

The two new channels are RetroPlex, which offer movies of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and IndiePlex which will run theatrically-released independent films. Both will be commercial-free

 

[lakebum431]

In my opinion Starz has the best movies of all of the movie channels. I hope we can get Starz HD soon.

 

[JohnEL]

Thanks, bye for now

 

[jbcheshire]

I know that I'd subscribe to Starz if it were cheaper... I currently get the free Encore channels with the AT180 pkg, so I don't see why I would have to pay close to $12 for another movie package. If it were the 3.99 or even 4.99, i might consider getting it... However, I really don't care to have HBO or CineMAX regardless of their price...

 

[teachsac]

I really want STARZ!HD. The only thing that kept me from switching to C* is no TNTHD. Retroplex looks very interesting. I would hope that they negotiated all of these channels into the new contract, and not just with Comcast. E* and Starz have had a pretty good relationship over the years. Let's hope it happens.

 

[BFG]

Can't add much besides the same thing that I hope it includes Starz HD for the folks

 

[animalhouse]

Me too!! Me too!! :up

--Doug

DITTO DITTO

 

[josem3]

I don't thing we need to add Indieplex and Retroplex channels to show old movies. We already have those kind of movie channels. We need Starz HD channel.